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Leader Of The Class Sale Futurity
OUR LOUISIANA GIRL
by Michael Compton
The odds were in trainer Randy Smith’s favor ahead of the $188,080 Leader of the Class Sale Futurity at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Sept. 14. Represented by five of the final’s eight starters, including odds-on race favorite Piloted By An Angel, Smith figured to have a strong say in the outcome. And he did, winning the 350-yard fixture with Our Louisiana Girl and sweeping the top four placings.
At odds of 5-1, Our Louisiana Girl and jockey Juan Pulido raced in 2nd position early, chasing favored Piloted By An Angel and jockey Juan Marquez. With a strong late rally, Our Louisiana Girl pushed by her rival late to score by a neck at the wire in :17.614. The final clocking earned
a speed index of 99. The $103,444 winner’s share of the purse increased the sorrel filly’s bankroll to $147,924.
Sweetwater Downs Futurity
Deborah Smith owns Our Louisiana Girl, who finished third in Leader of the Class Sale Futurity trial on Aug. 24, and she was the 4th-fastest qualifier for the main event. The win improved her overall record to 5-3-1-1. Prior to that effort, she was runner-up in the Jaguar Stakes on July 23.
Our Louisiana Girl is out of the multiple stakes-winning mare My Louisiana Rod. The
mare had six wins, including the 2016 Harley Greene Derby and both the QHRA
of Indiana Stallion Service Auction Derby & Futurity. She also had 3 second-place finishes, and 2 third-place finishes from 11 outs, so she won or placed in every race she ran in. She earned $220,045. Our Louisiana Girl was bred in Indiana by Gordon Timm who owned My Louisiana Rod during her racing career.
Second-place finisher Piloted By An Angel (Paint My Pilot-La Blue Angel) nearly lasted and just missed to her stablemate. The filly, who was the second-fastest qualifier, is owned by SJC Inc. and Deborah Smith and was bred in Indiana by Dunn Ranch.
The Dirty Wagon (On the Wagon-Chics Dirty Secret) and jockey German Marquez
kept to task late and finished in third place for owners Keith Bode and Deborah Smith. Amy Youngblood Peoples bred the gelding in Indiana.
R Sweet Maggie May (One Sweet Jess- Miss Louisiana Blue), Just A Blue Peanut (Jess Louisiana Blue-Zerena), Zooming Lil Twist (Jess Zoomin-Twisted Lil Secret), Streakindownthebeach (Habits Secret-Beach Runner), and Royal Sin (My Royal Wagon- Euro Blazin) followed. Blacktrain B and Dashtraxx were scratched.
Horseshoe Indianapolis
$188,080 • 350 yards :17.614 • si 99
American Runaway
Duponte
Havanah Goodtime
OUR LOUISIANA GIRL, ‘20-f.
La Jollaroid
My Louisiana Rod
Miss Louisiana Blue
MS FLAMING FINISH
by Michael Cusortelli
Ms Flaming Finish sprinted to her second lifetime stakes victory in the Sweetwater Downs Futurity at Rock Springs, Wyoming on
Sept. 10.
Prepped by Abelardo Gonzalez for owner
LG Racing LLC, Ms Flaming Finish covered 350 yards in :17.546 while posting a 98 speed index. Jesus Canales rode the sorrel filly.
Ms Flaming Finish earned the $48,520 winner’s share of a $121,300
purse. The filly was bred in
California by George and
Sandra Villalobos, and she was purchased by Gonzalez for $37,000 at last year’s
Los Alamitos Equine Sale. Ms Flaming Finish is out of Flaming Chula, an unplaced homebred 7-year-old mare.
Ms Flaming Finish’s second dam, winner Higher Math, produced Higher Fire, a full sister to Flaming
Chula and the sport’s Champion 2 Year Old and 2-Year-Old Filly in 2005, and the dam of 2017 All American Futurity-G1 winner Fly Baby Fly. Ms Flaming Finish traces back to her fourth dam, Go Together, a the sport’s Champion 3-Year-Old Filly in 1970.
Ms Flaming Finish was the second-fastest qualifier from six trials run on Aug. 27. Campaigned in four states, including Arizona
and Idaho, the filly has won four of seven starts and has banked $95,382. Ms Flaming Finish’s resume includes a neck victory in the $48,500 Crush the Curve Futurity
at Pocatello Downs on May 22, and a second-place finish as the fifth-fastest qualifier in the $90,508 John Deere Arizona Downs Juvenile Challenge at Arizona Downs on July 30.
Runner-up JR Dash Of Coronado (Coronado
Cartel-JR Dash Of Shania) earned $24,260 to bring her bankroll to $81,645 from six outs for her owner, JR Stables. Cesar Moreno rode the homebred filly for trainer Riley Moosman. Fastest qualifier Suite Caroline (Favorite Cartel-Just A Fairytale) finished third, three- quarters of a length from winner Ms Flaming Finish. Jesus Valenzuela rode the homebred filly for owner Blaine S. Bateman and trainer Riley Moosman.
Baby I Du (Duponte-Lil Baby Eagle), Corona Rage (KVN Corona-BF Fooserageous), GG Ocean King (Oceans Apart-GG Winning Flo), Justoneofthemgirls (Seperate Interest- Sereni Tea Rose), Political Hottie (Apollitical Jess-Arizona Hottie), and My Favorite Partner (Favorite Cartel-Long Stemmed Roses) completed the order of finish. Seventh-fastest qualifier Flashy Doe (Winners Version-Deer Corn) was scratched.
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Sweetwater Downs
$121,300 • 350yards :17.546 • si 98
Streakin La Jolla
Mr Jess Perry
Scoopie Fein
MS FLAMING FINISH, ‘20-f. Walk Thru Fire
Flaming Chula
Higher Math
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