The 20th running of the Bank of America Challenge Championships will be held Saturday (October 27) at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa. This championship night brings together leading horses and horsemen from across the world. Click race title below to see contenders for each race.
| A ROYAL DERVISH | |
Qualifying Race: 1st Bank of America Emerald Downs Challenge Championship
2012 Record: 6-3-2-0 $44,723
Lifetime Record: 35-12-6-8 $136,353
Owner: Bob and Scott Giltner
Breeder: Abigail K. Kawananakoa (WA)
Trainer: Kurt Calton
Qualifying Jockey: Never Marin
Notes: A Royal Dervish raced in the 2010 Bank of America Challenge Championship(G1) at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.
| A SPRING SNOW | |
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Qualifying Race: 2nd Bank of America Mexico Challenge Championship(G3)
2012 US Record: 7-1-2-0 $45,537
Lifetime Record: 47-14-8-4 $245,034
<Owner: Leticia Jaquez
Breeder: Gordon and Lynn Nees (TX)
Trainer: Abraham Jaquez
Notes: Two races back, A Spring Snow won a Handicap at The Downs in Albuquerque.
| DASH GLORY EASE | |
Qualifying Race: 1st Bank of America Brazil Challenge Championship
2012 Record: 2-1-1-0
Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0
Owner/Breeder: Haras Fazenda Bela Ltda (BRZ)
Trainer: Paul Jones
Qualifying Jockey: J.A. Gomes
Notes: Dash Glory Ease won the Bank of America Brazil Championship Challenge.
| ETHICS ASIDE | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Bank of America Prairie Meadows Challenge Championship (G3)
2012 Record: 8-4-0-1 $109,290
Lifetime Record: 28-7-3-2 $146,284
Owner: Jorge L. Gonzalez
Breeder: Joe Kirk Fulton (TX)
Trainer: Jorge Gonzalez
Qualifying Jockey: Oscar Delgado
Notes: Ethics Aside will be defending his home turf as winner of the Bank of America Prairie Meadows Challenge Championship on September 15.
| FAST FIFTY | |
Qualifying Race: 1st Bank of America Evergreen Park Challenge Championship
2012 Record: 1-1-0-0 $16,933
Lifetime Record: 16-9-4-0 $95,724
Owner: Herds Racing
Breeder: Donalda M. Cochrane (AB)
Trainer: Donalda M. Cochrane
Qualifying Jockey: Tyler Walker
Notes: Graded stakes winner Fast Fifty comes into the Championship off only one start this season. He will be making his first start outside of Canada.
| FEARLES FRED | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Bank of America Fort Erie Challenge Championship(G3)
2012 Record: 6-2-1-1 $87,500
Lifetime Record: 30-15-3-3 $245,135
Owner/Breeder: Walter R. "Dick" Harrison (TX)
Trainer: Carol Rettele
Qualifying Jockey: Helen Vanek
Notes: Fearles Fred comes into the race off a win September 3 in the Battle of the Breeds Fall Challenge at Fort Erie He has competed at Sunland Park, Indiana Downs, Fort Erie, Mt. Pleasant and Hoosier Park this season.
| GIORGINO | |
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Qualifying Race: 3rd Bank of America Sam Houston Challenge Championship(G1)
2012 Record: 7-0-3-2 $45,950
Lifetime Record: 24-8-6-2 $313,604
Owner/Breeder: Jorge Haddad
Trainer: Jorge Haddad
Qualifying Jockey: Santos Carrizales
Notes: Giorgino has been at Prairie Meadows since August preparing for the Bank of America Challenge Championship.
| KOOL COUNTRY MAN | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Bank of America Sam Houston Challenge Championship(G1)
2012 Record: 6-2-1-0 $75,135
Lifetime Record: 21-6-3-1 $121,686
Owner: Jose Socorro Vera, Jr.
