December 31, 2008 – P.K. Thomas’ homebred Lethal Delight stands out as the horse to beat over 400 yards in the $333,940 Shue Fly Stakes (RG1) at Sunland Park Saturday afternoon.

Trained by Blane Wood, Lethal Delight (Dean Miracle-Miss Lethal by Chicks Beduino) returns to New Mexico-bred stakes company after a pair of seconds against open Grade 1 competition. She was just a head behind Show Me Your Toole in the Dash For Cash Futurity (G1) at Lone Star Park and then finished second behind Brenda Beautiful’s Zia Park track-record victory in the $300,000 Southwest Juvenile Championship on November 30. She was defeated by one-and-three-quarter lengths while never challenging Brenda Beautiful.

After facing this open Grade 1 competition, Lethal Delight dominated the six trials to the Shue Fly when she opened up a three length advantage by the midway point and rolled through the finish with a four-and-a-half length advantage. Her time of :19.023 topped the qualifiers by the equivalent of nearly two lengths.

Trainer Fred Danley sends out four horses to take on Lethal Delight, headed by Bill Price’s second-fastest qualifier BP Shes Southern (Southern Cartel-Shes Takes All by This Snow Is Royal).

BP Shes Southern has recently compiled a consistent record against state-bred rivals. She has four wins and a pair of seconds in her latest six starts, topped by a daylight win in the Señorita Futurity at The Downs at Albuquerque. She continued her sharp form when she won her Shue Fly trial by one-and-a-quarter lengths in :19.267.

Danley also saddles sixth-fastest qualifier Cowboy Got Game (Rabbits Rainbow-Cowgirl Cadillac by Celadon), eighth-fastest qualifier Rabbit Revival (Rabbits Rainbow-French Revival by Coup de Kas (TB)) and 10th-fastest qualifier DRH Jamin Miracle (Dean Miracle-DRF Dashin N Jamin by First Down Dash).

Cowboy Got Game comes off two wins. Rabbit Revival won the New Mexico Classic Cup Futurity (RG1) and DRH Jamin Miracle won the New Mexico Señor Futurity (G1).