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Double Smart Upsets Jack Cole Handicap
RSS Feeds Sunday, May 08, 2011

Casey Lambert rode longshot Double Smart to a three-length victory in Saturday's $110,000 Jack Cole Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at SunRay Park.

Saddled by H. Ray Ashford for owners Roger K. Beasley and Leach Racing, Double Smart went one mile in 1:36.90 in front of a Kentucky Derby-day crowd announced at 6,001. The homebred 5-year-old gelding was sent to post at odds of 8-1 and returned a $19.40 win mutuel.

Double Smart is one of four stakes winners sired by Premeditation, a 12-year-old Grade 3-placed son of Afternoon Deelites who won the $100,000 Alysheba Breeders' Cup Stakes at Lone Star Park in 2002. A half brother to Grade 3 winner Real Dandy, Premeditation has sired 15 winners from 26 starters and the earners of more than $1.3 million.

In 2007, Premeditation was named the New Mexico freshman sire of the year. The Kentucky-bred stallion is owned by William L. Clifton Jr. and stands for a $2,500 fee at Fred and Linda Alexander's A & A Ranch at Anthony, New Mexico.

Double Smart's dam, the 13-year-old Beau Genius mare Miss Einstein, won the 2000 Kachina Stakes at Ruidoso Downs. The gelding traces back to his fifth dam, the stakes-winning Gallant Man mare Spicy Living.

All told, Double Smart has won six of 27 starts, and the $66,000 winner's share of the Jack Cole Handicap purse increased his earnings to $310,799. The gelding scored a nose victory at odds of nearly 18-1 in last year's one-mile, $180,000 Rocky Gulch New Mexico Cup Championship (R) at Zia Park.

Runner-up Brother Louie, a 27-1 longshot, ran second to complete a $2 exacta payoff of $770.80. Brother John D, Chuchuluco, Desert Gamble, 2-1 favorite La Sorpresa, Spinning Touch, Silver Matthias, Lefty Who, and Booger Boo completed the order of finish.

Brother Louie is a 4-year-old gelding by the winning Green Dancer stallion Emerald Jig racing for Lisa Dominguez and Carlos Gutierrez and trained by Henry Dominguez. A $20,000 claim at Del Mar in July 2010, Brother Louie has earned $115,184 from three wins in 22 outs, and his stakes resume includes a sixth-place finish in the March 20, $120,000 New Mexico State University Handicap (R) at Sunland Park.

Brother John D. outran his 53-1 odds to finish third, 3 ¼ lengths behind Double Smart. The chestnut 5-year-old gelding by the unraced Mia's Boy stallion Sable's Boy is campaigned by Peggy Rust from the barn of John D. Martinez, and he has banked $75,698 from 19 races. Brother John D. ran second in last year's 7-furlong, $40,000 E.T. Springer Stakes (R) and 1 1/16-mile, $40,000 Lineage Stakes (R) at The Downs at Albuquerque.

 


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Monday, May 14, 2012
The New Mexico Horsemen's Association honored its 2011 award winners during its annual banquet at SunRay Park Racetrack and Casino in Farmington on Saturday.
Monday, May 07, 2012
Following an agreement with the New Mexico Horsemen's Association, SunRay Park in Farmington will cut the number of races it runs per day from 11 to nine.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
The New Mexico Racing Commission on Wednesday held a meeting to discuss the adoption of model regulations developed by the Association of Racing Commissioners International.




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