ALBUQUERQUE, NM—JULY 24, 2016—Alejandro Arzabala Jr.’s Streakin Zoomer, a 7-year-old stallion by Shazoom and the fastest qualifier, earned his third career stakes victory in Sunday’s Grade 3, $58,680 Zoetis Albuquerque Distance Challenge Stakes at Albuquerque Downs.

Trained by Martin Orona Sr. and ridden by Alejandro Medellin, Streakin Zoomer covered 870 yards in :44.173, earning a 105 speed index and missing by just one-tenth of a second the track record set by Kama Shootin in an allowance race on September 17, 2001. The stallion’s winning margin was 1 1/2 lengths from a fast-closing CJs Rocksolid.

Streakin Zoomer was coming off of a wire-to-wire, 4 1/2-length victory in the second of two trials on July 9. He was bred in Louisiana by J.E. III, C.T. and D.C. Jumonville and was acquired by Arzabala for $13,000 at the Heritage Place January Mixed Sale in Oklahoma City. He is out of the Streakin La Jolla mare A Streakin Mate.

Streakin Zoomer has won 10 of his 31 starts, including five of 13 at the 870-yard trip, and he has earned $137,709. In addition to banking the $28,166 winner’s share from Sunday’s purse, the stallion earned a berth in the October 29, $150,000 AQHA Distance Challenge Championship (G1) at Los Alamitos Racecourse in California.

Cjs Rocksolid, a 6-year-old Rock Sold Jess gelding races for Rocking J Running Horses and is conditioned by Tammy Kay Johnson. He earned $12,029 for the effort.

Jessa Little Rusty finished third, 1 3/4 lengths behind Streakin Zoomer. Fire Thorn, Executive Trust, Eagles First Prey, Ocean Smoke, and Famous Flying Eagle completed the order of finish.

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NOTES FROM THE DOWNS: Janet Van Bebber, chief racing officer for the Amarillo, Texas-based American Quarter Horse Association, was on hand Sunday to present the AQHA Albuquerque Distance Challenge trophy to the winning owner….Latenite Moon, a homebred 4-year-old daughter of champion First Moonflash trained by Ross Amestoy for owners Pierre and Leslie Amestoy of Albuquerque, kept her perfect record at the 870-yard distance intact with a wire-to-wire, 3 1/2-length win in Sunday’s fourth race, a $22,300 first-level allowance for New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds. Out of the multiple stakes placed Chimes Band mare Latenite Star, Latenite Moon became the first two-time winner at the current meet….Live racing resumes at Albuquerque Downs on Wednesday. Post time for the first of 10 races is set for 6:05 p.m. (MDT)….All Albuquerque Downs fans purchasing a live racing program will receive a free T-shirt on Saturday, July 30.

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