Sunday, September 26, 2010
Second-fastest qualifier Primvvera, a Stel Corona gelding owned and trained by Dominic Duree, sprinted to a half-length victory in Saturday’s $77,476 New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3) for state-bred colts and geldings at The Downs at Albuquerque.
Under jockey Casey Lambert, Primvvera went 400 yards in :19.611 and earned a 96 speed index. The victory was his third in six starts, and the $38,738 winner’s share of the purse pushed the gelding’s bankroll to $52,558.
Primvvera was bred by Duree’s late uncle, Orville Moore, and the gelding became the third stakes winner from 31 starters sired by Stel Corona. A 10-year-old son of Corona Cartel, Stel Corona won the 2003 PCQHRA Breeders’ Derby (G2) at Los Alamitos, and his three crops have earned more than $1.9 million and include ’08 AQHA champion 2-year-old colt and two-time Grade 1 winner Foose. Owned by a partnership, he stands at Burns Ranch at Menifee, California.
Primvvera’s dam, the winning Sail On Bunny mare Sail On Duchess, ran second in the 1997 Pelican Stakes (R) at Albuquerque. Now 16, Sail On Duchess has produced four winners from six starters, including Woodbridge Chunk, a half brother to Primvvera who ran third in the 2008 Hard Twist Stakes (RG3) at Albuquerque and was a finalist in the previous year’s New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3).
Primvvera traces back to his third dam, Race Bug, a winning daughter of the Lady Bug’s Moon stallion Mr Hay Bug who ran second in the ’78 Dixie Downs Futurity in Utah. A 1976 foal, Race Bug produced Do U Wanna Rumbo, a filly by Easy Rumbo who ran third in the ’91 Beehive Futurity (R) in Utah.
Primvvera’s fourth dam, the unraced Custus Rain mare Custus Stormy, foaled RPV Final Bid, the runner-up in the 1986 Hualapai Downs Futurity (R) at the Mohave County Fair in Kingman, Arizona.
Vicente Y Su Corona, Iseeyoustaring, Blushin Tigre, Mal Intenciones, Uncle Woody, Blazing Pacquiao, Six Gun Regard, and fastest qualifier and 17-10 choice RGR Lyon A Tac completed the order of finish.
A homebred Stel Corona colt racing for Hubaldo Solis, Vicente Y Su Corona earned $15,495 to increase his earnings to $25,590. The colt was a finalist in the May 30, $172,100 New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG2) at SunRay Park, having broken his maiden by a half of a length in his career debut in his May 13 trial.
Iseeyoustaring is a homebred Sixes Royal gelding owned and trained by Gerardo Cano of Albuquerque. The gelding finished a half of a length behind Primvvera, and he earned $9,297 to push his bankroll to $24,377.