 Coady
Photography / story by Michael Cusortelli for SureBet
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.
Saddled by Eddy Ferreiro and ridden by Miguel Martinez for owner
Aliuska Gonzalez, Ivory Rain went 250 yards in :13.255 while earning
a 95 speed index and his first stakes win. The winner's share of the
purse increased the bay gelding's earnings to $28,477.
Ivory Rain was bred in Kentucky by Keith Renfro. The gelding's sire,
Ivory James, is a winning 8-year-old son of Corona Cartel who ran
second in First Carolina's 2006 Heritage Place Futurity (G1) at
Remington Park. A full brother to Grade 1 winner PYC Paint Your
Wagon, Ivory James is owned by Bobby D. Cox and Sylvia Shaw Pitman,
and he stands for a $4,000 fee at Royal Vista Ranch at Wayne,
Oklahoma.
Ivory Rain's dam, Drifting Shawne Bug, is a winning daughter of the
Lady Bug's Moon stallion Shawne Bug who has foaled three winners
from four starters. The gelding's half brother, Hearthstone Bay, ran
third in Vrrroom's 2009 Harrah's Entertainment Derby at Louisiana
Downs.
Ivory Rain was claimed by his current connections for $5,000 from
Renfro on November 3 at Evangeline Downs. A winner of two of his
eight outs, Ivory Rain was coming off of a fourth-place finish in
the 250-yard, $22,625 Biscayne Stakes at Hialeah on January 8.
Conquistadorable B ran second and was followed by 3-2 favorite Cmon
Man, Razmajazz, PT First La Jolla, Hez Tricky Too, Rapid Ivory,
Patti Corona Today, and Bankrupt City.
Conquistadorable B is a brown daughter of Valiant Hero who was
claimed out of her last race for $7,500 by owner and trainer David
Eastwood. Conquistadorable B has won one of four starts and has
banked $13,927.
A homebred colt by Corona Cartel out of '06 AQHA champion 3-year-old
filly Ima Ramblin Girl, Cmon Man has earned $19,398 from seven races
for his owners, Walt and Pat Fletcher of Lakin, Kansas. Cmon Man has
won two races, including a 250-yard non-winners-of-two allowance
sprint at Hialeah on January 8.
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