STAKES ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 2008
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NOVEMBER 28-30

BLUE RIBBON DOWNS
Oklahoma Bred Championship Stakes (R)
Order of Finish: Streakin Postoak, Eyesa Storm Too, Heza Royal Sin, LD American Maid, Yawls Special Show, Zevi Fling.

Streakin Postoak led at every call en route to an easy two-length win in the November 29 Oklahoma Bred Championship Stakes (R). Ridden by Roy Brooks for owner Prescilla Marley of Stringtown, Oklahoma, and trainer Luis Villafranco, Streakin Postoak went 400 yards in :19.743 while earning a 98 speed index.

Bred by the Pierce Family Partnership of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Streakin Postoak is a 4-year-old gelding and one of four stakes winners from 43 starters sired by Streak And Dash, a winning 9-year-old son of Streakin La Jolla who ran second in the 2001 Louisiana QHBA Sale Futurity (RG2) at Louisiana Downs. His dam, Madisons Legacy, is a 12-year-old daughter of the late Chicks Beduino who has foaled four starters and is a half sister to champions Griswold and Apprehend.

Streakin Postoak has made 18 of his 19 starts in Oklahoma. The gelding has won 12 races, including six stakes, and the $18,584 winner's share of the Oklahoma Bred Championship Stakes increased his bankroll to $153,974. Earlier this year, Streakin Postoak scored a half-length victory against open company in the $27,500 Fair Meadows Maturity (G3).

Black Gold Derby (R)
Order of Finish: Gaberil Horn, Flying Fit, Here To Entertain, Eyeza Be OK, CC Policy, Eyesa Candy Maker, Southern Fling, Mr Eye, Shez Living In Style, Dashing Manner.

Preston and Karen Cloud's Gaberil Horn, the second-fastest qualifier, earned his first stakes win in the $70,196 Black Gold Derby (R) on November 30. Prepped by Guillermo Valdivia and ridden by Debbie Freeman, the gelding went 400 yards in :20.195, and his margin of victory was a head from 5-2 favorite Flying Fit.

Fastest qualifier Here To Entertain ran third, a half of a length behind the winner.

Gaberil Horn was bred in Oklahoma by the CC Gillespie Estate, and he is one of four stakes winners from 43 starters sired by Streak And Dash. The gelding is also one of two winners from two starters produced by the winning Mr Eye Opener mare Eye Opening Dancer.

A finalist in last year's Black Gold Futurity Championship (RG3), Gaberil Horn has raced exclusively in Oklahoma. The gelding has banked $58,664 from two wins in 13 outs. He was winless in nine starts as a 2-year-old.

Black Gold Futurity Championship (RG3)
Order of Finish: Fly On Lake, Eye Follies, BP Southern Mariah, Deep In The South, Agouti Kid, Kitas Best Yet, First Prize Timber, Chicos Fantacia, Fly Like Me, First Prize Paris.

Cody Smith rode sixth-fastest qualifier Fly On Lake to a wire-to-wire, neck victory in the 400-yard, $288,541 Black Gold Futurity Championship (RG3) on November 30. Trained by J.D. Anderson for breeder and owner Jackie E. Brown of Greenwood, Arkansas, the gelding by freshman sire Granite Lake stopped the timer in :20.019 while posting his fourth win in 10 races and first stakes score.

Fly On Lake became the first stakes winner from 25 starters sired by Granite Lake, an 8-year-old stallion by world champion and all-time leading sire First Down Dash and winner of the 2003 West Texas Derby (G2) at Sunland Park. His dam, the 8-year-old Strawflyin Buds mare Peek To Fly, has produced two starters.

The $144,271 winner's share of the Black Gold Futurity Championship purse pushed Fly On Lake's bankroll to $172,486. On October 26, the gelding ran third, a neck behind winner Deep In The South, in the $95,000 Black Gold 350 Futurity (R).

LONE STAR PARK
Hipodromo de las Americas Stakes
Order of Finish: Dashing O Toole, Cool Shazoom, Zoom For Fun, CC Toasting Warrior, Reads Fast Man, Ag Time Gamer, RF Im Leaving Easy, Patriot Fortune, Cayenne Turbo, Snazzy Special Lead.

Carlos Castro rode 19-1 longshot Dashing O Toole to a half-length victory in the $15,000 Hipodromo de las Americas Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings on November 28. Prepped by Victoria Cano for owner Efren Moreno of Pflugerville, Texas, the Jody O Toole colt went 400 yards on a muddy and sealed track in :19.971 while scoring his third win in seven starts and first stakes win.

Dashing O Toole was bred by the late Bob Douglas, a 10-consecutive-year breeder whose homebred starters included Tiger Toole, a Jody O Toole gelding who won 10 stakes at Texas and Louisiana tracks from 1999-2004. Dashing O Toole became the 32nd stakes winner from 490 starters sired by Jody O Toole, a Grade 3-winning son of Jodys Glory who ran fourth in the 1987 All American Futurity (G1) and whose 17 crops have earned more than $7.2 million.

Dashing O Toole is also one of four winners from five starters foaled by the winning Dash For Destiny mare Dashing Ethel. The $8,250 winner's share of the purse boosted his bankroll to $15,001.

Joe B. Turner Memorial Stakes
Order of Finish: Special Headlines, LAs Pink Panther, Fast Dutchess Ann, MWS Sugar Sand, Eyesa Speeder, Tearful, Primed To Rock, A Lil Tres Seis, Thatsmysavinsaccount, Ace Cinnan.

Longshots dominated the 400-yard, $15,000 Joe B. Turner Memorial Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on November 28. Special Headlines outran her 14-1 odds and defeated 12-1 longshot LAs Pink Panther by a head, with 43-1 longshot Fast Dutchess Ann a head behind the runner-up in third.

Ridden by Luis Ramirez for owner Raul Rubalcava of Wylie, Texas, and trainer Christian Rubalcava, Special Headlines covered the distance on a muddy and sealed track in :19.931. The filly was coming off of a seventh-place finish in a Texas Classic Futurity (G1) trial on November 15.

A homebred, Special Headlines became the fifth stakes winner from two crops sired by Oak Tree Special, an 8-year-old Special Task stallion and American Quarter Horse racing's 2003 world champion. She is the first starter foaled by the 8-year-old Dash Thru Traffic mare Tomorrows Headlines, the winner of the '05 John Deere Oklahoma Distaff Challenge (G3) at Remington Park.

All told, Special Headlines has earned $25,284 from three wins in nine races.

Rheudasil Handicap
Order of Finish: Check On Chico, Sin Tacha Perry, Eyesa Country Miss, Painkiller, Panther Purr, Streakin Illusively, Jess Flashy, Killer Bod, Heza Two Timing Man, Jodys Funny Face.

Check On Chico was a prompt 8-5 favorite in the November 28, $20,000 Rheudasil Handicap. Saddled by Judd Kearl and ridden by Rodrigo Vallejo for owner Julie Irwin Cotton of Paige, Texas, the 4-year-old gelding by Dashin Chico stopped the timer in :17.499 for 350 yards on a muddy and sealed track. His margin of victory was a neck from Sin Tacha Perry, and he recorded a 100 speed index.

Bred by Dean Spears of Colcord, Oklahoma, Check On Chico is one of 13 stakes winners from 201 starters sired by Dashin Chico, a winning 16-year-old stallion by the late Chicks Beduino and a finalist in the 1994 Remington Park (G1) and Sun Country (G1) futurities. The gelding's dam, Teenie Tuff, is an unraced daughter of Corona Cartel who has produced three winners from four starters.

Check On Chico has won eight of 21 starts, including three stakes, and has earned $149,799. His stakes resume includes a victory in last year's Blue Ribbon Derby (G3) in Oklahoma.

Texas Classic Derby (G1)
Order of Finish: DMNV Mountable, Coronas Leaving You, Romancing Mary, Easy Dashin Sixes, Coronas Easy Dash, Quickid Corona, Separatist Baby, Moonshine Memories, Rock Solid Jess, Rebas In The House.

DMNV Mountable, a Panther Mountain colt racing for Ezra Lee and Toby Dahl, earned his fourth career stakes victory in the 440-yard, $383,756 Texas Classic Derby (G1) on November 29. Saddled by Jacque Uphaus, DMNV Mountable defeated Coronas Leaving You by a head while covering the quarter-mile distance in :21.507. The win was his 10th in 16 starts.

"He usually has trouble coming out of the gate, and I think he might have bobbled a little at the start tonight," said Uphaus, who gave a leg up to jockey Alex Baldillez Jr. "After that, he ran a really strong race."

DMNV Mountable was bred by Merrill and Virginia Lee of Billings, Montana, 30-consecutive-year breeders whose 43 homebred starters include stakes winners MNV Soupandfrackers, MNV Pack And Dash and Jodys Irish Miss. The colt is one of 10 stakes winners from two crops sired by Panther Mountain, a Grade 1-winning stallion by Meter Me Gone and American Quarter Horse racing's champion aged stallion in 2003.

DMNV Mountable is also one of five winners from six starters foaled by the winning and stakes-placed Bully Bullion mare Cheyennes Bullion. The colt is a half brother to two stakes-placed runners, including 2003 Great Falls HRA Futurity runner-up MNV Miss Arbeka Jet.

At 2, DMNV Mountable won four of five races, including the $88,597 Kansas Jackpot Futurity (RG2) at The Woodlands Racetrack in Kansas City. This year, the colt has won three Grade 1 stakes, as he began the year with victories in the Remington Park and Heritage Place derbies in Oklahoma.

"He's one of the most impressive 2-year-olds I ever rode, and I've ridden for over 33 years," said Baldillez. "Every win is great, but this one is special because I just turned 50 years old."

The $170,776 winner's share of the Texas Classic Derby purse increased DMNV Mountable's earnings to $464,400.

Texas Classic Futurity (G1)
Order of Finish: Mr Queens Mystery, Mighty Corona, King Brimmerton, Double Chiseled, Specially Alluring, Streakin Six Cartel, Cuz Eye Said, First Down Mr Jess, Thecoloroftheblues.

Mr Queens Mystery ran his winning streak to three with a half-length victory in the $1,154,802 Texas Classic Futurity (G1) at Lone Star Park on November 29. Racing for the Veracruz, Mexico-based Azoom Limited Partnership and trained by Robert Touchet, Mr Queens Mystery covered 400 yards in :19.618, recording a career-best 101 speed index and the second-fastest winning time in the stakes' 16-year history. Rodrigo Vallejo rode the winner.

The second-fastest qualifier, Mr Queens Mystery was coming off of a nose victory in the second of nine trials on November 15.

"I knew that he would be a lot better horse than last time," said Touchet. "He had a little problem, but tonight he ran a good race. He's a very good horse."

