Saturday, September 25, 2010
Ronald Ulibarri’s U R A Fury Lady broke her maiden in the 400-yard, $71,483 New Mexico State Fair Senorita Futurity (RG3) at The Downs at Albuquerque on Saturday.
Saddled by Jamie Zamora and ridden by for the first time by Jimmy Coates, U R A Fury Lady covered her 400-yard trip in :19.636, posting a career-best 96 speed index and the second-fastest winning time in the stakes’ 21-year history. The filly’s clocking missed by just 13/100ths of a second the stakes record set by Thatsa Blazin Chick eight years ago.
U R A Fury Lady was bred by Ulibarri, a resident of Alcalde, New Mexico. The filly became the first stakes winner from 27 starters sired by freshman sire Furyofthewind, a 7-year-old son of Corona Cartel and winner of the 2006 AQHA California Derby Challenge (G3) at Los Alamitos. Bred in Texas by Kirk M. Goodfellow, Furyofthewind is a half brother to champions Heartswideopen and Special Phoebe. He stood the 2010 season for a $2,000 fee at Bob Moore Farms in Norman, Oklahoma.
U R A Fury Lady is also one of three winners from seven starters foaled by Lady Thetis, a winning 14-year-old daughter of champion Takin On The Cash. The filly’s second dam, Storm N Lady, is an 18-year-old winning daughter of Merridoc and half sister to Ihempentobefast, a gelding by First Down Dash who ran third in the 2002 Irvine Overnight Handicap at Los Alamitos.
U R A Fury Lady traces back to her fourth dam, the winning Easy Jet mare Cherished Lady. A ’76 foal, Cherished Lady produced five starters, including 1988 AQHA champion 2-year-old gelding and two-time Grade 1 winner Liberty Coin.
U R A Fury Lady was coming off of a second-place finish in her Senorita Futurity trial on September 10. She ran a half of a length behind second-fastest qualifier Fun N Luck and recorded the fifth-fastest qualifying time. The filly has had three outs, and the winner’s share of the Senorita Futurity purse boosted her earnings to $38,440.
Snow Regard ran second, a half of a length behind U R A Fury Lady, and was followed by 3-1 favorite Chickie Blu, fastest qualifier Spice Girl, Fame And Chicks, Posies First Thought, Mary For Money, Chiquita Caliente, and Samia Fame. Fun N Luck was scratched.
Snow Regard banked $14,297 to increase her earnings to $19,477 for owner and breeder KH Logax Inc. of Oro Valley, Arizona. The gray filly broke her maiden by 1 ½ lengths in her Senorita Futurity trial on September 10.
A homebred bay daughter of Chicks A Blazin racing for Mike Abraham and James McClintic, Chickie Blu finished a half of a length behind U R A Fury Lady. Chickie Blu has earned $12,578 from one win in four outs.