HIALEAH, FL—MARCH 3, 2015—Hialeah Park's 2014/2015 closing day was pushed one-day due to cancellation of last Saturday's race card after a severe thunderstorm passed through the Miami area. Four stakes originally set for the weekend were rescheduled to today including the $30,000 South Florida Quarter Horse Invitational for 3-year-olds and the Miami-Dade County Stakes for 3-year-olds and up.

Madmax Scores Easily in South Florida QH Invitational

Madmax broke alertly under jockey Yordanis Amaro then pulled away from runner-up Mr First Down by 1˝ lengths Tuesday afternoon in the $30,000 South Florida Quarter Horse Invitational. Wrs Quick Regards was a neck back in the show position.

Saddled by Rolando Almanza, Madmax completed the 440 yards in :21.974 seconds to pocket the winner's purse of $18,000. It was the second career win for the Wade Helton owned Texas-bred son of champion Foose. Bred by San Gregorio Racing Stables, Inc., from the Corona Cartel mare Kathryns Cartel, Madmax has earned $52,176 off an (11) 2-3-0 record.

Mr First Down, a royally-bred son of leading sire Mr Jess Perry from the First Down Dash mare Le Mishka, picked up $6,000 for second. Also trained by Almanza the Francisco Javier Robles-owed gelding was ridden by Omar Ryes. Luis Gerardo Aguirre is the breeder.

Stakes winner Wrs Quick Regards races for Rancho Los Dos Portrillos, LLC and is trained by Mario Sanchez. Roberto Valero rode the Chicks Regard gelding out of Wrs Quick Sister, by Royal Quick Dash to his third place finish. Bred in Iowa by Williams Racing Stables, Inc., Wrs Quick Regards earned $3,300 to bring his lifetime total to nearly $107,000.

Allazoom, Coronas Dawn and Fly Ta The Prize completed the field. Lebron J and Whattookyousolong were both scratched.

Pryo Gets Stakes Victory in Miami-Dade County

Graded stakes-placed Pyro got his first stakes win Tuesday with a dominating performance in the $27,250 Miami-Dade County Stakes. Ridden by jockey Rodrigo Vallejo, Pyro took over out of the gate then drew-off to win by 2˝ lengths over Wonderboy. If I Were Famous finished a neck back in third place.

Conditioned by trainer Judd Kearl, Pyro completed the 440 yard course in :21.751 seconds, a 92 speed index with a 10 mph headwind. The $16,350 winner's purse boosted the Make It Anywhere 5-year-old's earnings to $139,169.

A home-bred for owner Kathleen O. Matey, Pyro is out of the Rare Form mare Rare Kayoh. He was bred in Texas.

John Stinebaugh saddled Wonderboy for owner Sunset Well Service, Inc. Luis Guerrero rode the Shazoom gelding out of Grade 1 winner and producer First Place Queen, by First Place Dash. Bred in Oklahoma by Newcomb Cattle Co. and Micah Leslie, Wonderboy earned $5,450 to bring his bankroll to $217,146. As a 3-year-old he was a finalist in the All American Derby(G1) at Ruidoso Downs.

Also trained by Stinebaugh, If I Were Famous races for owner/breeder Dawn Ivey. The graded-stakes-placed One Famous Eagle gelding was ridden by Raul Gutierrez and earned $2,998 for his effort. The Texas-bred is out of Runnin Oner Mind, by Ronas Ryon.

Martinis N Bikinis, First Wear, Cootinks Flying Ace, I Am That Hero and Stricks Cash completed the field. Arbeka Raincloud and Love This Story were scratched.