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Devil His Due Stakes
YOU BUY I FLY V
by Danny Camp
You Buy I Fly has moved up from the claiming ranks to dominate in stakes company with his third win in a row. All three wins have come with jockey Miguel Perez in the irons.
The gelding scored his first stakes win in the Devil His Due Stakes held at Lone Star Park on Nov. 27, an 870-yard test that carried a $50,000 purse.
Perez and You Buy I Fly stepped away from the 2-post on top. With clear sailing on the inside, they used that position to gain the lead. By the top of the stretch they were a head in front. From there they blew the field away, with a 2-length lead mid way down the lane and 2 1/4-lengths at the wire.
They stopped the clock at :45.721 to earn a 97 speed index.
The gelded son of One Valiant Hero also earned the first place check worth $30,000. That takes his earnings to $105,833 and his race record stands at six wins out of 20 starts. His team includes owner/ trainer Tony Sedillo.
Bred in Oklahoma by Valeriano Racing Stables LLC, the gelding is out of Regal Fly. She earned over $86,000 and has produced ten foals. Regal First Moon is her best product.
Favorite Kool Cartel (Favorite Cartel-Rustys Kool Lady) ran a gritty race to get up for second for owner Enrique Ibarra and trainer Rolando Almanza. Ricardo Garza-Cruz was in the saddle.
The Kings Horse (Class King-Fleeta Dif Tb) made an impressive sprint to the finish in third. He is owned by Bullard Farms and trained by Lewis Jordan. Jerry Yoakum was in charge of the riding.
Followed by Holy Storm (Red Storm Cat-Holy White Socks TB), Ghost Bear (Phantom Menace- Loose Play TB), One Mighty Eagle (One Famous Eagle-Kates Dynasty), Viva Le Don (Rock Solid Jess-Viva Arriba) & X Rated Winner (X Rated Cat TB-Hiclass Rose).
Olympia Joe P&A Stakes
LIVE MOONSHINE
by Michael Cusortelli
Live Moonshine, a homebred son of the Cartel Success stallion CRM Livewire racing for Dan and Kaye Jones, outran his 9-1 odds to win the 400-
yard Olympia Joe Stakes for Paints and Appaloosas at Lone Star Park on Dec. 11.
Prepped by Ty Blackwell and aided by a reported 5-mph tail wind, Live Moonshine defeated 7-2 second choice VP Cold Strong Heart by a head in :20.028. Raul Valenzuela rode the black gelding, who earned his 10th career stakes win and banked the $9,500 winner’s share of the $25,000 purse.
Live Moonshine was bred in Texas. The gelding is out of PRP Sedona Sunset and traces back to his third dam, Hot Blooded Wrangler, who won the 1990 Shebester Derby-G3 at Blue Ribbon Downs.
Raced in two states, including Oklahoma, Live Moonshine has won 15 of 29 outs -- including three of four at Lone Star Park and five of seven at the 400-yard trip -- and he has banked $251,847. The gelding has won a total of nine stakes events and was the 2020 World Champion Running Paint Horse.
VP Cold Strong Heart (This Cartel Is Cold-Double Dashing Girl) earned $4,250 for her owner, Victor R. Villarreal. Francisco Giles rode the homebred 3-year- old filly for trainer Martin Rodriguez.
Sarah Huskey’s Just Wishn (Boknaai-Just Splashin) finished third, a neck behind Live Moonshine. Mario Delgado rode the sophomore gelding for trainer Esteban Rubio.
Power Fade (Painted Turnpike-Fade Shot) finished in fourth place and was followed by
7-5 favorite Southern Electric (Crm Livewire-Ze Southern Girl), WB Stevie Nix (Crm Livewire- Zoomin Moon), Moonpiebywire (Crm Livewire-Moonpie Marauder), Bully Pulpit (Crm Livewire-Judys Apollo), Jess Mean N Wild (Wild Perry-Mean Little Sis), Texas Magazeche (Texas Magnum Seven-Azes And Queens Filly).
Don Drake P&A Memorial
WL HECTOR LIVES
by John Moorehouse
WL Hector Lives APHA broke through for his first stakes victory in the $15,900 Don Drake Memorial Stakes, prevailing by a 1/2-length margin at Will Rogers Downs on Nov. 13. The race was held for three-year-old Paints and Appaloosas.
WL Hector Lives broke from the No. 3 gate and made his move midway through the 350-yard race, pulling to a close second going into the stretch, then executing a driving finish to move into the lead and secure the victory.
Eddie D. Willis trains WL Hector Lives, who finished the race in :17.684, posting a 94 speed index with a slight 4 mph tailwind. Justine Klaiber drew the riding assignment for a stakes-winning run that produced a $9,378 payday, improving the gelding’s total bankroll to $40,741.
Owned by Jeff Carter and Justin Massey, WL Hector Lives got to the winner’s circle for the
third time this season and the fourth time in 13 lifetime starts. The gelding already was stakes- placed, finishing third in both the Lewis Wartchow Memorial and the Masterpiece Derby in July.
Larry Steele and Wade Leggett bred WL Hector Lives out of Chivette, a lightly-raced 2010 APHA mare.
Power Fade APHA (Painted Turnpike-Fade Shot) finished second for Loyd Yother and J. Garvan Kelly. The Dee Keener trainee had Jesus Salazar in the irons. Mammy Jammer APHA (CRM Livewire-Dashin DD) finished third. Roy Kent Perkins owns the filly, who is trained by Ray Enlow and had Cody Wainscott aboard.
Paint Your Lips ApHC (Hes Relentless QH-Paint This Kitty), This Wire Is Hot APHA (CRM Livewire- Princess Friona), WF Gitter Dun Chick APHA (Gitter Dun Turnpike-Biker Chick), Tales U Lose APHA (Wagon Tales QH-Elaina Go Go) and Ring My Barb Wire APHA (CRM Livewire-Junglebell) completed the order of finish. JS Shezaquickchick and Queen For Cash both scratched.
RACING NEWS
Lone Star Park • $25,000
400 yards • :20.028 • si 87
Cartel Success QH
CRM Livewire
Elaina Go Go
LIVE MOONSHINE APHA, ‘16-g.
Awesome Chrome
PRP Sedona Sunset
Scarlett The Harlot QH
Lone Star Park • $50,000
870 yards • :45.721 • si 97
Valiant Hero
One Valiant Hero
YOU BUY I FLY V, ‘17-g. Regal Fly
Smiles All Around Strawfly Special Regal Move
Will Rogers Downs • $15,900
350 yards • :17.684 • si 94
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Kool Wagon QH
Kool Kue Baby
WL HECTOR LIVES APHA, ‘18-g.
Awesome Chrome
Chivette
Corona Lace
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