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Hun E Do Steps Up In Class, Gets First Stakes Win In Miss Ellen at Will Rogers Downs
Hun E Do, under jockey Gozalo Gutierrez, drives to victory in the $21,190 Miss Ellen Stakes Saturday afternoon at Will Rogers Downs.

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Hun E Do Steps Up In Class, Gets First Stakes Win In Miss Ellen at Will Rogers Downs

CLAREMORE, OK—OCTOBER 16, 2021—Coming off back-to-back wins for a $15,000-tag, Hun E Do stepped up in class Saturday to defeat post-time favorite Chicks With Coronas by three-quarters in the $21,290 Miss Ellen Stakes at Will Rogers Downs.

Under jockey Gonzalo Gutierrez, Hun E Do cruised over the 350 yards in :17.630 seconds, equaling a 96 speed index into a 7 mph headwind. It was the fourth career win, third consecutive, for the gray daughter of second-crop sire Racy Casanova.

Owned-trained and bred by Ray Enlow, Hun E Do picked up $12,634 for today's effort, pushing her bankroll total to nearly $34,500. The Oklahoma-bred 3-year-old is out First Place Fish by Fishers Dash.

Speedhorse Derby winner Chicks With Coronas earned $3,928 for second. Third in the Prairie Sprint Stakes at Prairie Meadows in her last start, September 18th, the 4-year-old daughter of leading third-crop sire Apollitical Blood races for R.J. Ziegler and Sharon Hafliger. Trainer Casey Black named champion jockey James Flores to ride the Louisiana-bred out of Cache Corona by Coronas Leaving You. Jim and Natalie Montgomery bred the $83,688 earner.

Ritas Back On Track, a restricted Grade 3-placed daughter of world champion sire Freighttrain B, finished half-a-length back in third-place to earn $2,501 for owner-breeder James Sills. Jockey Justine Klaiber rode the 4-year-old out of Perry Story by Mr Jess Perry for trainer Eddie D. Willis. Ritas Back On Track had earned $94.040 off 18 starts.

Regal Dynasty, Peves Ima Eagle Too, Corona Relentless, A Pollitical Phoebe, Dg Dreamer and Olena Sangria completed the field. Z Corona was scratched.

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Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs is located 3 miles east of Claremore on Highway 20. For more information, visit www.cherokeecasino.com and click on the Will Rogers Downs tab, or call (918) 283-8800.

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