HOBBS, NM—NOVEMBER 26, 2023–Chicka Boom Babe was awarded the win in Sunday's $298,910 New Mexico Classic Futurity(RG2) at Zia Park after fastest qualifier and post time favorite Drest For Success was disqualified from first and placed fifth after drifting in the stretch from the inside rail and impeding eventual fourth-place finisher Jess Paid.

Chicka Boom Babe, under jockey Adrian Ramos, was only a head back at the wire while completing the 350 yards in :17.338 seconds, a 103 speed index into a 5 mph crosswind. It was the fourth win in eight starts for the graded stakes winning daughter of multiple stakes sire Chicks Regard.

Wesley Giles trains the gray filly for owners Robert Driggers and Ben Ivey. Ivey Cattle Company bred Chicka Boom Babe in New Mexico from the First Moonflash .. Read More

HOBBS, NM—NOVEMBER 25, 2023– Six official stakes restricted to registered state-bred Quarter Horses — led by the 350-yard, $298,910 New Mexico Classics Futurity (RG2) for 2-year-olds — will be contested as part of New Mexico Classics weekend at Zia Park on Sunday.

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GRANDE PRAIRIE, TX–OCTOBER 21, 2023–Bella Vista Farms' A Tres Of Eagle broke sharply from his rail post and sprinted to a half-length victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $260,751 Bank of America Challenge Championship at Lone Star Park.

Saddled by Eddie Lee Willis and making his first-ever start at Lone Star Park, A Tres Of Eagle covered 440 yards in :21.665. Francisco Calderon rode the 4-year-old One Fabulous Eagle gelding, who banked $123,963 from his third graded stakes score.

A Tres Of Eagle was purchased by Bella Vista Farms for $40,000 at the 2020 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale. The bay gelding was bred in Oklahoma by The Mixer Ranch, and he is out of A Tres Of Paint, a 10-year-old daughter of champion Tres Seis and winner of the 2016 Remington Park Derby (RG3) in her fi .. Read More