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Challenge Championship 2012 Winner - Rylees Boy

Heza Motor Scooter-Pipistrelle by Rocky Jones
Breeder - Gary Nesbitt
Owner - Lorena Velazquez Rodriguez
Trainer - Paul Jones
Jockey - Ramon Sanchez
Time - :21.508 (SI-101)

Rylees Boy Breaks Through 

Two of the top older American Quarter Horses squared off in the $353,500 Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1), and in the shadow of the wire Rylees Boy outfinished Llano Teller to take the richest event of the Bank of America Challenge Championships at Prairie Meadows on Saturday night. The 7-year-old Heza Motor Scooter gelding, ridden by Ramon Sanchez for trainer Paul Jones, closed with a rush from post 9 to run down Llano Teller and jockey G.R. Carter Jr., who had opened up an early half-length lead. Rylees Boy hit the wire a half-length in front in :21.508 for 440 yards and paid $8.40 as the second favorite.

Owned by Lorena Velazquez Rodriguez of Surprise, Arizona, Rylees Boy broke through to win the race that had eluded him for the past three years. He finished third in the 2009 edition of the Bank of America Challenge Championship at Los Alamitos, second in the 2010 running at Fair Grounds and second again last year at Los Alamitos. The $161,000 winner’s share is the richest career victory for Rylees Boy, and his record now stands at 42-20-9-5 with earnings of $946,166. Rylees Boy was bred in Arizona by Gary Nesbitt out of the Rocky Jones mare Pipistrelle.

“All he needed was a clean trip,” said Sanchez. “At Los Al (in the Go Man Go Handicap), he got caught up in the gate and then bumped and we had no chance. He broke so well tonight; I knew he would get to the wire.”

Wootan Racing and Reed Land and Cattle’s Llano Teller, a three-time Grade 1 winner, finished second as the 6-5 favorite and boosted his bankroll to $1,757,347. M and D Racing Inc.’s Ethics Aside, who beat Llano Teller in the Bank of America Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge (G2), rallied strongly to get third.

Kool Country Man finished fourth, followed by A Spring Snow, Patriots Glory, Fearles Fred, Fast Fifty, Giorgino, Dash Glory Ease and A Royal Dervish.

 Stakes History

Year	Winner	Owner	Trainer	Jockey	Purse
2012	Rylees Boy	Lorena Velazquez Rodriguez	Paul Jones	Ramon Sanchez	$353,500
2011	Favorite Cartel	Jones/Thompson/Helzer/Hubbard	Paul Jones	Ramon Sanchez	$353,500
2010	Feature Jess Rockin	Reed Land and Cattle Co. LLC	Donnie Strickland	John Hamilton	$353,500
2009	Fighter On Fire	Rancho El Alacran	Adan Farias	Rodrigo Aceves	$350,000
2008	WRS Special Shoe	Williams Racing Stable, Inc.	Heath Taylor	Jarrod Deschamp	$353,500
2007	Strawkins	Donald and Peggy Boyle	Paul Jones	Freddie Martinez	$301,500
2006	This Sno Is Cold	Los Ladrilleros Horse Racing Co.	Melinda Garcia	Rodrigo Vellejo	$301,500
2005	Catchmeinyourdreams	Kird Goodfellow	Chris O'Dell	Cody Jensen	$300,000
2004	SLM Snowman	Steve and Lindsey Mitchell	Don Mourning	Jacky Martin	$300,000
2003	Panther Mountain	Guy Weimer	Janet VanBebber	Alvin Brossette	$300,000
2002	Streakin Sin Tacha	Janet VanBebber	Janet VanBebber	Alvin Brossette	$300,000
2001	Tailor Fit	Betty Jane Burlin	Janet VanBebber	Alvin Brossette	$300,000
2000	Runaway Wil	C.E. Dobbins	Mike Teel	G.R. Carter, Jr.	$300,000
1999	Policy Tacs	Dennie Hill	Bret Vickery	Alex Bautista	$300,000
1998	Kool Kue Baby	Ramiro Lopez	K.C. Carden	Tami Purcell	$300,000
1997	SLM Big Daddy	Steve and Lindsey Mitchell	Don Mourning	Jacky Martin	$250,000
1996	Kool Kue Baby	Manuel Garcia	K.C. Carden	Gilbert Ortiz	$200,000
1995	Rare Bar	Gary L. Mead	Charley Hunt	Troy Crissup	$200,000
1994	Down With Debt	George N. Haddad	Charlie Bloomquist	John Creager	$100,000
1993	Junos Request	Nanny McCoy	Charley Hunt	Steve Treasure	$56,500

Fastest Time

Year	Horse	Track	Time / Speed Index
2009	Fighter On Fire	Los Alamitos	:21.124 / 103

Highest Speed Index

Year	Horse	Track	Time / Speed Index
1996	Kool Kue Baby	Turf Paradise	:21.35 / 118

Highest Win Payoff

Year	Horse	Track	Odds to $1	$2 Win Price
1999	Policy Tacs	Los Alamitos	46.6	$95.20

Lowest Win Payoff

Year	Horse	Track	Odds to $1	$2 Win Price
1994	Down With Debt	Los Alamitos	0.6	$3.20
2002	Streakin Sin Tacha	Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie	0.6	$3.20
2005	Catchmeinyourdreams	Los Alamitos	0.6	$3.20