Apolinaria Prize prevails in the 2023 Championship Challenge
$40,000 AQHA RACING CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE
14th RUNNING, 440 YARDS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2024
Stakes & Track Record: :21.376, Bh Lisas Boy, September 6, 2015
World Record: :20.274, First Moonflash, December 28, 2009, Sunland Park
Statistics 2011-2023
Largest winning margin: 1 ¾ lengths, Bh Lisas Boy (2015)
Smallest winning margin: head-tie, Devon Dat Cash (2011), Secretly Fast (2017)
Most wins trainer: 2, Nick Lowe (Cm Boom Shakalaka, 2020; Cm Once Ina Bluemoon, 2021)
Most wins jockey: 2, Eswan Flores (Sorelli, 2016; Air Force Won, 2017)
Most wins owner: 2, Chris Sutton (Cm Boom Shakalaka, 2020; Cm Once Ina Bluemoon, 2021)
Betting favorite: 4 for 13
Largest $2 win: $123, Secretly Fast* (2017)
Smallest $2 win: $3, Cm Boom Shakalaka (2020)
Gate to wire: 7 for 13
Winner bred: Oregon 4, Washington 2, California 2, Texas 2, Idaho 1, New Mexico 1, Oklahoma 1,
*Disqualified from purse money, Air Force Won official winner
Malon Cowgill
Owners Hometowns
1: Whiskey Diva (9/2) Francisco Ruiz, Kent, WA
2: Dc Ladys Dashn Eagle (15) Donald Conway, Rainier, WA
3: Marcelino (8) Mauricio and Nestor Hernandez, Vancouver, WA
4: Corona Wagon Train (10) Augustine Portillo Martinez
5: Jesstafiably Jess (6) Malon Cowgill, Junction City, ORE
6: Dr Tool (20) LG Racing (Saul Gonzales, Ogden, UT)
7: Gc Harrys Game (20) Jose Fabian Palacios-Garcia, Newburg, ORE
8: Bee a Freight Train (5/2) Alberto Avila, Longview, WA
9: Dash to the Flash T (12) Malon Cowgill, Junction City, ORE
10: Apolinaria Prize (7/2) Juan Manuel Marquez, Stanfield, ORE
Bh Lisas Boy
Previous winning times
2023: Apolinaria Prize ($4.20) :22.27
2022: Dr Tool ($13.80) :22.11
2021: Cm Once Ina Bluemoon ($46.40) :22.76
2020: Cm Boom Shakalaka ($3) :22.27
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: Sunday’s winner qualifies for the $250,000 AQHA Challenge Championship (G1), Saturday, October 26, at The Downs at Albuquerque.
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