LOS ALAMITOS, CA—MAY 19, 2013—The 13-year-old Special Cartel sired his first stakes winner Sunday when Glitter On My Face won the $281,100 Kindergarten Futurity(G2) at Los Alamitos Race Course.

Owned and trained by Jose Flores, Glitter On My Face earned $118,062 for her half-length win in the prestigious West Coast futurity. Out of the Pritzi Dash mare Granny Janny, she is undefeated in three starts and has earned $123,892.

From six crops to race, the son of leading sire Corona Cartel has sired 18 winners with earnings of $321,674. His get have average earnings per starter of $12,867 and include the aforementioned G2 winner Glitter On My Face ($188,062 at 2, 2013), Ft Special Cartel (4 wins, $23,327), Special Seal (3 wins, $19,283), Dandys Cartel (3 wins, $18,740), Special Lenee (Winner, $15,331), Going Cartel (3 wins, $15,211), Kates Special Cartel (Winner, $14,557), etc.

Special Cartel, owned and raced by Flores and Armando Leon won or placed 11 starts earning $58,971. He won the American Quarter Horse Racing Journal Stakes, was second in the California Juvenile Challenge(G3) and third in the Corona Chick Handicap(G3). He was also a finalist in the Los Alamitos Derby(G1), California Derby Challenge(G3), Town Policy Handicap(G3) and West/Southwest Championship Challenge(G2).

His is out of the multiple stakes producing Raise A Gamble mare Lil Game Star, dam of 10 ROM including G3 winner Friends Rare Form SI 110 ($80,250), stakes-placed The Star Alert SI 115 ($54,518), RG3 placed Paintee SI 99 ($19,614), Dashing Lil Star SI 95 ($25,218), Jess The Gambler SI 101 ($15,763), RG3 finalist Winners All SI 96 ($12,405), etc.

The second dam is the multiple stakes producing daughter of Joyful Hope (TB), Lil Prairie Star, dam of RG3 winner Prairie Gambler SI 105 ($98,459), G1 winner Prairie Hope ($73,359), stakes winner Prairie Winner ($65,281), etc.