Breeder: Ramiro Lopez and Bob A. Gaston (TX)
Trainer: Jonathan Castaneda
Qualifying Jockey: Alfonso Lujan
Notes: Kool Country Man comes into the race off a win in the Garlyn Shelton GMC Truck Stakes(G3) at Retama Park on July 27.
| LLANO TELLER | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Bank of America Remington Park Challenge Championship(G2)
2012 Record: 4-1-2-1 $111,738
Lifetime Record: 23-11-4-3 $1,687,347
Owner: Wootan Racing and Reed Land & Cattle
Breeder: Wootan Racing (TX)
Trainer: Kasey Willis
Qualifying Jockey: G.R. Carter, Jr.
Notes: Multiple Grade 1 winner Llano Teller will make his first start for trainer Kasey Willis in the Bank of America Challenge Championship(G1).
| PATRIOTS GLORY | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Bank of America Turf Paradise Challenge Championship(G3)
2012 Record: 6-4-2-0 $63,225
Lifetime Record: 26-10-8-1 $170,164
Owner/Breeder: Richard and Genevieve Herrman (CO)
Trainer: Hipolito Michel-Valverde
Qualifying Jockey: Elliot Bacicha, Jr
Notes: Patriots Glory captured the final Bank of America Challenge Championship(G1) slot just two week ago on October 14.
| RYLEES BOY | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Bank of America Sunland Park Challenge Championship(G2)
2012 Record: 5-2-1-0 $73,685
Lifetime Record: 41-19-9-5 $785,166
Owner: Lorena Velazquez Rodriguez
Breeder: Gary D Nesbitt (AZ)
Trainer: Paul Jones
Qualifying Jockey: Joe Ruiz
Notes: Rylees Boy finished second in the 2011 Bank of America Challenge Championship(G1) at Los Alamitos Race Course and second in the 2010 Bank of America Challenge Championship(G1) at the Fair Grounds.
| A GAME DAME | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Adequan Sam Houston Derby Challenge
2012 Record: 5-2-0-0 $34,992
Lifetime Record: 10-6-0-1 $89,192
Owner: Michael S. Amburn
Breeder: Bob and Jerry Gaton (TX)
Trainer: Guy Hopkins
Qualifying Jockey: Luis Ramirez
Notes: Restricted graded stakes winner A Game Dame also won the TQHA Sires' Cup Futurity(RG2) at Retama Park as a 2-year-old.
| ATTACK THE CARTEL | |
Qualifying Race: 2nd Adequan Los Alamtios Derby Challenge
2012 Record: 4-0-2-0 $12,609
Lifetime Record: 7-1-3-0 $17,634
Owner/Breeder:: Steve Burns, DVM
Trainer: Michael V. Casselman
Qualifying Jockey: Oscar Peinado
Notes: Attack The Cartel will be looking for her first win this season in the Adequan Derby Challenge Championship(G1).
| EXCITING THE PLANET | |
Qualifying Race: 1st Adequan Evergreen Park Derby Challenge
2012 Record: 6-2-0-0 $14,764
Lifetime Record: 9-2-1-1 $19,396
Owner: Herds Racing
Breeder: Earl R Brown (NM)
Trainer: Donalda M. Cochrane
Qualifying Jockey: Tyler Walker
Notes: Exciting The Planet comes into the race off his win in the Adequan Evergreen Park Derby Challenge on August 18.
| FOLS JESSE | |
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Qualifying Race: 2nd Adequan Les Bois Park Derby Challenge
2012 Record: 6-3-2-1 $30,595
Lifetime Record: 10-4-4-1 $35,175
Owner/Breeder: Mesa Valley Farms, LLC (NM)
Trainer: Mark V Skeen
Qualifying Jockey: Joel Cruz
Notes: Fols Jesse enters the race off a win in the Kip Diderickson Handicap at Los Alamitos Race Course on October 5.