Mr Queens Mystery was bred by Newcomb Cattle Co. and Micah Leslie, and the colt became the 34th stakes winner from nine crops sired by Shazoom, a son of champion Takin On The Cash who won the 1995 Speedhorse Sprint Futurity (RG3) at Trinity Meadows and ran third in world champion Winalota Cash's Texas Classic Futurity. Now 15, Shazoom has sired 478 starters and the earners of more than $9.9 million, including two champions.

Mr Queen's Mystery's dam, First Place Queen, won the Grade 1 Golden State and Los Alamitos Million futurities in 2002 and is a half sister to Grade 3 winner First Place Princess. The First Place Dash mare has produced five winners from nine starters, including the stakes-winning Strawfly Special mare Queens Strawfly.

All told, Mr Queens Mystery has won three of seven races, and the winner's share of the stakes-record Texas Classic Futurity purse boosted his earnings to $522,460.

Fastest qualifier Stolis Winner was scratched from the final due to a minor ankle injury.

LOS ALAMITOS
Las Damas Handicap (G2)
Order of Finish: Strength In Numbers, Royal Motions, Blazin Fire, Look Her Over, Just Dash, Flashin Dashin, Forgive Him, Choosy, This Seis Can Race.

A sharp break from post 3 helped Strength In Numbers earn a wire-to-wire, one-length win in the 400-yard, $40,000 Las Damas Handicap (G2) for fillies and mares on November 29. Under Cesar DeAlba, who rode the 5-year-old Strawfly Special mare for owner Benny Rosset and trainer Paul Jones, Strength In Numbers covered the distance in :19.423, breaking by 7/100ths the previous stakes record set last year by champion Blazin Fire.

Strength In Numbers was making her first start since October 13, 2007, when she won the $200,000 Los Alamitos Invitational Championship (G1). An intestinal illness sidelined the mare for the rest of the year, then she was bred to First Down Dash and FDD Dynasty, with the embryos transferred to surrogate mares.

"I have to say that Benny and I were hesitant about bringing her back to racing," said Vince Genco, Rosset's equine agent. "We figured that she was going to be a nice broodmare and that she didn't owe us anything. Paul talked us into bringing her back, and I'm glad he did. He said she was going to be just fine, and I have to give him credit. He was 100 percent right."

Strength In Numbers was bred by the List family's Double Bar S Ranch at Moreno Valley, California, and she is one of 80 stakes winners from 15 crops sired by Strawfly Special, a stakes-winning son of world champion Special Effort who died in 2004. The mare is also one of two starters produced by the winning and Grade 2-placed Heza Fast Man mare Strength Of Heart.

Genco hinted that Strength In Numbers next start might come in the Charger Bar Handicap (G1) in January.

"We'll see how she comes back from this race," said Genco. "Benny is going to come from Brazil to watch Stylish Jess BR in the (Grade 1) Champion of Champions on December 13. From what I understand, he is going to be in the United States for a while, so maybe he'll stay for the Charger Bar if Strength In Numbers does end up running in the race."

Campaigned exclusively at Los Alamitos, Strength In Numbers has won seven of 22 races, and the $22,000 winner's share of the Las Damas purse increased her bankroll to $232,708. The mare has won a total of five stakes, and she ran third in last year's Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap (G1) for distaffers.

ZIA PARK
New Mexico Fillies & Mares Championship Stakes (R)
Order of Finish: Ms Regard, Rime Has A Chick, Chicks A Cover Girl, Tunes, Blazin N Shakin, JJs Fast Gal, Rainbows N Diamonds, EJ Shuefly, Miracle Streakin.

K. Humberto Lopez Gaxiola's Ms Regard extended her win streak to five with a 1 1/2-length victory in the 400-yard, $149,845 New Mexico Fillies & Mares Championship Stakes (R) for state-bred distaffers on November 29. Trained by Juan Gonzalez, who gave a leg up to jockey Kenny Muntz, the homebred 3-year-old filly by second-year sire Chicks Regard made the distance in :19.169 for a 103 speed index.

Ms Regard became the fourth stakes winner from 24 starters sired by Chicks Regard, a 9-year-old srakes winning stallion by Chicks Beduino and finalist in the 2001 Sunland Park Fall Futurity (G2). The filly is also the first starter foaled by Anneopen, a 12-year-old Mr Eye Opener mare who won five stakes from 1998-2002, including the '02 Inaugural Classic Stakes (G3) at the Hipodromo de las Americas in Mexico City.

All told, Ms Regard has won five of 11 races and has earned $177,156. The filly was coming off of a 1 1/2-length victory in a 300-yard state-bred allowance race on November 16, a race in which she covered the trip in :14.916 and set a Zia Park track record.

Southwest Juvenile Championship Stakes (G1)
Order of Finish: Brenda Beautiful, Lethal Delight, Vertical Vision, Jet Black Patriot, Feature Ten, Spit Curl Diva, Executive Looks, Jess Significant, Kiptysside, Double Feature Jess.

A strong stretch run helped Brenda Beautiful win the November 30, $300,000 Southwest Juvenile Championship Stakes (G1) at Zia Park.

A homebred Feature Mr Jess filly racing for R.D. Hubbard and John T.L. Jones Jr. Interests, and trained by Paul Jones, Brenda Beautiful defeated Lethal Delight by 1 3/4 lengths while scoring her second stakes victory. She covered 440 yards in :20.966 under jockey Kenny Muntz, earning a lifetime-best 109 speed index and breaking by 83/1000ths the previous track record established by the 4-year-old Planet Holland in the 2005 Zia Park Handicap.

Brenda Beautiful is one of 27 stakes winners from four crops sired by Feature Mr Jess, a Grade 1-winning son of champion Mr Jess Perry whose 306 starters have earned more than $8.3 million and include champions Jess You And I and Heartswideopen. The filly is also one of four winners from five starters foaled by the 12-year-old Dash For Cash mare My Dashing Lady, the winner of the 1999 Rainbow Derby (G1) at Ruidoso Downs.

Brenda Beautiful is a half sister to two stakes winners, including Noconi, a Mr Jess Perry gelding who won the August 31, $1,065,648 All American Derby (G1). Her second dam, the Master Hand (TB) mare Lady Juno, was American Quarter Horse racing's champion aged mare in 1980.

Campaigned solely in New Mexico, Brenda Beautiful has won three of five races -- including the $272,650 Hobbs America Futurity (G2) on a sloppy track on October 12 -- and the $139,200 winner's share of the Southwest Juvenile Championship purse more than doubled her bankroll to $274,952.

NOVEMBER 21-23

LONE STAR PARK
Lone Star Park Distance Championship Stakes
Order of Finish: Vital Winner, Wood Climber, Blue Ribbon Dash, Patriot Arrival, Heza Marquette Maker, El Diablo Negro, A Unforgottenlook.

Alex Baldillez rode 9-5 favorite Vital Winner to a wire-to-wire, 2 1/4-length victory in the 870-yard, $20,000 Lone Star Park Distance Championship Stakes on November 22. Saddled by Bradley Bolen for owners Charles Wright and Debra Gotovac, the 4-year-old Easy Winning Jet gelding made the trip in :45.421 while posting a 95 speed index and his sixth stakes win this season.

Vital Winner was bred by Fletcher Huskey, a resident of Poolville, Texas, and 30-consecutive-year breeder whose 131 homebred starters have earned more than $2.5 million and include last year's champion 2-year-old gelding Illegal Memories. The gelding is one of two stakes winners from six starters sired by Easy Winning Jet, a 10-year-old son of Runaway Winner who won the 2000 TQHA Sires' Cup Futurity (RG2) at Sam Houston Race Park.

Vital Winner is also one of three winners from five starters produced by the winning Vital Sign mare Vital Investment. The gelding's half brother, the Winning Rhythm gelding Fast Rythum, won the 2006 TQHA 550 Stakes (RG3) at Sam Houston.

All told, Vital Winner has won 13 of 27 races and six stakes, and he has banked $251,277. Four of his stakes scores have come at the 870 distance.

LOS ALAMITOS
Z. Wayne Griffin Director's Stakes (G3)
Order of Finish: Little Bit Of Baja, No Secrets Here, Sir Runaway Dash, Dicey Dee, Value The Man, Separate Bet, Strong Hope, First To Reach.

Little Bit Of Baja earned a berth in this year's Champion of Champions (G1) with a 1 1/2-length victory in the November 21, $20,000 Z. Wayne Griffin Director's Stakes (G3). Racing for Vessels Stallion Farm and the Los Bustardos camp of Rancho Vistadores, Little Bit Of Baja covered 400 yards in :19.271, earning a career-best 101 speed index and breaking by 24/1000ths the previous track record set by A Stoli Mate a 2007 Southern California Derby (G1) trial.

Trainer Felipe Quintero gave a leg up to jockey Rodrigo Aceves.

"A track record is something you never really think about, but when they happen they make you happy," said Frank "Scoop" Vessels III, owner of Vessels Stallion Farm. "This horse is peaking right now, and we don't know how much better he can be. He's right at the top of his game."

A 4-year-old gelding and last year's champion sophomore gelding, Little Bit Of Baja was bred by Vessels Stallion Farm, and he is one of 209 stakes winners from 18 crops sired by First Down Dash, American Quarter Horse racing's all-time leading sire. Now 24, First Down Dash has sired 1,445 starters and the earners of more than $65.7 million, including 33 champions.

Little Bit Of Baja's dam, BCR Pale Moon, is a 22-year-old daughter of the Easy Jet stallion Kingdom Key who won the 1988 Silver Dollar (RG3) and Idaho QHBA (R) futurities. Her eight winners from 15 starters include BCR Stellaluna, a Dash Ta Fame mare who won the '98 QHBC Northwest Classic Derby (R) at Les Bois Park.

Little Bit Of Baja's victory was his fourth in 16 starts, and the $11,000 winner's share of the Griffin purse boosted his bankroll to $568,621. The gelding won last year's Los Alamitos Super Derby (G1) at odds of 32-1, and he ran second, 1 1/4 lengths behind world champion Blues Girl Too, in the Champion of Champions (G1).

The Griffin represented Little Bit Of Baja's third start of the season. The gelding didn't make his first out of the year until September 27, when he ran third in the Go Man Go Handicap (G1).

Last December, Little Bit Of Baja underwent knee surgery to remove chips, and he later had the same stem cell surgery that was performed on world champion Be A Bono's knee.

"The horse has some soft tissue problems," said Dr. Mark Martinelli, who performed the surgery on Little Bit Of Baja. "What we were hoping to accomplish with the stem cell surgery was to give him a physiological boost. The most important thing that the owners did after the surgery was to give the horse as much time as possible (to recover) before he started training again."

