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LOS ALAMITOS, CA—APRIL 18, 2014—Facing a field that include the highly regarded Apollitical Blood, Robin Dunn, Larry Chapple and RTM Stables’ James First Affair finished strongly to win the first of two races for 2-year-olds contested on Friday at Los Alamitos.
Ridden by Guillermo Suarez for trainer Ryan Hanson, James First Affair scored a neck win in his debut while covering the 300 yards in :15.523. Sired by Ivory James and out of the La Primera Del Ano Derby winner Fancys First Affair, the Oklahoma-bred colt came into this race following a pair of nice morning drills. He had the fastest of 26 works on March 8 when posting a :12.10 drill and then had the fourth fastest of 20 workouts on March 27. His workout time was a :12.20.
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The other race for 2-year-olds went to Lazy Creek Ranch’s Oncebittennevershy. With Carlos Huerta aboard for trainer Jaime Gomez, the filly by FDD Dynasty led from start to finish en route to a ¾ length victory in a time of :15.842. Bred by Billy Smith and Downtime LLC, Oncebittennevershy was a 14-1 longshot in this race, perhaps a result of decent, but not spectacular, workout time of :12.70 on march 18 and :12.50 on April 5.
“The first time we worked her she had had a little cough so her time was not very fast,” Gomez said. “The second time was not super fast, but she did it very easy. She ran nicely and a lot better than in her first workout. Her winning time tonight was fine, but I am happy because she ran sharp and did everything right once again. We’re pointing her to the Kindergarten Futurity trials (on May 4).”
Gomez has won the Kindergarten Futurity a record seven times. He shares that mark with the legendary Blane Schvaneveldt.
Courtesy of www.losalamitos.com .