Tuesday, March 19, 2013
A pair of fillies making their first starts, Lady Genius and Prides Cousin, won Copper Top Futurity (fillies division) trials at Sunland Park on Tuesday.
Trained by Dallas Barton and ridden by Carlos Madeira for owners W.D. Carson Sr., M.H. Carson, and Leach Racing LLC, Lady Genius covered 4 ½ furlongs in :52.91 while defeating first-time starter Tizzy Devil by a half of a length in the first of two trials. The homebred daughter of Quinton's Gold and the stakes-winning Beau Genius mare Miss Einstein is a half sister to four winners, including stakes winners Beau Wizer and Double Smart.
Prides Cousin won the second trial by one length from 3-2 favorite Daddy's Money. A chestnut daughter of Diabolical racing for Linda Hunter and trained by Todd Fincher, Prides Cousin stopped the timer in :53.25 under jockey Duane “Lefty” Sterling.
Prides Cousin is the first starter produced by the winning Mr. Groush mare Jannaslilkicker.
The fillies division of the $60,000-added Copper Top Futurity final will be run on April 13. The complete list of qualifiers for the final appears in alphabetical order below:
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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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AMBERS ON A ROLL
F, Roll Hennessy Roll-Ambersent by Lord Pleasant
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LAR Racing
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Fred Alexander (NM)
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Todd Fincher
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BELTRIX LESTRANG
F, So Long Birdie-Rampaging Irish by Irish Open
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Charles R. Gober
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Kevin J. Blach DVM (NM)
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Greg Green
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CATTLE ACT
F, Phone Home-Xcelerate by Digging In
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Clifford C. Lambert Sr.
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Clifford C. Lambert Sr. (NM)
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Clifford C. Lambert Sr.
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DADDY'S MONEY
F, Diabolical-La Fever by Stormin Fever
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Joe Dee Brooks, Dustin Brooks, Scott Bryant, and Dallas Pena
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Margaret V. Bloss and Margaret O. duPont (NM)
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Todd Fincher
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FEISTY GHOST
F, Ghostly Moves-Silver Connection by Full Choke
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B. Kale King
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Pam Allen (NM)
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Terry Walker
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FOCUS DANCE
F, Squall-Focus On Run by Paramour
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W.T. Stradley and Tom A. Williams
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W.T. Stradley and Tom A. Williams (NM)
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Fred Danley
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LADY GENIUS
F, Quinton's Gold-Miss Einstein by Beau Genius
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W.D. Carson Sr, M.H. Carson, and Leach Racing LLC
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Mike Carson and Bill Carson (NM)
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Dallas Barton
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NO ROOM IN MY BED
F, Devon Lane-Amybelle by In Excess (IRE)
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Lester Wright
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Karon Ashford (NM)
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H. Ray Ashford Jr.
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PRIDES COUSIN
F, Diabolical-Jannaslilkicker by Mr. Groush
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Linda Hunter
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Charles Hunter (NM)
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Todd Fincher
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TIZZY DEVIL
F, Diabolical-Restless Tizzy by Lesters Boy
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Derrell Riggan
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Derrell Riggan (NM)
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Clifford C. Lambert Sr.
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