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RACING NEWS
Dash For Cash Derby-G2
FAVORITE BLUES MAN
by Michael Compton
Favorite Blues Man has held his own against the top runners of his crop in both his juvenile and sophomore seasons without
recording a signature win. That changed for him when he overpowered his rivals to win the $152,600 Dash for Cash Derby-G2 at Lone Star Park on Oct. 1.
The fastest qualifier for the 400-yard event from the Sept. 17 trials, Favorite Blues Man, under Francisco Calderon,
broke smartly on hte lead
despite an early bump and assumed command at once. He asserted his superiority through the lane and was never seriously challenged, crossing the wire a measured 1 1/2-lengths ahead of his foes. In scoring the initial stakes victory of his career, Favorite Blues Man stopped the timer in the fast time of :21.339 to earn a speed index of 99.
Valley Junction Futurity-G3
Owned by La Feliz Montana Ranch LLC and trained by Rolando Almanza, Favorite Blues Man improved his record to 8-5-0-0 and the $61,040 winner’s share of the purse boosted his bankroll to $271,466. In addition to his stakes tally, Favorite Blues Man also finished fourth in the Ruidoso Derby-G1 earlier this year. Last season at two, he finished fourth in the Ruidoso Futurity-G1.
Bred in California by Lucky Seven Ranch, Favorite Blues Man is produced from the Mr Jess Perry mare Amore La Blue, who is out of World Champion Blues Girl Too. Amore La Blue is a winner and placed in multiple stakes races, including the 2012 Golden State Million Futurity-G1 and she was a finalist in the 2013 Golden State Derby-G1.
Runner-up Kas Shes EC (EC Jet One-Beaukas) and
jockey Victor Urieta Jr. could not match strides with the winner late but proved best of the rest for trainer Juan Diaz Jr. The multiple stakes-winning filly is a Texas homebred for Francisco Garza.
Cell Bounce (Corona Cartel-My Famous Lady), with Rodrigo Vallejo aboard, finished third for owner Victory Farms and trainer Heath Taylor. A $110,000 graduate of the 2020 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, Cell Bounce was bred in Utah by McColee Land & Livestock LLC.
Just Call Me Jess (One Sweet Jess-Justified), Lil Longmire (A Revenant-Dee Zired), Coronas Candy Man (Jess Good Candy-Follies and Corona), Rainbow To Roses (Apollitical Blood- CCSeis), Smoky Ice (Apollitical Blood-TF Dashin Ms Perry), Dealarunner (Dealagame- Elle of a Girl), and Pycfastandfamous (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Illegally Famous) completed the order of finish.
$62,205. The bay colt is owned by Bob Moore Farms LLC and trained by Stacy Charette-Hill. Sixth-fastest qualifier This The Marfa Light
(The Marfa Lights-Digthiswagon) finished in third place and earned $22,472 for owner Jose Murguia, who purchased the bay colt for $10,000 at last year’s Heritage Place Yearling Sale. The Manuel Campos trainee had Jose Beltran in the irons.
Curls Patti Wagon (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Eye A Spit Curl Girl) finished fourth and was followed by Miss KT Perry (PYC Paint Your Wagon-KT Perry), Surprise Surprise (Corona Cartel-VF Red Surprise), Surprise Party (KVN Corona-VF Red Surprise), MP Magical Red (Mr Piloto-Black Magic Mountain), Water Or Corona (KVN Corona-Aquafina), and Makin It Rayne (Hes Relentless-Marmolly).
Lone Star Park
$152,600 • 440 yards :21.339 • si 99
Favorite Trick TB
Favorite Cartel
Shenoshercorona
FAVORITE BLUES MAN, ‘19-g.
Mr Jess Perry
Amore La Blue
Blues Girl Too
A LEGACY OF TALES
by Michael Cusortelli
ALegacy Of Tales, racing for breeder/owner Donald J. Friesen, earned his first stakes victory in the Valley Junction Futurity-G3 at Prairie Meadows on Sept. 30.
Ridden by James Flores for trainer Stacy Charette-Hill, the gelding defeated fastest qualifier Hes Underway by a 1/2-length in :17.564 for a 97 speed index. A Legacy Of Tales banked the $101,124 winner’s share of the $224,720 purse, the
richest Quarter Horse purse of the 2022 Prairie Meadows meet. This boosted his earnings to $133,790.
A Legacy Of Tales has won 3 of 7 races. His record includes a 3rd-place finish in the $164,000 Prairie Meadows Gold Futurity on July 10. He had the 4th-fastest qualifying time from his 1-length win in the fifth of six Valley Junction Futurity trials on Sept. 11.
A Legacy Of Tales was bred in Oklahoma. The gelding is out of Legacys A Streakin,
a homebred multiple stakes-winning mare who was the runner-up in the 2010 Canada Cup Futurity-RG3. A Legacy Of Tales is a half-brother to Relentless Legacy, a son of Hes Relentless who won the $28,000 North Star State Derby on June 1, and Heza Streakin Legacy, a winning Heza Fast Dash colt and a
finalist in the 2018 Hobbs America Derby-G3. The gelding’s second dam, the winning and stakes-placed homebred mare Legacy Tells All, was a finalist in the 2001 Valley Junction Futurity-G2.
Stablemate Hes Underway (Hes Relentless-PYC First Prize Fany) placed second under jockey Erik Esqueda and pocketed the $40,450 runner-up share of the purse to bring his bankroll to
178 SPEEDHORSE November 2022
Prairie Meadows
$224,720 • 350 yards :17.564 • si 97
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Wagon Tales
Signs Zoomer
A LEGACY OF TALES, ‘20-g. Streakin La Jolla
Legacys A Streakin
Legacy Tells All
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