Racing


Flare For Ivory Gets Track Record In Dash For Speed Stakes
Flare For Ivory, under jockey Tanner Thedford, setting a new Arapahoe Park track record in the Dash For Speed Stakes Sunday afternoon.

© Coady Photography
Flare For Ivory Gets Track Record In Dash For Speed Stakes

AURORA, CO—MAY 28, 2017—Flare For Ivory set a new track record when he defeated Live To Love Candy by a neck in the $14,550 Dash For Speed Stakes (not black type) at Arapahoe Park on Sunday. Stormy Red Morning was a head back in the blanket finish to finish third.

Ridden by jockey Tanner Thedford, Flare For Ivory completed the 300 yards in :15.432 seconds, a 104 speed index, a new course record for Arapahoe Park.

"He wasn’t standing the best that I was hoping for, and when the gates kicked he kind of stumbled a little bit leaving there," Thedford said. "But when I picked him up and asked him, he just did to his task and pulled away on them."

The previous record of :15.650 seconds was established August 31, 1996, 21-years-ago by Flew Bye A Winner.

Trainer Jose Barron saddled the Ivory James 4-year-old for owner's Hugo Barron Sierra and Marguerita Melendez. It was the fifth win 16 starts for the brown colt and the $8,730 winners' purse brings his earnings mark to $75,414.

Vaughn and Jill Cook bred Flare For Ivory in Oklahoma from the Special Effort mare Special Phoebe.

The winning connections of Flare For Ivory accept the Dash For Speed Stakes trophy on Sunday at Arapahoe Park.
© Coady Photography
Live To Love Candy, an Oklahoma-bred son of second crop sire Cartels Candy Man, races for owner Santos Lopez and is trained by Miguel Pena. Fernando Camacho rode the bay gelding out of Found A Candy Tree by Oak Tree Special. Carl C. Pevehouse is the breeder. He picked up $2.910 for second.

Trainer Tim Weeder saddled third-place finisher Stormy Red Morning for owner/breeder Robert Rodgers. Alfredo Triana, Jr. rode the 5-year-old Red Storm Cat gelding from the Sweet First Down mare Sweet First Jean. He earned $1,455.

Bachichanator, Shiner Blond, Unforgiven B, Stel Surprise and Essohess completed the field.