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Scott Martinez photo/ story by Ty
Wyant -
Los Alamitos Winter Derby - Mary Parsons hugs Cody
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Kobe Wins
Thrilling Winter Derby
Cypress, CA - Feb. 18, 2012 - In a game of inches, Mark
and Mary Parson’s homebred Kobe won the Grade 1,
$200,000 Los Alamitos Winter Derby in a blink.
Kobe didn’t make his grade 1 debut an easy task. Bumped
and nearly knocked off stride at the start, Kobe had
every excuse to lose and lose by a large margin. Yet, a
patient jockey Cody Jensen allowed him to find his
stride and his determination got him a very narrow nose
win over even-money favorite and fastest qualifier
Dinero. read more
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El Aquila Real Upsets Winter Championship
- Cypress, CA - Feb. 19, 2012 - Bianca Mendez’s El
Aguila Real ran a flawless race and scored a
career-defining victory when he won the Grade 1,
$226,050 Los Alamitos Winter Championship at the
Southern California track on Sunday night. |
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Fury of the Storm wins $110,000 NMHBA Quarter Horse
Stakes - Post Time switches to 12:45
p.m. starting on Tuesday - Sunland Park, NM - Feb. 19,
2012 - Fury of the Storm closed fast in the final yards
to overcome First Blazin Love and win the $110,000 NMBHA
Quarter Horse Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack and
Casino on Sunday. |
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Jess A Winner Leads from Start to Finish in Hialeah
Invitational; Ima Gator Fan Scores in South Florida
Derby - Hialeah, FL – Feb. 19, 2012
- Jess A Runner, a 6-year-old brown Jess Louisiana Blue
gelding racing for JK Running Horses LLC, scored a
wire-to-wire victory in the $75,000 Hialeah Invitational
Championship, one of four stakes on Hialeah Park's
closing-day program on Sunday. |
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Kobe Wins Thrilling Winter Derby -
Cypress, CA - Feb. 18, 2012 - In a game of inches, Mark
and Mary Parson’s homebred Kobe won the Grade 1,
$200,000 Los Alamitos Winter Derby in a blink. |
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Lil Shorta Cash is Prompt Choice in South Florida
Invitational Stakes - Hialeah, FL –
Feb. 18, 2012 - Rodney Layne Harmon's Lil Shorta Cash
scored his first career stakes victory in Saturday's
$20,000 South Florida Invitational Stakes for
3-year-olds at Hialeah Park. |
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Jumpn Shake Returns To Winning Form
- Cypress, CA – Feb. 12, 2012 - Chad Hart and Bobby
Cox’s Jumpn Shake raced to his first win in 16 months
with a 9-1 upset win in the $16,000 Anaheim Overnight
Handicap on Sunday night to give trainer Jaime Gomez his
1,001 win at Los Alamitos. |
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Ethics Aside Scores Easily in Roble Rojo Bonus Challenge
- Hialeah, Fl. – Feb. 12, 2012 - Jeremy Garcia rode
Ethics Aside to a 1 1/4-length victory in Sunday's
$22,000 Roble Rojo Bonus Challenge Stakes at Hialeah
Park. Owned and trained by Jorge Luis Gonzalez, Ethics
Aside went 300 yards in :15.171, earning a 105 speed
index and missing by just 57/100ths of a second the
track record set by Real Fast Dasher in an
allowance-optional claiming race on January 21, 2011. |
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Slinkys Fortune Wins With Wide Trip
- BOSSIER CITY, LA – Feb. 11, 2012 - The
always-dangerous Slinkys Fortune had a wide trip
throughout the $40,000 Magnolia Stakes over 870 yards on
Saturday at Louisiana Downs, however showed his class in
the final strides to score the game win. |
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21 Partnership, Badilla Shine in West TX Maturity Trials
- Sunland PK., NM – Feb. 10, 2012 - Owner 21 Partnership
and trainer Joe Badilla had only two horses in the
trials to the $99,825 West Texas Maturity, but their