| HUCKLEBERRY MOJITO | |
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Qualifying Race: 2nd Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge(G3)
2012 Record: 8-4-1-1 $56,393
Lifetime Record: 13-5-2-3 $77,824
Owner: L M R 2011
Breeder: Gary and/or Patty Petersen (TX)
Trainer: Edward Ross Hardy
Qualifying Jockey: Clyde Smith
Notes: This multiple stakes winner bounced off her second place effort to Painted Lies with an Allowance victory at Prairie Meadows on October 6.
| JESS A COMMENT | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Adequan Retama Park Derby Challenge
2012 Record: 4-3-0-0 $26,034
Lifetime Record: 11-4-2-0 $97,922
Owner: Michael S. Amburn
Breeder: Raymond R. Loup (TX)
Trainer: Guy Hopkins
Qualifying Jockey: Luis Ramirez
Notes: Jess A Comment is the second starter in this race for owner Michael Amburn and trainer Guy Hopkins.
| MR TAKA B | |
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2012 Record: 4-0-0-2 $5,251
Lifetime Record: 13-2-2-3 $64,175
Owner: Vanessa Bartoo
Breeder: Bielau Oaks (TX)
Trainer: John Stinebaugh
Qualifying Jockey: Freddie Martinez
Notes: Still looking for a win this season, Mr Taka B was finalist in the three futurities at 2, including finishing third in the Sunland Winter Futurity.
| PAINTED LIES | |
Jack Coady / Coady PhotographyQualifying Race: 1st Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge(G3)
2012 Record: 9-5-2-1 $78,606
Lifetime Record: 19-7-4-4 $137,930
Owner: Tom Maher
Breeder: Bob Moore Farms, Inc. (OK)
Trainer: Amber Blair
Qualifying Jockey: Cody Smith
Notes: This double-derby winner will defending his home turf after winning the Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby in his last start on September 15.
| SECOND PAINTED SIGN | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Adequan Will Rogers Downs Derby Challenge
2012 Record: 7-4-0-1 $69,655
Lifetime Record: 11-6-0-1 $96,604
Owner: Mary Passmore Kirby
Breeder: The Mixer Ranch (OK)
Trainer: Jackie D. Kirby
Qualifying Jockey: Debbie A. Freeman
Notes: Coming off back-to-back derby wins, Second Painted Sign is also riding a three-trace win streak.
| SPECIAL AWARDS | |
Qualifying Race: 2nd Adequan Ajax Downs Derby Challenge
2012 Record: 10-2-1-0 $19,048
Lifetime Record: 19-3-4-1 $31,219
Owner: Gully Enterprises, Inc.
Breeder: Jerry Windham (TX)
Trainer: Alvin Turner
Qualifying Jockey: Cody McDaniel
Notes: Special Awards won a $7,500 claiming race at Fort Erie in her last start on October 3.
| ULTIMATE WAVE | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Adequan Arapahoe Park Derby Challenge
2012 Record: 3-2-0-0 $23,804
Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0 $26,758
Owner: Junior's Quarter Horses, Inc.
Breeder: Keilani Farms (TX)
Trainer: Chris Gandarilla
Qualifying Jockey: Russell Vicchrilli
Notes: After making only one start at 2, Ultimate Wave has won his last two starts. His dam is the Grade 1 winning millionaire Eye For Corona, winner of the Golden State Million Futurity(G1) at Los Alamitos Race Course.
| ALL OUT ARROGANT | |
Qualifying Race: 2nd John Deere Los Alamitos Juvenile Challenge
Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0 $13,888
Owner: Ronald Martin and Randall Dees
Breeder: Dean and Darrell Frey (CA)
Trainer: Cody Joiner
Qualifying Jockey: Eduardo Nicasio
Notes: This lightly raced gelding has made all four starts at Los Alamitos Race Course.
| BRACE FOR BERNAL | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st John Deere Will Rogers Downs Juvenile Challenge
Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-0 $27,999
Owner: Noel L. Prieto
Breeder: Joaquin N. Lopez (OK)
Trainer: Luis Villafranco
Qualifying Jockey: Paul Nieto
Notes: Brace For Bernal was also second in the Cherokee Nation Stakes at Fair Meadows this season.