Jess You And I, the sport's champion 2-year-old gelding in 2006, was entered in the Griffin but was scratched. The winner of the Go Man Go, Jess You And I will receive a berth in the Champion of Champions, as earlier in the week track director of nominations Melodie Knuchell received notice from the connections of Refrigerator Handicap (G1) winner Diamond Tres Seis that the gelding will decline his invitation to the race.

PORTLAND MEADOWS
Portland Meadows Fall Derby
Order of Finish: Devon Dat Cash, Super Duper Buddy, Bay To Bay, Valor, Beda King, Casadys First Down, Okie Moon, Jet Formula, Heza Fast Ranger.

William Ives rode 2-1 choice Devon Dat Cash to a head victory in the 400-yard, $16,500 Portland Meadows Fall Derby on November 23. Prepped by Scott Raley for owners Donald and Beverly Conway of Rainier, Washington, the homebred Devon Lane (TB) colt made the distance in :20.330 while earning his first career stakes win.

Devon Dat Cash became the fourth stakes winner from 112 American Quarter Horse starters sired by Devon Lane, a 15-year-old stallion by Storm Cat (TB). The colt is also one of three winners from four starters foaled by the 12-year-old Juno Dat Cash mare Junomore, and he is a half brother to Mitey Cappuccino, a Mitey Expresso gelding who ran third in the 2006 Oregon Bred Juvenile Championship (R).

Racing primarily in the Northwest region, Devon Dat Cash has won five of 11 races, and the $6,600 winner's share of the Portland Meadows Fall Derby purse pushed his earnings to $17,295. On July 5, he ran third in the $10,400 Firecracker Derby at Grants Pass Downs.

TURF PARADISE
Corona Cartel Stakes
Order of Finish (official, after disqualification): Hez Fast As Cash, Willie Getto Know Me, Pistoli, A Faster Streaker, Arnold Ess, Red Rolls Royce, La Monita Vivi, DH-Royal Heights, DH-Okey Dokey Pie, Downright Secret.

Hez Fast As Cash, a 4-year-old Heza Fast Man stallion racing for Carlos Martinez and Gilberto Hernandez, earned his third stakes victory in the November 23, $15,000 Corona Cartel Stakes. Ridden by Dennis Collins for trainer Gerardo Pena-Ochoa, Hez Fast As Cash covered 350 yards in :17.851, and his margin of victory was a half of a length from Willie Getto Know Me.

Hez Fast As Cash was bred by Henry E. Brown of Gilbert, Arizona, a 20-consecutive-year breeder who in his own name has bred 20 stakes winners and the earners of more than $6.3 million, including champions Okey Dokey Dale and Tiny First Effort. The gelding stallion is one of 51 stakes winners from 11 crops sired by Heza Fast Man, the sport's champion sophomore colt in 1994 whose 547 starters have banked more than $11.8 million.

Hez Fast As Cash is one of 10 winners from 12 starters foaled by Corona Cash, a two-time champion and the winner of the 1997 All American Futurity (G1). Now 13, the daughter of First Down Dash has produced the earners of nearly $400,000.

An winner of nine of 25 races, Hez Fast As Cash has earned $76,329 while being campaigned in Arizona and New Mexico. The gelding won last year's Desert Classic (RG3) and Turf Paradise derbies, and he was a finalist in the West Texas Derby (G2) at Sunland Park.

Pistoli, the 3-2 favorite, crossed the finish line first but was disqualified and placed third for drifting out late and forcing rival Willie Getto Know Me to steady near the wire.

ZIA PARK
King Rick Rack Stakes
Order of Finish: First To Ramble, Devons Easy Lane, Makamaddash, Cronus, First Down Toro, Heavenly Corona, City Class, No Scrubs.

Breaking sharply from post 3, First To Ramble sprinted to a wire-to-wire victory in the 870-yard, $62,580 King Rick Rack Stakes on November 23. The 7-year-old First Down Dash gelding, who races for Walter and Pat Fletcher of Lakin, Kansas, went the distance in :44.997 and earned a season-best 100 speed index and his 13th career stakes win. Trainer Charlton Hunt gave a leg up to jockey Tad Leggett.

First To Ramble was bred the Fletchers and Vessels Stallion Farm LLC of Bonsall, California, and the gelding is one of 209 stakes winners from 18 crops sired by First Down Dash, the sport's all-time leading sire and 1987 world champion. His dam, the late Kiptys Kisses, was a daughter of Kiptys Charger who won two Grade 3 stakes from 1986-87. Kiptys Kisses has produced 11 winners from 12 starters, including champion Ima Ramblin Girl and Grade 1 winner Heza Ramblin Man.

An earner of $315,603 from 20 wins in 51 starts, First To Ramble has raced at nine different tracks in eight states. Three of his stakes wins have been earned this season, including the $26,100 Covered Bridges Stakes (G3) at Prairie Meadows on September 19.

NOVEMBER 14-16

LOS ALAMITOS
Dashing Folly Handicap
Order of Finish: Prissy B Panther, Shelbys Surprise, Velvetins, Peacefully, Arwan, Petriflying, Spanish Cartel, SR Gizella, Burr Cold, Precious Edna.

Carlos Bautista rode Prissy B Panther to a a wire-to-wire victory in the $16,000 Dashing Folly Handicap for 3-year-old fillies on November 14. Prepped by Justin Clark for owner Jacob Bingham of Alamo, Nevada, the daughter of champion Panther Mountain went 220 yards in :11.519, earning a 106 speed index and missing by just 9/1000ths the track record set by A Mere Fame on October 25, 2007.

"Ron Moosman sent me this mare," said Clark. "He's sent me several horses, and I've won with a lot of them. I have to thank him for sending me a lot of nice horses, including Prissy B Panther.

"A lot of the credit also goes to Carlos Bautista -- he's the ace of the barn right now," added the trainer. "We got together after he came back to ride earlier this year, and we've done great. He's such a smart rider and so experienced that I don't have to tell him a thing about the horses. Plus, he rides with so much courage and aggressiveness. He's done a terrific job. All I tell him is, 'Ride him like you stole him.'"

Prissy B Panther was bred by Joe and Phyllis Lawhon of Lampasas, Texas, 30-consecutive-year breeders whose 23 homebred starters include Unbridled Jet, the winner of the November 8 Ford Juvenile Challenge Championship (G2) at Evangeline Downs. The filly became the 10th stakes winner from two crops sired by Panther Mountain, a 9-year-old son of Meter Me Gone and the sport's champion aged stallion in 2003. She is one of two starters foaled by the 8-year-old Mr Eye Opener mare Eye On Shania.

The $8,800 winner's share of the Dashing Folly purse boosted Prissy B Panther's bankroll to $72,156. The filly has won four of 14 races, and she ran second in last year's $158,625 Sunland Park Winter Futurity (G2).

Prissy B Panther's margin of victory was a nose from Shelbys Surprise. Velvetins, the 2-1 favorite, ran third.

Corona Chick Handicap
Order of Finish: Saturday Nite Fever, BF Regal Rage, Jimmy Delivers, Blue Piranha, Cruz Pedragon, Choice Tickets, Tag A Flyin, Our Separte Chic.

Saturday Nite Fever, a Check Him Out gelding racing for Victor Gonzalez and Reyes Salcedo, recorded his first stakes victory in the November 15, $25,000 Corona Chick Handicap for 2-year-olds. Saddled by Hector Jaime Hernandez, who gave a leg up to Rodrigo Aceves, Saturday Nite Fever went 400 yards in :19.422, and his winning margin was a clear 1 1/2 lengths from BF Regal Rage.

Saturday Nite Fever's win was his first since his career debut on July 19, when he won a 300-yard, $16,000 maiden claiming race by three-quarters of a length.

"Saturday Nite Fever used to be a big-time rebel, then we gelded him before his first workout," said Salcedo. "His first drill was an okay :13.10, but he improved from there. He won his first race, but he's had a couple of troubled trips. He just needed to gain some experience and a little more seasoning."

Bred by Dutch Masters III, Saturday Nite Fever became the 10th stakes winner from three crops sired by Check Him Out, a 9-year-old stallion by Hennessy (TB) who won the 2001 Ed Burke Memorial Futurity (G1) and '02 Golden State Derby (G1). The gelding's dam, Dashingatac, is a winning daughter of First Down Dash who has produced two winners from as many starters.

Gonzalez and Salcedo, brothers-in-law and residents of Whittier, California, bought Saturday Nite Fever in a private transaction before the gelding's first race. To complete the transaction, they had to part ways with a palomino cutting horse they owned.

"It was a horse trade," explained Salcedo. "(Saturday Nite Fever) was originally purchased for $6,000 at last year's Los Alamitos Equine Sale. We ended up getting him from a friend in Durango, Mexico."

All told, Saturday Nite Fever has won two of five races and has earned $19,215. His owners indicated that he might make one more start before the end of the year.

TURF PARADISE
Arizona QRA Futurity (R)
Order of Finish: FPG Junior, Slick Chick Countess, Catch A Falling Star, Gold Lone Star, Mr Face Up, Goldenthekid, Cash And More Cash, Dashalongeasy, Rockfish, Redatron.

Second-fastest qualifier and 17-10 favorite FPG Junior sprinted to a 1 3/4-length victory in the $37,525 Arizona Quarter Racing Association Futurity (R) on November 16. Under Miguel Hernandez, who rode the homebred First Place Gold gelding for York Equine I LLC of Anacortes, Washington, and trainer Raul Hernandez, FPG Junior went 400 yards in :19.841 while earning a career-topping 99 speed index.

FPG Junior is the first stakes winner from six starters sired by First Place Gold, a 9-year-old winning son of First Place Dash. The gelding is also one of two winners from three American Quarter Horse starters produced by the winning 9-year-old Earth Star (TB) mare Your Time To Shine (TB).

Campaigned exclusively in Arizona, FPG Junior has won five of nine starts and has banked $47,447. On August 3, the gelding recorded a neck victory in the $37,929 Margie Bryan Arizona Stallion Owners Futurity (R) at Yavapai Downs, and he was a finalist in the October 19 Ford West/Southwest Juvenile Challenge.

NOVEMBER 7-9

EVANGELINE DOWNS
Los Alamitos Distance Stakes
Order of Finish: First Down Toro, Slinkys Fortune, Wood Climber, Lockin Lips, Natural Task, Strider Man, With Jess Blue.

John Hamilton rode First Down Toro to a 5 3/4-length victory in the $25,000 Los Alamitos Distance Stakes on November 7. Saddled by Alvin Brossette for owners Gene and Kathryn Smith of Wichita Falls, Texas, the homebred 4-year-old gelding covered 870 yards in :45.527, earning a career-best 101 speed index and breaking by 18/100ths the previous stakes record set in 2006 by Eves Dash.

