Kool Odds and Nakia Ramirez prevail in the 2019 Championship Challenge

$40,000 BANK OF AMERICA
EMERALD DOWNS CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE
10th RUNNING, 440 YARDS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020

Stakes & Track Record: :21.376, Bh Lisas Boy, September 6, 2015
World Record: :20.274, First Moonflash, December 28, 2009, Sunland Park

Bh Lisas Boy

Statistics 2011-2019
Largest winning margin: 1 ¾ lengths, Bh Lisas Boy (2015)
Smallest winning margin: head-tie, Devon Dat Cash (2011), Secretly Fast (2017)

Eswan Flores

Most wins trainer: 1-tie, Mark Hanson (Kool Odds, 2019), Hector Magallanes (Corona B Gone, 2018),
Valentin Zamudio (Air Force Won, 2017), Roddina Barrett (Sorelli, 2016), Bill Hoburg (Bh Lisas Boy, 2015), Juan Sanguino (Chicks Special Angel, 2014) Pablo Rabasa Jr. (Vodka With Ice, 2013), Kurt Calton (A Royal Dervish, 2012),John R. Harris (Devon Dat Cash, 2011)
Most wins jockey: 2, Eswan Flores (Sorelli, 2016; Air Force Won, 2017)
Most wins owner: 1-tie, Ruben Magallanes (Corona B Gone, 2018), Valentin Zamudio (Air Force Won, 2017), Warlock Stable & Kelly Dougan (Sorelli, 2016), Bill Hoburg (Bh Lisas Boy, 2015), Miguel Sanguino (Chicks Special Angel, 2014), Gerardo Prado (Vodka With Ice, 2013), Bob Giltner (A Royal Dervish, 2012), Beverly and Donald Conway (Devon Dat Cash, 2011)
Betting favorite: 2 for 9
Largest $2 win: $123.00, Secretly Fast*, (2017)
Smallest $2 win: $3.60, Chicks Special Angel (2014)
Gate to wire: 6 for 9
Winner bred: Washington 2, Oregon 2, California 1, Idaho 1, New Mexico 1, Oklahoma 1, Texas 1
*Disqualified from purse money, Air Force Won official winner

OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1: Favorite Bling (10) Reyna Rosales, Monmouth, ORE
2: Loosin My Lover (15) Sergio Leon, Hermiston, ORE
3: One Flyin Foose (7/2) Matthew Huse, Walla Walla, WA
4: Kool Odds (9/2) Hanson Racing LLC (Mark Hanson, Chubbuck, ID);
Robin Dunn, Rigby, IDA
5: Jesstafiably Jess (8) Malon Cowgill, Junction City, ORE
6: Ima Five Bar Cartel (8) Crispin Ramirez, Tonasket, WA
7: Alabama Hill (12) Malon Cowgill, Junction City, ORE
8: L Bar D Genuine Red (8) Jose Escobedo, Hermiston, ORE
9: Cm Boom Shakalaka (9/5) Chris Sutton, Camby, ORE

Devon Dat Cash

Previous winning times
2019: Kool Odds ($7.60) :22.02
2018: Corona B Gone ($37.20) :22.32
2017: Secretly Fast* (dq) ($123) :22.11
2016: Sorelli ($6.60) :21.796
2015: Bh Lisas Boy ($5) :21.376
2014: Chicks Special Angel ($3.60) :21.74
2013: Vodka With Ice ($7) :21.66
2012: A Royal Dervish ($6.20) :21.96
2011: Devon Dat Cash ($36.60) :21.82
*Air Force Won declared official winner

NOTE: Today’s winner qualifies for the $250,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1), Saturday, October 24, at The Downs at Albuquerque.
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