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FIRST PRIZE ROCK NEARS RUIDOSO DOWNS TRACK RECORD
First Prize Rock break his maiden at Ruidoso Downs in near track record time.
Ruidoso Downs PhotoRUIDOSO DOWNS, NM—JULY 29, 2011—The 300-yard track record fell Friday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Espinosa Stone’s First Prize Rock won his maiden in stunning style today (Friday) when he raced 300 yards in :15.021. It just fell short of the :15.019 set by One Tough Dude on June 28, 2009.
First Prize Rock , trained by Luis Villafranco, made his fourth career start in the first race. His best previous effort was a third-place finish in his Oklahoma Futurity trial on April 2. The son of leading two-year-old sire Pyc Paint Your Wagon is out of First Prize Dash, a multiple grade 1 producing sister to First Down Dash.
Ridden by Royal Baldillez, First Prize Rock earned a career high 107 speed index for his effort. He was bred in Oklahoma by Weetona Stanley.
Espinosa Stone, Inc. purchased the brown colt for $44,000 in the September Heritage Place Sale in Oklahoma City.