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RUIDOSO DOWNS
Road Runner Stakes (R)
by Michael Cusortelli • Photos by Jake Rogerss
Right Rigger
Unbridled’s Song
Stormy Pick
Vowsmakemeblush
Desert God
Bilijen
IZERIGHT
Gaylon McGee’s Izeright, a homebred gray or roan son of Right Rigger, extended his winning streak to three with his victory in the August
1, $50,000 Road Runner Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-olds.
Izeright crossed the wire second, a neck behind Awesome Storm. However, a stewards’ inquiry resulted in the disqualification of Awesome
Storm from first to second, as Awesome Storm drifted out and brushed Izeright near the finish line. Ridden by Miguel Perez, Izeright earned
the $30,000 winner’s share of the purse from his second career stakes score.
Izeright is one of 13 winners from 24 starters sired by Right Rigger, a 15-year-old Kentucky- bred son of 1995 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Stakes (G1) winner Unbridled’s Song. A half-brother
to two stakes-placed runners, Right Rigger has sired four official black-type stakes winners and the earners of more than $1.5 million from eight crops, including stakes winners Rig Time, Ten Penny Cents, and Tea Light.Right Rigger entered stud in 2011. The stallion is owned by Susan A. Hunter and stands for a $3,500 fee at Hunter Creek Farms at Roswell, New Mexico.
Izeright is out of Vowsmakemeblush, a win- ning 15-year-old daughter of the Fappiano stallion Desert God who has foaled two winners from as many starters.
The gelding’s second dam, the unplaced Kentucky-bred Farma Way mare Bilijen, foaled two winners from three starters, including Jengoneby, a winning full-sister to Vowsmakemeblush who ran third in the 2011 Russell & Helen Foutz Distaff Stakes (R) at SunRay Park.
Izeright traces back to his third dam, Final Vows, an unraced Halo mare. Final Vows pro- duced eight winners from 12 starters, including Mighty Magee, a half-brother to Bilijen who won the 1996 Aqueduct Handicap (G3) in New York.
Izeright was shortening in distance off of his 2 1/4-length win in the 6 1/2-furlong, $55,000 Dine Stakes (R) for state-bred sophomores at SunRay Park on May 30. Unraced at 2, the gelding has won three of six races and has earned $79,397.
Cheese Tray finished third and was fol- lowed by My Storm Warrior, Delbert Too, Ilikerollin, Sarge, Aisle Runner, Champ Spirit,
and Digger’s Gold.
Runner-up Awesome Storm banked $10,000
for his owners, Fincher Racing LLC and Norman W. Allen. A dark bay or brown son of the Indian Charlie stallion Awesome Indian and a $15,000 yearling purchase at the 2019 New Mexico-Bred Sale, the gelding has won two of five races and has earned $40,530.
Cheese Tray races for J. Kirk and Judy Robison of El Paso, Texas. The homebred Attila’s Storm colt has won two of nine outs and has banked $54,546.
Mexico-Bred Sale, Jaunt banked the $9,000 runner-up share of the purse for his owners, Haskell E. Rich and Jacque M. Rich. The bay Big Daddy Cartel gelding has earned $11,540 from three outs, all at Ruidoso Downs.
Daddies Wish is a gray daughter of Big Daddy Cartel racing for Julie A. Schoenhofer, Maricela Vasquez, and Julieta N. Torres. A $30,000 yearling purchase at last year’s New Mexico-Bred Sale, the filly has earned $7,435 from four starts, all at Ruidoso Downs.
Zia QH Juvenile Stakes (R)
First Moonflash
First To Flash
Nagano Moon
Call Me 333
One Sweet Jess
Saayme
LMG FIRST CALL
LMG First Call, a homebred First Moonflash gelding owned by Laura Gilliam’s LMG Racing Inc., broke his maiden with a neck victory in the August 1, 400-yard Zia Juvenile Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Ruidoso Downs.
Saddled by Mike Joiner and ridden by Raul Valenzuela, LMG First Call stopped the timer in :19.866 while posting a lifetime-best 91 speed index. The brown gelding earned the $21,000 winner’s share of the $50,000 purse. LMG First Call’s sire, First Moonflash, was the sport’s Champion Aged Stallion in 2009. Racing primarily in New Mexico from 2007-09, the son of 2002 Champion 2-Year- Old Colt First To Flash won 14 of 25 starts -- including 10 stakes -- and banked $969,828.
First Moonflash has sired the earners of more than $21.4 million from nine crops, including Champions Handsome Jack Flash, Foxy Moonflash, and Flash And Roll, and Grade 1 winners Too Flash For You and Ryansmanonthemoon. A half-brother to graded stakes winners Dash Ta Moon and
Moonifisant, the stallion died from complica- tions due to laminitis in May 2019.
LMG First Call’s dam, Call Me 333, is a winning 8-year-old daughter of 1994 AQHA Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Mr Jess Perry. His third dam, the Six Fols mare Beat Your Pants Off, won the 1988 Utah Quarter Horse Association Fall Futurity at Laurel Brown Racetrack near Salt Lake City.
LMG First Call traces back to his fourth dam, Splashing Bunny, a winning daughter of the Jet Deck stallion Jet Creek who ran third in the 1982 West Texas Derby at Sunland Park.
LMG First Call was coming off of a second-place finish in one of 10 Zia Futurity (RG1) trials on July 16. Raced exclusively at Ruidoso Downs, LMG First Call has won one of four starts and has banked $23,228.
Jaunt finished second and was followed officially by Daddies Wish, Ms Flashin Ivory, Liarliarlegsonfire, Dennarro, Pennie Wize, Bad Kompany, Just De Vine, and Touraine.
A $30,000 yearling buy at last year’s New
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