Mid-South notes: Dominguez mulling over where to run Wine Police

The Breeders’ Cup Sprint is one of a handful of options the connections of Wine Police are mulling over following his win in last weekend’s $150,000 Remington Park Sprint Cup. Wine Police is back at his Zia Park base in Hobbs, N.M., with races in Louisiana, New York, and Pennsylvania also on his radar, trainer Henry Dominguez said Friday.

“The Breeders’ Cup is a consideration,” he said. “We have a lot of spots we can go to and haven’t made a definite decision. We’ll come up with a plan in the next week or so.”

The other options are the $75,000 Thanksgiving Handicap at Fair Grounds on Nov. 28; the Grade 3, $150,000 Bold Ruler at Belmont Park on Oct. 26; and $250,000 Fabulous Strike at Penn National on Nov. 27.

The Grade 1, $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint is at Santa Anita on Nov. 2.

Wine Police was a three-quarter-length winner over Alsvid in the Remington Sprint, for a Beyer Speed Figure of 91. The win was the second in three starts this year for Wine Police, who in August was fourth in the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien at Del Mar.

Dominguez said if the decision is made to take Wine Police back to California, he would likely be joined by Show Some Magic, the runner-up in this year’s Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Park Derby, who won an allowance sprint at Zia on Sept. 30.

Show Some Magic would be a candidate for the $100,000 Damascus for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs on the Breeders’ Cup undercard Nov. 2. Dominguez said long-term, the goal is the $200,000 Zia Park Derby on Nov. 24. In his allowance win Monday, Show Some Magic covered six furlongs in 1:08.20 to earn a career-best Beyer of 90.

Both horses race for J. Kirk and Judy Robison.

All American winner on vacation

Handsome Jack Flash, winner of the Grade 1, $2.6 million All American Futurity for Quarter Horses at Ruidoso Downs on Sept. 2, is on vacation and will return to action next year at 3, said Juan Carlos Gonzalez, assistant to his father, Juan M. Gonzalez. The primary goal, he said, is the rich 3-year-old series at Ruidoso.

“Handsome Jack Flash is at the farm,” Gonzalez said Friday. “He’s getting a break. He deserves it. He had a phenomenal year.

“We’ll bring him back into training in about two months.”

Handsome Jack Flash has won 4 of 5 starts and $1,482,271. He races for Norma Alvarez, Brenda Alvarez, and Debra Laney.

Rich double at Zia

Mrs James and You N How Many More, who both have been defeated by Handsome Jack Flash, will shake their talented stablemate Sunday in the Grade 2, $275,488 Hobbs America Futurity at Zia. The 400-yard race is one of two major Quarter Horse stakes on the card. The Grade 3, $176,764 Hobbs America Derby is led by Point Break Dash.

Mrs James is 3 for 4, with her lone loss coming to Handsome Jack Flash in the Grade 1 Zia Futurity at Ruidoso in July. One start later, she won her trial for the Hobbs, at Zia on Sept. 21.

“She always gives you everything she’s got,” Gonzalez said.

You N How Many More was sixth to Handsome Jack Flash in the All American, beaten a length. He was second in his trial for the Hobbs. “He got in a little bit of trouble,” Gonzalez said.

Record payoff at Remington

Remington Park set a track record for a 10-cent superfecta payoff in Thursday night’s ninth race, when one ticket returned $20,251. The track’s previous record for the wager was $14,412, set in 2006.