Friday, December 10, 2010
BF Sonic Boom posted the fastest Sunland Park Winter Futurity (G2) qualifying time, as the southern New Mexico track opened its 77-day meet before an announced crowd of 3,609 on Friday.
Ridden by Freddie Martinez, BF Sonic Boom won the third of seven 400-yard trials by 1 ¼ lengths and covered the distance in :19.053. Paul Jones trains the homebred Okey Dokey Dale gelding for owners Birrel Farms and James and Dianna Lynn.
BF Sonic Boom’s victory was his fourth in nine starts and increased his earnings to $61,026. On August 22, the gelding ran second in the 400-yard, $143,215 Mile High Futurity (G3) at Arapahoe Park near Denver.
BF Sonic Boom is one of three winners from as many starters produced by Echo Boomer, a stakes-winning 10-year-old daughter of Corona Cartel. The gelding is a half brother to BF Test For Echo, a Check Him Out filly who ran second in an overnight stakes at Los Alamitos earlier this year.
The Sunland Park Winter Futurity was first run in 1964, and its past winners include world champions Easy Jet (1969) and Easy Date (’74).
The complete list of qualifiers for the December 26, $178,624 final:
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Horse (Sex, Pedigree)
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Owner
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Breeder (State)
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Trainer
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Time
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BF SONIC BOOM
G, Okey Dokey Dale-Echo Boomer by Corona Cartel
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Birrel Farms and James & Dianna Lynn
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Birrell Farms (UT)
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Paul Jones
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:19.053
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FAST MOVIN VIC
G, Mighty Invictus-Fame Us Katie by Dash Ta Fame
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David E. Barrett
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David E. Barrett (NM)
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Fred Danley
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:19.066
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CHANEL CHIC
F, First Down Dash-Blazen Maven by Blazen Bryan
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Rafter W Stables
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Joan Crews Hoyt (OK)
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Carl Draper
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:19.076
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THE REDD ZONE
C, First Down Dash-Wagons Maiden by Calligrapher
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Fredda Draper, S. Burns, and B. Ray Willis
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Hopper/Burns/
Draper/Willis (CA)
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Carl Draper
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:19.086
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DOCS FAMOUS DASH
G, Dash Ta Fame-The Shawnee Lady by Super de Kas
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Cowboy Dentist FM LLC
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Bill Rhoades (NM)
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Trey Wood
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:19.102
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GIORGINO
C, Apollo (TB)-Las Alamitos by First Down Dash
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Jorge Haddad
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Jorge Haddad (TX)
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Jorge Haddad
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:19.148
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COBRITA
F, Agouti-You Dazzle Me by Dash To Chivato
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Oscar Gortarez
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Oscar Gortarez (AZ)
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Oscar Gortarez
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:19.206
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PAINTYOUROWNWAGON
C, PYC Paint Your Wagon-Jessica Ravin by Mr Jess Perry
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Tom Maher
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You and Me Partners (OK)
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Amber Blair
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:19.208
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DUALLY SUBURBAN
C, Mighty Invictus-Mocktini by Corona Cocktail
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Rogers Farms
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Sam Aiton III (NM)
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Armando Quintanilla Jr.
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:19.214
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DECADENCIA
F, Hawkinson-Madonna Effort by Special Effort
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J & L Stables LLC, L. Meisinger, and McQueary
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Steve D. Burns DVM (CA)
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Carl Draper
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:19.226
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