Easy Dashin Sixes
-photo by Sandra Beck/Coady Photography
Wowzer Won
-photo by Sandra Beck/Coady Photography
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Easy Dashin Sixes, Wowzer Won Top Qualifiers for Bank of America Texas Challenge Championship and Merial Distaff Texas Challenge at SHRP
(Houston, Texas - Saturday, June 26, 2010) - The trials
for the Bank of America Texas Challenge Championship for three-year-olds
and upward going 440 yards and the Merial Distaff Texas Challenge
for fillies and mares, three-year-olds and upward, going 400 yards
were held on Saturay, June 26 at Sam Houston Race Park.
In the Bank of America Texas Challenge Championship trials, Jesus
Huitron's favored Easy Dashin Sixes emerged as the fastest qualifier,
rallying to the lead and pulling clear to a 1 1/4 length victory
in :21.632. The five-year-old bay gelding by Streakin Sixes out
of the Dash For Cash mare Easy Dashin Flo earned a Speed Index of
97 for his effort. He is trained by Eusevio Huitron and was ridden
to victory by David Pinion.
Below is the full list of qualifiers for the final, which will
be held on Saturday, July 10:
Horse |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Qualifying Time |
Easy Dashin Sixes |
David Pinion |
Eusevio Huitron |
:21.632 |
Double Chiseled |
Jeremy Garcia |
Albert Franco |
:21.814 |
Special Headlines |
Saul Ramirez, Jr. |
Christian Rubalcava |
:21.817 |
Teton Snowman |
Rodrigo Sigala Vallejo |
Erasmo Hernandez |
:21.920 |
Stolis Winner |
G. R. Carter, Jr. |
M. Heath Taylor |
:21.923 |
XO Kate |
Santos Carrizales |
Javier Noel Contreras |
:21.947 |
Classified Bull |
Luis Ramirez |
Paul Ramirez |
:22.034 |
Mr La Bubba |
Dewel Paul Smith |
Jonathan Castaneda |
:22.079 |
Kid Perry |
Danny J. Lavergne |
Larry Kopycinski |
:22.089 |
A Stoli Mate |
David A. Alvarez |
Robert J. "Bobby" Touchet |
:22.225 |
Kathleen O'Matey's Wowzer Won was the fastest qualifier for the
Merial Distaff Challenge for fillies and mares going 400 yards.
The five-year-old mare by Streakin Sixes out of the Calyz mare Four
Oh Won managed to get up at the wire for a neck win over Coeur D
Alene in :19.884 to earn a Speed Index of 97. She is trained by
Judd S. Kearl and was ridden to victory by Rodrigo Sigala Vallejo.
Below is the full list of qualifiers for the final, which will
be held on Saturday, July 10:
Horse |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Qualifying Time |
Wowzer Won |
Rodrigo Sigala Vallejo |
Judd S. Kearl |
:19.884 |
Coeur D Alene |
J. R. Ramirez |
Edward Ross Hardy |
:19.915 |
Dashin Chick |
Jerry Lee Yoakum |
Jesse Yoakum |
:20.124 |
Shadaisy 123 |
Jerry Lee Yoakum |
C. Dwayne "Sleepy" Gilbreath |
:20.272 |
Southern Hills |
Cipriano Uscanga Vidana |
Manuel Vega, Jr. |
:20.295 |
La Jolla Suspect |
Santos Carrizales |
Jorge Haddad |
:20.351 |
A Relagate High |
Cipriano Uscanga Vidana |
Francisco Javier Vega, Jr. |
:20.368 |
Lethal Star |
Gaspar Garcia |
Guy Hopkins |
:20.380 |
ICU Can Zoom |
Saul Ramirez, Jr. |
Bobby Martinez |
:20.392 |
Sweet Violets |
Julian Cantu |
Eusevio Huitron |
:20.402 |
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