Accredited Texas-Bred Ol Winedrinker Who Wins Again!

Sam and Sammy Stevens’ Ol Winedrinker Who rallied past a game pacesetter King Coral to win the $60,000 Ruidoso Downs Thoroughbred Championship, the final race on closing day Monday.

M.H. Carson’s King Coral went to the lead out of the gate and set all the early fractions in the one-and-one-sixteenth-mile test. Ol Winedrinker Who took the lead and the top of the stretch, but King Coral fought gamely along the rail and was beaten by one-and-one-half lengths.

J. Kirk and Judy Robison Isn’t He Clever, the 4-5 favorite, finished third and never threatened the top-two finishers.

From the Joel Marr barn and ridden by Carlos Madeira, Ol Winedrinker Who was making his first start since June when he won the San Juan County Commissioners Handicap at SunRay Park. He also won the $150,000 Zia Park Distance Championship last November. The 5-year-old gelding by Sligo Bay (Ire) now has a record of 25-9-4-3 with earnings of $437,847.