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RACING NEWS
Dulce Sin Tacha’s winning connections include breeders/owners Bob & Jerry Gaston, trainer
year, he finished second to Empressum in the Rainbow Derby-G1.
The Gastons bred Dulce Sin Tacha in Texas from a family they have had for three genera- tions. They bred stakes-placed Miss Sin Tacha, the second dam and a half-sister to World Champion Streakin Sin Tacha, in partnership with Janet Van Bebber. They bred Prissy Sin Tacha, the dam of Dulce Sin Tacha, solely, and she finished third in the 2015 Texas Classic Futurity. Dulce Sin Tacha is the first of two starters for Prissy Sin Tacha, the second being two-year-old Apollitical Sins.
Sergio Becerra Jr. piloted Apolliticalfastprize (Apollitical Jess-Ms Fast First Prize) to second for trainer Wesley Giles and owner Ezra Elton Lee. Apolliticalfastprize has won once and qualified to this year’s Rainbow Derby-G1.
Jim Streelman and Bill Dale bred third-place Flash Bak (Moonin The Eagle- Checknbac) and race him in the name of Dutch Masters III. Francisco Calderon rode the gelding for trainer John Stinebaugh. Flash Bak won this year’s Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1 and ran second in the 2020 Los Alamitos $2 Million Futurity-G1.
B Cause Im A Hero (Valiant Hero-Jess B Mighty), Valiantt (Valiant Hero-Astica), and Gym N Jam (Jess Good Candy-None As Easy) finished fourth, fifth, and sixth. Jess Speechless (Tres Seis-Ja Jess Elegance) and Eagles And Dragons (Zulu Dragon-Effortless Eagle) dead- heated for seventh place and were followed by Favorite Agree (Favorite Cartel-Eye Agree) and Tall Timbers (Corona Cartel-Tiny Dash Of Cash). Apollitical Gold and Garda Da Cash were scratched.
Heath Taylor and jockey Rodrigo Vallejo.
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