Kindergarten Futurity

Courtesy of TRACK Magazine and posted on the Los Al website

THE KINDERGARTEN BREEDING LINES




FIGHTER ON FIRE, c. (First Down Dash--Chenille, by Merridoc). Brother to Grade 1 stakes winner Firstdown Touchdown $189,000, Grade 2 stakes placed winner Our Honey Bunny $34,000 and half-brother to dam of SW Velvet Meter $90,000.



CARTERS CARTEL, c. (Corona Cartel--Jumping Tac Flash, by Tolltac). Half-brother to Grade 1 stakes winner Tac It Like A Man $389,550, stakes winner Flash First $352,000, stakes winner Imjumpn $56,000 (dam of Restricted Grade 3 stakes winner Jumpn $188,000 and Grade 1 stakes placed winner Jumpn Chic $133,000), stakes winner Rain Me In APHA $15,000, Grade 1 stakes placed winner A Tac First $89,000, etc. Dam is $147,000 Champion Grade 2 stakes winner and sister to Champion Splash Bac $136,000 and Grade 2 stakes winner Beatyou APHA $29,000. Second dam is stakes winner Beat Your Pants Off $22,000 and half-sister to Grade 2 stakes winner BCR My Main Man $168,000.



CASH THIS OKIE, g. (Okey Dokey Dale--West Coast Cash, by Takin On The Cash). Full brother to two-time Los Alamitos stakes winner West Coast Okie, winner of more than $60,000, and Portland Meadows stakes winner One Fast Okie. Dam also produced winner Flyin Out West.



PERKSANDMIRACLES, f. (Royal Miracle Dip--This Perks Is Royal, by Eyes Of Power). Half-sister to stakes winner Classic Royal Perks $19,000 and stakes winner Royal Classic Power $15,000. Dam is half-sister to Champion Cash Perks $322,000, Restricted Grade 1 stakes winner Lady Classic Cash $253,000, stakes winner Home Brewed $28,000 and to dam of Grade 2 stakes winner Jess Rapid $300,000 and stakes placed winner Perks Prime Plus $42,000. Family includes Kindergarten Futurity winner Sneaky Fast $113,000 and stakes winners Rapid Dash $43,000 and Bobcat Bob $142,000, etc. $10,000 Los Alamitos Equine Sale yearling.



MISS KITTYS BAR BET, f. (Sum Fun To Bet--Fames Easy, by Dash Ta Fame). Half-sister to Grade 1 stakes placed winner Dont Dink With Me $164,000, stakes placed winner Doreme Fasolasi Win $103,000, and Restricted Grade 1 stakes placed winner Ynot Bar $77,000. Second dam is Grade 1 stakes winner Mighty Easy Pass $279,000.



SHEZ SNOW QUICK, f. (This Snow Is Royal--Shez Real Quick, by Royal Quick Dash). Dam Shez Real Quick is by millionaire champion Royal Quick Dash, the winner of the All American Futurity and finalist to Grade 1 Kansas Futurity. Royal Quick Dash is the sire of All American Futurity winner AB What A Runner and Grade 1 winner Quick Moon Sign. Shez Real Quick had a career best speed index of 87, winning once from seven outs. She earned $3,524 in her career.



FREAKY, g. (Tr Dasher--Chickasecret, by Raise A Secret). Freaky is out of the mare Chickasecret, who was a winner at the age of 2. Freaky's granddam is Chickasis, who ran third in the 1995 California Sires' Cup Futurity. In addition to Chickasecret, Chickasis produced Lassen County, the runner-up in the Los Alamitos Winter Derby and El Primero Del Ano Derby; Ed Burke Memorial Futurity Secretly Seymour; and Chickafirst, who ran in the Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders Derby. Chickasis' other foal is the winner Control Freak.



RUNS HOT, f. (Corona Caliente--Wildest Woman, by Runaway Winner). Dam is half-sister to Grade 1 stakes winner Doing Magic $322,000. Second dam is half-sister to Restricted Grade 2 stakes placed winner Majorly Cranky $43,000. Family includes stakes winner Crank It Up TB $38,000, Grade 3 stakes winner Matching $532,000, Champion & Broodmare Of The Year Florentine $1.1 million, Champions Ive Been Blessed and Calyx, stakes winner Icy Morn TB $381,000, stakes winner and Royal Miracle Dip $112,000. $37,000 Ruidoso Sale yearling.



DADDY DASHER, g. (Tr Dasher--Moms, by Jazzing Hi). Half-brother to stakes placed winner Mummy $29,000. Dam is half-sister to Restricted Grade 2 stakes placed winner Perfect Mom $46,000. Family includes stakes winner Tuff Ladys $50,000, stakes winner Pal And Pal $46,000, stakes placed winner Sister Peggy $33,000, Grade 1 stakes winner Brotherly $305,000 and stakes winner No Hens Here $111,000.



GO BY EXPRESS, c. (First Down Express--Go Magically, by Magical Mile TB). Dam is $19,000 stakes placed winner and a half-sister to Grade 3 stakes winner Feathering $56,000 and to dam of stakes placed winner Robertson Blvd $45,000. Second dam is half-sister to Grade 1 stakes winner Blushing By $250,000, Grade 1 stakes winner Go Proudly $200,000, stakes winner Proud Heritage $70,000, Grade 3 Stakes placed winner Design Express $46,000 (dam of stakes winner Finish Line Express $55,000), and to dams of Grade 2 stakes placed winner Proud Perfection $48,000, Grade 1 stakes winner and distance champion Heros Call. $4,500 Los Alamitos Equine Sale yearling.

