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Continent’s Winningest Thoroughbred Beats Quarter Horses

Six Ninety One (Congrats), currently North America's winningest Thoroughbred with nine victories in 2021, won an 870-yard Quarter Horse race by a nose Tuesday at Arizona Downs.

“The victory doesn't count toward the 9-year-old gelding's lead as the winningest Thoroughbred, though. Equibase separately ranks Quarter Horse races in their own category.

But Six Ninety One still has a two-win cushion over four other Thoroughbreds tied with seven victories apiece.

Either way, 10 total mixed-meet victories through nearly seven months of racing is a pretty noteworthy achievement.

In all of 2020, four horses tied with eight victories apiece to lead the continent. In 2019, seven horses shared the year-end honor with nine wins. Over the last decade, the number of most annual victories has ranged between eight and 12.

Six Ninety One's July 20 score came in an $8,000 allowance dash under jockey Keivan Serrano as the 7-5 favorite. Trainer Alfredo Asprino owns the gelding in partnership with Jesus Vielma. His winning time of :44.97 was just one-hundredth of a second faster than the runner-up.

Six Ninety One was bred in Kentucky by Edwin and Melissa Anthony. He sold for $75,000 at KEESEP in 2013, then hammered for $59,000 at OBSOPN eight months later.

A speed specialist in abbreviated sprints, Six Ninety One previously won two other races against Quarter Horses in 870-yard dashes during the 2019 season.

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Arizona Downs: Six Ninety One Chasing 10th Victory Of The Year

No horse has won as many races this year as Six Ninety One and on Wednesday, the 9-year-old Thoroughbred returns to race at Arizona Downs.

Gates open at 9am, with the first race beginning at 2:30 p.m. Six Ninety One (Congrats) is scheduled to run Wednesday in Race 5, drawing post position five in a field of seven horses.

Six Ninety One has drawn national attention not just for being the winningest horse in North America, but for how dominantly those wins have come this season. The gelding is on track to shatter the record for total victories in a season.

“We are excited to welcome Six Ninety One back to Arizona Downs,” said General Manager Mike Weiss. “There's nothing quite like the excitement of a day at the races and when you have a horse doing something as special as what Six Ninety One is doing, it's even more exciting.”

Six Ninety One last raced at Arizona Downs on June 22, notching a ninth victory from 12 starts, nearly twice as many as the next-closest horse. His current win streak is seven straight races.

After just six months, that's more wins than the winningest Thoroughbred in all of 2020 or 2019. Last year, four horses reached eight wins, while in 2019, the year-long record was nine wins. In the last 10 years, the most wins by any horse was 12.

Six Ninety One was bred in Kentucky by Edwin and Melissa Anthony and is owned by trainer Alfredo Asprino and Jesus Vielma. Jockey Karlo Lopez will ride on Wednesday.

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Six Ninety One Rolls to Ninth ’21 Win

Six Ninety One (Congrats) assertively stalked outside then pounced on the pacemaker entering the far turn to win his ninth race of the year Tuesday at Arizona Downs.

The victory augmented the 9-year-old gelding's lead as the winningest horse in North America for 2021. No other Thoroughbred on the continent has won more than six so far this year.

The most noteworthy aspect of Six Ninety One's achievement is that he has racked up those nine wins in just the first six months of the season from 12 starts.

In all of 2020, four horses tied with eight victories apiece to lead the continent–but it took 12 full months of racing to win that many.

In 2019, seven horses shared the year-end honor with nine wins.

Over the last decade, the number of most annual victories has ranged between eight and 12.

Six Ninety One's June 22 score came in a 4 1/2-furlong $4,000 optional-claimer with starter-allowance conditions that protected horses from being claimed if they had started for a $2,500 tag price since 2019 (the gelding met that condition).

Under jockey Karlo Lopez, Six Ninety One broke running, but was parked three wide into the bend, which can be a disadvantage in short sprints that start on the backstretch so close to the far turn.

He took over three furlongs out, cornered several paths wide into the lane, then kicked on with gusto in the straightaway as Lopez looked over his right shoulder for competition, which was 2 1/2 lengths behind by the time the 1-5 favorite hit the wire in :51.82.

Trainer Alfredo Asprino owns the gelding in partnership with Jesus Vielma. They've had Six Ninety One for his last four wins since claiming him for $5,000 Apr. 20.

Six Ninety One was bred in Kentucky by Edwin and Melissa Anthony. He sold for $75,000 at KEESEP in 2013, then hammered for $59,000 at OBSOPN eight months later.

The gelding has now won 14 races from 39 lifetime starts while racing in Minnesota, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. A speed specialist in abbreviated sprints, two of Six Ninety One's victories in 2019 came against Quarter Horses in 870-yard dashes.

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Fore! Arizona Downs Offering Fans Unique Shot At $100,000

June 30 will be the first of three race days at Arizona Downs this season where fans will have a shot at winning up to $100,000 with just one swing of a golf club.

The contest at the Prescott Valley, Ariz., track is open to those who sign up on race day and are in attendance for the day's final race. Just before that race, a golf strip will be stretched across the Winner's Circle, with a bucket placed 100 yards away. Ten fans will be randomly selected from that day's entries – nine will get one shot with a pitching wedge to get a golf ball into that bucket for $10,000. Then, one lucky fan will take a shot for $100,000.

The contest will take place at races on June 30, July 28 and August 25.

“Together with our partners at Insurance Office of America, we thought it would be a lot of fun to offer this amazing opportunity to our fans,” said general manager Mike Weiss. “It's always a great day to come out and enjoy an afternoon at the track, but it's a really great day when you can enjoy an afternoon at the track and walk home with $100,000.”

Arizona Downs has partnered with the Arizona Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association to develop the most attractive race program in track history. Live racing is offered every Tuesday and Wednesday through September – 32 dates in all. The track is being managed by Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E), a trailblazer in the gaming, racing and entertainment industry. Among the properties they own and operate is Colonial Downs, a Virginia thoroughbred track that had been shuttered for six years and now serves as a thriving, revenue-generating entertainment destination.

For more information, please visit www.arizonadowns.com.

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