SHAKOPEE, MN—JULY 4, 2017—The Fiscal Cliff and jockey Benito Baca won the $60,840 Bank of America Canterbury Park Championship Challenge by 1-¼ lengths on Tuesday at Canterbury Park.

The 4-year-old Quarter Horse colt added $29,203 to his bankroll today and has now won 12 of 19 races and $387,321 in purse money. He is trained by Kasey Willis and is owned by Thomas Lepic of Iowa City, Iowa.

The Fiscal Cliff was trying 440 yards for the first time and won effortlessly under Baca in : 21.725 seconds, a 108-speed index into a 20-mph crosswind. Okeyfreight was second and Fowl Play finished third.

"Tom[Lepic] and I have made great decisions to put him where he can dominate,

Willis said, "and we did it again."

A homebred for Lepic, The Fiscal Cliff returned $2.60 as the prohibitive favorite. He is out of the Shazoom mare Signs Zoomer.

Multiple stakes-placed Okeyfreight earned $12,472 for second. Robert Don Johnson saddled the South Dakota homebred for owner/breeder Dean Lemburg. Jorge Torres rode the Freighttrain B 4-year-old out of Okey Dokey Eyes, by Okey Dokey Dale.

Third place finisher, Foul Play, is a son of Royal Shake Em from the Southern Cartel mare Behavin Cartel. Also trained by Johnson, the sorrel gelding races for owner/breeder Casey Foster. Ridden by jockey Elliot Bachica Jr., the Colorado-bred picked up $6,084 for third.

Eagles Span, Hastabealeader, Watch My Wallet, Dash For Number One and Fast N Famous Jeans completed the field.

Canterbury Park’s 67-day live mixed-breed meet runs May 5 through Sept. 16. The quarter horse season begins May 27 and runs through the Minnesota Festival of Champions Aug. 20. Additional information is available at canterburypark.com.