NEW WORLD RECORD FOR 220 YARDS

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A Mere Fame posted the fastest time ever at 220 yards after crossing the wire in :11.51.

A Mere Fame Sets New 220-Yard World Record at Los Alamitos


LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA—OCTOBER 25, 2007—Felix Aguallo Gonzalez's A Mere Fame posted the fastest time ever at 220 yards after crossing the wire in :11.51 on Thursday at Los Alamitos.

Ridden by Rodrigo Aceves for trainer Adan Farias, A Mere Fame posted a 1 1/4 length win over the stakes placed Tinys Lil Sis on the way to bettering the world record by 7/100ths of a second.

AQHA will confirm A Mere Fame's clocking in order for it to officially become a world record. It's noteworthy that there was no wind during the running of this race.. Previously, La Tonita and Too Jittered To Fish shared the track record at Los Alamitos of :11.58.

Bred by Dorothy Mitchum, A Mere Fame is the fifth horse to set or equal a track record at Los Alamitos in 2007. The others to set new marks this year are: Carters Cartel, who broke Corona Chick's 350-yard record after winning the Grade 1 Ed Burke Million Futurity with a time of :17.17; Blues Girl Too, who equaled Ocean Runaway's 400-yard track record with a :19.30 effort in the Grade 1 Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap; the stakes placed Runnin Ramped, who set the 300-yard track record of :15.08 on July 22; and Too Jittered To Fish, who shared the 220-yard track record following from April 21 until A Mere Fame's monster effort on Thursday night.

Sired by Dash Ta Fame out of the Beduino mare Amira, the 5-year-old A Mere Fame is an Arizona-bred with a career record of eight wins from 23 starts. She has earned $78,071 in the process and her efforts include a third place finish to Gottobes Cat in the Belmont Shore Handicap and victories against $50,000, $75,000 and - on Thursday - against $100,000 claimers. A Mere Fame is a half sister to Dorothy Mitchum's Cucus Bug, who competed in the 2003 AQHA Members Plus Stakes and was a multiple allowance runner-up at Los Alamitos.