CL Racing Stables & Horse Ranch

05/08/2026

Kings Moon Money ran first today, congratulations to Owner, Jacqueline Ledezma; Jockey, Jose Enriquez and Cholos Racing! ⚫️🔷⚫️

11/22/2025

Sending positive energy and good luck vibes to to Another Runaway, his owner Coral Ledezma, Trainer, Flaco Cappellucci & Jockey, Alfredo Juarez Jr🙏🧿🤞

Fincher-trained pair square off in New Mexico Classic Juvenile
By Steven Bortstein

HOBBS - Speed Merchant and Bully Boy, one-two finishers in last month's New Mexico State Fair Thoroughbred Futurity, will face each other yet again in Monday's $150,000 New Mexico Classic Juvenile at Zia Park.

Dale F. Taylor Racing, LLC's Speed Merchant, unbeaten after three career starts, will look to extend that win streak when he loads into the outside post in the field of nine state-bred juveniles which will race six furlongs.

Bred in New Mexico by Brad King & Chris Coleman and trained by Todd Fincher, Speed Merchant is a son of Marking and has earned more than $177,000. He's coming off a narrow win last time out over Bully Boy in the NM State Fair TB Futurity at Albuquerque Downs.

Speed Merchant will be ridden by Luis Valenzuela and has been installed as the 8-to-5 second choice on the morning line for the NM Classic Juvenile, the eighth-race on a 10-race card featuring many of the state's top thoroughbreds.

Fincher also trains the 7-to-5 morning line favorite Bully Boy, for owners Robert M. & Del Rae Driggers and Ben Lee Ivey. The son of Sporting Chance rallied and was beaten a nose by Speed Merchant in the NM State Fair TB Futurity.

Bred in New Mexico by Bar Y Equine, LLC, Bully Boy will be ridden by Luis Fuentes. The pair will break from post two in the nine-horse field for the NM Classic Juvenile, which has a scheduled post time of 3:14 p.m.

The field, with morning line odds and jockeys for the $150,000 NM Classic Juvenile:
1 Country Club Sport 20-1 (Fausto Da Silva)
2 Bully Boy 7-5 (Luis Fuentes)
3 Tumbleweed 8-1 (Christian Ramos)
4 Fort Sumner 10-1 (Ramon Vazquez)
5 Another Runaway 15-1 (Alfredo Juarez, Jr.)
6 Buy Local 12-1 (Irwin Rosendo)
7 Risk Capital 20-1 (Aldo Arboleda)
8 D C Call Me George 30-1 (Tracy Hebert)
9 Speed Merchant 8-5 (Luis Valenzuela)

Photo of Speed Merchant courtesy Coady Media

04/25/2025

From the concept, to the blueprints, to the design and lastly the results... I could not be happier♡

04/11/2025

Suspiciously Hot, ready for his first race in the $150k New Mexico Spring Futurity Trials♡

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04/08/2025

Coral Stables welcomes their second baby at the ranch and first baby this 2025 season. Grandson of Heza Motor Scooter and Seperatist.

08/26/2024

Welcome Home♡
New to the ranch from Double LL Farms; this gorgeous bay c**t is out of Mighty Nice, sired by Runaway Ghost. Purchased August 16th at the New Mexico Bred Yearling sale in Ruidoso for under $8k. Name is pending with the Jockey Club and will be revealed soon. Thank you Double LL Farms for showing us this magnificent horse♡