Courtesy of Los Al


THE KINDERGARTEN BY THE NUMBERS



Below is a breakdown of how each of the finalists performed in the trials. These numbers show how fast they raced during the first 80 yards and then how fast they completed the final 220 yards. While these numbers cannot show what improvements the trialists might have made in the last two weeks, they give an indication of what the strengths of each horse might be heading into the Kindergarten Futurity.



TRIALS TRIALS FINAL

PP HORSE FIRST 80 FINAL 220 TIME

1. Fighter On Fire :05.80 :09.79 :15.59

2. Carters Cartel :05.73 :09.71 :15.44

3. Cash This Okie :05.73 :09.73 :15.46

4. Perksandmiracles :05.83 :09.76 :15.59

5. Miss Kittys Bar Bet :05.73 :09.59 :15.32

6. Shez Snow Quick :05.75 :09.79 :15.54

7. Freaky :05.79 :09.69 :15.49

8. Runs Hot :05.82 :09.71 :15.53

9. Daddy Dasher :05.79 :09.65 :15.44

10. Go By Express :05.95 :09.66 :15.61



The numbers say that Miss Kittys Bar Bet, Carters Cartel and Cash This Okie will break on top. However, the latter two both had less than perfect starts, so don't be surprised if it's one of them leading the field early in the race.



Miss Kittys Bart Bet was simply amazing from start to finish in her race, but the late kick of horses such as Daddy Dasher and Go By Express will make things very interesting if either of them can improve just a bit on their break. Freaky could be the sleeper here. He was the fourth fastest closer in the trials and the fifth quickest horse out of the gate.


SO SORRY THE COLUMNS DIDN'T SEPARATE FOR THIS BUT IT IS ON THE LOS AL WEBSITE http://www.losalamitos.com/laqhr/ AND EASIER TO READ THERE.

Since it is nearly impossible to pick the winners, I thought that doing a trifecta box might give us a better chance.

So I'm going with:

Miss Kittys Bar Bet

Carters Cartel

and Daddy Dasher


Good luck to all with great starts and finishes...........

WEST COAST OKIE!!!

only because I need that blasted family to do something!!!

CARTERS CARTEL TAKES KINDERGARTEN FUTURITY

May 20, 2007 – Winning futurities runs in the family of Carters Cartel, so it was no surprise when the Corona Cartel colt won Saturday’s Grade 1, $366,100 Kindergarten Futurity at Los Alamitos.

A homebred colt racing for the List family’s Double Bar S Ranch at Moreno Valley, California, Carters Cartel covered 300 yards in :15.278 for his second victory in three starts and first stakes win. Alejandro Luna rode Carters Cartel for trainer Jaime Gomez, who has saddled the winner of the Kindergarten six times, including the last three seasons.


The second-fastest qualifier, Carters Cartel won his May 5 Kindergarten trial by 1 ½ lengths, despite lugging in early in the 300-yard sprint.


“I wasn’t worried that he lugged in,” Gomez said. “(Ranch manager Jerry Young) told me that he would do that at the ranch. He was winning so easily in his trial that he was out there on the lead all by himself.


“With no competition to run with, he lugged in,” the trainer added. “Now, in the final he had serious competition and he came out on top. That’s when you want your horse to show what he’s made of.”


Carters Cartel became the 85th stakes winner from seven crops sired by Corona Cartel, a Grade 1-winning son of Holland Ease whose 581 starters have earned more than $20.5 million and include two champions. The colt’s dam, Jumping Tac Flash, is a daughter of champion Tolltac, was American Quarter Horse racing’s champion 2-year-old filly and won the Miss Kindergarten (G2) and California Sires’ Cup (RG3) futurities at Los Alamitos in 1993.


Now 16, Jumping Tac Flash has produced eight winners from 10 starters, including three stakes winners by all-time leading sire First Down Dash – Tac It Like A Man, a First Down Dash colt who won last year’s Governor’s Cup (RG1) and PCQHRA Breeders’ (G1) futurities; stakes winner and 1998 Los Alamitos Million Futurity (G1) runner-up Flash First; and stakes winner Imjumpn.


Carters Cartel represents Double Bar S Ranch’s first Kindergarten victory.


“We’ve been dreaming about this race for so many years,” said Dawn List, who with her mother, Sharon, and sister Rhonda own the ranch. “To win a futurity this early in the year means that we’re doing something right at the farm.”


“Jaime was happy to get a sibling to Tac It Like A Man,” added Rhonda List. “After he worked him, he called us and said, ‘Girls, we have another good one.’”


The $153,762 winner’s share of the Kindergarten purse boosted Carter Cartel’s earnings to $156,837, and the colt will be pointed to the Ed Burke Million Futurity (G1) trials on June 9. His margin of victory was a neck from Daddy Dasher. Fastest qualifier Miss Kitty Bar Bet ran third and was followed by Shez Snow Quick, Go By Express, Freaky, Cash This Okie, Perksandmiracles and Fighter On Fire. Sixth-fastest qualifier Runs Hot was scratched.

Congrats Smokey! Great job on picking the tri

Thanks Justin, but unfortunately I didn't place a bet. Maybe I'll try to pick another one during the Ruidoso trials this Friday......