First Down Toro is one of two stakes winners from 90 starters sired by Deltas First Dash, a Grade 3-winning stallion by all-time leading sire First Down Dash. The gelding's dam, the 11-year-old Leaving Memories mare Fancy Pricilla, has produced three winners from three starters, including the stakes-winning Kathys Glassy Winner gelding Pretty Boy Memories.

The 9-5 favorite, First Down Toro returned a $5.80 win mutuel. The gelding's victory was his sixth in 22 races, and the $15,000 winner's share of the Los Alamitos Distance Stakes increased his earnings to $336,365. His four career stakes wins include the 2006 Louisiana QHBA Futurity (RG1).

The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal Stakes
Order of Finish: JW Rocks, Eye Be Swift, Devins Secret, Sun Shiny Days, Shezrightonthemoney, Secret Honor, JLS Jess Call Me Mr, Its Been Decided, Senorita Seis.

JW Rocks earned his first stakes victory in the November 7, $25,000 American Quarter Horse Racing Journal Stakes for 2-year-olds. Ridden by J.R. Ramirez for owner J.W. Owens of Corpus Christi, Texas, and trainer Jeff Acuna, the Jess Rock On gelding went 350 yards in :17.864, and his winning margin was a neck from Eye Be Swift.

JW Rocks was bred by Owens and Pete Perez, and he became the first stakes winner from eight starters sired by Jess Rock On, a winning 7-year-old stallion by champion Mr Jess Perry who ran third in the 2003 Texas Classic Futurity (G1) and is a full brother to Grade 1 winner Rock Solid Jess. The gelding is also one of 11 winners from 13 starters foaled by the winning Streakin Six mare Streakin Angel, and he is a half brother to stakes winner Streakin Katy.

An earner of $40,570 from four wins in seven races, JW Rocks ran second in the August 23 Garden District Stakes at Fair Grounds Racecourse in New Orleans.

Cravins Dash Stakes
Order of Finish: MCM Dozen Dasher, Kep Me Fire, More Chrome To Shine, Streakin La Copper, Jess A Lady Bug, JJ Diamond Jess, WW Now R Maybe Later, Toast Butter.

MCM Dozen Dasher was a prompt 6-5 favorite in the $26,700 Cravins Dash Stakes on November 8. Prepped by Heath Taylor and ridden by Jarrod Deschamp for owner and breeder M.C. Morris of Long Beach, Mississippi, the homebred 4-year-old gelding by Some Dasher covered 220 yards in :12.007 while defeating Kep Me Fire by one length and posting a 97 speed index.

MCM Dozen Dasher is one of 13 stakes winners from 383 starters sired by Some Dasher, an 18-year-old stallion by Dash For Cash who won the 1993 Heritage Place Derby and whose 12 crops have earned more than $5.8 million. The gelding is also one of four winners from six starters foaled by the winning Easy Dozen mare Nancys Easy, and he is a full brother to 2005 Lee Berwick Memorial Louisiana Bred Futurity (RG2) winner MCM Easy Dasher.

MCM Dozen Dasher's win was his seventh in 18 starts and third stakes score, and the $16,020 winner's share of the Cravins Dash Stakes boosted his earnings to $184,497. The gelding's stakes resume includes a victory in the April 26 John Alleman Memorial Stakes (RG3) for Louisiana-breds at Delta Downs.

LQHBA Juvenile Invitational Stakes (R)
Order of Finish: Listen To The Wind, Tabasco Mountain, Streaking Dragon, Royal Quick Toast, A Sister Patriot, Thatsmysavinsaccount, Bye Bye Rayburn, One Streakin Bug, Elaina Bugs.

Donald Watson rode 5-2 choice Listen To The Wind to a neck victory in the November 8, $96,298 Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders' Association Juvenile Invitational Stakes (R). Saddled by Kevin Broussard for Gerald D. Libersat of Abbeville, Louisiana, the Game Patriot gelding went 400 yards in :20.278 while earning his second win in five outs and second stakes score.

Listen To The Wind was bred by Jo Baya Foreman of Deridder, Louisiana, and he is one of 18 stakes winners from five crops sired by Game Patriot, a Grade 1-winning son of the late Chicks Beduino whose 252 starters have earned more than $7.1 million. The gelding's dam, JJ Streakin Illusion, is a stakes-winning 10-year-old daughter of Streakin La Jolla who has produced two winners from as many starters.

The $19,259 winner's share of the purse pushed Listen To The Wind's bankroll to $32,057. Earlier this year, the gelding won the $50,594 LQHBA Sale Futurity Juvenile Invitational (R) at this track.

AQHA Members Plus Stakes
Order of Finish: Sin Tacha Perry, Red Hot Lass, Goinbye, Miss Kips Streakin, Happy Streaker, Toole N Round, Eyesa Precious, Keep Themusicplaying, Streakin Flair, Sheza Runaway Dash.

Sin Tacha Perry, a 5-year-old Mr Jess Perry mare owned and trained by Janet Van Bebber of Ledbetter, Texas, sprinted to a 1 1/2-length win in the 400-yard, $25,000 AQHA Members Plus Stakes for distaffers on November 8. Ridden by Alfonso Lujan, Sin Tacha Perry made the distance in :20.142 while recording her third career stakes victory.

Bred by Van Bebber and Jerry Gaston of Seguin, Texas, Sin Tacha Perry is one of 83 stakes winners from 10 crops sired by Mr Jess Perry, a 16-year-old son of Streakin La Jolla and American Quarter Horse racing's champion 2-year-old in 1994. The mare is also one of eight winners from 12 starters produced by the Slew's Royalty (TB) mare Sin Tacha (TB), and she is a half sister to 2002 co-world champion Streakin Sin Tacha.

A winner of six of 24 outs, Sin Tacha Perry has earned $109,073. The mare's stakes resume includes victories in the 2006 Opelousas Stakes at this track and last year's TQHA Sires' Cup Stakes (R) at Sam Houston Race Park.

John Deere Stakes
Order of Finish: Wowzer Won, Perry Tee Chick, Miss Shiney Streak, Texas Version, Gray Baby Runaway, Tiny First Feature, Dream You See, Mm Mi Mirage, My Man Valentine, Six Magnums.

Wowzer Won outran his 10-1 odds to win the 400-yard, $25,000 John Deere Stakes on November 8. Under Jerry Yoakum, who rode the 3-year-old Streakin Sixes for owner Kathleen O. Matey of Kerrville, Texas, Wowzer Won covered the distance in :20.051, and her winning margin was a neck from 4-5 favorite Perry Tee Chick. Jesse Yoakum was the winning trainer.

A homebred, Wowzer Won became the 12th stakes winner from 191 starters sired by Streakin Sixes, a winning and Grade 3-placed son of Streakin Six and champion Indigo Illusion. The filly's dam, Four Oh Won Kay, is a 10-year-old winning daughter of champion Calyx who has produced two winners from three starters, including the stakes-winning Rare Form mare Rare Kayoh.

Wowzer Won's victory was her fourth in 18 races, and her bankroll totals $62,629. The filly ran second, a nose behind favorite This Flights For You, in the May 17 Bayer Legend East Derby Challenge (G3) at Delta Downs, and she was a finalist in last year's Sam Houston (G1) and TQHA Sires' Cup (RG2) futurities at Sam Houston Race Park.

Farnam Stakes
Order of Finish: Streakin Victor, Snowy Alibi, Favero, AB Hope For Cash, Legal Runaway, St Pats First, Valoree Dash.

A 15-1 longshot and one-time $10,000 claimer, Streakin Victor led at every call en route to a neck victory in the 440-yard, $25,000 Farnam Stakes on November 8. Ridden by Patrick Watson for breeder and owner N/V Racing Stables of Houston and trainer Richard Washington, the 5-year-old Toast To Dash stallion covered his quarter-mile trip in :22.020 and earned a 96 speed index.

Streakin Victor is one of 31 stakes winners from eight crops sired by Toast To Dash, the sport's champion 2-year-old in 1996 whose 466 starters have banked more than $12.7 million. He is also one of three winners from as many starters foaled by the unraced Hesa Crazy Magic mare Magnetic Dot, who is a half sister to the graded stakes placed Mr Jess Perry mare Queen Djenne.

Streakin Victor was three weeks removed from a ninth-place finish in the $76,230 Bank of America West/Southwest Challenge (G2) at Turf Paradise in Arizona. The stallion has won six of 27 races, including two stakes, and has earned $139,053.

Louisiana Derby (RG3)
Order of Finish: MCM Dont Look Back, Mon Ti Rose, Senor Seabolt, Plum Slinky, Such Easy Magic, Blue Louisiana Jolla, Dash To Celebrate, First Words, Vals Warrior, Angels Quick Scoop.

Jarrod Deschamp rode MCM Dont Look Back to her fourth consecutive win in the $80,600 Louisiana Derby (RG3) for state-bred sophomores on November 7. Saddled by Heath Taylor for owner M.C. Morris of Long Beach, Mississippi, the homebred First To Shine filly covered her victorious 400-yard trip in :20.091, and her winning margin was a neck from Mon Ti Rose.

Vals Warrior, the 5-2 favorite and winner of last year's rich LQHBA Futurity (RG1), ran ninth, 3 1/2 lengths behind the winner.

MCM Dont Look Back is one of nine stakes winners from six crops sired by First To Shine, a Grade 3-winning 12-year-old son of First Down Dash who ran second in My Dashing Lady's 1999 Rainbow Derby (G1). Her dam, Accents, is a 15-year-old daughter of world champion Special Leader who has foaled six winners from six starters.

MCM Dont Look Back is a half sister to War Chants, an Osceola Warrior gelding who won the 870-yard Live Oak Stakes (R) at Delta Downs two years ago. The filly has won seven of 13 races -- including the September 20 Billy Montgomery Stakes (R) at this track -- and the $40,300 winner's share of the Louisiana Derby purse boosted her earnings to $132,026.

Louisiana QHBA Futurity (RG1)
Order of Finish: Jet Black Patriot, Martini Mountain, Toast To Streakin, MDT Streetfighter, Hailfire N Brimstone, Jes A Game, Somekinda Beau, Jessa Blonde Coors, BJs Dasher, Dance Dance.

Fastest qualifier and 1-10 favorite Jet Black Patriot came from off of the pace and scored a 1 1/4-length victory in the $545,689 Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders' Association Futurity (RG1) on November 8, the state's richest Quarter Horse race. Racing for Richard and Janelle Simon of Zachary, Louisiana, and saddled by Eric Curtis, the homebred colt by Grade 1 winner Game Patriot went 400 yards in :19.869 and earned a 102 speed index under jockey Jose Vega.

