ALBUQUERQUE, NM—AUGUST 9, 2019—A sharp break from post 5 helped Hollywoodcrown score a wire-to-wire victory in Friday’s $25,300 Quarter Horse feature race for New Mexico-breds at Albuquerque Downs.

Owned and trained by Fred Danley, Hollywoodcrown covered 350 yards in :17.383, and his winning margin was one length from Frost Dalena. Porfirio Cano rode the homebred 4-year-old daughter of Heza Motor Scooter from the Gone Hollywood (TB) mare Hollywood Gone(TB).

Hollywoodcrown was coming off of a fourth-place finish in the July 27, 400-yard Zia Handicap (RG2) at Ruidoso Downs. Raced exclusively in New Mexico, the mare has won six of 25 starts, and the $15,180 winner’s share of the purse from Friday’s victory pushed her earnings to $191,523.

Hollywoodcrown’s local resume includes a second-place finish in last year’s New Mexico State Fair Breeders’ Derby (R).

Sweet Splenda, Sir Diamond Dash, Hs Paul Walker, De Blazin Chick, A Super Sonic Boom, Saul, Frangelica, and Tyger Power completed the order of finish.

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Albuquerque Downs 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 on Louisiana and Central). For more information, visit abqdowns.com and click on the "Racing" link at the top of the homepage.