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Pura Vida Zen
Overview: Pura Vida Zen was a $10,000 Fasig-Tipton auction yearling purchase. This three-year-old filly is by the sprint-oriented, graded stakes producing sire Johannesburg and is out of mare who earned more than $100,000 in her career.
She raced very credibly in her first start in mid-December as a two-year-old and then was transferred to Kentucky-based trainer Larry Holt for five races at Turfway Park and Indiana Downs. Having run three seconds at the maiden special weight level, she is now in the capable hands of Ryan Reynolds currently stabled at Mountaineer Park. She crushed five overmatched rivals on May 17 by 7 1/4 lengths to break her maiden and then ran a troubled third in an NW2L allowance race on May 28th while checking badly on two occasions during the race. On July 5 she ran a credible second at Penn National and continues to impress her connections with fine efforts.
UPDATE: After several fine efforts, Pura Vida Zen finally broke through with a NW2L Allowance victory on August 21 at Mountaineer Park. Click link to left for updated past performances.
What's Next: Sadly, Pura Vida Zen was claimed on 9/27 for $16,000 from the partnership. It was a bittersweet finally as she won and was claimed in a professional effort. We wish her new connections nothing but the best in the future.
Partnership Status: PARTNERSHIP ENDED
Earnings Races Win Place Show
$61,564 11 3 4 2
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Crown the Cat
Overview: Crown the Cat was recently purchased privately following her near-miss second-place maiden effort at Indiana Downs on April 27. This four-year-old filly was bred and trained to now by Clark Hanna. She is by the graded-stakes winner Saarland, out of the Tale of the Cat mare, Story of the Cat.
The filly has been been transferred to Kenny Jansen and is currently racing at Canterbury Park. With her solid efforts on dirt, polytrack and turf, running both long and short, there should be many options available to the "Crown the Cat" Canterbury Park racing club participants this summer. Following her sloppy-track aided maiden victory, After two credible 3rd place finishes at 5 1/2 furlongs, Crown the Cat found the August 11 route to her liking as she cruised to a facile 3 1/2 length wire-to-wire victory at 3/5 odds. Congrats to the Crown the Cat Racing Club for their second victory of the summer.
What's Next: Congratulations to Crown the Cat club member Kathy Young for purchasing the filly at the end of the meet. Plans call for her official retirement and to be bred in 2013. Best of luck Kathy! Hope to see you involved with the Canterbury racing club in 2012!
Partnership Status: PARTNERSHIP ENDED
Earnings Races Win Place Show
$9,385 5 2 0 2
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Willie Prevail
Overview: Willie Prevail was recently purchased privately following an April 1 claim for $7,500 at Turfway Park. This four-year-old was bred in Kentucky by the Minnesota businessman Philip Maas. He is by the sire Castledale (currently standing at stud in New Zealand) who was a grade one stakes winner on the turf and out of a mare who has produced multiple winners on dirt and turf, running both short and long.
UPDATE: WILLIE WINS!!! The switch to the turf made a big difference in his first race under the guidance of trainer Christine Riddle on June 30 at Canterbury Park. He made the lead guided by jockey Lori Keith while cutting solid fractions for the first half mile and then poured it on from there for a surprisingly easy 3 1/4 length wire-to-wire victory. The final time of 1:31.03 was more than formidable for this level of competition.
Congrats to Ken Ballinger and Brad Knutson - both enjoying their first time to the winner's circle as horse owners!
What's Next: $8,000 NW2Y October 15 6 furlongs - Dirt (Mount Pleasant Meadows)
Partnership Status: PARTNERSHIP FULL
Earnings Races Win Place Show
$7,931 7 1 0 1
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