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RACING NEWS
All American Gold Cup-G1
POWERFUL FAVORITE
by Tracy Gantz
Jockey Eduardo Nicasio knows Powerful Favorite well. He has ridden the six- year-old sorrel gelding in every one of
his 32 starts. While most of those races have occurred at Los Alamitos, they have successfully invaded Ruidoso Downs, most recently winning the Sept. 5 Grade 1 All American Gold Cup.
Powerful Favorite dominated from the start of the 440 yards.
He broke sharply from the 1-gate on the lead and led by 1 1/2 lengths early at the first call. Rivals cut into that margin a bit, but Powerful Favorite still won easily by three- quarters of a length in :20.936.
“I believe it was his best race,” stated Nicasio. “As he has grown older, he tends to break a little better like he did today. That impressed me and put a smile on my face. It was an easy trip.”
Christopher O’Dell trains Powerful Favorite for the Rosenthal Ranch LLC of Connie Rosenthal.
Ruidoso Downs
$150,000 • 440 yards :20.936 • si 104
FAVORITE TRICK TB
Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. M. L. Wood Raced to 3 • $1,726,793 16-12(11)-0-1(1)
644 f., 26 SW • $22,184,011
Bred by: James Markum & Steve Burns
Raced to 4 $1,190,250 32-18(9)-7(2)-3(3)
FAVORITE CARTEL
si 104
Bred by: Paul Jones/Thompson Racing Inc
Raced to 4 • $607,669 25-9(3)-2-4(2)
1,445 f., 93 SW • $33,072,206
SHENOSHERCORONA si 91 Bred by: Henry E. Brown Raced to 4 • $16,318 15-1-3-2
28 f., 3 SW • $1,164,117
REMEMBER ME ROSE
si 110
Bred by: MLA International Company Raced to 4 • $820,895 18-9(5)-4(3)-1
35 f., 7 SW • $4,160,511
CORONA CARTEL si 97
Bred by: Robert D. Etchandy Raced to 3 • $557,142 14-6(3)-3-0
2,104 f., 187 SW • $67,561,328
IM MOONLIGHTING si 106 Bred by: Constance C. Miller Raced to 3 • $41,794 14-6-1-1
16 f., 2 SW • $1,159,069
Steven and Connie Rosenthal with Trainer Chris O’Dell.
Jockey Eduardo Nicasio and Powerful Favorite team up once again for the All American Gold Cup-G1 victory.
180 SPEEDHORSE October 2022
Linda Earley, Speedhorse
Susan Bachelor, Speedhorse
POWERFUL FAVORITE ‘16-g