WINNER'S CIRCLE

2008 WINNERS

CAPTAIN COUNTDOWN sired his first stakes winner on August 4 when LADY COUNTDOWN won the $50,000 Debutante Stakes at Assiniboia Downs.

Congratulations to owner/trainer Charles Smith and breeders J. Adcock and Neal McFadden.

John Pittman's UNCLE BUBBA won a 1 1/16-mile race at Delta Downs by nearly eight lengths on November 15.

Phyllis Presswood's FORONCENMYLIFETIME won a $28,400 allowance race at Mountaineer Park going a mile and 70 yards on October 18.

WILBY'S RAY, a homebred running for Wilburn Smith, scored in a five-furlong turf sprint on October 9 at Retama Park

CAPTAIN ABOVE took home a $14,400 check for winning a $24,000 allowance race at Louisiana Downs on October 3 for breeder/owner John A. Adams.

Phyllis Presswood's COUNT ON DOC broke his maiden by 7 1/2 lengths on September 27 at Mountaineer Park.

PRETTY C C, who runs for Jimmy Hollis and was bred by Doris Lindsey, won a seven-furlong claiming race at Louisiana Downs on September 21.

Phyllis Presswood's homebred FORONCENMYLIFETIME scored a 2 1/2-length win in a $30,000 claiming race on August 23 at Mountaineer Park in West Virginia.

CAPTAIN ABOVE, bred and owned by John Adams, rolled to an easy 10 1/2-length win at Louisiana Downs on August 22.

Shrum Racing Inc.'s PRIVATE PRESLEY won for the third time this year in a 1 1/16-mile claiming race at Louisiana Downs on July 26.

Gearald Farris' CAPTAIN STARDUST ran away to a 10-length win in a $22,000 allowance race on July 5 at Lone Star Park.

LADY COUNTDOWN broke her maiden by five lengths in a $15,000 special weight race at Canterbury Park on July 5 for owner Charles Smith.

BLACK FLAMINGO romped to a 4 3/4-length win at Lone Star Park on July 3 for owner Jody Clem.

CAPTAIN ABOVE, a homebred running for John Adams, won by two lenghts at a mile and 70 yards at Louisiana Downs on June 26.

Jody Clem's BLACK FLAMINGO scored a maiden win by more than two lengths going a mile on June 20 at Lone Star Park.

2-year-old ALL OUT BLITZ broke his maiden by nearly four lengths in a $28,000 race on June 13 at Louisiana Downs for owner Kindred Thoroughbreds LLC.

CAPTAIN STARDUST scored a five-length win in a $21,000 allowance race on June 12 at Lone Star Park for owner and breeder Gearald Farris.

On June 8, PRIVATE PRESLEY won a 1 1/16-mile claiming race at Louisiana Downs for owner Shrum Racing Inc.

Captain Countdown runners PRETTY C C and BESS ABNER finished 1-2 in a $15,000 claiming race at Louisiana Downs on May 31. Pretty C C runs for owner Shrum Racing Inc. and trainer Andy Konkoly.

PRIVATE PRESLEY went wire to wire to win a $21,000 allowance race going one mile at Lone Star Park on May 11.

Winning for the second time in less than a month, ROAD WORK captured a $25,000 allowance race at Lone Star Park on May 1 by 2 1/4 lengths.

At Lone Star Park on April 11, WILBY'S RAY prevailed by a length in a $25,000 allowance racing going six furlongs.

On April 5 at Sam Houston Race Park, ROAD WORK closed strongly to win a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race.

COUNTDOWN'S SEVEN improved his record to 4-2-1-1 with earnings of $22,235 after easily winning a $15,500 allowance race on March 22 at Sam Houston Race Park as the odds-on favorite.

On March 20 at Sam Houston Race Park, REYNOSA went wire to wire and broke her maiden against special weight company going six furlongs.

PRETTY C C broke her maiden in a special weight race at Sam Houston Race Park on March 15 and increased her earnings to $22,845.

WILBY'S RAY won a maiden special weight race by 7 1/4 lengths at Sam Houston Race Park on March 8 with a clocking of 1:04.75 for 5 1/2 furlongs.

UNCLE BUBBA broke his maiden by 13 lengths in a maiden special weight race going one mile at Sam Houston Race Park on February 9.

On February 17 at Sam Houston, COUNTDOWN'S SEVEN drew clear to an easy 5 1/4-length win in a six-furlong maiden special weight race.