Page 135 - Speedhorse, October 2021

All American Derby-G1
INSTYGATOR
by Tracy Gantz
Francisco Javier Barboza and his family traveled to Ruidoso Downs for All American weekend both excited and with heavy hearts. Barboza’s
3-year-old Instygator had qualified the fastest for the All American Derby-G1, but Jose Ernesto Guzman, Barboza’s uncle and the gelding’s former owner, had died only five days previously.
When Instygator upset favored Empressum, who was going for the Derby Triple Crown, the Barboza family remembered Guzman.
“I dedicated this win to my uncle,” said Barboza via translating help from Barboza’s wife, Gladys.
“He put so much work into the horse industry, and our whole family dedicated this race in loving memory of him,” Barboza said.
Though Instygator had qualified the fastest, Empressum went off as the 4-5 All American Derby favorite, having previously won the Ruidoso Derby-G1 and Rainbow Derby-G1. Bettors made Instygator the 2-1 second choice.
RACING NEWS
Ruidoso Downs
$929,465 • 440 yards :20.912 • si 107
IVORY JAMES
si 103
Bred by: Michael A. Pohl Raced to 3 • $220,026 11-5-2(1)-0
1,249 f., 51 SW • $19,504,786
CORONA CARTEL si 97
Bred by: Robert D. Etchandy Raced to 3 • $557,142 14-6(3)-3-0
2,018 f., 183 SW • $65,472,876
Bred by: Bobby D. Cox
Raced to 3 $1,268,239 11-7(1)-3(3)-1(1)
DASHIN FOLLIES
Bred by: Henry E. Brown Raced to 2 • $475 3-0-0-0
38 f., 3 SW • $1,690,576
EYE POPPING
si 95
Bred by: Bobby D. Cox Raced to 4 • $34,069 16-2-2(1)-3(1)
12 f., 3 SW • $1,991,192
MR EYE OPENER si 106
Bred by: Joe Kirk Fulton Raced to 3 • $202,978 15-9(2)-1(1)-4(3)
2,030 f., 96 SW • $28,313,788
SHES JESS SPECIAL si 105 Bred by: Randel Brown Raced to 3 • $104,955 12-5(1)-2(1)-2(1)
26 f., 4 SW • $650,222
Instygator and jockey Juan Pulido in their wire-to-wire All American Derby-G1 victory.
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Linda Earley, Speedhorse
INSTYGATOR, ‘18-g