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WYOMING DOWNS
AQHA Wyoming Distance Challenge
Coronas Blackdiamond
Count Corona
Sheza Fast Jewel
Magic Yard TB
Ghazi
Cow’s Yard
DANCE THE DUST OFF
Jewel Ramirez’s Dance The Dust Off rallied to win the June 25, $33,847 AQHA Wyoming Distance Challenge Stakes at Wyoming Downs.
Ridden by Nakia Teeter for trainer Clay Teeter, Dance The Dust Off covered 870 yards in :45.306, and his margin of victory was 1
3/4 lengths from Mahoney N Tacklebery. The 6-year-old brown son of the Count Corona stallion Coronas Blackdiamond earned a 97 speed index and a berth in the October 22, $100,000 Cox Ranch Distance Challenge (G1) at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
Dance The Dust Off was bred in New Mexico by Sarah Donaldson-Rioux. The gelding’s sire, Coronas Blackdiamond, won three of 11 races and earned $50,053 while campaigned in Oklahoma from 2007-08, and he was a finalist in the 2008 Oklahoma Derby (G2) at Remington Park and Speedhorse Gold & Silver Cup Derby (RG2) at Fair Meadows at Tulsa.
Dance The Dust Off is out of Magic Yard (TB), a winning Kentucky-bred daughter of the Polish Navy stallion Ghazi. The gelding traces back to his fourth dam, Lady Roberta, a
Virginia-bred daughter of the Hail To Reason stallion Roberto who won the 1980 Honeymoon Handicap (G3) at Hollywood Park. A 1977 foal, Lady Roberta was a full sister to Tursanah, a Group 3 winner in Ireland in 1988, and a half- sister to stakes winners Mangayah and Worood.
Dance The Dust Off ended his 5-year-old season with a fifth-place finish, 5 1/2 lengths behind winner and eventual AQHA champion distance horse Wascallywittlewabbit, in the October 23, $104,500 Cox Ranch Distance Challenge Championship (G1) at Albuquerque Downs. Campaigned in five states, the gelding has won seven of 19 races, and the $16,247 winner’s share of the Wyoming Distance Challenge purse increased his bankroll to $80,147.
Dance The Dust Off’s two lifetime stakes wins include a wire-to-wire, half-length victory in last year’s $35,156 AQHA Will Rogers Distance Challenge Stakes at Will Rogers Downs.
Stolin Train ran third, 10 3/4 lengths behind Dance The Dust Off and was followed by Grey Handsome, Roc Starr, Brace For Bigtime, Kaul Me Dashetta and Obi One Kenobi.
A homebred son of the Favorite Trick (TB) stallion Favorite Cartel owned by Ben Peterson, runner-up Mahoney N Tacklebery earned $6,939 to bring his bankroll $238,509 from 39 outs. The sorrel gelding’s 14 wins include the 2016 Western States Breeders’ Futurity at the Central Wyoming Fair at Casper.
Stolin Train is a Utah-bred 6-year-old son of the Strawfly Special stallion Desirio racing for Goodrich Quarter Horses. The bay gelding has won two of 25 starts and has earned $38,887.
RUIDOSO DOWNS
Rita Danley Distaff (R)
Big Daddy Cartel
Corona Cartel
Miss Racy Eyes
Astica
Jesse James Jr
Alice K White
FANNCEE
The 11-10 favorite in a field of nine New Mexico-bred fillies and mares, Fanncee responded with a one-length victory in the June 25, $30,000 Rita Danley Distaff Stakes (R) at Ruidoso Downs.
Fanncee covered 350 yards in :17.451 on a sloppy track against a reported 10-mph head wind. Adrian Ramos rode the homebred 4-year- old Big Daddy Cartel mare for owner MJ Farms of Veguita, New Mexico, and trainer Wes Giles.
Fanncee was making her season debut and her first start since July 31, 2021, when she ran second in the $203,000 Zia Derby (RG2) at Ruidoso Downs. The mare’s sire, Big Daddy Cartel, is a 13-year-old son of the Holland Ease stallion Corona Cartel. Racing at Ruidoso Downs in 2011, the stallion earned $121,800 from five starts, and he was a finalist in the Grade 1 All American and Rainbow futurities.
Big Daddy Cartel has sired the earners of more than $14.2 million from seven crops, including multiple graded stakes winners Bigg Daddy, Cat Daddys Lil Girl and Bigg Dee. The stallion is owned by and stands for a $5,500 fee at Mac and Janis Murray’s MJ Farms.
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Fanncee is out of Astica, a homebred 10-year-old Jesse James Jr mare and the sport’s champion 3-year-old filly in 2015, and she is a half-sister to 2020 Rainbow Oaks runner-up Valiant Astica. The mare’s second dam, the homebred First Down Dash mare Alice K White, was the 2009 champion sophomore filly.
Fanncee traces back to her third dam, Champagne Lane, a homebred daughter of Lanes Leinster who won three graded stakes from 1996-97, including the 1997 La Primera del Ano Derby (G2) at Los Alamitos.
Campaigned exclusively in New Mexico, Fanncee has won three of 10 races, and the $18,000 winner’s share of the purse from her first stakes victory boosted her earnings to $161,428. Her record includes runner-up finishes in the 2020 New Mexico State Fair Futurity (RG3) at Albuquerque Downs, and last year’s Mountain Top Derby (R) at Ruidoso Downs.
Crown N Royal Gal and Hearts Mystic Rime finished in a dead heat for second. Jess To Reel, Kellys First Moon, Icy Morning Breeze, Dream Lucky Charm, Sweet Zulu and
Famous Julia completed the order of finish. Crown N Royal Gal is a 5-year-old
daughter of Jesse James Jr racing for Jaime Aldavaz Sr. The chestnut mare has won four of 28 starts and has banked $112,060.
Hearts Mystic Rime is a 4-year-old daughter of the Dean Miracle stallion Hearts Miracle owned by Luis Perez. A $15,000 claimer during the 2021 Zia Park meet, the sorrel mare has won three of 11 races and has earned $63,298.
Bailey Ivey, Ruidoso Downs Gene Wilson