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by Roberta Harris
Quiet Again Charges To Free Spirit
Win at Ruidoso
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 4, 2011) – Paul
Bruce Thomason’s Quiet Again has done his best work
at longer distances, however appeared to be a crack
sprinter when rallying to win the $40,000 Free
Spirit Handicap over six furlongs on Saturday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Quiet Again, with Alejandro Medellin aboard, covered
the three quarters of a mile in 1:10.64.
Medellin hustled Quiet Again out of the gate in good
order and they maintained a stalking position as
Tactful set a quick pace heading into the turn. All
Man then took the lead on the turn while Medellin
put Quiet Again in a determined drive. They reached
All Man in the final sixteenth to get up for the
win.
A gelded son of Real Quiet from the Jimmie Claridge
stable, Quiet Again won by an expanding
one-and-one-half lengths over All Man. Tactful saved
third, nearly five lengths behind All Man.
Quiet Again won last summer’s Ruidoso Thoroughbred
Championship at one-and-one-sixteenth mile and
should be in top form to defend that title on Labor
Day weekend. He also won the Curribot Stakes and
one-and-one eighth mile at Sunland Park in February
and was third in the $100,000 Sunland Park Handicap,
also and one-and-one-eighth mile, in his start
before the Free Spirit Handicap.
Quiet Again, the 8-5 favorite, returned $5.20, $2.80
and $2.40. All Man was well respected as the 9-5
second choice and paid $3.00 and $2.40. Tactful was
worth $4.00 to show.
