Scorpion Shot ‘streaks home’ at Sunland Park

After breaking his maiden at Sunland Park under Alfredo Juarez on March 28 of last year, Scorpion Shot went on a six-race losing streak at Sunray Park, Albuquerque and Zia Park. Back at Sunland over the weekend, and with Juarez aboard, the 5-year-old Neolithic gelding ended the streak with an eye-catching daylight victory going a flat mile.

Scorpion Shot broke in mid-pack and began moving toward the leaders leaving the backstretch. He split the front pair as they rounded the turn, then began to draw off with ease late as announcer Eric Alwan bellowed, “Scorpion Shot streaks home a three-length winner.” The gelding bred by Debbie Walsh and Larry Anderson, manager at Getaway Farm, was clocked in 1:38.12, paid $21, and earned a check for $13,300, lifting his total to $29,682.

Scorpion Shot, a $17,000 OBS Winter Mixed purchase, received an Equibase ‘E’ speed figure of 77, best of his 15-race career, and became Neolithic’s fourth winner in January.