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Take The Spoon Man Sets New Track Record in Tecate Zoom Zoom Zoom Stakes at The Downs
Take The Spoon Man, under jockey Alonso Rivera, sets a new track record for 220 yards at The Downs in Albuquerque Sunday afternoon.

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Take The Spoon Man Sets New Track Record in Tecate Zoom Zoom Zoom Stakes at The Downs

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—SEPTEMBER 28, 2014—Ridden by jockey Alonso Rivera, Take The Spoon Man raced to a new track record as he defeated Rex Hill by a half-a-length Sunday afternoon in the Tecate Zoom Zoom Zoom Stakes at The Downs in Albuquerque. Fittest finished a nose back in third.

The 4-year-old gelded son of Takin On Spoon Man completed the 220 yards in a quick :11.680 seconds to earn a 112 speed index. The previous track record of :11.756 was set September 28, 2013 by Osbaldo.

Javier Roman, Jr. saddled the black gelding to his sixth win in 14 career starts for owner Mario Dominguez and Christian Olivas-Dominguez. The $35,960 winner's purse boosted Take The Spoon Man's earning's mark to $116,219. Anjora Crop bred the gelding in New Mexico from the Ought To Be First mare Frisco First.

The winning connections of Take The Spoon Man accept the Tecate Zoom Zoom Zoom trophy on Sunday afternoon at The Downs in Albuquerque. © Coady Photography
Graded stakes winner Rex Hill dueled throughout just missing for owners David and Ross Hinkins. Victor Escobar conditions the Jesse James Jr colt out of the Dash Ta Fame mare Tangled Vines. Bred by MJ Farms, Rex Hill has won five races and earned over $217,000.

Winning for a $25,00 tag last Spring, stakes-placed Fittest earned $2,248 for his third place effort, pushing his earnings mark over $120,000. Umberto Belloc conditions the Separatist 5-year-old for owner Maria De Los Angeles Ramirez. Double Bar S Ranch, LLC bred the gray gelding in California from the First Down Dash mare Fit And Fabulous.

Osbaldo, Balderinas Fame Cr, Separate Wild and Rock That Wagon completed the field.