New Mexico State Fair - New Mexico Horse Breeders Association

NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR SENOR FUTURITY (RG3)
Primvvera
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Second-fastest qualifier Primvvera, a Stel Corona
gelding owned and trained by Dominic Duree, sprinted to
a half-length victory in the September 25, $77,476 New
Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3) for state-bred colts
and geldings at The Downs at Albuquerque.
Under jockey Casey Lambert, Primvvera went 400
yards in :19.611 and earned a 96 speed index. The victory
was his third in six starts, and the $38,738 winner’s share
of the purse pushed the gelding’s bankroll to $52,558.
Primvvera was bred by Duree’s late grandfather, Orville
Moore, and the gelding became the third stakes winner
from 31 starters sired by Stel Corona. A 10-year-old son
of Corona Cartel, Stel Corona won the 2003 PCQHRA
Breeders’ Derby (G2) at Los Alamitos, and his three crops
have earned more than $1.9 million and include ’08 AQHA
champion 2-year-old colt and two-time Grade 1 winner
Foose. Owned by a partnership, he stands at Burns Ranch
at Menifee, California.
“My grandfather died a couple of years ago, and I just
kept this horse going for the family,” said Duree. “This
horse can be lazy, but he shows how powerful he is when
he gets on the track. He’s just a talented horse.”
Primvvera’s dam, the winning Sail On Bunny mare Sail
On Duchess, ran second in the 1997 Pelican Stakes (R) at
Albuquerque. Now 16, Sail On Duchess has produced four
winners from six starters, including Woodbridge Chunk, a
half brother to Primvvera who ran third in the 2008 Hard
Twist Stakes (RG3) at Albuquerque and was a finalist in
the previous year’s New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity
(RG3).
Primvvera traces back to his third dam, Race Bug, a
winning daughter of the Lady Bug’s Moon stallion Mr Hay
Bug who ran second in the ’78 Dixie Downs Futurity in
Utah. A 1976 foal, Race Bug produced Do U Wanna Rumbo,
a filly by Easy Rumbo who ran third in the ’91 Beehive
Futurity (R) in Utah.
Primvvera’s fourth dam, the unraced Custus Rain mare
Custus Stormy, foaled RPV Final Bid, the runner-up in the
1986 Hualapai Downs Futurity (R) at the Mohave County
Fair in Kingman, Arizona.
Primvvera has won two of his three races at Albuquerque.
The gelding ran seventh after a troubled start in a
350-yard allowance race on August 15, but he followed that
with a head victory over Blazing Pacquiao in the last of five
Senor Futurity trials on September 10.
“He’s a really good horse – the only time he’s lost here
28 New Mexico Horse Breeder