Back In The Pack Proves Best In All American Juvenile at Ruidoso

RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September 5, 2011) – Reliance Ranches and Debra Gotovac’s Back In The Pack, the 7-5 favorite, raced to a neck victory to score her third straight win in the $75,000 All American Juvenile at Ruidoso Downs on Monday afternoon.

The All American Juvenile is for horses who did not qualify for the Grade 1, $2.4-million All American Futurity and Back In the Pack barely missed the cut as the 11th-fastest qualifier.
Mr Ease 123 was the 10th-fastest qualifier at :21.395 and Back In The Pack raced to a :21.397 mark in her trial.

Back In the Pack improved on that time in the All American Juvenile when she broke smartly from the gate and went on to win with a :21.206 mark under jockey Cody Wainscott.
Priceless Feature finished second by one-half length over DM Cruzin.

The Corona For Me daughter Back In The Pack has put together a superb summer campaign under the tutelage of trainer Bard Bolen. She was a close second in the Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso Derby to Silver For Me while finishing ahead of third-place finisher Ochoa.

Back In The Pack, a $9,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale purchase, returned to win her trials to the Rainbow Futurity and the All American Futurity. She earned $18,750 in the All American Juvenile and has now banked $119,284.

Runner-up Priceless Feature, owned by Ed Melzer, was second in his All American Futurity trial and has two wins at Remington Park from eight starts.

Third-place finisher DM Cruzin, owned by Reed Land and Cattle Company with Bill Moler, won his maiden by three quarters of a length in his All American Futurity trial.