FORD CALIFORNIA JUVENILE QUALIFIERS

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Race: FORD CALIFORNIA JUVENILE CHALLENGE-G3
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Trials: AUGUST 17, 2007
Final: AUGUST 31, 2007
Purse: $25,000-ADDED
Age: 2-YEAR-OLDS
Distance: 350 Yards

Horse Sex Sire-Dam, Dam Sire Time Owner Breeder Trainer Jockey

Lp Leading Effort g. Special Leader--Aeronautigals Effort, by Proudest Effort :17.470 Marisol Ramirez Larry Peterson (UT) Joe Bassett Saul Ramirez, Jr.

Hawk In The City g. Hawkinson--City Image, by Special Effort :17.510 Jaime A. Gonzalez EG High Desert Farms (CA) Jose Antonio Flores Juan Andrade

Tres Spice f. Tres Seis--Sporty Spice, by First Down Dash :17.560 Janet R. McKinnermey Janet McKinnermey (TX) Blane Schvaneveldt Eddie V. Garcia

Masters Call c. Hennessy (TB)--Check Her Out, by First Down Dash :17.570 Edward Allred & R.D. Hubbard, etal Zory Kuzyk (KY) Paul C. Jones Cody Jensen

Three Green Leaves f. Tres Seis--Sky Glow, by Dashing Val :17.570 J. Garvan Kelly & Nancy Yearsley J. Garvan Kelly/Nancy Yearsley (OK) Paul C. Jones Cody Jensen

Cantwait g. Check Him Out--Dashnlitia, by First Down Dash :17.610 Mark or Beggy Brown B. Schvaneveldt/R. Keller (CA) Jams G. Hanson Cesar DeAlba

Time For A Royal Dip c. Royal Miracle Dip--Time For Royal Cash, by Dash For Cash :17.625 Ruben Gonzalez Abigail K. Kawananakoa (CA) Hector Jaime Hernandez Cody Jensen

Azure Fit g. Skirt Chasin Alibi--Azures Cash, by Band Of Azure :17.655 S. Maxwell & J. Paulsen Double Bar S Ranch LLC (CA) James G. Hanson James S. Vail

Fighter On Fire c. First Down Dash--Chenille, by Merridoc :17.670 Rancho El Alacran Shultz Ranch (MEX) Adan Farias Rodrigo Aceves

Amstel c. Check Him Out--Corona Lite, by Fabacho :17.695 Amuio Covarubias Blane Schvaneveldt (CA) Jose Antonio Flores Alex Bautista

Trial Notes: Lp Leading Effort won the first of four trials by 3/4 of a length over Masters Call to post the fastest qualifying time.

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Lp Leading Effort beats Masters Call by 3/4 of a length to post the fastest time.
Photo by Scott Martinez

Lp Leading Effort Remains Perfect In Ford California Trials



LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA—AUGUST 18, 2007— In a battle of undefeated horses, Marisol Ramirez's LP Leading Effort took advantage of a sizzling start to beat the fast closing Masters Call by 3/4 lengths while posting the fastest qualifying time to the Ford California Regional Challenge Friday at Los Alamitos.
Trained by Joe Bassett, LP Leading Effort improved his record to three wins in as many starts while covering the 350 yards in :17.47. Bred by Larry Peterson, the son of Special Leader could have been claimed for $16,000 when he made his racing debut on June 2.

LP Leading Effort is now only the third undefeated horse with at least three victories at Los Alamitos this season. Fsixteen and Wicked Royal Cartel are the only other horses on that list. Saul Ramirez piloted the Utah-bred gelding. In addition to LP Leading Effort, nine other horses qualified to the Ford California final to be held on August 31. The winner of that race will earn a berth to the Ford Juvenile Challenge on Saturday, November 3. LP Leading Effort's win came in the first of four Ford trials held on Friday.

Jaime Gonzalez's Hawk In The City won the final trial race on the way to recording the second fastest clocking of :17.51. The Hawkinson gelding, who ran second to LP Leading Effort on June 30, came into this race fresh off a fourth place finish to Magic Show Czech in the Governor's Cup Futurity on July 29. Ridden by Juan Andrade for trainer Jose A. Flores, Hawk In The City was picking up his second win in six starts.

Janet McKinnerney's Tres Spice, who crossed the wire neck behind Hawk In The City in this trial, was the third fastest qualifier. Jim Hanson, who qualified three horses to the Ford California final, saddled the Tres Seis filly, which earlier this year competed in the Ed Burke Million Futurity. Hanson, who is also the hottest Thoroughbred trainer on the grounds right now, also saddled third trial winner Cantwait and Azure Fit, who ran third to LP Leading Effort while finishing as the eighth fastest qualifier.

