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Preview Racing>Nine Distaffers Entered in Albuquerque's Balloon City Stakes
Runaway Witch is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday's 400-yard, $50,000 Balloon City Stakes for fillies and mares at Albuquerque Downs.
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© Coady Photography
Nine Distaffers Entered in Albuquerque's Balloon City Stakes
BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–AUGUST 15, 2022–LG Racing LLC's Runaway Witch, a sorrel 3-year-old daughter of Sir Runaway Dash trained by Armando Alamos, is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday's 400-yard, $50,000 Balloon City Stakes for fillies and mares at Albuquerque Downs.
One of only two 3-year-olds in the nine-horse field, Runaway Witch is coming off of a 1 3/4-length victory in the 400-yard, $80,000 Adequan Arizona Derby Challenge at Arizona Downs on July 16. The filly drew post 5 and will be ridden by Jacob Enriquez.
Other contenders include Chicky Chicky Kai, a 4-year-old Jess A Chicks mare trained by Carlos Sedillo for owner Mike G. Parker. Chicky Chicky Kai will be making her first official start since January 15, when the mare ran third, 1 3/4 lengths behind winner Cat Daddys Lil Girl, in the 400-yard, $100,000 Lou Wooten/Sydney Valentini Stakes (RG2) at Sunland Park.
Chicky Chicky Kai drew post 2 and will be ridden by Sergio Becerra Jr.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:
- Jessapolliticalgirl (Hector Aldrete), 10-1
- Chicky Chicky Kai (Sergio Becerra Jr.), 7-2
- Tommys Diamond (Agustin Silva), 10-1
- Get Some Gone (Edgar S. Martinez), 12-1
- Runaway Witch (Jacob Enriquez), 3-1
- Hearts Mystic Rime (Brian Barraza), 9-2
- Maggie May (Paul Nieto), 15-1
- Tina Katarina (Carlos Guillen Chacon), 6-1
- Glamazon (Alfredo Sigala), 6-1