Ronald Ulibarri’s Just En King survived a jockey’s objection to win a narrow finish in the $200,000 Namehimastreaker New Mexico Quarter Horse Championship under jockey Alfredo Sigala. Gonzalez leads the division with eight winners. each have saddled seven winners at the current meet, while J.J. For Giles, the victory puts him in a tie for second place in the trainer standings at Zia Park. Jumpn Runn was awarded third place with Jess Paid rounding out the top four officially.Ĭhicka Boom Babe earned more than $146,000 for her win in the Futurity, increasing her lifetime earnings to more than $173,800. The $2 exacta with the top two paid back $522.60. With the original third and fourth place finishers moved up via the disqualification, Miss Baby Cartel was awarded second place in the Futurity. Sent off at odds of 14-to-1, Chicka Boom Babe returned $30 to her winning backers. The win snapped a three-race losing streak, which included a second-place finish in her trial heat held here earlier this month.

Drest For Success, who broke sharply from his inside post, began to drift out significantly in the final 150 yards of the event, causing a chain reaction which impeded the momentum of fifth-place finisher Jess Paid, who also impeded with the runner-up, causing a stewards inquiry which resulted in a disqualification.ĭrest For Success was placed fifth after the stewards inquiry, lifting Chicka Boom Babe into the winners circle for her fourth career from eight starts. Trained by Wes Giles and ridden by Adrian Ramos, Chicka Boom Babe finished second, beaten a head behind post time favorite Drest For Success in the 350-yard event. Robert Driggers and Ben Lee Ivey’s Chicka Boom Babe picked up the biggest win of her career Sunday afternoon when the 2-year-old daughter of Chicks Regard was awarded the victory in the $298,910 New Mexico Classic Futurity via disqualification. Chicka Boom Babe earns Futurity upset win via DQ

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