Jet Black Patriot is one of 18 stakes winners from 252 starters sired by Game Patriot, an 11-year-old son of Chicks Beduino and winner of the 1999 Retama Park Futurity (G1) in Texas. The colt's dam, First Down Hemp, is a winning daughter of First Down Jewel who has foaled three winners from four starters, including the graded stakes placed Game Patriot colt Hez Jet Black.

Jet Black Patriot has won seven of eight races and has earned $856,621. A $50,000 supplement to the All American Futurity (G1) trials at Ruidoso Downs last summer, the colt ran second, a half of a length behind winner Stolis Winner, in the $1.9-million final on September 1. His three career stakes wins include the July 13 Lee Berwick Memorial Louisiana Bred Futurity (RG1) at Delta Downs and the February 26 Mardi Gras Futurity (RG2) at Louisiana Downs.

"I'm just proud of the horse," said Curtis after the race. "He's been great, and it's been an excellent year. He's stayed together, he's been sound all year long and he's given us everything he has. I'll tell you this -- I've had a fun year. It's been excellent."

Fort Dodge Starter Allowance Challenge Championship
Order of Finish: Honor Me Good, One Game Chick, Miss Louisiana Cool, Looks Like A Dart, Struttin Whiz, Splash N Six, Business Tycoon, Ima Pritzi Diamond, Willie Bud, Foxie Minnie.

Saul Ramirez Jr. rode even-money choice Honor Me Good to an easy 3 1/4-length victory in the November 8, $75,000 Fort Dodge Starter Allowance Challenge Championship. Saddled by Bill Hoburg for owner Charles Morgan of Blackfoot, Idaho, Honor Me Good covered 350 yards in :17.462, earning a 108 speed index and breaking by 8/100ths the track record set by Devins Secret in the September 28 Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders' Sale Futurity (RG1).

"It was over when the kicked the gates open," said Ramirez. "He left awesome and was out in front the whole way. I tapped him a little bit just to keep his attention, but it was all done when they said 'go.'

"I was hoping he'd run his race because he'd never run here, and I'd never ridden here," added the jockey. "But everything went good."

Honor Me Good's sire, With Honors, is a winning 15-year-old stallion by all-time leading sire First Down Dash and half brother to stakes winner Mr Bet Big and Pouvoir, the winner of the 1991 Sophomore Handicap (G2) at Los Alamitos. The 3-year-old gelding is one of three winners from four starters foaled by his winning and stakes-placed dam, the Casady Casanova mare Miss Casady Lady.

Honor Me Good was winning for the seventh time in 14 races, and the $34,500 winner's share of the purse pushed his earnings to $89,805. A one-time $5,000 claimer, the gelding was coming off of a one-length victory in the October 3, $17,000 Intermountain Overnight Stakes at Los Alamitos.

Ford Juvenile Challenge Championship (G2)
Order of Finish: Unbridled Jet, Calientes Wrangler, A Lil Tres Seis, Snazzy Special Lead, Miracles N Perks, Chilled Wine, Lassie O Toole, The Tin Man Can, Brother Grimm.

Unbridled Jet outran his 8-1 odds to win the $150,000 Ford Juvenile Challenge Championship (G2) on November 8. Ridden by Alonso Rivera for owners Gerardo Nunez and Lindsay Gonzalez and trainer Jose Gonzalez Jr., Unbridled Jet went 350 yards in :17.579, and his winning margin was 2 1/2 lengths from runner-up Calientes Wrangler, a Corona Caliente colt who was making his first start in the U.S. Unbridled Jet's victory was his fourth in eight races and second stakes score.

"This is the first time he's ever broke good," said Rivera, who also rode Unbridled Jet to a one-length win in the October 19 Ford West/Southwest Challenge at Turf Paradise. "He broke faster than ever tonight. I was a little worried about the lights, and he got spooked at the wire, but by then he'd already had them beat. He's a racehorse."

Unbridled Jet was bred by Joe and Phyllis Lawhon of Lampasas, Texas, and the gelding is one of six stakes winners from 54 starters sired by Bridlewood, a 10-year-old stallion by Raise A Secret and full brother to two stakes winners, including 1998 Golden State Derby (G1) winner Girl Secrets.

Unbridled Jet's dam, Fancy Lear Jet, is a winning daughter of the Easy Jet stallion Le Tusk who has produced three winners from as many starters. The gelding is a half brother to 2005 Gillespie County Fair Futurity (G3) winner Sambaso Jet.

"This horse is just so honest," said Gonzalez. "He'd never run under the lights (before tonight), so we were a little concerned. I took him out and schooled him, and he did really well so I thought he'd be OK, and he was. He always tries so hard, and he does everything we ask. He's a running horse."

Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship (G1)
Order of Finish: High On Cat, Tricky Dust, First To Ramble, Blue Ribbon Dash, Vital Winner, Heza Marquette Maker, Oogah Chucka, Seminole Injun. 

A 39-1 longshot who was making his first start in more than five months, Al Renner's High On Cat came from off the pace to win the 870-yard, $125,000 Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship (G1) on November 8. Prepped by John Stinebaugh, who gave a leg up to jockey Esgar Ramirez, High On Cat went the distance in :45.843 from post 7. The 4-year-old gelding's margin of victory was three-quarters of a length from favorite Tricky Dust, an 8-year-old gelding by Favorite Trick (TB) who won three stakes in New Mexico this season, including the March 30, $61,380 Red Cell New Mexico Challenge (G2) at Sunland Park.

"He broke good, and we just followed (pacesetter and third-place finisher First To Ramble) around the turn," said Ramirez. "When we came out of the turn, I asked him for another gear and he gave it to me. He took off, and we won easy."

Bred by Renner, a resident of Sidney, Montana, and 20-consecutive-year breeder, High On Cat  is the first stakes winner from five American Quarter Horse starters sired by Dome (TB), a 10-year-old stallion by Storm Cat (TB). The gelding is also one of three winners from three starters foaled by the winning On A High mare French Dame, and he is a half brother to two-time 870-yard stakes winner Devons Easy Lane.

High On Cat returned an $81.60 win mutuel and teamed with odds-on favorite Tricky Dust for an $88.70 ($1) exacta payoff. First To Ramble, a 14-1 longshot, ran third and completed a $504.30 ($1) trifecta return.

Tricky Dust had to overcome a wide trip from post 8.

"He broke really good, and he actually ran a really good race," said jockey G.R. Carter Jr., who rode Tricky Dust. "I set him up just where I wanted to and just followed (High On Cat) right around the turn. The winner had just just as big a finish as I did, but my horse switched over to his right lead and made one really big run. I just need another 10 or 20 yards." 

Bayer Legend Derby Challenge Championship (G1)
Order of Finish: Gallant Ways, Catchinon, Hijo De Villa, Mr La Bubba, Dirt Track Date, This Flights For You, Jess My Moon, Decati, Mr Jess Dash.

The parade of longshots continued at the Bank of America Challenge Championships on November 8, as Gallant Ways outran his 27-1 odds to win the $200,000 Bayer Legend Derby Challenge Championship (G1). Racing for Clara Lucille Webb of Diamond, Missouri, and ridden by Martin Rubalcava, Gallant Ways went 400 yards in :20.012, and his margin of victory was a half of a length from Catchinon.

Gallant Ways needed eight races to break his maiden, as the Make It Anywhere gelding was winless in five starts as a 2-year-old.

"He's just kept getting better every race we put him in," said trainer Charlton Hunt of Gallant Ways. "We didn't geld him until we were done with him last year. He wasn't really bad, wasn't really studdy, but things just weren't working out.

"Things were getting bad, and it wasn't going to do him any good as a stud anyway, so we gelded him," Hunt added. "It's worked out really well for us."

A homebred, Gallant Ways is one of 19 stakes winners from four crops sired by Make It Anywhere, a Grade 1-winning son of First Down Dash. The gelding's dam, the winning Corona Cartel mare Corona Bikini, has foaled two winners from four starters. 

All told, Gallant Ways has won five of 14 races, and the $92,000 winner's share of the Bayer Legend Derby Challenge Championship purse pushed his earnings to $162,071. The gelding was a finalist in last year's Valley Junction Futurity (G2) at Prairie Meadows, but all of his victories have come this season, as has $146,223 of his bankroll.

Favorite Decati ran eighth, about three lengths behind Gallant Ways. According to his rider, Esgar Ramirez, the Special Leader gelding didn't get the best of trips.

"He broke alright, and after the break he started rolling," said Ramirez. "But the horses on the outside of him intimidated him against the rail and almost hit him. So he stopped himself and took care of himself. I never really asked him to run."

Following an inquiry, Lone Star Stoli was declared a non-starter -- according to the stewards, the Stoli gelding didn't get a fair start. Lone Star Stoli reared in the gate before the start and unseated his rider, Jose Vega. The stewards declared that Vega wasn't set in the saddle when the race started, as Vega again was unseated and hit the track shortly after the gates opened.

Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1)
Order of Finish: WRS Special Shoe, Chances Are I Wil, Sassys Tuffy, Budj, Diamond Tres Seis, Okey Dokey Fonda, A Silver Goblin, Vis Special, Heza Fast Classic, Run Perry Run, I Opening Sensation.

WRS Special Shoe earned his first career Grade 1 victory in the November 8, $353,500 Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1). A homebred 6-year-old First Down Laveaux gelding owned by Randy and Gwen Williams' Williams Racing Stables Inc. of La Center, Kentucky, WRS Special Shoe went 440 yards in :21.653, earning a 104 speed index and missing by just 7/1000ths the track record established by Glitter Spider Man in an allowance/optional claiming race in 2005. Jarrod Deschamp rode WRS Special Shoe for trainer Heath Taylor.

WRS Special Shoe's winning margin was a nose from Grade 1 winner and 6-5 favorite Chances Are I Wil, and the victory earned the gelding a berth in the December 13, $750,000 Champion of Champions (G1) at Los Alamitos.

"He's a real nice horse, and I knew he'd run strong," said Deschamp of WRS Special Shoe. "We kind of opened up on 'em a little bit, but (Chances Are I Wil) came on and challenged us. We were fast enough to hold him off."

WRS Special Shoe is one of two stakes winners from 98 starters sired by First Down Laveaux, a winning and Grade 2-placed 16-year-old stallion by First Down Dash whose six crops have earned more than $2.2 million. The gelding is also one of eight winners from nine starters foaled by the winning Zevi (TB) mare Hava Zevi.

WRS Special Shoe is a half brother to three stakes-winning Mr Eye Opener geldings, including 1998 Valley Junction Futurity (G2) winner Mr Ollie Te and '07 Valley Junction winner WRS Leading Edge. The gelding was coming off of a third-place finish in the October 17 Evangeline Downs Challenge Stakes, his first out on the track.

