Flatirons Raceway (Arabians)
October 6, 2007
Season Closer

# Horses: 63
Weather: sunny, 75 degrees
Track condition: dirt track fast, turf track firm

Purse Breakdowns
purse----1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th /5th
$2500----1250/500/375/250/125
$12,000----6000/2400/1800/1200/600
$160,000---80,000/32,000/24,000/16,000/8000

1A. Mdn 3yo c/g 6f $2500 all 119#
Winner: Sage Nights, 2004 grey colt CKU
(Raffiki x Amarna Sage, Amarna Rose Nasrullah)
bred by Rainbow Dreams Stables, CO
winning time=1:17.8
1/7 Sage Nights, 04 g c, CKU, pl, p1, by 1L, dueled, put him away late
2/7 LS David, 04 g c, SMA, unp, p6, by 1L, dueled, weakened in last strides
3/7 Khalaf, 04 b c, LBA, unp, p4, by head, pressed pace, fought to get show
4/7 CRR Dreamsafleeting,04 g c, LBA, unp, p7, by 2L, pressed, almost had better
5/7 Indiana, 04 g c, HTR, pl, *p5, by neck, steadily, mild late gains
6/7 RA Antiochus, 04 b c, PBR, unp, p2, by neck, gaining some ground late
7/7 Genuine Magique,04 g g, HTR, unp, p3, slow break, gaining late

1B. Mdn 3yof 6f $2500 all 118#
Winner: LS Zlota Goddess, 2004 bay filly SMA
(Little Grand Duke x Little Zlota Ela, Probat –r )
bred by Little Stables, CA
winning time=1:18.6
1/8 LS Zlota Goddess,04 b f SMA, unp, p4, by 2L, pressed pace, took over as she wished
2/8 Wistnik, 04 g f, HTR, pl, p5, by nose, stalked, strong finish to fight out place
3/8 RA Altitaa,04 ch f, PBR, unp, p3, by head, closing, just missed better
4/8 Sirocco, 04 g f, LBA, fts, p6, by 1/2L, stalked, good finish, close
5/8 Effectiv, 04 g f, PBR, pl, p7, by neck, gaining ground late, out of track
6/8 Niyya, 04 bl f, MHK, unp, p8, by 1/2L, mild late gains
7/8 Wahliel 04 b f, ADA, pl, *p1, by 1L, boxed in, didn't rally
8/8 Countess Ali,04 bl f, LBA, pl, p2, rank on the lead, faded after half

2. Mdn 4/up 1m $2500 -males 122#, females #120
Winner: Sabieta Apollo, 2001 black mare LBA
(CRR Ziyadar Apollo x Shah Sabieta, Shah El Sun)
bred by North Star Stud, CA
winning time=1:53.5
1/6 Sabieta Apollo, 01 bl f, LBA, pl, p1, by 2L, pressed, found another gear when asked
2/6 Sistinas Spectre,02 g c, LBA, pl, *p6, by nose, pressed pace, up for place
3/6 Wickedwinterwind,04 g c, LBA, pl, p5, by neck, set pressured pace, tried hard to hold
4/6 Serrated Edge, 03 b f, LBA, pl, p3, by head, pressed, weakening a bit late
5/6 Genuine Time, 03 b c, PBR, unp, p4, by 1L, closing but faced wall of horses
6/6 Salil, 02 ch c, LBA, pl, p2, pressed, fading late

3. Allowance 3/up 1 1/8mT $5000- males 122#, females #120
Winner: Epicentre, 2003 grey colt MHK
(Prove x *Encina, Endel-r)
bred by Port Royal Stud, GA
winning time=2:06.9
1/6 Epicentre, 03 g c, MHK, mw, p2, by 1L, stalked, big finish to win it
2/6 Romantic Raffi, 03 b c, BGU, Spw, *p3, by head, set pace, almost held wtw
3/6 LS By Afire, 03 ch g, SMA, mw, p4, by 1L, flying up too late
4/6 RA Bithia, 03 ch f, PBR, mw, p1, by head, pressed pace, stayed close
5/6 Rawara, 03 ch f, BGU, alw, p6, by 2L, close to pace, passed up late
6/6 King of Swords, 03 g c, LBA, Sp, p5, just started to perk up late

4A. Allowance 4/up 6f $5000 - 3yos 119#, 4yos 121#, 5/up 123#
Winner: Sistinas Strife, 2003 grey filly HTR
(Baskin in the Sand x Sistenas Haunted Lullaby, Alakazam)
bred by Desert Fox Arabs, MA
winning time= 1:18.7
1/6 Sistinas Strife,03 g f, HTR, SW, p6, by 2L, dueled, took it home easily
2/6 Desert Dancing, 03 g c, BGU, SW, *p3, by nose, dueled early, bobbled in deep stretch
3/6 Sniplink, 01 ch f, BGU, alw, p5, by, nose, pressed, kept trying
4/6 Emporer Sam, 03 ch c, LBA, Spw, p4, by neck,stalked, flying up late
5/6 RA Dominion, 00 g c, PBR, Spw, p1, by neck, pressed, weakend late
6/6 Black Falcon, 04 bl c, CKU, alw, p2, pressed, tiring late

