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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI
SUNLAND PARK, NM—JANUARY 8, 2017—Mason A. King’s Regard The Rose, a brown daughter of Chicks Regard and the fastest qualifier, is one of 10 New Mexico-bred sophomores entered back in Sunday’s 400-yard, $206,852 Shue Fly Stakes (RG2) at Sunland Park.
Regard The Rose has won five of six races, including the 400-yard, $30,000 Arapahoe Park Futurity in August, and she has earned $61,130. The filly ended her juvenile campaign with a wire-to-wire, 2 3/4-length victory in the third of four Shue Fly trials on December 22.
Regard The Rose drew post 9 and will be ridden by Manuel Gutierrez for trainer Juan Chavez Ortega. The filly’s nine opponents include Daddys Blushing, a gelded son of Big Daddy Cartel trained by Jackie Riddle for owner Gary W. Hartstack of Houston, Texas. Daddys Blushing is coming off of a 2-year-old season during which he banked $189,321 from six outs, and he scored victories in the 330-yard, $40,000 Sam Houston Juvenile Invitational Stakes in April, and the 350-yard, $393,000 Mountain Top Futurity (RG2) at Ruidoso Downs in June.
Daddys Blushing drew post 3 and will be ridden by Francisco Calderon.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments:
- Jesse Klee (Esgar Ramirez)
- Flashin Cartel (Jose Enrique Ortiz
- Daddys Blushing (Francisco Calderon)
- Daddys Copy (Omar Reyes)
- Everybuddys Talkin (Raul Herrera)
- Leftlane (Alfredo Sigala)
- First N Forever (L. Salvador Martinez)
- Frangellica (Martin Felix)
- Regard The Rose (Manuel Gutierrez)
- Scooters Crown Jewel (Mauro Salcedo)