"I think having a race over the track helped him," said Deschamp. "Heath did a lot of work with him between that race and this one. I knew we had a good shot, and everything went our way."

A winner of 17 of 48 races, WRS Special Shoe has earned $670,514. The gelding's eight stakes victories include the August 23 Terrace Hill Stakes (RG3) for Iowa-breds at Prairie Meadows.

Merial Distaff Challenge Championship (G1)
Order of Finish: Snow Burn, Eye Caughtcha Peekin, Sold On Special, Tombstone Tina, Go Girl Gone, Fitness Lady, Anichini, Very Dashin 123, Shaky Girl, Eyesa Country Miss.

A late surge under jockey Tad Leggett helped Snow Burn win the 400-yard, $125,000 Merial Distaff Chalenge Championship (G1) for fillies and mares on November 8. Saddled by Don Mourning for Horton Racing LLC of Fort Worth, Texas, Snow Burn covered the distance in :19.986 and posted her first career stakes victory. The 3-year-old This Snow Is Royal filly's margin of victory was a nose from 2-1 favorite Eye Caughtcha Peekin.

"This filly broke as good as she has in a long time," said Leggett. "It was great -- and it was especially good because she almost didn't get in the race."

Snow Burn ran second, a nose behind Shaky Girl, in the August 8 Merial Distaff Central Challenge (G3) at Prairie Meadows. However, Snow Burn didn't get the berth in the Merial Distaff Challenge until the connections of Shaky Girl decided not to accept it.

Bred by Todd and Jodi Horton of Lipan, Texas, Snow Burn became the 37th stakes winner from seven crops sired by This Snow Is Royal, the sport's champion 2-year-old colt in 1997 who died in '06. The filly's dam, Sweethearts Quicksix, is a winning 9-year-old daughter of Sixarun who has produced two winners from two starters.

Snow Burn's victory was her third in 16 races, and the $57,500 winner's share of the Merial Distaff purse increased her earnings to $116,961. Last year, the filly ran a close second in the Ford Central Juvenile Challenge and a close third in the Valley Junction Futurity (G1).

"She's been knocking on the door a long time," said Mourning. "She got photoed out two or three times, and I'd about decided she wasn't ever going to get there. Well, this time she finally got the photo, and we finally got there."

HOOSIER PARK
Bradford Stakes (G3)
Order of Finish: Senorita Tres, Hayden Quinn, Chickinabrownwrapper, Stone Cold Roller, Chics Love Stones, Uspher, Sergeants Cartel.

Senorita Tres got back on the winning track in the November 9, $33,450 Bradford Stakes (G3). Ridden by Richard Rettele for owner Walter R. "Dick" Harrison of Battle Creek, Michigan, and trainer Carol Rettele, the homebred 3-year-old daughter of champion Tres Seis went 350 yards in :18.046 and returned a $4.20 win mutuel as the 11-10 favorite.

Senorita Tres is one of 15 stakes winners from three crops sired by Tres Seis, a Grade 1-winning son of Sixarun whose 216 starters have earned more than $4.6 million. Her dam, the Liberty Jet Line mare Precious Libby, won the 1990 All American Congress Futurity at Beulah Park in Ohio. Now 20, the mare has foaled 10 winners from 10 starters, including five stakes winners, all of whom are half siblings to Senorita Tres.
 
Senorita Tres was coming off of a troubled fifth-place finish as the 3-5 favorite in the October 25, $24,688 All American Congress Derby at Beulah Park. The filly has won 15 of 19 races, including nine stakes, and the $20,070 winner's share of the Bradford Stakes purse pushed her bankroll to $104,185.

LONE STAR PARK
JEH Stallion Station Stakes
Order of Finish (official, after disqualification): Six Moons Streakin, Jess Flashy, Easy Blue Phats, Patriot Arrival, Cash At The Line, Running Wood, Work Work Work, Swiss Yodeler.

Six Moons Streakin came from off of the pace to win the $20,000 JEH Stallion Station Stakes on November 7, his first victory at the 550-yard distance. Under Fidencio Hernandez, who rode the 5-year-old Streakin La Jolla gelding for owner Jaime Mendoza of Zapata, Texas, Six Moons Streakin made the trip in :27.060, and his margin of victory was a half of a length from Jess Flashy.

Six Moons Streakin was making his first start since August 15, when he ran second in the 550-yard Spring Chrysler Jeep Dodge Stakes at Sam Houston Race Park.

"He's been training well for a while, and the time off seemed to do him some good," said trainer Robert Touchet. "He's not the best gate horse, but once he gets it going he can really run."

Six Moons Streakin was bred by Kenneth R. Fletcher of Quitman, Georgia, and he became the 72nd stakes winner from 17 crops sired by Streakin La Jolla, a stakes-winning 23-year-old stallion by Streakin Six whose 1,053 starters have earned more than $20.7 million and include two champions. The gelding's dam, Six Moons Away, is a winning daughter of Six Fols who ran third in the 1990 Boise Futurity (G3) at Les Bois Park in Idaho.

Now 20, Six Moons Away has seven winners from eight starters. Six Moons Streakin represents her first stakes winner.

A one-time $10,000 claimer, Six Moons Streakin has won five of 21 races and has earned $63,001. The gelding was a finalist in the 2006 Heritage Place (G1) and Harrah's Entertainment derbies.

Work Work Work crossed the wire fourth and was disqualified and placed seventh for drifting out and bumping rivals Cash At The Line and Running Wood.

Gridiron Gallop Handicap
Order of Finish: Anna Pavlova, Check On Chico, Gol To Go, Easy Separation, Chief Corona, Sought After, XO Kate, Dela Gator, Double Kandu, Lets Get Fiscal.

Fructuoso Huitron's Anna Pavlova, a 14-1 longshot, earned her first stakes win in the 100-yard, $15,000 Gridiron Gallop Handicap on November 8. Saddled by Steve Garrison and ridden by Ricky Ramirez, the 3-year-old Stoli filly went the distance in :6.457 while defeating 7-5 favorite Check On Chico by a head.

Anna Pavlova was bred by J. Garvan Kelly and Nancy Yearsley, and the filly became the 18th stakes winner from four crops sired by Stoli, the sport's champion 3-year-old in 2001. Her dam, Katie Dakota, is a winning daughter of A Streak Of Cash who has produced three winners from four starters.

All told, Anna Pavlova has won four of 18 races and has earned $48,885. The filly's stakes resume includes a runner-up finish in the May 2 La Villita Stakes for sophomore fillies at Retama Park.

B.F. Phillips Jr. Handicap (R)
Order of Finish: Killer Bod, Streakin Illusively, Heza Two Timing Man, Bridled Lightnin, Vodka With Ice.

Killer Bod, a 4-year-old Streakin Sixes gelding owned and trained by Don Poteet of Dallas, won the November 8, $30,000 B.F. Phillips Jr. Handicap (R) for Texas-breds. Covering 400 yards in :20.008 under jockey David Alvarez, Killer Bod defeated Streakin Illusively by a half of a length and earned a 91 speed index.

Last summer, Killer Bod put together a four-race win streak in starter allowance sprints at Sam Houston Race Park. The gelding was coming off of a seventh-place finish in the 400-yard 6666 Ranch Handicap at this track on October 24.

"He ran four big races in eight weeks at Houston, so we decided to rest him after that and he put on some weight during the time off," said Poteet. "He didn't run so well in his first two starts off the layoff, but we got him back in shape for this and he ran a big race tonight."

Killer Bod was bred by Pheenix Shaw, J.R. Shaw Jr. and Sylvia Pitman, and he is one of 12 stakes winners from five crops sired by Streakin Sixes, a winning son of Streakin Six who ran second in the 2000 MBNA America Mexico Challenge (G3) at Retama Park. He is also one of three winners from three starters produced by the unraced Rare Form mare Steel Magnolias.

A one-time $5,000 claimer, Killer Bod has won eight of 13 races and has banked $45,190.

LOS ALAMITOS
Scott Lewis Handicap
Order of Finish: Time For A Royal Dip, Premier Venu, Royal Bridlewood, El Corona Ariero, Single Sadie, Designedtowinraces, Snatch The Cash, Armyguy.

Carlos Huerta rode Time For A Royal Dip to a 1 3/4-length victory in the 550-yard Scott Lewis Handicap on Saturday. Owned and trained by Ruben Gonzalez of Perris, California, the 3-year-old colt by Royal Miracle Dip led at every call and covered the distance in :26.733, earning a 100 speed index and his second career stakes win.

"Now that he's won this race, I think I'm going to pay him into the Z. Wayne Griffin Director's Trials," said Gonzalez, who purchased Time For A Royal Dip at the 2006 Blane Schvaneveldt Yearling Sale. "He's at his best when he can run long distances. Races at 220 or 350 yards are not to his liking, but 400, 440 and 550 -- now those are his distances."

Time For A Royal Dip was bred by Abigail K. Kawananakoa of Nuevo, California, a 20-consecutive-year breeder who in her own name has bred three champions, 32 stakes winners and the earners of more than $6.3 million. The colt is one of three stakes winners from 23 starters sired by Royal Miracle Dip, a stakes-winning son of Chicks Beduino and a finalist in the 2002 Golden State (G1) and Los Alamitos Million (G1) futurities.

Time For A Royal Dip's dam, Time For Royal Cash, is a 15-year-old daughter of Dash For Cash who won the 1993 Golden State Futurity (G1) and '94 Golden State Derby (G1). The mare has foaled six winners from 10 starters.

Prior to winning the Scott Lewis, Time For A Royal Dip was winless in five starts. On September 21, he placed second in the Pomona Championship Handicap at Fairplex Park.

"He came into this race having lost his five starts this year, but that was because he was facing some Grade 1 winners like Leading Spirit and Value The Man," said Gonzalez. "He wasn't paid into any stakes races, and that's why we decided to go against these tough older horses."

Campaigned exclusively in California, Time For A Royal Dip has won three of 13 races and has earned $38,290. He scored his first stakes victory in last year's 350-yard, $16,350 Pomona Juvenile Championship.

Los Alamitos Super Derby (G1)
Order of Finish: One Famous Eagle, Stylish Jess BR, Answer The Dream, Eye For Corona, Fighter On Fire, DH-A Mere Chocolate, DH-My Lady First, Magic Show Czech, Short Czech, Daddy Dasher.

One Famous Eagle extended his win streak to seven with a three-quarter length victory in the $933,750 Los Alamitos Super Derby (G1) on November 9. Ridden by Saul Ramirez Jr. for owners Johnny Trotter and Burnett Ranches, One Famous Eagle went 400 yards in :19.321, earning a 100 speed index and breaking by 4/100ths the previous stakes record set by champion Apollitical Time in 2005.

