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  • Flashy Bull sire of Balooga Bull 1st Alw (May 21, 3rd ASD). Owner, Paul Brandt; Breeder, Bernard Vertuca & Michelle Vertuca...
  • Posse sire of Dusterino 1st Alw (May 22, 2nd PRX). Owner, Lynch Racing LLC; Breeder, Kildare Stud...
  • Montbrook sire of Concept 1st Alw (May 22, 6th FL). Owner, Matthew Peebles; Breeder, Thomas C. Williams...
  • Old Forester sire of Highlanddixiebelle 1st Alw (May 21, 9th WO). Owner, Highland Thoroughbred Farm; Breeder, Highland Thoroughbred Farm...
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  • Smoke Glacken sire of Smokin Candy 1st Mdn (May 22, 3rd FL). Owner, Nicolai, Richard J. and Luch Racing Stables, Inc.; Breeder, William Butler...
  • Stormy Atlantic sire of Bigstormbrewin' 1st Alw (May 21, 6th WO). Owner, Sam-Son Farms; Breeder, Sam-Son Farm...
  • Bluegrass Cat sire of Go Blue Or Go Home 1st Mdn (May 21, 10th WO). Owner, Hill, Jim and Susan; Breeder, Morgan's Ford Farm & Winstar Farm LLC...
  • Proud Citizen sire of Up Jumps a Monster 1st Alw (May 21, 8th NP). Owner, Chabot, Rob, Kane, Tim and Schayer, Joshua; Breeder, The Neuman Group...
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  • Giant's Causeway sire of Giant Sensation 1st Alw (May 21, 8th DEL). Owner, Overbrook Farm and Andrew Farm; Breeder, Southern Equine Stables, LLC & Hill 'n'Dale Equine Holdings, Inc....

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Our Tekela Rose scores for Grade 1 winner Kela

Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2009 7:25 PM

Our Tekela Rose controlled the pace under Chris Emigh on Sunday in the fourth race at Arlington Park and was fully extended to prevail by a length and become the first career winner for Central Kentucky-based sire Kela.

Trained by Lon Wiggins for owner GTS Racing, Our Tekela Rose completed 4 1/2 furlongs on the synthetic Polytrack surface in :53.25. Bred in Kentucky by Shadowfax Stables, she is out of the winning Summer Squall mare Storming Way.

An 11-year-old by Numerous out of the winning Sovereign Dancer mare Bolshoi Comedy, Kela has 57 two-year-olds in his first crop. A half brother to stakes winner Leaveemlaughing, Kela stands for $7,500 at Margaux Farm in Midway, Kentucky.

Kela amassed eight wins from 26 starts in five seasons and banked $1,022,527 in purse earnings. He recorded four stakes wins, including victories in 2004 in the Bing Crosby Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G1), Pat O’Brien Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G2), and Texas Mile Stakes (G3). He finished second to Speightstown in the 2004 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1).

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