First Down Master and Zulu Dragon stood out with the
top-two qualifying times from the three 400-yard trials. |
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Skyline Lover is Prompt Favorite in Key West Challenge
Stakes - Hialeah, Fl. Feb. 5, 2012 -
Dan I. Frazier's Skyline Lover was a prompt 3-10 choice
in the $21,500 Key West Challenge Overnight Stakes at
Hialeah Park on Sunday. |
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Chi Ter Wins Sawgrass Stakes -
Hialeah, FL – Feb. 5, 2012 - Chi Ter broke sharply from
post 1 and was hand ridden to a 1 1/4-length win in
Sunday's 440-yard, $22,750 Sawgrass Stakes at Hialeah
Park. |
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Promising New Look Shines In Maiden Trials
- Cypress, CA – Feb. 4, 2012 - Mimi Well’s New Look
reinforced the thought that a little vacation can help
with all of us by racing to the fastest qualifying time
to the $151,750 Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes on Saturday
night at Los Alamitos. |
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La Mos Chingono Gets Up in Party Girl
- BOSSIER CITY, LA - Feb. 4, 2012 - Oscar Rohne’s La Mos
Chingono, the 2-5 favorite, gave his supporters flashes
of anxiety, however came through in the final 100 yards
to take the $40,000 Party Girl Stakes over 350 yards for
Louisiana-bred fillies and mares. |
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TF First Pick is Fastest Qualifier to South Florida QH
Derby - Hialeah, Fl., Feb. 4, 2012 -
Donald Ray Jacobs' TF First Pick is the fastest
qualifier for the February 19, $100,000-added South
Florida Quarter Horse Derby at Hialeah Park. |
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Noconi Shows New Mexico Form at Los Al -
Cypress, CA – Jan. 29, 2012 - R.D. Hubbard and Johnny T.L.
Jones Jr’s homebred Noconi made a statement that his
championship form in New Mexico also stands out against
older grade 1 horses at Los Alamitos when he set the fastest
qualifying time to the to the Grade 1, $226,050 Los Alamitos
Winter Championship on Sunday night. |
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Fast Start Helps Ivory Rain in Tallahassee Stakes
- Hialeah, FL. – Jan. 29, 2012 - A quick start from post 8
helped Ivory Rain score a neck victory in Sunday's $22,375
Tallahassee Stakes for 3-year-olds at Hialeah Park. |
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Deniro Rising Star at Los Alamitos -
Cypress, CA – Jan. 28, 2012 - Shane O’Leary’s Deniro
surprised in his Los Alamitos debut when he stole the
spotlight with the fastest-qualifying time to the Grade 1,
$197,000 Los Alamitos Winter Derby on Saturday night. |
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Kool Angel wins $50,000 KOFX-Radio Handicap
- Sunland Park, NM - Jan. 28, 2012 - Kool Angel came through
with her second straight stakes win of the meet by winning
the $50,000 KOFX-Radio Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack
and Casino. |
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Eyesa Western Stays Sharp In Swift -
BOSSIER CITY, LA - Jan. 28, 2012 - The Anireal Chavira-owned
and -trained Eyesa Western overcame breaking in at the start
and fought to a neck win in the $15,000 Swift Stakes at 350
yards on Saturday at Louisiana Downs. |
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Longshot Jess Phenomenal Scores in Hialeah's Banyan Tree
Stakes - Hialeah, FL – Jan. 22, 2012 -
Alejandro Medina's Jess Phenomenal outran his 13-1 odds to
win the $22,500 Banyan Tree Stakes at Hialeah Park, one of
four Quarter Horse stakes contested at the south Florida
track on Sunday. |
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Mr T Perry Surges For Montgomery Win; Eyeontheline took
control of the Marathon Stakes - BOSSIER
CITY, LA - Jan. 21, 2012 - Ana Alvidrez’s Mr T Perry, who
was winning for a $10,000 claiming tag in November, raced to