"I've won two All American Futurities, and I'd put him (and this race) in the same company with them," said One Famous Eagle's trainer, John Bassett. "This is one of the best horses I've ever trained. Blues Girl Too (trained by his son Joe) was an exceptional horse and could really run 440 yards, but I think even she would have a big problem with this horse right now."

One Famous Eagle was bred by Trotter, a resident of Hereford, Texas, and the colt is one of 83 stakes winners from 10 crops sired by champion Mr Jess Perry, a 16-year-old stallion by Streakin La Jolla whose 686 starters have earned more than $26.6 million and include two champions. His dam, One Famous Lady, is a winning and Grade 3-placed daughter of the late Chicks Beduino who was a finalist in the 2002 Rainbow Futurity (G1) and '03 Rainbow (G1) and All American (G1) derbies.

One Famous Eagle's victory was his seventh in 10 races, and the $381,255 winner's share of the stakes-record Los Alamitos Super Derby purse increased his earnings to $1,334,953. He currently ranks 19th on American Quarter Horse racing's all-time earnings list.

One Famous Eagle also earned a berth in the $750,000 Champion of Champions (G1) on December 13. That race will mark the colt's first start at the 440-yard distance.

"I'm so glad this race is over, because it was his most important race ever," said Bassett. "To be in the Champion of Champions is a fantastic honor, but we had to win this race to qualify. That's why there was so much pressure to win. He got it done, and now we can start concentrating on the Champion of Champions.

"We know there will be a lot of great runners in the Champion of Champions, but a lot of those other runners are going to have to come and challenge him on his home court," added the trainer. "I think that will be a huge advantage for him."

One Famous Eagle's win streak includes victories in the August 30 Golden State Derby (G1) and last year's Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity (G1). On October 17, he won the first of four Super Derby trials by a half of a length and posted the fastest qualifying time.

TURF PARADISE
AQRA Turf Paradise Derby
Order of Finish (official, after disqualification): Head Bud, What A Dazzle, Beautiful World, Fly Me High, Onefastlady, Casanova Corona, Southern Discomfort, Shes Stormin, Stoli Genius, Roger That.

Double Bar S Ranch's Head Bud, a homebred Strawflyin Buds gelding, won the $35,947 AQRA Turf Paradise Open Derby on November 9. Prepped by Matthew Fales, who gave a leg up to jockey Orlando Martinez, Head Bud stopped the timer in :19.801 for 400 yards and posted a 100 speed index.

Head Bud became the 20th stakes winner from seven crops sired by Strawflyin Buds, a 13-year-old stallion by the late Strawfly Special who won the 1997 California Sires' Cup Futurity (RG2) and '98 Southern California Derby (G1) and whose 354 starters have banked more than $3.5 million. His dam, the stakes-winning First Down Dash mare Up Down Dash, has produced six winners from six starters and is a half sister to Grade 3 winner Down Home Dash and stakes winner Sweet Dimples Dash.

An earner of $27,953 from five wins in nine starts, Head Bud broke his maiden for an $8,000 tag at Yavapai Downs in his career debut on September 3, 2007. The gelding was a finalist in last year's AQRA Turf Paradise Open Futurity (G3) and this year's Yavapai Downs Derby (G3).  

ZIA PARK
New Mexico Cup 870 Championship Stakes (RG1)
Order of Finish: Devons Easy Lane, Mr Frenchman, Nik The Qwik, Retsina Spring, Contradictions, Whichita, Jilted Heart, A Dozen Chicks.

Devons Easy Lane was a prompt 9-5 favorite in the $148,230 New Mexico Cup 870 Championship Stakes (RG1) on November 9. Owned and trained by Armando Orozco of El Paso, the 7-year-old gelding by Devon Lane (TB) went 870 yards in :44.700 while defeating 2-1 second choice Mr Frenchman by a head. Carlos Silva was the winning rider.

Devons Easy Lane was bred by A.J. Renner of Sidney, Montana, a 20-consecutive-year breeder whose homebred High On Cat won the $125,000 Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship (G1) at Evangeline Downs on November 8. He is one of three stakes winners from 112 American Quarter Horse starters sired by Devon Lane, a 15-year-old son of Storm Cat (TB).

Devons Easy Lane's dam, the winning On A High mare French Dame, has foaled three winners from three starters, including High On Cat. Claimed by Orozco for $6,250 on March 7, the gelding has earned $336,437 from 10 wins in 51 starts, and his stakes resume includes victories in the June 29 New Mexico Horsemen's Association Handicap (R) at SunRay Park and the August 17 John Augustine Stakes (R) at The Downs at Albuquerque.

New Mexico Cup Championship Stakes (RG1)
Order of Finish: Now Heza Blazin, Luck N Ofive, Our Talisman, Genuine Streaker, Miracle In Seattle, Dueling Juan, Gun Battle, Leonas TR, Gotta Get, Genuine American.

Esgar Ramirez rode Now Heza Blazin to a half-length score in the November 9, $180,460 New Mexico Cup Championship Stakes (RG1) for aged state-breds. Prepped by Alonso Orozco for Kassandra's Racing Team LLC of Santa Fe, Now Heza Blazin covered 440 yards in :21.500 en route to his first lifetime stakes win.

A 4-year-old gelding, Now Heza Blazin became the 17th stakes winner from 353 starters sired by Chicks A Blazin, a 15-year-old stallion by the late Chicks Beduino whose 10 crops have earned more than $8.1 million. He was bred by Albuquerque-area auto dealer Randy Eastburg of Bosque, New Mexico, and he is one of two winners from two starters produced by the winning Now I Know mare Lady Marjale.

Now Heza Blazin's victory was his fifth in 21 races. Racing exclusively in New Mexico, he has banked $185,992. On October 12, he ran second, a neck behind champion Gotta Get, in the 440-yard New Mexico Breeders' Championship (RG3) at The Downs at Albuquerque.

New Mexico Cup Derby (RG1)
Order of Finish: First Moonflash, Rime Has A Chick, Dash Of Deanie, Tunes, Time Is A Blazin, Uncovered Regard, Chicks Gotta Secret, DPI Good Boy, Flash With The Best, Hottest Game In Town.

Fourth-fastest qualifier and 5-2 choice First Moonflash came from off of the pace to win the 440-yard, $218,018 New Mexico Cup Derby (RG1) on November 9. Trained by Andres Gonzalez and ridden by reigning AQHA champion jockey G.R. Carter Jr. for owners Pierre and Leslie Amestoy and Maria G. Gonzalez, the colt by First To Flash covered the distance in :21.430, earning a 99 speed index and defeating runner-up Rime Has A Chick by a nose.

First Moonflash was bred by Dosi and Norma Alvarez of La Union, New Mexico, 10-consecutive-year breeders whose homebred starters include five stakes winners and the earners of more than $1.6 million. The colt is one of three stakes winners from 47 starters sired by First To Flash, the sport's champion 2-year-old colt in 2002 who died in 2004.

First Moonflash's dam, Nagano Moon, is a 10-year-old mare by Major Rime who ran third in the 2000 New Mexican Spring Fling Stakes (R) at Sunland Park. She's foaled four winners from as many starters, including the Grade 2-winning Dash Ta Fame mare Dash Ta Moon.

All told, First Moonflash has won five of 15 races and has banked $221,228 while racing exclusively in New Mexico. The colt's stakes record includes a win in last year's New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3), and he was a finalist in this year's $1,065,648 All American Derby (G1) at Ruidoso Downs.

New Mexico Cup Futurity (RG1)
Order of Finish: Rabbit Revival, BP Cartels Miracle, Cartel Power, Kiptysside, Sixes Over Sevens, Zamron, Imocorona, Wildside.

A sharp break from post 4 helped seventh-fastest qualifier Rabbit Revival earn a wire-to-wire victory in the $375,143 New Mexico Cup Futurity (RG1) on November 9. Covering 400 yards in :19.600 under jockey Chris Zamora, the homebred Rabbits Rainbow gelding earned his third win in five starts and first stakes score. Fred Danley saddled Rabbit Revival for his wife, owner Rita Danley of Anthony, New Mexico.

Rabbit Revival became the second stakes winner from 14 starters sired by Rabbits Rainbow, a 12-year-old stallion by Yawls Rabbit who won six stakes from 1998-99, including the West Texas Sun Country Futurity (G1) at Sunland Park. The gelding is also one of four winners from as many starters produced by the winning Coup De Kas (TB) mare French Revival, and he is a half brother to two-time 870-yard stakes winner Mr Frenchman.

Rabbit Revival's margin of victory was a head from fastest qualifier and even-money choice BP Cartels Miracle, and the $180,069 winner's share of the stakes-record New Mexico Cup Futurity purse increased his bankroll to $210,865. On September 20, he ran second in the $98,181 New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3).

NOVEMBER 1-2

THE DOWNS AT ALBUQUERQUE
Sandia Handicap
Order of Finish: No Scrubs, Streakin Kilobyte, Yonegwa (TB), JS Quarter Moon, Penny Packer (TB), Mr Fast Pie, Peaks End (TB), Willie Hot In Black.

Brian Theriot rode No Scrubs to a wire-to-wire, two-length victory in the $50,000 Sandia Handicap on November 2. Owned and trained by Armando Orozco of El Paso, the 7-year-old Takin On The Cash gelding went 870 yards in :45.157 and posted a 97 speed index.

No Scrubs was bred by Marilou Kelly of Sonoita, Arizona. The gelding is one of 63 stakes winners from 14 crops sired by two-time champion Takin On The Cash, a 20-year-old stallion by Dash For Cash whose 784 starters have earned more than $13.8 million.

No Scrubs' dam, Kczartessa, is a 17-year-old daughter of Streakin Dash who won the 1994 AQHA West/Southwest Derby Challenge at Rillito Park in Arizona. The mare has produced six winners from seven starters, including Lunatic Fringe, a gelding by Royal Quick Dash who won the '02 Yavapai Downs Futurity (G3).

All told, No Scrubs has won 17 of 49 races and has banked $168,090. The gelding's three career stakes scores include the 2004 Yavapai Downs (G3) and AQRA Turf Paradise (G3) derbies.

HOOSIER PARK
Indiana Breed Development Juvenile Stakes (R)
Order of Finish: DH-Make It Everywhere, DH-Ts Speedy Bar, Sheza Classy Leader, Miss Scarlet, Money Makin Fool, Dutch Airlines, Light My Cigar, Miss Kitty Corona, Bright Lineage.

Odds-on favorite Make It Everywhere and Ts Speedy Bar reached the wire simultaneously in the 350-yard, $31,500 Indiana Breed Development Juvenile Stakes (R) on November 1. The two rivals covered the distance in :18.468, and their winning margin was a half of a length from 65-1 longshot Sheza Classy Leader.

