Sunday, September 26, 2010
Woody Dungarees, a homebred filly racing for Ron and Kay Jenkins’ Holy Bucket LLC, ran her winning streak to five with a head victory in the 400-yard, $55,188 New Mexico State Fair Breeders’ Derby (RG3) at The Downs at Albuquerque on Sunday.
Saddled by Mike Barber and ridden by Alonso Rivera, Woody Dungarees went 400 yards in :19.299, posting a lifetime-best 105 speed index and breaking by 4/100ths of a second the stakes record set by Richard Shearer’s Perfect Call in 2003. The victory was her third stakes win, and the $27,595 winner’s share of the purse increased her earnings to $164,235, of which $116,975 has been banked this season.
Woody Dungarees is one of three stakes winners from 48 starters sired by Woodbridge, an unraced son of Dash Ta Fame whose five crops have banked more than $758,000. Now 11, Woodbridge is a full brother to Grade 1-winner and one-time 440-yard world-record holder Kendall Jackson, and a half to 2009 AQHA champion 3-year-old filly Alice K White. He stands for a $1,000 fee at Mac Murray and Janis Spencer Murray’s MJ Farms at Veguita, New Mexico.
Woody Dungarees’ dam, the Now I Know mare Gingham Dungarees, earned $153,196 from 2003-08, and she ran third in two stakes in ’04, including the $45,000 Pelican Stakes (R) at The Downs at Albuquerque. Now 9, Gingham Dungarees has foaled two winners from three starters, including Famous Dungarees, a gelding by Dash Ta Fame who ran third in this year’s $172,100 New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG2) at SunRay Park.
Woody Dungarees’ second dam, Gingham N Diamonds, is a winning 18-year-old daughter of the Dash For Cash stallion the Adamas who ran second in the 1994 Clovis Classic Futurity (R) at Albuquerque.
Racing exclusively in New Mexico, Woody Dungarees has won seven of 13 races, including the first of two State Fair Breeders’ Derby trials on September 11, in which she recorded the fourth-fastest qualifying time. Her win streak includes victories in the 400-yard, $40,000 Pelican Stakes (RG3) for state-bred fillies at Albuquerque on August 22, and the 400-yard, $75,000 Firecracker Stakes (R) under the same conditions at SunRay Park on the Fourth of July.
Woody Dungarees also ran second, three-quarters of a length behind Auntie G, in last year’s $71,750 New Mexico State Fair Senorita Futurity (RG3) and third, three parts of a length behind winner Sixy Chamisa, in the $150,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG2) at SunRay.
Sent to post as the 9-5 favorite, Woody Dungarees returned a $5.60 win mutuel and teamed with runner-up Posies Woodette for a $45.40 ($2) exacta return. Captian Jacksboro ran third to complete a $109.40 ($2) trifecta.
The Real Rabbit ran fourth and was followed by Zia Derby (RG2) runner-up Corona Memory Crest, I Know How Now, Champagne Fame, Rances Reason, Otta Be A Miracle, and Bridger Bordeaux.
The fastest qualifier, Posies Woodette was coming off of a neck victory at odds of 10-1 in the second trial. A homebred chestnut filly by Woodbridge racing for David Bloomer of Grants, New Mexico, Posies Woodette has earned $19,823 from two wins in eight outs, and she was a finalist in last year’s New Mexico State Fair Senorita Futurity (RG3).
Captian Jacksboro is a homebred sorrel gelding owned by David Barrett of Alto, New Mexico. Captian Jacksboro has won four of 15 races and has banked $143,545, and his stakes resume includes victories in the August 22, $40,000 Hard Twist Stakes (RG3) for New Mexico-bred colts and geldings at Albuquerque, and last year’s 400-yard, $79,864 New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3).