MASTER LINK WINS $100,000 LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY LASSIE
NEW ORLEANS, LA—DECEMBER 15, 2008—Master Link, a daughter of leading 2-year-old sire DANCE MASTER went gate-to-wire in the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Lassie Stakes at the Fairgrounds on Saturday.
Ridden by Robby Albarado she defeated the favorite Warrior Maid in the six-furlong event by 2-1/2 lengths. She covered the distance in 1:11.70 seconds. Lightlightlight finished third, a neck farther back.
"She's an exceptionally fast filly," said Albarado of Master Link. "She put herself where I anticipated her to be. When I squeezed on her a little bit, she just took off."
Racing for Danny Bockmon and Tim Hutcherson, the dark bay filly is trained by Morris G. Nicks.
DANCE MASTER is the current Leading Cumulative Sire of 2008 2-Year-Olds in the Nation at 30%. He is in the top five sires of two-year-old stakes winners and top three sires of two-year-old stakes horses. He currently sits 31st in two-year-old money earnings.
Last summer his stakes winning two-year-old My Dominic James set a new track record to Arlington Park in Chicago for four and one-half furlongs in :51.22 seconds.
DANCE MASTER stands at JEH's Oklahoma Division near Wynnewood. His 2009 fee is $3,500, but breeders who pre-pay their fee in full by December 31, 2008 can breed for $2,500.