| HEROES HEART | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge
Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1 $30,299
Owner: Horton Racing, LLC
Breeder: Todd and Dodi Horton (TX)
Trainer: Charley Hunt
Qualifying Jockey: Stormy Smith
Notes: Hereos Heart will be defending his home turf after winning the John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile in his last start on September 15.
| JESS LIKE STOLI | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st John Deere Turf Paradise Juvenile Challenge
Lifetime Record: 6-2-2-1 $32,757
Owner: Cynthia Guadalupe Gonzalez
Breeder: Triple M Farms, LLC (LA)
Trainer: Cynthia G. Gonzalez
Qualifying Jockey: Jrge Bourdieu
Notes: Jess Like Stoli qualified to the John Deere Championship final in his last start on October 14 at Turf Paradise.
| MS EAVES | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st John Deere Les Bois Park Juvenile Challenge
Lifetime Record: 6-3-0-1 $30,700
Owner: Oscar Jaime Diaz
Breeder: Christine Hudson (TX)
Trainer: Rodney S. Hyde
Qualifying Jockey: Joe Crispin
Notes: Ms Eaves also qualified to the Knight Transportation Futurity at Les Bois Park.
| RC HAD TO BE MY DAY | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st John Deere Sam Houston Juvenile Challenge(G3)
Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-0 $58,696
Owner: Jesus E. Longoria
Breeder: R C Running Horses (TX)
Trainer: Alex Villarreal
Qualifying Jockey: Luis Vivanco
Notes: RC Had To Be My Day was also a finalist in the Grade 1 Sam Houston Futurity.
| RG TRES EFFORT | |
Qualifying Race: 1st John Deere Evergreen Park Juvenile Challenge
Lifetime Record: 5-1-3-0 $15,351
Owner: Donalda Cochrane, Richard Brown and Billy Bird
Breeder: Jim Reynolds (TX)
Trainer: Donalda M. Cochrane
Qualifying Jockey: Sean P. Evans
Notes: Rg Tres Effort had raced in Texas, Idaho and Canada this season.
| RIGHTAMOUNTOFWRONG | |
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Qualifying Race: 2nd John Deere Sam Houston Juvenile Challenge(G3)
Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-1- $31,855
Owner: Potts, Powers, Smith and Stanfield
Breeder: Carl Smith and Jack Powers (TX)
TrainerCIndi Keeton
Qualifying Jockey: Jorge Roman
Notes: Rightamountofwrong won the Sam Houston Juvenile Stakes in April.
| ROCKIN DISCO | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st John Deere Ruidoso Downs Juvenile Challenge(G3)
Lifetime Record: 8-4-0-1 $36,159
Owner: Rockin J Running Horses and Jack Manning
Breeder: VWP Jr Inc. (TX)
Trainer: Michael Wakefield
Qualifying Jockey: Russel Hadley
Notes: Rockin Disco won three straight races at Ruidoso Downs over the summer.
| ROGUE COUNTY | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st John Deere Ajax Downs Juvenile Challenge
Lifetime Record: -2-2-1 $23,260
OwnerCedar Creek Tree Farm Ranch and Racing
Breeder: Hayden Brothers Ranch (OR)
Trainer: Cedric Hayden
Qualifying Jockey: Brian Bell
Notes: Rogue County has raced in Washing, Oregon, Oklahoma and Canada this season.
| SHEAINTCRYNREALTEARS | |
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Qualifying Race: 2nd John Deere Retama Park Juvenile Challenge
Lifetime Record: 10-2-5-0 $38,347
Owner/Breeder: Alan and Tawn Perkins (TX)
Trainer: Jesse Yoakum
Qualifying Jockey: Jerry Lee Yoakum
Notes: Sjeaomtcrynrealtrears finished second in the Dash For Cash Juvenile at Lone Star Park in her last start.
