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Uncle Rose is 2009 Texas Champion Claimer After an online poll with more with 300 responses, Uncle Rose has been voted as the 2009 Texas Champion Claimer. The award was created three years ago to recognize the hard-working performers who fill the majority of race cards every day. The nominees, which comprised Boom Boom Bubba, Dixie Dust, Favorite Jazz, Hannah Bo Banna, Talon Noir and Uncle Rose, were the winningest Accredited Texas-breds who raced primarily in the Lone Star State last year. Bred by Joe Carothers, Uncle Rose is a 2004 gelding by Uncle Abbie. The Texas-bred started the year running for Keith and Cash Asmussen, for whom he won a $5,000 claiming race at Manor Downs. Then it was on to Lone Star Park, where Uncle Rose won for tags of $4,000 and $5,000 going 1 1/16 miles for owner and trainer Danny Pish. In August, the gelding won the seven-furlong, $19,800 GFCA Texas-bred Stakes at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds. Uncle Rose continued his good form for Pish at Retama Park, where although he didn’t win, he hit the board in all four starts, including two on the turf course. In his final start of the year, Uncle Rose scored in a $7,500 claiming race at Sam Houston Race Park to end 2009 with a record of 15-5-3-3 and earnings of $35,675. Uncle Rose has already kicked off
2010 on a winning note with a victory in a starter allowance race
on January 21 at Sam Houston. All told, the gelding has a record
of 40-14-3-8 with earnings of $102,348. Uncle Rose is out of the
Waco Connection mare Waco Roses. |
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100% Winners for Special Rate The New Year started off right for Special Rate. He now has five starters, five winners, and one stakes-placed runner. On New Year's Day, Ornery went wire to wire and finished 3 1/4 lengths ahead, going 1 mile 70 yards at Sam Houston Race Park. Congratulations to owner and breeder Brian C. Schartz and trainer Randy Mayfield. Ornery is by Special Rate out of Solo Rolo, by Air Forbes Won. On January 21, 2010,
Cozamotion was winner of a Maiden Special Weight at Sam
Houston Race Park, with a fine finish after going 1 1/6
miles. The filly placed in two out her first three starts
before breaking her maiden. Congratulations to owner Scott Brown,
trainer Danny Pish, and breeder Star Bright Thoroughbreds.
Cozamotion is by Special Rate out
of Wishes n' Dreams, by Hermitage. In a strong drive, Moonbeam Special came out on top by 1 1/4 lengths on January 23, 2010, in a Maiden Special Weight race at Sam Houston Race Park. Sent off as the 6/5 favorite, Moonbeam Special covered the 5 ½ furlongs in 1:06.1. This was the fourth start for the filly by Special Rate. She had previously run third on the turf in her second start, and ran second in her third start on January 14, with the rest of the pack 14 lengths behind her. Congratulations to owner and breeder Star Bright Thoroughbreds and trainer Randy Mayfield. Moonbeam Special is by Special Rate out of Mal's Showntell, by Cryptoclearance. |
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SCRAPPY ROO is Back on Track Texas
Champions Day, December 5, 2009, saw the return of SCRAPPY ROO
to the action. He ran second by a neck in the Richard King
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Uncle
Rose Scores Stakes Win Uncle
Rose made it look easy in the GCFA Accredited Texas
Bred Stakes at Gillespie County Fairgrounds on August 23,
2009. He was seventh at the quarter pole, sixth at the half
mile mark, and rushed forward to win the seven furlong race by 2
1/2 lengths. Congratulations to owner and trainer Danny Pish and breeder
Joe Carothers. Uncle Rose is by Uncle
Abbie out of Waco Roses, by Waco Connection. His
earnings now total $98,388. |
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Special Red Bird is Second Starter and Second Winner for Special Rate Special
Red Bird was winner of his first start, going five furlongs over a
muddy track at Lone Star Park on June 11, 2009. After dueling for
the lead the entire race, he drew away to score the win under a
hand ride. Congratulations to
owner and breeder Red Bird Farms and trainer
Charles Haverkamp. The two-year-old gelding is by Special
Rate out of Scheduled Flight, by A.P. Jet. Special Rate
now has two starters and two winners. |
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Valid Heart broke his maiden in his first start at Manor Downs on April 11, 2009. The 4 1/2 furlong race was a futurity trial for the Manor Downs Futurity Stakes. On April 26 he finished a game second in the $50,000 Futurity, one month before his second birthday. The two-year-old colt is by Special Rate out of Valid Obsession, by Valid Appeal. Congratulations to owners Keith and Cash Asmussen, breeder Keith Asmussen, and trainer Cash Asmussen. |
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Monica's
Skirmish Achieves Black Type on Valentine's Day Monica’s Skirmish finished third in the $125,000 Two Altazano Texas Stallion Stakes on February 14, 2009. The one mile race was run at Retama Park. The stakes placing brings the total earnings to $53,660 for the three-year-old filly by Uncle Abbie out of Bellaslew, by Slewacide. Congratulations to owner and breeder John Gilpin and trainer Nathan Hatcher. |
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Another
