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Summer Sale Yearlings Top Sunland Park Gate Works Monday
Sunland Park hosted another official gate works for 108 two-year-olds on Monday.

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Summer Sale Yearlings Top Sunland Park Gate Works Monday

SUNLAND PARK, NM—MARCH 19, 2019—The top five times recorded from 108 official gate works for 2-year-olds on Monday (March 18) at Sunland Park were summer sale graduates from New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Many of the 2-year-olds are prepping for the upcoming Grade 2 $300,000-est. West Texas Futurity trials on April 12th or the restricted Grade 2 $400,000-est. New Mexican Spring Futurity trials for state-breds April 13th.

In fact Monday's fastest clocking was the New Mexico-bred Six Pack Fame, a gelding by leading sire Jesse James Jr from the RG1-placed Dash Ta Fame mare Sandys Fame. Diamond Racing Stables of El Paso, Texas own the $26,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale graduate.

Six Pack Fame, a brother or half-brother to three black type including restricted Grade 2 winner Sandys Jesse was the only two year-old to break 12 seconds for the 220 yards when it stopped the timer in :11.96 seconds.

Also a Ruidoso Sale graduate, Good Reason Tolove V posted the second fastest time of :12.01 seconds for owner Curtis L. Guss of Midland, Texas. The daughter of champion and champion sire Good Reason Sa is out of the Grade 3 winning One Famous Eagle mare Echoes Of Love.

Selling for $35,000, the sorrel filly is from the family of AQHA Mexican Champion All About The Cash, and stakes winners Meter Me Ready, Gonna Ro Sham Bo, Uncommonly Special and more.

The third fastest clocking on Monday came from $70,000 Heritage Place Yearling Sale graduate Fantsy First Down owned by MRB Racing LLC of Las Vegas, Nevada. The gelded son of all-time leading sire First Down Dash stopped the clock in :12.02 seconds.

He is the first foal from the stakes-placed Splash Bac mare Fantsy Pants, a half-sister to stakes winners County Boy Deluxe, Alakazam, Eagle Deluxe and All American Futurity(G1) runner-up Reagal Eagle.

Trainer and jockey information was not available.

For a complete list of 2-year-olds, their sire and dam, sale information if applicable, time and ranking, who had official 220 yards gate works on Monday CLICK HERE.