his third-straight win in the $40,000 Billy Montgomery
Stakes for Louisiana-bred three-year-olds at Louisiana Downs
on Saturday afternoon. A race earlier on the card,
Eyeontheline won the $20,000 Marathon Stakes over 870 yards
as the 9-5 favorite. |
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Sissis Little Nipper rolls in the Directors Handicap
- Portland, OR - Jan. 16, 2012 - Sissis Little Nipper has
quickly become arguably the top Quarter Horse on the grounds
as he once again romped in today’s $8,800 Directors Handicap
at Portland Meadows. |
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Favored Ann Jemima Scores in Perseverance Stakes
- Hialeah, FL – Jan. 15, 2012 - Lisa Joneson's Ann Jemima
earned her first stakes victory in Sunday's $22,375
Perseverance Stakes for fillies and mares at Hialeah Park. |
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Dash Back Perry Keeps Bassett Hot -
Cypress, CA - Jan. 8, 2012 - Johnny Trotter’s homebred Dash
Back Perry cruised to a convincing victory over a very deep
field of distaffers in the Grade 1, $100,000 Charger Bar
Handicap on Sunday night at Los Alamitos to keep the hot
streak going for trainer Joe “Bear” Bassett. |
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Logans Dash Wins Biscayne Stakes
- Hialeah, FL – Jan. 8, 2012 - Anibal Hernandez's Logans
Dash scored a half-length victory in Sunday's $22,625
Biscayne Stakes for 3-year-olds at Hialeah Park. |
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First Blazin Love wins $286,364 Shue Fly
- Sunland Park, NM - January 7, 2012 - First Blazin Love
scored his fourth win in five starts after a rapid fire
victory in the 40th running of the $286,364 Shue Fly at
Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. |
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Without Prejudice, She Is A Fast Dash Shine In Opener
- BOSSIER CITY, LA - Jan. 7, 2012 - The outside post
position produced the winners during a stakes doubleheader
on Saturday’s opening day at Louisiana Downs when Without
Prejudice won the $20,000 Harrah’s Dash Strakes and She Is A
Fast Dash took the $20,000 Harrah’s Distaff. |
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Kobe Scores In Holiday Handicap -
Cypress, CA Jan. 1, 2012 - Mark and Mary Parsons’ homebred
Kobe scored his first stakes win in the final strides by
prevailing in the $20,000 Holiday Handicap at Los Alamitos
on Sunday night. |
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Wild N Wicked JD Extends Win Streak Hialeah's Beautiful
Prairie Stakes - Hialeah, FL – Jan. 1,
2012 - William Ives rode Wild N Wicked JD to victory in
Sunday's $22,500 Beautiful Prairie Stakes at Hialeah Park,
the first Quarter Horse stakes of the year. |
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Cold Cash 123 takes dominating wins $350,000 Championship at Sunland
Park G1
- Sunland Park, NM – Dec. 31,
2011 - Cold Cash 123 made a powerful statement for 2011 World
Champion Quarter Horse honors after scoring a dominating 1-length
win against a world class field in the $350,000 Championship (Grade
1) at Sunland Park on Saturday. |
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Tortuga
Tony Tops in Hialeah Derby; Hialeah Sophomore Invitational Stakes
- Hialeah, FL – Dec. 31, 2011 - Sixth-fastest qualifier Tortuga
Tony, a sorrel gelding by Stel Corona racing for Jose V. Ivanez,
recorded his second lifetime stakes victory in Saturday's Hialeah
Derby at Hialeah Park. |
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Top Gun
B takes $194,262 Sunland Park Winter Quarter Horse Futurity (Grade
2; Kool Angel wins $135,615 Sunland Park Quarter Horse Derby (Grade
2) - Sunland Park, NM - 30, 2011 - Trainer
Andres Gonzalez finished 1-2 in the $194,262 Sunland Park Winter
Quarter Horse Futurity as Top Gun B outran stable mate A Fortunate
Choice by a neck to win the 400 yard Grade 2 event. |
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