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Regard The Rose Rallies To Win $134,387 New Mexico State Fair Derby
Regard The Rose (#8), under jockey Alfredo Triana, Jr., winning the $134,387 New Mexico State Fair Derby(RG3) at Albuquerque Sunday.

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Regard The Rose Rallies To Win $134,387 New Mexico State Fair Derby

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—SEPTEMBER 22, 2018—With a strong rally under jockey Alfredo Triana, Jr., Regard The Rose caught Hollywoodcrown by a neck in the $134,387 New Mexico State Fair Derby(RG3) Sunday afternoon at Albuquerque Downs. Flash Moonfire finished a nose back in a blanket finish to take third.

"The way she broke, I was confident that she’d run a good race, and she did," said Triana Jr. "She drifted out a little bit, but other than that she was pretty much clear and ran a good race."

Saddled by trainer Alfredo Triana, Mason King's Regard The Rose completed the 400 yards in :19.734 seconds to pocket the winners' purse worth $67,194.

The winning connections of Regard The Rose accept the New Mexico State Fair Derby stakes trophy on Sunday.
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The daughter of multiple stakes sire Chicks Regard was bred by the Coronas Black Diamond Partnership from the Coronas Blackdiamond mare Not Sable Shes Rose.

Regard The Rose has compiled a (12) 7-1-0 record and earned $135,461. Last season the brown filly won the Arapahoe Park Futurity in Colorado.

Runner-up Hollywoodcrown races for owner-breeder and trainer Fred Danley. Porfirio Cano rode the daughter of champion sire Heza Motor Scooter from the Thoroughbred mare Hollywood Gone by Gone Hollywood. The multiple graded-placed filly earned $26,877 to increase her earnings mark to $123,725.

James Padgett, II saddled Flash Moonfire to his third-place effort for owner David Valdez. Alonso Rivera rode the First Moonflash gelding out of Required Fire by Walk Thru Fire. Runner-up in the Mountain Top Futurity(RG3) last season, Flash Moonfire was bred by Mike Abraham. The brown gelding earned $16,126 for today's effort.

My Regards To You, Insurmountable Bb, Jessa Diva, Jenna Cartel, Scooters Crown Jewel, Masons Moon and Sixes Are Special completed the field.

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The Downs at Albuquerque Racetrack and Casino is located in the heart of Albuquerque at Expo New Mexico, the home of the New Mexico State Fair, and general admission and parking are always free (via the casino entrance at Louisiana and Central) . For more information, visit abqdowns.com and click on the "Racing" link at the top of the homepage.