| A REGAL BLUE SKY | |
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Qualifying Race: 2nd Merial Distaff Sandy Downs Challenge
2012 Record: 5-0-2-1 $9,503
Lifetime Record: 23-4-4-3 $35,761
Owner: Vel Smith
Breeder: Donna McArthur (CA)
Trainer: Brett Vickery
Qualifying Jockey: Never Marin
Notes: A Regal Blue Sky will be looking for her first win this year in the Merial Distaff Challenge Championship.
| BELIEVERS GATHERING | |
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Qualifying Race: 2nd Merial Distaff Prairie Meadows Challenge
2012 Record: 6-0-3-1 $18,659
Lifetime Record: 44-8-8-8 $180,176
<Owner: Walt and Pat Fletcher
Breeder: Walt Fletcher (OK)
Trainer: Charley Hunt
Qualifying Jockey: Stormy Smith
Notes: Believers Gathering finished second in the 2010 Merial Distaff Challenge Championship(G1) at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.
| BERTHA VENATION | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Merial Distaff Lone Star Park Challenge
2012 Record: 7-3-2-0 $51,770
Lifetime Record: 21-8-4-2 $168,091
Owner: Jose Luis Salazar
Breeder: Corner K Quarter Horses, LLC (AR)
Trainer: Eusevio Huitron
Qualifying Jockey: Rodrigo Vallejo
Notes: This super consistent mare rides a three-race win streak into the finals of the Merial Distaff Challenge Championship(G1).
| DREAMERS CARTEL | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Merial Distaff Arapahoe Park Challenge
2012 Record: 5-2-1-0 $17,830
Lifetime Record: 10-3-2-1 $40,757
Owner: Junior's Quarter Horses, Inc.
Breeder: John C. Sperry (CA)
Trainer: Chris Gandarilla
Qualifying Jockey: Russell Vicchrilli
Notes: Dreames Cartel comes into the race off her Merial Distaff Araphoe win on July 7.
| FREDAVILLE | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Merial Distaff Remington Park Challenge
2012 Record: 6-2-1-3
Lifetime Record: 34-10-8-7 $265,946
Owner/Breeder: Robert A. Gentry (TX)
Trainer: Clinton Crawford
Qualifying Jockey: G.R. Carter, Jr.
Notes: Fredaville finished second in the 2011 Merial Distaff Challenge Championship(G1) at Los Alamitos Race Course .
| IM A FEATURE GIRL | |
Qualifying Race: 3rd Merial Distaff Prairie Meadows Challenge
2012 Record: 9-2-1-4 $23,539
Lifetime Record: 12-2-2-4 $23,189
Owner: Jorge Haddad
Breeder: J.E. III, D.C., C.T. Jumonville (LA)
Trainer: Kasey Willis
Qualifying Jockey: Agustin Silva
Notes: Ima Feature Girl qualified by finishing third in the Merial Distaff Prairie Meadows Challenge.
| L BAR D SNOW PRINCES | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Merial Distaff Sun Downs Challenge
2012 Record: 5-1-1-0 $15,253
Lifetime Record: 44-6-10-5 $49,076
Owner: Gerardo Sanquino
Breeder: F. Darrell and Linda M. Sanders (OR)
Trainer: Donald D. Young
Qualifying Jockey: Hugo Herrera
Notes: L Bar D Princes stepped up from a claiming race to win the Merial Distaff Sun Downs Challenge last May.
| LEANINTOIT | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Merial Distaff Fort Erie Challenge
2012 Record: 4-3-0 $47,521
Lifetime Record: 12-10-0-1
Owner: Donald Ito and Richard Wincikaby
Breeder: Marcus Smith (TX)
Trainer: Don Reid
Qualifying Jockey: Brian Bell
Notes: This multiple stakes winning filly has been super consistent finishing off the board only once in her career after getting a bad start in the Fort Erie Derby.
