Gf Shes Sinful Top Qualifier In Ruidoso Derby Trials at Downs of ABQ

TUESDAY, MAY 26

(Albuquerque, NM) Gf Shes Sinful, a two-year-old filly, won the fifth trial race by two-and-a-half lengths with the fastest time of the day, 18.987 seconds for 400-yards, to qualify for the $750,000 (est.) Ruidoso Derby for three-year-old quarter horses at the Downs of Albuquerque on Sunday.

Trained by Wes Giles and owned by All In Partners, the Oklahoma-bred won for the fourth time in five career races. The filly started for the first time since racing in the Texas Classic Futurity at Lone Star Park last November. Gf Shes Sinfulis sired by Dulce Sin Tacha out of the mare Bf Fooserageous (Foose).

“The pressure is on leaving the gates with her,” Jockey Noe Garcia Jr. said. “She can be a little high-headed about leaving the gates. I knew she could do it if she broke well.”

Jockey Joseph Belloc Jr. qualified Flying Chance and Midnite Smokin by winning the first two trial races of the day for trainer James Gonzales III. Flying Chance had the second-fastest time of the day, 19.017 for 400-yards.

Here are the quarter horses that qualified for the $750,000 Ruidoso Derby:

            Horse                                  Jockey              Trainer           Owners         Time

1.        Gf Shes Sinful                     Noe Garcia Jr              Wes Giles                        All in Partners       18.987

2.        Flying Chance                     Joseph Belloc, Jr.         James Gonzales III      Clint Fuller               19.017

3.        RF Runaway Cowboy         Edwin Escobedo          Marc Jungers           Caliche Walls Venture 19.139

4.        Cowboy Corona 123            Luis Valenzuela           Wes Giles                 Neugebauer                    19.230              

5.        Shimmery                            Jacob Enriquez            Michelle Salazar      Gutierrez/Fierro              19.238

6.        Politician V                          Francisco Calderon     Raymond Valerio   Sammy Valeriano            19.256

7.        Eagles Diamond                  Gilberto Linares           John Stinebaugh    Amburn/Scarmardo            19.262

8.        Midnite Smokin                  Joseph Belloc, Jr.          James Gonzales III    Alan Arreola                     19.263             

9.        Jarvis V                                 Francisco Calderon      Raymond Valerio    Sammy Valeriano              19.276

10.     Envestor                                Gilberto Linares            Zack Stinebaugh      Young/Yates/Stinebaugh 19.299

New Mexico Racing Stewards suspended trainer Eric Valenzuela on Sunday and scratched five quarter horses under his care that were scheduled to race in Sunday’s trials for the Ruidoso Derby. The stewards did not give an immediate reason for the suspension. A hearing about the matter is expected to be scheduled before the Board of Stewards in the near future.