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RACING NEWS
New Mexico State Fair Futurity-RG3
HS GOLDEN EAGLE
by Tracy Gantz
Trainer Javier Duarte has always felt that HS Golden Eagle was a good filly. But even he was surprised by her margin of vic- tory in the $395,708 New Mexico State Fair Futurity-RG3 on Sept. 19.
“The last two or three days before the race the horse acted really good, so we thought we had a pretty good chance to win,” said Duarte, who trains HS Golden Eagle for owner Lucina Salas Lopez. “We never thought that we would win by that much, though.”
Going into the Futurity final, Dashin Approach and BF Shes Outrageous were con- sidered the horses to beat. In five starts, Dashin Approach had won three races, including the New Mexico Breeders Futurity-G3, and fin- ished second twice. He had qualified the third fastest and was made the 3-2 narrow favorite over fastest-qualifier BF Shes Outrageous, winner of the Desert Classic Futurity and a qualifier to the Rainbow Futurity-G1.
The Downs At Albuquerque
$395,708 • 400 yards :19.557 • si 95
Osbaldo
si 109
Bred by: Hubaldo Solis Raced to 8 • $456,878 43-12(5)-3(2)-5(2)
39 f., 2 SW • $789,064
Jesse James Jr si 98
Bred by: Charlie and Dixie Patterson Raced to 5 • $167,275 21-5(1)-4(2)-3(1)
832 f., 37 SW • $20,356,020
Bred by: Hubaldo Solis
Raced to 2 $217,653 7-2(1)-2-1
Shes So Blazin
Bred by: Double Bar S Ranch LLC Unraced
10 f., 2 SW • $735,014
Catchtherain TB
Bred by: Pierre Amestoy & Leslie Amestoy Raced to 2 • $27,178
3-2-1-0
8 f., 1 SW • $345,137
Super Special TB
Bred by: Keswick Stables Raced to 5 • $53,824 22-4-3(1)-0
59 f., 1 SW • $1,494,833
Fine Rain TB
Bred by: Mike G. Rutherford Sr. Unraced
5 f., 0 SW • $43,814
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Hs Golden Eagle winning the New Mexico State Fair Quarter Futurity at Albuquerque.
Coady Photography
HS GOLDEN EAGLE, ‘19-f.