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wire-to-wire in :15.435 and came back nearly a half-second faster in the futurity.
William Reeder bred the stakes-winning colt out of Bye N Pearls, a 2005 mare who made 28 outs during her own competitive career. Bye Corona Bye was a $22,000 graduate of the TQHA Yearling Sale. His family tree includes former All American Gold Cup-G1 winner DM Streakin Thru Fire and Texas Classic Derby-G1 winner Sashay N Six.
Josue Ponce also trains Blood N Pepper (Apollitical Blood-Poise N Pepper), who made a game run for second place. The colt is owned by Almada Racing. Mario Delgado had the riding assignment.
KJ Bootscootin Jess (Apollitical Jess- Xquizit) hit the board in third. John Lee, Kathy Lee and Ruben Mares own the colt, a Wesley Giles trainee who had Adrian Ramos aboard.
Followed by A Little Tempting (Tempting Dash-Famous Little Reba), Wirth The Wait (One Famous Eagle-Trendi), Everythingyouneed (Jet Black Patriot-Rogue To Riches), Reved Up Blues (A Revenant-Run The Dash), Beneficial (Favorite Cartel-Bemused), A Blazin Spirit (A Revenant-One Lethal Blaze) and VGK Zigfield Girl (KVN Corona-Zigfield Follies).
Jockey Juan Pulido celebrates his victory.
Bye Corona Bye’s winning jockey Juan Pulido and trainer Josue Ponce.
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