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Golden State Million Futurity-G1
WHIZKEY GLASSES
by Tracy Gantz
Given Whizkey Glasses’ pedigree, owner-breeders Matt and Bendi Dunn of Dunn Ranch wanted to keep him a colt.
The problem was he wouldn’t cooperate in his training. Gelding him turned Whizkey Glasses into a talented racehorse, and he gave the Dunns their first-ever Grade 1 futurity victory when he captured the Oct. 31 Golden State Million Futurity at Los Alamitos.
“When we broke him, you couldn’t even get shoes on him,” said Matt. “He was a handful. I wanted to keep him a stud. We tried everything we could to keep him a stallion because I really liked him from the time he was a baby, but it wasn’t going to happen. It was one of those deals of ‘do you want a racehorse or do you want a stallion that doesn’t run?’ We had to make a decision.”
The Golden State Million proved that their decision was the right one. Whizkey Glasses was all business when he popped out
RACING NEWS
Los Alamitos
$1,035,168 • 400 yards :19.871 • si 89
FDD DYNASTY
si 102
Bred by: Vessels SF/Fakri FM L Partner
Raced to 3 • $1,173,001 11-8(3)-1(1)-2(2)
1,152 f., 86 SW • $26,883,730
FIRST DOWN DASH si 105 Bred by: A.F. Stanley Jr./B.F. Phillips Jr.
Raced to 3 • $857,256 15-13(8)-1(1)-0
2,512 f., 258 SW • $89,519,421
Bred by: Dunn Ranch
Raced to 2 $520,104 7-5(2)-1-0
DINASTIA TOLL BRZ si 97 Bred by: Haras Rancho Das Americas
Raced to 6 • $191,896 17-7(4)-2(1)-1(1)
46 f., 6 SW • $2,165,948
MARYS SOUTHERN POLICY
si 99
Bred by: Bill Price Raced to 3 • $27,925 11-2-2-1
23 f., 4 SW • $1,531,638
SHAZOOM si 102
Bred by: Kent Callahan Raced to 3 • $178,606 22-9(2)-5-3(3)
1,168 f., 71 SW • $24,710,471
SOUTHERN POLICY si 99 Bred by: W. Rick McLin Raced to 5 • $37,875 22-11-3-4(1)
22 f., 3 SW • $790,714
Whizkey Glasses and jockey Jesus Ayala win the $1,035,168 Golden State Million Futurity-G1.
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Los Alamitos
WHIZKEY GLASSES, ‘19-g.