FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                     
MARCH 27, 2009

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SHELBYS SCORES NICE SURPRISE IN AB WHAT A RUNNER HANDICAP

LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA... Burnett Ranches'
Shelbys Surprise visited the winner's circle for the third
straight time while picking up her first handicap victory in
the $15,000 AB What A Runner Overnight Handicap on Friday at
Los Alamitos. 

Sent off at 8-1 odds, the Texas-bred 4-year-old mare by
Royal Quick Dash out of Genuine Knockout defeated a solid
field that included multiple handicap winner Just Dash and
Hawk Kue Pie, who ran second in the Huntington Harbour
Handicap in her last start. Shelbys Surprise, meanwhile, was
second to Prissy B Panther in the Dashing Folly Handicap last
December but then she stepped up her game with back-to-back
allowance victories this season. 

In picking up her third win of the year, Shelbys Surprise
delivered what has become her typical solid performance. Bred
by Burnett Ranches and Evans & Evans, Shelbys Surprise was
second to the highly regarded Strong Hope in the 2007 Rainbow
Juvenile Invitational and fourth in the $50,000 All American
Juvenile Stakes. Trained by Paul Jones and ridden by Alex
Bautista, Shelbys Surprise covered the 350 yards in :17.48.

Shelbys Surprise's mother is the outstanding producer
Genuine Knockout, a winner of four races and nearly $50,000.
In her racing career, Genuine Knockout competed in a slew of
nice races like the Jess Burner Memorial Handicap, All
American Gold Cup, Las Damas Handicap, and Quarter Horse
Breeders Classic Distaff Handicap. As a broodmare, Genuine
Knockout hit the highest heights as the mother of All
American Futurity winner Falling In Loveagain. She is also
the mother of Title Contender, a winner of nearly $40,000 in
his racing career. 

Shelbys Surprise improved her lifetime record to four wins
in 14 starts. She earned $8,250 for the win to take her
career earnings to $56,163. Anna Baker's Just Dash finished
second and was followed by Hawk Kue Pie, Chaca Chaca, Dimples
First Dash and Spanish Cartel. 

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