Day: April 5, 2005

Amarillo, Texas, April 5, 2005– Julian DeVargas’ A Long Goodbye broke the 440-yard world record while winning the $108,000 MBNA America Challenge Championship (G1) in :20.686. Pending verification, the 5-year-old gelding will lower the record of :20.773 set by Kendall Jackson in 2002. Carried by a 14 mph tailwind, the gelding and Esgar Ramirez won by a length over Special Task Force and earned a 110 speed index. Viva La Vicky finished third, followed by Dashin Kirk, Streakin Kilobyte, Shakem Elvis, Vital Jewel, Can Straw Fly, The Good Boy and Catscape. Trained by his owner, A Long