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Alis Jumpn Draws Outside Post for Albuquerque’s Balloon City ’Cap
Pedro Carrillo’s Alis Jumpn will head Sunday’s 400-yard, $50,000 Balloon City Handicap for fillies and mares at The Downs at Albuquerque.

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Alis Jumpn Draws Outside Post for Albuquerque’s Balloon City ’Cap

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—OCTOBER 18, 2014—Pedro Carrillo’s Alis Jumpn drew post 9 for today’s (Sunday) 400-yard, $50,000 Balloon City Handicap for fillies and mares at The Downs at Albuquerque.

A 4-year-old daughter of the Chicks Beduino stallion Jumpn trained by Tony Gallegos, Alis Jumpn has won both of her starts at Albuquerque, including the 350-yard, $50,000 O.B. Cockerell Handicap (G3) on August 3. Jimmy Ray Coates has been named to ride the mare in the Balloon City.

Other contenders in the nine-horse field include Stel Surprise, a graded stakes placed 3-year-old filly by Stel Corona racing for Uriel Mata Rivas from the barn of Uriel Delgado. Stel Surprise is coming off of a second-place finish to Fire Burning in the Grade 3, $55,000 Lubbock Stakes at Zia Park on September 27.

Stel Surprise drew post 4 and will be ridden by Ramiro Garcia.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey and weight assignments--

  1. Bugsy Stinger (Porfirio Cano, 121)
  2. Beach City Beauty (Alonso Rivera, 122)
  3. Lady Secret Dash (Adam Martinez, 123)
  4. Stel Surprise (Ramiro Garcia, 123)
  5. BF Pieces Of April (Larry Gamez, 122)
  6. Urbanite (Benito Baca, 121)
  7. Wontchadancewithme (Daniel Amaya, 123)
  8. Pitchin Woo (Alejandro Medellin, 122)
  9. Alis Jumpn (Jimmy Ray Coates, 124).

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