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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—AUGUST 22, 2016—Yaneth Cabrera’s Klassic Strawfly drew post 4 for Sunday’s inaugural running of the 440-yard, $75,000-added First Moonflash Maturity (R) for New Mexico-bred aged sprinters at Albuquerque Downs.
A 10-year-old son of Genuine Strawfly trained by Ron Stephens, Klassic Strawfly has earned $52,780 from five starts this season, and his four wins include a 1 1/2-length score in the May 27, 400-yard Jimmy Drake Stakes (R) at SunRay Park.
Klassic Strawfly will be ridden by Isaias Cardenas.
Stephens will also send out Fire Stones for owner Armando Medina Jr. A 5-year-old Brookstone Bay gelding, Fire Stones has won two of his three starts since he was claimed for $12,500 on November 7, 2015.
Fire Stones drew post 5 and will be ridden by J. Martin Bourdieu.
The complete lineup for the First Moonflash Maturity, in post position order including jockey assignments--
- Salt The Rim (Jimmy Coates)
- Major Moonflash (Adrian Ramos)
- Dungarees Version (Benito Baca)
- Klassic Strawfly (Isaias Cardenas)
- Fire Stones (J. Martin Bourdieu)
- Mister Brooks (Jose Enrique Ortiz)
- Jess Bordeaux (J.R. Valenzuela)
- Heza Wild Dragon (Jose Enriquez)
- BL Corona (Edgar Martinez)
- June Bug Junior (Raul Gutierrez).