Al CLOUGH'S Horses Place at Prairie Meadows, 2011
CLOUGH
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/14/2011 at 03:57:58
Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, May 12, 2011Clough horses open season strong
With the opening of horse racing at Prairie Meadows in Des Moines on April 22, Al CLOUGH of Sun Valley Lake has started three horses and had a win and tow second place finishes.
On opening night in the first race, CLOUGH'S five=year-old mare "Viva Blaylock" lost by a neck and was second to a mare she had beaten by a head a month earlier in New Mexico. "Viva Blaylock" hwas won six races with lifetime earnings over $85,000.
The first and third place mares were claimed out of the race for $7,500. CLOUGH was glad that "Viva Blaylock" was not claimed.
Four-year-old wins
On May 2, in the last race of the evening, CLOUGH'S four-year-old gelding "Call In" won his second race, coming from last to first with a purse of $9,500.
The next afternoon in the first race of the day, CLOUGH'S four-year-old filly "Holly and Fir" came from last to finish second to a mare with earnings over $140,000. This is an Iowa Bred race with a $15,268 purse.
CLOUGH lives at Sun Valley Lake near Ellston.
Photograph courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2011
PHOTOGRAPH: Al CLOUGH'S horse "Call In" races to victory in a recent race at Prairie Meadows in Des Moines.
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