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Morelos / Coady Photography/story by Ty Wyant
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Recent Claim Tops Winter Futurity Trials Sunland, Park, NM - Dec. 9, 2011 - The well-bred filly A Fortunate Choice turned a $12,500 claim on October 22 into a holiday bargain on Friday afternoon by racing to the fastest qualifying time from nine trials to the $194,243 Winter Quarter Horse Futurity at Sunland Park. Sent off at nearly 11-1 odds, Ramon Gonzalez Jr. and Homero Varela’s A Fortunate Choice had to work for her trial win. The Bonifacio Perez-ridden A Fortunate Coolie battled down the inside of the straightaway and got up to win a head bob over second-fastest qualifier Mr Taka B. A Fortunate Choice was timed in :19.142 for the 400 yards while Mr Taka B was right there with a :19.152 time. The Winter Futurity is the first stakes appearance for A Fortunate Choice and if she can step up by winning or placing in the futurity adding black type to her solid black-type pedigree her breeding value is certainly enhanced. The daughter of A Regal Choice is out of broodmare of the year Fortune Of Delight, the dam of champion and All American Futurity winner A Delightful Dasher, and champion and Rainbow Futurity winner Hes My Dasher. The fastest-qualifying trial win was her best career performance and her first win since a maiden race this summer at Ruidoso Downs. Runner-up Mr Taka B, trained by John Stinebaugh, was a game second and brings stakes experience into the Winter Futurity. The Feature Mr Jess colt qualified for the Oklahoma Futurity and the Hobbs America Futurity. The complete list of Winter Futurity qualifiers and their times are A Fortunate Choice (:19.142), Mr Taka B (:19.152), Mighty Famous Vic (:19.157), Top Gun B (:19.198), Tf Featured Effort (:19.216), VGC Moon Walk (:19.263), Cypress City (:19.266), Bottega (:19.293), Our First Corona (:19.301) and Decked In Snow (:19.323).
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