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Albany, CA (December 2, 2022) – Code Ribbon, the 3-year-old daughter of Desert Code is such a model of consistency. In thirteen career starts, she has finished in the top three twelve times. Her latest effort earned a visit today to the Golden Gate Fields winner’s circle after the 5th race.

Desert Code spotted the leaders a six length head start after the opening half-mile of the six furlong allowance. Asked to circle the field around the final turn by jockey Catalino Martinez, the gray filly responded. Coming widest of all, she gallantly closed, caught the leader and went on to win by a half-length.

Code Ribbon races for Michael Pollowitz and she is trained by Jacqui Navarre. She has earned $150,583. Bred by Seamist Racing, she was produced by the 10-time winning Grand Reward mare, Jumanah.

Arcadia, CA (November 6, 2022) – In recent weeks, we in racing heard a lot of a two-turn race on the dirt, won in a dazzling performance not soon forgotten, by over eighteen length in a canter. Today at Santa Anita, the 5-year-old mare Loud Loud Music stepped onto the main track at Santa Anita in the 6th race and while she is not Flightline, she turned in no less a visual masterpiece with a similar, eighteen-plus length victory.

Loud Loud Music is a daughter of Tizbud, the stakes-winning full brother to champion Tiznow, who spent his stud career in the stallion barn at Harris Farms. He sired millionaire Soi Phet and G1-winner Tiz Flirtatious among his many black-type winners.

Loud Loud Music is a part of the larger populations of Thoroughbreds who fill the majority of cards of all the racetracks across the country. A blue collar worker plying her trade. Known to the local punters and horsemen, but by few others.

Her racing career by all accounts has been successful. Seventeen starts with five wins, a second and three thirds. She has moved up and down the ladder of allowance and claiming starts, earning $165,682. As you see in the video below, the chart call of never asked could not have been more apt. A stunning performance as eye-catching as any champion. She took the field wire-to-wire under apprentice Abdul Alsadoor, in what Frank Miramadi deemed likely the largest winning margin of the meeting.

Loud Loud Music was bred by Nick Alexander. She was produced by the Bernstein mare, Your Cheatin Heart. She made her start for owners Biggleague Racing LLC and trainer George Papaprodromou. She will be changing barns as she was claimed by owner Brian Godon and trainer Val Brinkerhoff.

Passarando sweeping to victory in the $175,000 Golden Stake Juvenile Stakes                                                                   Benoit Photo

Courtesy of Santa Anita ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 29, 2022)—Patiently handled by Umberto Rispoli, Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams’ homebred Passarando swung out for racing room turning for home and collared heavily favored Giver Not a Taker in deep stretch to win Saturday’s $175,000 Golden State Juvenile going away by a length. Trained by Steve Specht, Passarando, a 2-year-old gelding by Tamarando, got seven panels in 1:24.18.

Into the bridle while in behind a group of three dueling leaders around the far turn, Passarando, who was ridden for the first time by Rispoli, angled three-deep at the top of the lane and proved best at 11-1.

A 2 ½ length open allowance winner going 5 ½ furlongs on synthetic Tapeta at Golden Gate Fields Sept. 9, Passarando was a considerable overlay off of his morning line of 4-1 and paid $24.40, $5.60 and $3.40.

Out of the Lucky Pulpit mare I’m Passing Ya Now, Passarando picked up $105,000 for the win, increasing his earnings to $160,830. In notching his first stakes win, Passarando improved his overall mark to 5-3-1-0.

Off at 2-5 under Jose Valdivia, Jr., Giver Not a Taker was second best on the day, finishing 4 ¼ lengths in front of Mystic Flyer while returning $2.20 and $2.10.

Ridden by Juan Hernandez, Mystic Flyer sat a close second to the head of the stretch and lacked the necessary rally. Off at 6-1 he paid $3.00 to show while finishing 4 ¾ lengths in front of Merit Song.

Fractions on the race were 22.49, 45.77 and 1:10.90.

Arcadia, CA (October 16, 2022) – Funkenstein, the 4-year-old son of Smiling Tiger, scored his third victory of 2022 in the 2nd race at Santa Anita, a $63,000 allowance going one mile over the fast main track.

The bay gelding drew the outside post and was widest off all around the first turn. In the second flight down the backstretch, he found himself between rivals around the final turn. Fanned out to the five path for the drive, he switched leads at the top of the stretch and overpowered the rest with his closing drive. He took over inside the final furlong and opened up to win by two and one-quarter lengths.

Funkenstein races for JKX Racing and he is trained by Craig Dollace. An earner of $141,420, he was bred by Tommy Huttons Dream Stable. He was produced by the winning Rockport Harbor mare, Sheaparoux.

Albany, CA (September 26, 2022) – Always Seeking and jockey William Antongeorgi III had to exercise more than a little patience to win the 4th race at Golden Gate Fields, a $40,300 allowance going five and one-half furlongs over the all weather.

The 3-year-old daughter of Rousing Sermon was away cleanly and settled on the inside three lengths off the pace down the backstretch. Drawing closer around the turn, a wall of four runners lined-up for the lead at the top of the stretch and Always Seeking was stuck behind it. The moveable targets were past the eighth pole before a passage opened up. When asked, she responded with a strong turn of of foot to fly past them and open up by a length and one-quarter at the wire.

Consistent to a fault in her young career, the third generation homebred has won or placed in five of her six starts for the racing and breeding operation of Larry and Marianne Williams. She was produced by the winning Unusual Heat mare, Heat Striker.