Risky Rachel proved to be a lucky charm for conditioner Juan Carlos Coronel
After being under training with Frank Martin, Sr., Angel Penna, Jr., and H. James Bond, 5-year-old mare, Risky Rachel, was sent to the barn of the 35-year-old trainer Juan “Manny” Coronel, and to the trainer Risky Rachel turned as a lucky charm, as the mare
in her first start under the new trainer landed a race.
Sanford Bacon’s Risky Rachel won the Broadway Stakes over a distance of 6 furlongs at Aqueduct race course on 24 March, 2012, and defeated Big Brownie and Nicole’s Miss El in the stretch, who finished second and third respectively, giving her new trainer
a win in the first start.
“The owner [Sanford Bacon] was just here, and we checked out everything and we’re really, really happy,” said Coronel.
The New York bred daughter of Limehouse, out of mare Dancing Renee by Distinctive Pro, Risky Rachel has given trainer Juan Carlos Coronel a reason to be smiling, because currently the Argentinean born is the only horse in his barn, but he is expecting four
or five more horses soon.
“When I stopped riding I moved to this country because I wanted to continue learning, and New York is the best of the best,” said Coronel. “I’m so proud to have spent the past seven to eight years with different trainers like Frank Martin, Angel Penna, Jr.,
and James Bond. I’ve worked for really, really good people.”
Previously she had won the Iroquois Stakes on 22 October, 2011, at Belmont Park going seven furlongs, but the Broadway Stakes win was something else, which is now helping her trainer getting acquaintances from the United States and Argentina.
“I’m so blessed, so blessed,” said Coronel. “Now I feel relieved. Everything was perfect. Yesterday was very exciting. I got phone calls yesterday from everywhere, from my country, Argentina, from friends here in the United States. Today people have been
coming to see me [at the barn].”
Risky Rachel came out of the race fine, and she will be soon pointed toward another race, preferably a graded stakes to come under the radar in the older horse division, which would be a great think for both the mare and the conditioner.
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