Monterey Jazz Gets First Winner
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Fastinating Allie wins a maiden race at Zia Park Oct. 24
After finishing runner-up in three of her six starts, Fastinating Allie hit the wire first in a six-furlong maiden special weight at Zia Park Oct. 24 for New Mexico-bred juvenile fillies to become the first winner for her sire Monterey Jazz.
In the $25,500 event, Fastinating Allie stalked the early pace before heading inside through the turn and breaking clear at the three-sixteenths pole to drive home and win by 2 1/4 lengths.
Out of Sandia's Flicka, by Sandia Slew, Fastinating Allie was bred by Gary Thompson and is trained by Todd W. Finscher for owner Joe Dee Brooks.
A graded stakes winner on two surfaces, Monterey Jazz finished his racing career with a record of 9-2-7 from 37 starts and earnings of $760,841.
He won the 2007 Sir Beaufort Stakes (gr. IIIT) before taking the 2008 Texas Mile Stakes (gr. II) and Strub Stakes (gr. II) on dirt. He went back to the turf in 2009, winning the American Handicap (gr. IIT) and finishing second in the San Francisco Mile (gr. IIT). He won once more, a $38,000 allowance optional claiming race at Zia Park, before being retired at the end of 2012.
The son of Thunderello—Reefside, by Dynaformer, was bred in Kentucky by Danzel Brendemuehl. He stood for $1,250 in 2016 at Sierra Blanca Equine in New Mexico.