Owned by a partnership headed by Ed Allred, R.D. Hubbard, Masters Call lost for the first time in three starts, however, he qualified to the first stakes final of his career. The full-brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Check Him Out, Masters Call was the $485,000 top seller at last year's Los Alamitos Equine Sale. Masters Call posted the fourth fastest qualifying time in the trials of :17.57. Cody Jensen piloted the Hennessy colt for trainer Paul Jones.

Jensen and Jones combined to win the second trial with Nancy Yearsley and J. Garvan Kelly's Three Green Leaves, a filly also sired by Tres Seis. The Oklahoma-bred filly was breaking her maiden after finishing fourth or better in her previous three starts. She ran fourth to LP Leading Effort on the aforementioned June 2 race.

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LP Leading Effort Looks to Remain Unbeaten in Ford Juvenile



Winner of Friday's Feature at Los Alamitos Will Qualify For Bank of America Racing Challenge Championship

By JONATHAN HOROWITZ

LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA—AUGUST 29, 2007—Marisol Ramirez' LP Leading Effort could have been claimed for $16,000 in his debut at Los Alamitos Race Course on June 2. Less than three months later, the Joe Bassett-trained 2-year-old gelding will enter the starting gates as the fastest qualifier for Friday's $45,990 Grade 3 Ford Juvenile California Region Challenge.

The winner of Friday's 350-yard feature race will earn a berth to the $150,000 Grade 2 Ford Juvenile Challenge Championship to be run at Los Alamitos Race Course on November 3 as part of AQHA's Bank of America Racing Challenge.

LP Leading Effort, a Utah-bred son of sire Special Leader and dam Aeronautigals Effort, holds the distinction of being one of only three undefeated horses in 2007 with at least three victories at Los Alamitos Race Course this season. The others are two-year-old Wicked Royal Cartel and seven-year-old claimer Fsixteen. LP Leading Effort posted the fastest qualifying time of 17.47 seconds in trials to the Ford Juvenile California Region Challenge on August 17 and will be ridden by Saul Ramirez, Jr., in the finals.

LP Leading Effort's trial also produced finalists Masters Call and Azure Fit. Masters Call, who is owned by a partnership headed by Ed Allred and R.D. Hubbard, was the $485,000 top seller at last year's Los Alamitos Equine Sale. In the Ford Juvenile trials, the son of Thoroughbred sire Hennessy and dam Check Her Twice made up 1 1/4 lengths on LP Leading Effort in the final 220 yards to close from fourth to second. Ramon Sanchez will ride Masters Call for the first time on Friday for trainer Paul Jones.

Azure Fit qualified as a maiden. He is one of three finalists trained by Jim Hanson. Hanson will also saddle Mark and Peggy Brown's Cantwait and Janet McKinnerney's Tres Spice. Cantwait broke his maiden with a 24-1 victory in the trials in his first start for Hanson after three races with trainer Blane Schvaneveldt. Tres Spice was a finalist for the Ed Burke Million Futurity prior to running in the Ford Juvenile trials.

After LP Leading Effort, Jaime Gonzalez' Hawk In The City posted the second-fastest qualifying time of 17.51 seconds. Earlier this year the Jose Antonio Flores-trainee finished fourth in the $400,000 Grade 1 Governor's Cup Futurity.

The third-quickest qualifier was Tres Spice in 17.56 seconds, followed by Masters Call and Three Green Leaves in 17.57 seconds. Like LP Leading Effort, Three Green Leaves, who is owned by J. Garvan Kelly and Nancy Yearsley, has formerly run in maiden claiming races. Tres Spice and Three Green Leaves are both by second year sire Tres Seis.

Other finalists are Rancho El Alacaran's Fighter On Fire, Ruben Gonzalez' Time For A Royal Dip and Arnulfo Covarrubias' Amstel. Fighter On Fire won the $44,650 California Breeders Freshman Stakes and was a finalist for the $466,100 Grade 1 Kindergarten Futurity earlier this year. Time For A Royal Dip likely had the toughest trip in the Ford Juvenile trials and made up more than two lengths on Cantwait in the final 220 yards. Amstel is still a maiden after four career races.

The Ford Juvenile California Region Challenge is carded as Friday's ninth race at 10:37 p.m. Other 2-year-olds who have already qualified for the $150,000 Grade 2 Ford Juvenile Challenge Championship at Los Alamitos on November 3 are: Pool (Texas), Separatist Baby (East), Gomez Palacio (Northwest), Queens Strawfly (Canada), Pappasito (New Mexico), and WRS Leading Edge (Central).

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