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RACING NEWS
Calif. Brds.’ Freshman Stakes
VAMOOSING
by Tracy Gantz
Dr. Ed Allred had an excellent Champions Weekend at Los Alamitos. Vamoosing and Cactus Jack in the Aug. 1 California Breeders
Freshman Stakes gave him his third one-two
finish, following She Goes Up and Watch Out in the Governor’s Cup Futurity-RG1 and a one-two- three finish in the Spencer L. Childers California Breeders Championship Handicap-RG1 with Circle City, Nomadic, and Chocolatito.
Vamoosing broke outwardly slightly, and he and jockey Henry Lopez immediately battled into contention. At the wire, Vamoosing edged Cactus Jack by a nose in :17.874 for 350 yards.
James Glenn Jr. conditions Vamoosing for Allred. Vamoosing came into the Freshman Stakes off his maiden victory.
Allred bred Vamoosing in California from homebred Escape The Fire, who has produced 5 winners in 8 starters, including stakes-placed Roving Kind and Call It Close. The family had several per- formers on Champions Weekend. Roving Kind ran 2nd in the California Breeders Debutante Stakes, while Call It Close competed in the Governor’s Cup Futurity and Heatedly ran in the Debutante.
Allred bred and owns second-place Cactus Jack (Kiddy Up-Bouquet), and Victor Salazar rode the gelding for trainer Scott Willoughby. Cactus Jack had won his two previous starts.
M & G Farms Inc.’s homebred Golden Boi (Favorite Cartel-Logans Dash) finished third after stumbling at the start. The 2-5 favorite, ridden by Ruben Lozano and trained by Valentin Zamudio, Golden Goi won the Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1.
Knockout Cartel (Favorite Cartel-Ms Jess Knockout) and New And Better (Fly Thru The Fire-Make Over) finished fourth and fifth. Jess Being Enough was scratched.
Calif. Brds.’ Freshman Fillies S.
RACE THRU THE FIRE
by Tracy Gantz
The stallion Fly Thru The Fire got his first stakes winner when his daughter Race Thru The Fire captured the $25,000 California Breeders Freshman Fillies Stakes at Los Alamitos on Aug. 1.
A 14-1 longshot, Race Thru The Fire broke well and on the lead from post nine under jockey Cruz Mendez. Several vied for the front, but Race Thru The Fire received every call to score by a 1/2-length in :17.885 for 350 yards.
Michael Casselman trains Race Thru The Fire for owner-breeder Dr. Steve Burns, who stands
Fly Thru The Fire at his Burns Ranch in Menifee, California. Burns Ranch and Dr. Ed Allred own Fly Thru The Fire. In three prior starts, Race Thru The Fire won once and finished second once.
Burns bred Race Thru The Fire in California from homebred Miss Racy Racie, who has three starters, all winners, including stakes-placed Racies Favorite. The second dam, Miss Racy Vike, is a mul- tiple graded stakes winner, an earner of $263,661, and the dam of Champion Miss Racy Jess.
Oscar Peinado rode La Blue Amore (Kiddy Up-Amore La Blue) to second for owner La Feliz Montana Ranch LLC and trainer Lindolfo Diaz. La Blue Amore won two of four prior starts.
Martha Wells’ homebred Hopefulblue (Foose- Chics On Fire) finished third under jockey Jonathan Roman for trainer Matthew Fales. Hopefulblue started twice at Turf Paradise and twice at Los Alamitos previously and is still a maiden.
Completing the field were Hitters Count (Kiddy Up-What A Hit), Last Magic Rhythm (Fast Prize Cartel-Magic And Rhythm), Lovely Evening (Seperate Interest-Moonlight Corona), Cumbia (Caritas-One Famous Swan), Attack Zone (Seperate Interest-Attack The Cartel) and Majority Interest (Seperate Interest-Remember Me Rose). Aquatic was scratched.
Calif. Brds.’ Debutante Stakes
RITE ON TIME
by Tracy Gantz
Multiple Champion trainer Paul Jones and jockey Ramon Sanchez made it two for two with Rite On Time when the filly scored in the
$25,000 California Breeders Debutante at Los Alamitos on Aug. 1.
Bettors sent Rite On Time off as the 8-5 favorite in the 350-yard Debutante. She scampered to the lead when the gate opened and about midway through the race pulled away from the field. She repaid her backers with a 1 1/4-length victory, stop- ping the timer in :17.634.
Jones trains Rite On Time for Haras Portofino. The filly won an allowance race in her first start for Jones, and last year she qualified for the PCQHRA Breeders Futurity-G2.
Dr. Steve Burns bred Rite On Time in California from his homebred unraced mare A Regal Classic.
The mare has produced five winners in seven starters, including Rite Regal, a full brother to Rite On Time. An earner of $415,123, Rite Regal won the 2016 Golden State Derby-G2, El Primero Del Ano Derby-G3, and Z. Wayne Griffin Director’s Invitational Division 2, plus the 2017 California Breeders Sprint Stakes.
Dr. Ed Allred’s homebred Roving Kind (Kiddy Up-Escape The Fire) finished second under jockey Jonathan Roman for trainer Scott Willoughby. Roving Kind also finished second in this year’s La Pacifica Handicap. Curvy Path (Favorite Cartel- Tahma Hawk), owned and trained by Valentin Zamudio, ran third. Ruben Lozano rode the filly, who was claimed in May for $16,000. Curvy Path broke her maiden in her next start after the claim.
Completing the field were Keep Listening (Seperate Interest-Who Is Sylvia), Heatedly (Seperate Interest-Escape The Fire), Chance It Now (Favorite Cartel-Elans Last), Catalina Rocket (A Mere Chocolate-Catahawk) and Powerline Road (Favorite Cartel-No Arizona).
Los Alamitos • $25,000
350 yards • :17.874 • si 85
Separatist
Seperate Interest
VAMOOSING, ‘19-g. Escape The Fire
A Delightful Legacy Walk Thru Fire
Celestial Being TB
Los Alamitos • $25,000
350 yards • :17.885 • si 85
Walk Thru Fire
Fly Thru The Fire
Babe On The Fly
RACE THRU THE FIRE, ‘19-f. Separatist
Miss Racy Racie
Miss Racy Vike
Los Alamitos • $25,000
350 yards • :17.634 • si 92
Favorite Trick TB
Favorite Cartel
RITE ON TIME, ‘18-f.
A Regal Classic
Shenoshercorona A Regal Choice
Classic Reach
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