Stakes Placing for Way Up There Way Up There took second place in the Pete Selin Memorial Stakes at Rillito Park on February 2, 2009. This was the second stakes placing for the filly by Tinners Way out of Suit Up, by Stalwart. Her earnings currently stand at $76,921. Congratulations to owner and trainer Wayne Brasher. Way Up There was bred by Harris Farms. |
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Scrappy Roo is the Champion Older Horse in Texas for
2008. Scrappy Roo made history April 5, 2008, as the first
Texas-bred ever to win the $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup [G3],
held at Sam Houston Race Park. The competition included
graded stakes winners Student Council, Embossed,
and Going Ballistic, as well as graded stakes-placed
Eighteenthofmarch. Scrappy Roo held the early lead in the
race, was headed twice, and then dug in at the wire to hold off a
fast finishing Going Ballistic. The win was the fifth
straight for the five-year-old gelding by Roo Art, out of Dance's
Lyph. Scrappy Roo won the Tomball Stakes on February 23, 2008,
which was his first attempt at stakes competition. He has
now earned $183,280. |
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O My Darlin Diane Voted 2008 Texas Champion Claimer O My Darlin Diane (by Uncle Abbie) didn’t make her racetrack debut until halfway through her 4-year-old year, but she’s proven to be worth the wait for owner Henry S. Witt Jr. and trainer Brandon Jenkins. Witt claimed the mare from breeder Larry Binnion the same night she broke her maiden at Retama Park in October 2007. Since then, she has won five races for Witt, including four this year. In her 5-year-old campaign, O My Darlin Diane, a true sprinter, took a tour of Texas while competing at Sam Houston Race Park, Lone Star Park, Gillespie County Fairgrounds and Retama before heading north to Penn National. O My Darlin Diane’s bankroll clocks in at $36,572 with six wins in 25 starts. Witt’s runner Angry Angel won the inaugural Texas Champion Claimer Award in 2007. (excerpted from texasthoroughbred.com) |
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Sand Ridge was euthanized in October after a playful missed step caused a cannon bone to shatter. On the track, he ran with blistering speed and great heart, recording a dozen triple-digit Beyer's, and retired completely sound with 17 wins and 24 placings from 59 starts. A multiple Stakes Winner of $708,149, Sand Ridge was twice Graded Stakes-placed at 6 furlongs and 1 1/16 miles. To achieve such success on the track without a single injury is extraordinary. It is heartbreaking to lose this very special and promising young stallion to such a wry twist of fate. We extend our sincerest sympathies to all those involved with Sand Ridge. |
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Monica's Skirmish Breaks Maiden with Impressive Win at Lone Star Monica’s
Skirmish broke her maiden going 5 1/2 furlongs in a maiden special
weight race at Lone Star Park on June 27, 2008. She
commanded the race wire to wire and finished ahead by four
lengths. This was the second
race for Monica's Skirmish, with the first start resulting in a
tight second place at Lone Star on June 6.
The two-year-old filly is by
Uncle Abbie out of Bellaslew, by
Slewacide. Congratulations to owner and breeder John Gilpin and
trainer Nathan Hatcher. |
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Lil's Lassie is Latest Stakes Horse for Lil's Lad Lil's Lassie finished second by a neck in the Wayward Lass Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on March 1, 2008. The five-year-old filly set a new track record for the track in January, running 1 mile 40 yards in 1:40.18. Lil's Lassie is by Lil's Lad, out of Fivetwentyone, by Metfield. From 6 crops of racing age, Lil's Lad has sired 15 stakes horses, including 6 stakes winners, with $4,390,440 in earnings. UPDATE: Lil's Lad has 18 stakes horses, including 7 stakes winners and progeny earnings of over $5,300,000, to 2009. |
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Classie Baloo Wins Two Altazano Stakes CLASSIE BALOO had a dramatic finish in the Two Altazano Stakes, the 3yo leg of the Texas Stallion Stakes Series, on February 16, 2008. The 3yo filly by Uncle Abbie went from last to first in the mile race, making a fantastic move while 4 wide in the last turn and going into the stretch in fourth place. Classie Baloo won her first start at 2, and finished second in the 2yo Texas Stallion Stakes at Lone Star Park in 2007. Congratulations to owner Diane Greiner, breeder Steve Buttieri, and trainer Tony Edison. Classie Baloo is by Uncle Abbie out of Hullabaloo Canek, by Flying Granville. UPDATE: Classie Baloo has earned $175,126, to 2009. |
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2006 Texas Champion 2yo Filly WRENICE made history again by claiming the title of Texas Champion 3yo Filly for 2007. Wrenice has earned $389,046 to date, with seven stakes wins and two stakes seconds. Our heartfelt congratulations go out to owner and breeder Stewart Hamblen of Canyon, Texas. Wrenice is by Uncle Abbie, out of Slew (by Slewacide). Wrenice will return to racing action in April after some much deserved time off. UPDATE: Wrenice has earned $494,061, to 2009. |
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HOLLYE LYNNE scored in the Martanza Stakes at Sam Houston in December, winning by 7 3/4 lengths. The 3yo filly is by Uncle Abbie. Congratulations to owner Tawana Cantrell, breeder David Taylor, and trainer John Locke. UPDATE: The earnings for Hollye Lynn are currently $144,738, to 2009. |
Scrappy
Roo is Texas' Champion Older Horse for 2008
