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Honor Impresses With Top Time To Adequan Derby
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RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 17, 2011) – The hot streak for owner Jose Trevino’s Tremor Enterprises continued when Feature Honor easily won his trial and set the fastest-qualifying time to the $53,757 Adequan Ruidoso Derby Challenge on Friday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs. The horses with the 10-fastest times from the three 350-yard trials are eligible to race in the Adequan Ruidoso Derby Challenge July 2 at Ruidoso Downs. Tremor Enterprises has been on a roll over the past few years with Tempting Dash honored as the 2009 champion 2-year-old colt and Mr Piloto narrowly won last summer’s Grade 1, $2,000,000 All American Futurity. Recently, Separate Fire won the Grade 1 Kindergarten and Fly First Down was the fastest qualifier to the Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity for Tremor Enterprises. The Paul Jones-trained Feature Honor kept the hot streak going when he raced to his fourth win from seven starts with his dominating win in the third trial in :19.656 under jockey Ramon Sanchez. The Feature Mr Jess son pulled away to win by an increasing one-and-one-half lengths. Feature Honor was making his 2011 debut after scoring three wins last year, including a minor stakes win in Mexico City and his All American Futurity trial. The rest of the qualifiers and their times are Zoomandkicken (:19.822), DM Strait (:19.871), Star Over Utah (:19.881), Special Vartanash (:19.925), Features Lucky Charm (:19.945), Fast Movin Vic (:19.956), BF Farm Boy (:19.963), Tylers Feature (:19.995) and Ima Talented Guy (:20.115). |