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RACING NEWS
Indiana Championship
WRS VALENTINO
Iby Danny Camp
n a race where six out of ten horses ran over a 100
speed index, WRS Valentino ran the fastest. WRS Valentino won $109,080 Indiana Championship Stakes at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Sept. 29, having won this race in 2020, and then placing second by just a neck in last years’ event.
WRS Valentino has been on fire, having won
his last six out of eight starts. He broke second
and was third at the first call, but with the help of jockey Juan Marquez and by mid-stretch, they were a neck in front. They hit their stride and finished 1/2-length to the good at the wire and stopped the clock in :21.611 for a 109 speed index and a New Track Record. The six-year-old gelding earned the $59,994 winner’s share of the purse, which ups his lifetime earnings to $475,240. His race record stands at 11 wins out of 21 career starts.
His team includes owner/breeder Williams Racing Stables Inc. and trainer Randy M. Smith. Bred in Kentucky, WRS Valentino is out of the mare WRS Kissandteller. She has produced three winners from five starters with earnings of $531,613.
On A New Note (One Fabulous Eagle-Corona Cerveza) placed second under jockey Shanley Jackson. He banked $21,816 for owner Brian L. Gunder and trainer Randy M. Smith.
Hooked On Jordan (Fast Prize Jordan-Hooken On Laveaux) placed third under jockey Isidro Banuelos. He is owned by Ollie Matthews and trained by Claudio Barraza.
Folowed by Speed Dynasty (FDD Dynasty-Jess Sass Me), Jess B One (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Jess B Mighty), Flyweight Carver (Wave Carver-Flaming Chivas), Paint Me Brown (PYC Paint Your Wagon- Brown Eye Suze), WRS Moonin Thewagon (Moonin The Eagle-WRS Quick Wagon), Apollitical Tools (Apollitical Jess-No Tools Required), and Country Boy 123 (Country Chicks Man-Very Dashin 123).
Sterlie Bertram Memorial
CARTERS LAW
Gby Michael Compton
ordon Timm’s Carters Law remains
undefeated this season after overcoming trouble at the start to win the $121,800 Sterlie Bertram Memorial Stakes in impressive fashion at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Oct. 22.
Ridden by Juan Marquez, Carters Law stumbled at the start of the 400-yard test but quickly gathered herself and surged to the front. The 2-1 race favorite dueled in the lane with 20-1 long shot Sweet Beach and edged clear of that rival in the late stages to score by a 1/2-length at the finish. In winning the initial stakes race of her career, Carters Law stopped the timer in :20.096, earning a speed index of 90.
Trained by Randy Smith, who also saddled the runner-up Sweet Beach. Carters Law is now a winner in five of seven lifetime starts including her last three consecutive races. Carters Law crossed the wire first in last year’s Jaguar Rocket Futurity at Horseshoe Indianapolis but was disqualified and placed fourth for interference at the start.
Gordon Timm home-bred Carters Law in Indiana, out of the lightly raced mare Zoomin Zoey B, who placed in three of four lifetime starts during her racing career. She has produced three winners from five starters including two stakes winners.
Runner-up Sweet Beach (Escondido Beach-Chicks Sweet Donna) was prominent throughout under jockey James Flores for his owner Keith Bode.
High Rolling Seize (Seize The Win-Crossing The Brazos), with Shanley Jackson aboard, finished third for owner Glenn Graff and trainer Matt Frazier.
Leaving With Fire (Coronas Leaving You- Firebawl), Zoomin Annie (Jess Zoomin-Teller Sweet Nothins), Mr Michel (Kiss My Hocks-Lovemelikethat), Bye Bye B Train (Freighttrain B-Bye Bye Corona), Motoring Molly (My Royal Wagon-Parisz), Good Time Stoli (Duponte-A True Stoli), and Keens Blood Legacy (Apollitical Blood-Keen Liaison) followed.
Horseshoe Park Classic
BEACH BLAST
Bby Tracy Gantz
each Blast blasted out of the inside post in the
$82,666 Horseshoe Park Classic at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Oct. 12.
Sent away as the odds-on favorite and ridden by Juan Marquez, he had a 2-length lead at the first call, effectively ending the 400-yard race at the start. He drew away to win by 2 1/2-lengths, stopping the timer in :19.529 and posting a 105 speed index.
Beach Blast has won 10 of 16 outs and is a consistent stakes performer, with five of those wins being stakes races including last year’s $137,700 Blue River Derby and the $94,942 Harley Greene Derby. He has banked $399,690. Randy Smith trains Beach Blast, who races for Keith Bode and Deborah A. Smith.
Sheri Miller bred Beach Blast in Indiana from the stakes-winning Feature Mr Jess mare Jess Alive Bully. The mare has produced nine starters, all winners—three of them stakes winners and four stakes-placed with earning of $1,139,508.
Hooked On Jordan (Fast Prize Jordan-Hooked On Laveaux) finished second, but was disqualified and placed last. That moved HH C J Shake (Escondido Beach-Shakem Jake) into second under jockey Cristian Esqueda. Larry Carter and John Myers bred multiple stakes winner HH C J Shake and own him with Bell and Rusty Hawkins. The five-year-old gelding is trained by Paul Martin.
Secret Eyes (Habits Secret-Eyes On Sara) finished fourth and was elevated to third for owner/trainer Librado Barraza who had Edgar Diaz in the irons.
Completing the field were Rock Hard Candy (Escondido Beach-Jesses Candy), Stone Lake (Escondido Beach-Silly Chix), Fire The Cartel (Five Bar Cartel-Prairie Fire), Love To Kiss (Kiss My Hocks-Lovemelikethat), WRS Raise The Bar (Five Bar Cartel-WRS Quick Sister) and Hooked On Jordan.
Horseshoe Indianapolis • $121,800
400 yards • :20.096 • si 90
Carters Cartel CARTERS LAW, ‘19-f.
Corona Cartel
Jumping Tac Flash Stoli
Zoomin Zoey B
Taka Puna
Horseshoe Indianapolis • $82,666
400 yards • :19.529 • si 105
Corona Cartel
Escondido Beach
BEACH BLAST, ‘18-g.
Jess Alive Bully
Six On The Beach Feature Mr Jess
Chem Cherie
Horseshoe Indianapolis • $109,080
440 yards • :21.611 • si 109 • Ntr
Valiant Hero
Mighty B Valiant
WRS VALENTINO, ‘16-g.
Mighty B Doll
Teller Cartel
WRS Kissandteller
Hava Zevi
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