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ZIA PARK
Photos by Coady Photography
New Mexico Filly & Mare Champ. (RG1)
Jess A Chicks
Chicks A Blazin
Jess Satin
Wahene Kai
Brookstone Bay
PK Rainbow
CHICK CHICKY KAI
Making her third start of the Zia Park fall meet and her first start against aged runners, Mike G. Parker’s Chicky Chicky Kai was a prompt 9-5 favorite in the Dec. 5, 400-yard New Mexico Filly & Mare Championship (RG1) for state-bred distaffers.
Chicky Chicky Kai defeated Mi Moonflash by a neck in :19.797 while racing against a reported 11-mph head wind. Sergio Becerra Jr. rode the 3-year-old daughter of the Chicks A Blazin stal- lion Jess A Chicks for trainer Larry Chavez.
Chicky Chicky Kai was bred by Dirk Jones. Her sire, Jess A Chicks, earned $175,537 from eight starts in New Mexico from 2009-10, and
his four wins included a half-length victory in the 2009 Zia Futurity (RG1) at Ruidoso Downs. A half-brother to multiple graded stakes winner Jess A Satin Flash, Jess A Chicks has sired the earners of more than $3.2 million from seven crops, includ- ing multiple graded stakes winner Jess Fire Chick.
Jess A Chicks is owned by Mike Abraham, John McClintic and W.L. Mooring, and he stands for a $3,000 fee at Double L Farm at Bosque, New Mexico.
Chicky Chicky Kai is out of Wahene Kai,
an unplaced 10-year-old daughter of the First Down Dash stallion Brookstone Bay. The filly traces back to her fourth dam, Rule The Deck,
a multiple stakes winning daughter of the Scout Leader (TB) stallion Rule The Deck (TB) who ran second in the 1982 All American Gold Cup at Ruidoso Downs.
Chicky Chicky Kai was coming off of a second-place finish as the fastest qualifier, a neck behind winner Woodys Gold, in the October 31, $206,000 New Mexico Cup Derby (RG2) at Zia Park. Campaigned exclusively in New Mexico, the filly has won five of 12 starts -- including three of eight at the 400-yard distance -- and the $57,600 winner’s share of the purse from her first career stakes victory increased her bankroll to $192,750, of which $184,764 was earned from nine outs during her sophomore season.
Hollyn Bootie ran third, 1 1/4 lengths behind Chicky Chicky Kai. Fireball Flash, Jess To Reel, A Flashin Blu, Diamond And A Half, Dark Moon, Famous Julia, and Cartel Cambria completed the order of finish.
Runner-up Mi Moonflash is a homebred 4-year-old First Moonflash mare racing for Pierre Amestoy Jr., Leslie Amestoy and Roger K. Beasley. Mi Moonflash has won four of 15 starts, and the $19,200 second-place share of the purse bumped her earnings to $138,411.
Hollyn Bootie is a homebred daughter of Big Daddy Cartel owned by Mark and Annette McCloy. The gray filly has banked $252,641 from 13 races, and her four wins include the 2020 Zia Futurity (RG1) at Ruidoso Downs.
bankroll to $343,472.
My Onetime Corona is a 4-year-old son of
the Tempting Dash stallion Kiss My Hocks owned by Abel Chavez, and he was coming off of a three-quarter length victory in an 870-yard, $31,700 open-condition allowance race at Albuquerque Downs on September 16. The sorrel Oklahoma-bred gelding has won four of 16 races, and the $5,000 third- place share of the purse bumped his earnings to $51,415.
King Rick Rack Stakes (G3)
Heza Motor Scooter
Heza Fast Man
Hot Tin Lizzie
Southwest Treasure
Celadon
A Real Cup Full
WHY BUY THE COW
Why Buy The Cow, a bay son of Heza Motor Scooter racing for Carroll A. Durbin, ended his 5-year-old season with a three-quar- ter length victory in the December 5, $50,000 King Rick Rack Stakes (G3) at Zia Park.
Prepped by Kenneth Durbin, Why Buy The Cow covered 870 yards in :45.878 under jockey Tracy Hebert. The gelding earned $30,000 from his second stakes win and first graded stakes score.
Why Buy The Cow was bred in New Mexico by Michael Weatherly, and he was facing open stakes company off of his second-place finish, 1 3/4 lengths behind winner Moonflash Cat, in the October 31, $100,000 New Mexico Cup 870 Championship (RG3) for state-breds at Zia Park. The gelding is out of Southwest Treasure, a winning daughter of the Dash For Cash stallion Celadon.
Why Buy The Cow traces back to his third dam, Real Easy Surprise, a daughter of the Real Easy Jet stallion Realeasy Chick who won the 1989 Prescott Downs Derby
at Ruidoso Downs and was a finalist in that season’s Grade 2 West Texas Derby at Sunland Park.
Raced in two states, including Oklahoma, Why Buy The Cow has won six of 29 starts -- including five of 20 at the 870-yard distance -- and he has earned $283,514. His resume includes a 2 1/2-length victory in the 2019 New Mexico Cup 870 Championship (R).
Why Buy The Cow was sent to post
at odds of 9-1 and returned a $21.40 win mutuel. Madewell, the 4-5 favorite in the field of six, finished second and was followed by My Onetime Corona, Breaking New Ground, My Bucket Is Full, and Dan The Flashman.
The 2020 AQHA champion distance horse, Madewell is a homebred 7-year-old son of the Mr Jess Perry stallion Jess Jones campaigned by Ray and Davy Madewell
of Ringling, Oklahoma. The sorrel geld- ing has made all but one of his starts at the 870 trip, and he has won 11 races, including four stakes. The $10,000 runner-up share of the King Rick Rack Stakes purse pushed his
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