A one-time $12,500 claimer, Make It Everywhere races for breeder Mari George's Circle S Ranch at Terre Haute, Indiana, and is trained by Connie Barnes. The filly became the 19th stakes winner from four crops sired by Make It Anywhere, a 10-year-old stallion by First Down Dash who won the 2000 PCQHRA Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Los Alamitos.

Make It Everywhere is also the first starter foaled by the 10-year-old Shawne Bug mare Lucks Got It, the winner of the 2000 QHRA of Indiana Stalllion Service Auction Futurity (RG3). The filly has earned $33,481 from four wins in eight outs, and the Indiana Breed Development Juvenile represented her third consecutive victory.

Trained by Ron Raper for owner Greg Morrison of Coldwater, Michigan, Ts Speedy Bar is a Rare Bar colt who ran second in the July 5 Jaguar Rocket Stakes (R) for state-bred 2-year-olds at Indiana Downs. He was bred by Joleen Marie Hales of Madill, Oklahoma, and he became the ninth stakes winner from 158 starters sired by Rare Bar, an 18-year-old son of Rare Jet and American Quarter Horse racing's champion aged stallion in 1995.

Ts Speedy Bar's dam, Oh Jet Rockette, is a winning daughter of the Three Oh's stallion Oh Jet Hi who has produced three winners from four starters. The colt has won three of six races and has earned $23,320.

Indiana Breed Development Stakes (R)
Order of Finish: Special Flyin Darlin, Eyes Hopeful Too, Scraw Barie Shake, Sheisassheis, Hi Class Okey, Roughshod Dash, Itisasitis, TF Mountain Marshal.

Special Flyin Darlin outran his 11-1 odds to win the $30,500 Indiana Breed Development Stakes (R) for state-bred 3-year-olds on November 1. Prepped by Ron Herrell and ridden by Cody Garrison for the partnership of Herrell, Wexler and Reed, the Special Leader filly went 350 yards in :18.064 while defeating Eyes Hopeful Too by 1 1/4 lengths. Scraw Barie Shake, the 9-10 favorite coming off of four-race win skein, ran third, a length and a half behind the winner.

Special Flyin Darlin was bred by Herrell, a resident of Kokomo, Indiana. The filly became the 50th stakes winner from 14 crops sired by Special Leader, the sport's world champion in 1991 whose 656 starters have earned more than $10.4 million. She is also one of three winners from four starters foaled by the winning Coax mare Easy Flyin Lark.

Special Flyin Darlin's full sister, Special Flyin Diamond, ran second in the 2004 QHRA of Indiana Stallion Service Auction Futurity (RG3). The filly has won four of 15 races and has banked $38,336, and she ran third in last year's Indiana Breed Development Juvenile Stakes (R).

Golden State Million Futurity (G1)
Order of Finish: Tres Passes, Foose, Jessanotheraffair, Winners Version, Revv It Up, First Jess Appeal, Inseperable, Splendifferous, Pizarra.

Janet McKinnerney's Tres Passes, the seventh-fastest qualifier and a 22-1 longshot, earned his first graded stakes victory in the November 1, $1,386,500 Golden State Million Futurity (G1). Saddled by Blane Schvaneveldt and ridden by Eddie Garcia, Tres Passes led at every call while defeating fastest qualifier and odds-on favorite Foose by 1 1/4 lengths and ending that rival's four-race win streak. His clocking of :19.303 for 400 yards broke by 7/100ths the previous stakes record set by champion Jess You And I in 2006.

Tres Passes victory was also signifcant for another reason, as it gave Schvaneveldt -- a member of the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and the sport's all-time leading trainer -- his first win in a million-dollar race.

"It's been a long time since I've had a win quite like this," said Schvaneveldt. "I've had a lot of health issues with my back the last couple of years. I've been hospitalized, I've been sick, and I've been out of motion for a long time. I'm finally doing well now, and I'm feeling great.

"I had never won a million-dollar race before," he added. "I've been second in the All American Futurity a couple of times, and I've never won the Los Alamitos Million. Now, I'm thinking that maybe I can win the Los Alamitos Two Million with this horse."

Tres Passes was bred by McKinnerney, a resident of Hondo, Texas, and a 20-consecutive-year breeder who in her own name has bred 11 stakes winners and the earners of more than $1.7 million from 122 starters. The gelding became the 16th stakes winner from three crops sired by Tres Seis, a 9-year-old stallion by Sixarun and the sport's champion 2-year-old colt in 2001.

Tres Passes' dam, Sporty Spice, is a 12-year-old daughter of all-time leading sire First Down Dash. Sporty Spice has foaled six winners from seven starters, and she is a half sister to 1988 world champion Merganser.

Garcia was riding Tres Passes for the first time in a race. Ramon Sanchez, who rode Foose in the Golden State Million final, rode Tres Passes to a third-place finish in the second of 11 trials on October 18.

"I knew that I could do good with this horse if I could get along with him," said Garcia, 43, who earlier this year became Los Alamitos' all-time leading jockey with a horse owned by McKinnerney and trained by Schvaneveldt. "He's a hard horse to ride. With him, you have to give him a John Creager-type of ride.

"Creager was famous for sitting quiet on a horse, and that's the type of ride I was looking to give him," he added. "I stood him twice in the gates this week so that I could get to know him. We schooled the horse on Friday, and he was ready."

Tres Passes' win was his third in seven starts, and the $563,430 winner's share of the Golden State Million -- the richest in the stakes' 39-year history -- increased the gelding's earnings to $613,780. Earlier this year, Tres Passes won the $35,000 Ed Burke Memorial Juvenile Stakes, and he was a finalist in the Kindergarten Futurity (G1).

Tres Passes' victory also ended the bid of Foose to become the first-ever winner of the Los Alamitos Bonanza, a program that pays a $1-million bonus to the connections of a horse who can sweep the Ed Burke (G1), Golden State Million and Los Alamitos Two Million (G1) futurities.

Foose overcame a slow start to finish second, a neck in front of 28-1 longshot Jessanotheraffair.

"He did everything great except for the start," said Sanchez, who has ridden the colt by freshman sire Stel Corona in all four of his races. "It was just the break. He was perfect in everything else."

Golden State Juvenile Stakes
Order of Finish: Louisiana Senator, Downrodeo, Show Me A Beduino, Ima Quick Runaway, Another Wise Lady, Nothin But A Breeze, Texasonasaturdaynite, Som Moon, Asyouwish, Snowbound Chick.

Louisiana Senator was a prompt 11-10 favorite in the $35,000 Golden State Juvenile Stakes on November 1. Under reigning AQHA champion jockey G.R. Carter Jr., the colt by champion Jess Louisiana Blue went 400 yards in :19.630 while defeating 17-1 longshot Downrodeo by one length. Michael Joiner saddled Louisiana Senator for the Santa Teresa, New Mexico-based partnership of Joiner, Wootan, Smith, Yates and Abrams.

Louisiana Senator was bred by Vinewood Farms at Visalia, California, and he became the second stakes winner from 62 starters sired by Jess Louisiana Blue, a 10-year-old stallion by Mr Jess Perry and American Quarter Horse racing's champion aged stallion in 2002. The colt is also one of three winners from as many starters produced by the winning and stakes-placed Corona Cartel mare Corona Perfection.

An earner of $31,898 from three wins in four outs, Louisiana Senator began his career with consecutive victories at Remington Park last spring. Following a 2 1/4-length maiden victory in his career debut on March 20, he won a Remington Park Futurity (G1) trial by one length on April 5 but failed to make the final.

PORTLAND MEADOWS
Baxter Andruss Oregon Bred Futurity (R)
Order of Finish: Lightnin Storm Cloud, Ex Quizit Design, Mr Easy Okie, Stel Katrina, L Bar D Snow Princes, Yanki Doodle Dandy, Dales An Okie, Hawks Missile, John Day.

Fastest qualifier and 7-2 second choice Lightnin Storm Cloud sprinted to a one-length win in the 350-yard, $39,500 Baxter Andruss Oregon Bred Futurity (R) on November 2. Racing for Gary Chumbley of Battle Ground, Washington, the homebred filly by champion Okey Dokey Dale made the trip on a sloppy track in :18.170 while earning her third victory in five races. Trainer Scott Raley gave a leg up to jockey William Ives.

Lightnin Storm Cloud became the 42 stakes winner from six crops sired by Okey Dokey Dale, a Grade 2-winning son of First Down Dash whose 430 starters have earned more than $7.61 million. The filly is also one of five winners from six starters foaled by the winning Beda Cheng mare Bedaub Adash.

Lightnin Storm Cloud's full brother, Snip N Dale, won last year's Portland Meadows and Far West (R) futurities. Her half sister, the Dash Ta Fame filly Two Dash To Fame, won the Portland Meadows Futurity in 2005.

The $15,800 winner's share of the Baxter Andruss Futurity -- named in honor of the longtime horseman who helped bring American Quarter Horse racing to Portland Meadows more than 50 years ago -- pushed Lightnin Storm Cloud's bankroll to $24,153. On the Fourth of July, the filly ran third in the $37,950 Grants Pass Firecracker Futurity.

Andruss and his wife, Chris Philbrook, served as "honorary stewards" for the race.

ZIA PARK
Lovington Stakes (G3)
Order of Finish: Mr Perry Dash, Ketel Won, Jess Destined, Dr Proctor, Bullions N Garters, SF Royal Bank, Featurel, Heavenly Trip, Da Edge, Little Bit Of Ah Ha.

Reigning AQHA champion jockey G.R. Carter Jr. rode Mr Perry Dash to an upset victory in the November 1, $58,000 Lovington Stakes (G2). Saddled by Heath Taylor for owners Denis and Julie Schoenhofer of Bixby, Oklahoma, the 4-year-old gelding by Mr Jess Perry went 400 yards in :19.427 en route to a half-length victory over 1-2 favorite and reigning champion aged stallion Ketel Won.

Mr Perry Dash was bred by Mike Abraham of Bosque, New Mexico, a 20-consecutive-year breeder who in his own name has bred 27 stakes winners and the earners of more than $6.9 million from 513 starters. The gelding is one of 83 stakes winners from 10 crops sired by Mr Jess Perry, the sport's champion 2-year-old in 1994 whose 685 starters have banked more than $26.1 million and include two champions.

Mr Perry Dash is also one of five winners from as many starters foaled by the graded stakes winning Dash Easy mare Baby Doll Dash. The gelding's half sister, the Rare Form mare Baby Doll Form, won the 2001 Dash For Cash Futurity (G1) at Lone Star Park.

All told, Mr Perry Dash has won seven of 19 races, and the $34,800 winner's share of the Lovington Stakes purse boosted his earnings to $238,446. His three career stakes victories include last year's West Texas Derby (G2) at Sunland Park.