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RACING NEWS
AQHA Challenge Championship Weekend
Cox Ranch Distance Challenge Championship-G1
DANCE THE DUST OFF
by Michael Compton
Dance The Dust Off was a three-time winner from four starts on the season heading into the 870-yard $107,878 Cox
Ranch Distance Challenge Championship-G1 at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Oct. 22. While there was not much dust to dance off for the multiple stakes winner, the Jewel Ramirez colorbearer danced away from his rivals in
the 870-yard marathon, one of five AQHA Challenge Championships on that night.
Ridden by Nakia Teeter, the wife of
trainer Clay Teeter and Jewel’s mom,
Dance The Dust Off raced in fourth early, tracking the pace set by odds-on favorite Wascallywittlewabbit. He hit his best stride late, collared the pacesetters in the lane, and surged clear to score by a 1/2-length in the end. Covering the distance in :46.803, earning a speed index of 86 in the impressive effort.
Sent off as the second-longest shot in the field at 18-1, Dance The Dust Off improved
Horseshoe Indianapolis
$107,878 • 870 yards :46.803 • si 86
172 SPEEDHORSE November 2022
Bred by: Sarah E. Donaldson Rioux
Raced to 6 $142,497 22-9(4)-4(2)-0
Dance The Dust Off winning the $107,878 Cox Ranch Distance Challenge Championship-G1.
CORONAS BLACKDIAMOND
si 98
Bred by: Ron Cameron Raced to 3 • $50,053 11-3-1-1
20 f., 1 SW • $258,310
COUNT CORONA si 88
Bred by: Robert Etchandy/B Schvaneveldy
Raced to 3 • $1,713
6-0-0-2
388 f., 16 SW • $4,027,156
SHEZA FAST JEWEL si 90 Bred by: Michael D. Wilson Raced to 3 • $7,429 13-3-1-1
11 f., 1 SW • $318,463
MAGIC YARD TB
Bred by: Mohamed Aljaziely Raced to 4 • $11,633 16-3-1-1
5 f., 1 SW • $237,018
GHAZI
Bred by: Deer Lawn Farm Raced to 5 • $536,620 14-6(1)-3(1)-1
484 f., 19 SW • $15,811,531
COW’S YARD
Bred by: River Bend Farm Inc. Raced to 3 • $22,790 3-1-0-0
5 f., 0 SW • $273,292
Susan Bachelor, Speedhorse
DANCE THE DUST OFF, ‘16-g.