4B. Allowance 4/up mws only 6f $5000 - 3yos 119#, 4yos 121#, 5/up 123#
Winner: Raffikis Valentine, 2003 chestnut filly BGU
(Raffiki x Countess Valentine, Charlie Valentine-r)
bred by Rainbow Dreams Stables, CO
winning time= 1:18.3
1/7 Raffikis Valentine,03 ch f, BGU, mw, p3, by 1L, set pace, wtw in hand
2/7 Cheop Stix, 03 ch c, LBA, mw, *p5, by head, pressed, fought to keep place
3/7 Snow Day, 03 b f, BGU, mw, p6, by 2L, pressed, just missed better
4/7 LS Atomica, 04 g f, SMA, mw, p7, by head, pressed, tiring late
5/7 Jadaraun, 04 bl f, ADA, mw, p2, by 1L, closing but ran out of track
6/7 Voyager, 03 ch f, HTR, mw, p1, by 1/2L, stalked, no late gains
7/7 LS Witchcraft, 03 g f, SMA, mw, p4, mild late move

5. Try Again Stakes 4/u NSWs 1-1/2mT $9000 -males 122#, females #120
Winner: Open Ali, 2002 grey horse LBA
(Ali Altair x Open Sesame, ZT Ali Baba –r)
bred by Emerald Acres, CA
winning time=2:52.4
1/4 Open Ali, 02 g c, LBA, Spw, p4, by head, set pace, held off all comers
2/4 Bekheil, 03 b f, ADA, unp, p3, by 1L, made a strong late challenge
3/4 LS Prophecy, 01 b c, SMA, Spw, *p2, by 1L, best challenge at a mile
4/4 Shadowed Solace,99 ch c, LBA, Sp, p1, stayed close but no factor

6. Mile High Stakes 3/up CO-BREDS ONLY 1m, $12,000- 3yos 119#, 4yos 121#, 5/up 123#
Winner: Fan the Flames, 2000 black mare HTR
(BL Firehouse x Lovely Dawaph, Dawaph)
bred by Blackadder Ranch, CO
winning time= 1:52.8
1/6 Fan the Flames, 00 bl f, HTR, Spw, p5, by head, flew up at the last second
2/6 Afterglow, 03 bl f, BGU, Spw, p4, by 1/2L, set pace, surprised at the line
3/6 Saiasee, 02 bl f, ADA, rSW, *p2, by 2L, pressed pacesetter all the way home
4/6 Samawaat, 02 g f, HTR, alw, p1, by 1L, with pace early, couldn't maintain
5/6 Melancholy Lass,04 bl f, LBA, Spw, p6, by neck, even effort today
6/6 Escape Velocity,02 g c, LBA, mw, p3, started gaining late

7. ITR California Firecracker Distaff 3yof 6f ,$25,000- NSWs 118#, SWs 120#
Winner: Zaliki, 2004 grey filly ADA
(Jazz N Blues x Lahlouba, Dhubi)
bred by Breezewood Ranch, WI
winning time=1:17.1
1/3 Zaliki, 04 g f, ADA, MSW, *p2, by 4L, set pace, wtw in daylight
2/3 Flight Crew, 04 b f, BGU, Spw, p1, by head, stalked, dueled to get place
3/3 CRR Oh Good Night,04 g f, LBA, SW, p3, just missed in duel for place

8. ITR California Firecracker Juvenile 3yo c/g 6f, $25,000- NSWs 119#, SWs 121#
Winner: Wilder, 2004 black colt LBA
(Shakem Osiris x Silky Sam, FF Silko-r)
bred by Interphaze Arabs, CA
winning time=1:18.3
1/5 Wilder, 04 bl c LBA, Spw, p5, by 1 1/2L, won speed duel and took it home
2/5 Falcon Osiris, 04 bl c, BGU, SW, *p3, by head, dueled early, weakened a little
3/5 LS Khali, 04 ch c, SMA, SW, p1, by neck, gaining strongly late, almost better
4/5 Doppleganger, 04 db c, HTR, mw, p4, by 1L, big start but settled back
5/5 RA Oak, 04 g c, PBR, mw, p2, stalked, late move not in time

9. ITR Tiki Diablo Hall of Fame Sprint 3/u c/g 7 1/2f ,$12,000 -3yos 120#, 5/up 124#
Winner: Catchme Commodore, 2000 black gelding HTR
(KA Czubuthan-r x Mariposa, Monarch AH-r )
bred by Desert Fox Arabians, MA
winning time= 1:42.0
1/5 Catchme Commodore,00 bl g, HTR, MSW, st *p4, by nose, stalked, scorching late move nabbed win
2/5 LS Try Chrome, 03 g c, SMA, MSW, p/st p3, by 2L, took lead in stretch but caught at the wire
3/5 Shakem Solaris, 03 bl c, LBA, MSW, s/st p5, by 1L, set pace, game effort but overtaken
4/5 Sammath Naur, 03 bl c, MHK, MSW, s/st p1, by head, bumped at start, gaining well
5/5 Nayif Al Farafra,00 b c, ADA, MSW, set p2, bumped at start, gaining well

Most Talked-About Horses:
Grade I quality field in the Tiki Diablo! Super group of boys here!

Coolest Name: Wickedwinterwind, 04 g c, LBA

Sentimental Favorite:
LS Prophecy, 01 b c, SMA

Surest Bet:
Zaliki, 04 g f, ADA in race 7