| PAINTED SABLE | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Merial Distaff Prairie Meadows Challenge
2012 Record: 5-2-0-1 $24,677
Lifetime Record: 19-7-2-3 $143,192
Owner: Tommy Hays and Bobby J. Barnett
Breeder: Lance Robinson and Max Anderson (UT)
Trainer: Edward Ross Hardy
Qualifying Jockey: Storm Smith
Notes: This super consistent mare will be defending her home turf after winning the Merial Distaff Prairie Meadows Challenge in her last start September 15.
| RTM SAY YOUR PRAYERS | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Merial Distaff Sandy Downs Challenge
2012 Record: 6-2-1-0 $13,845
Lifetime Record: 29-6-7-3 $31,436
Owner/Breeder: Susan T. Hanson (ID)
Trainer: James G. Hanson
Qualifying Jockey: Alan Corson
Notes: After winning the Merial Distaff Sandy Downs Challenge, RTM Say Your Prayers finished fifth in the Blane Schvaneveldt Handicap at Los Alamitos Race Course.
| ALL ABOUT LARRY | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Red Cell Distance Lone Star Park Challenge
2012 Record: 7-5-1-0 $84,644
Lifetime Record: 20-9-3-2 $98,934
<Owner: Diane Heath
Breeder: Las Vegan Ranch (AZ)
Trainer: John Stinebaugh
Qualifying Jockey: Salvador Martinez
Notes: All About Larry has won 870 yard stakes at three tracks this season, he is definitely bringing his A game into the Red Cell Championship.
| BOK MAN | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Red Cell Distance Sam Houston Challenge
2012 Record: 6-1-3-1 $26,810
Lifetime Record: 16-2-6-3 $37,926
Owner: Cynthia A. Jerman
Breeder: Patty or Bryan McDonald (TX)
Trainer: Jerry Jerman
Qualifying Jockey: Jeff Jerman
Notes: Bok Man has stepped up in class to stakes completion in 2012 .
| CALL HER HERO | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Red Cell Distance Prairie Meadows Challenge
2012 Record: 4-4-0-0 $40,261
Lifetime Record: 9-4-1-2 $44,400
Owner/Breeder: Horton Racing, LLC (TX)
Trainer: Charlton Hunt
Qualifying Jockey: Stormy Smith
Notes: This surprising young filly bring a perfect seasonal 4-for-4 record in the Red Cell Championship(G1). She has the fewest starts and is a daughter of leading second crop sire Valiant Hero. She is also defending the Prairie Meadows home turf after winning the Red Cell there on September 15 then returning to take the Grade 3 Covered Bridges on October 6.
| DE PASSEM OKEY | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Red Cell Distance Remington Park Challenge
2012 Record: 6-5-0 $119,800
Lifetime Record: 38-20-5-4 $410,621
Owner: Steve A. Holt
Breeder: Eddie L Moore, DVM (OK)
Trainer: Rodney Reed
Qualifying Jockey: G.R. Carter, Jr.
Notes: Two-time AQHA Racing Champion Distance Horse De Passem Okey will be the one to beat. He won this race in 2010 at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.
| EMPEROR VALERIAN | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Red Cell Distance Will Rogers Downs Challenge
2012 Record: 7-4-1-0 $62,557
Lifetime Record: 21-5-2-4 $77,442
Owner: Salvador Pimienta
Breeder: Kelly/Yearsley Equine, LLC (OK)
Trainer: Ralph Muniz
Qualifying Jockey: Ricky Ramirez
Notes: Also having his best year, Emperor Valerian enters the race off two straight stakes wins including the Brigand Stakes at Ruidoso Downs last summer.
| HES A REAL STONE | |
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Qualifying Race: 2nd Red Cell Distance Will Rogers Downs Challenge
2012 Record: 9-2-2-1 $35,581
Lifetime Record: 25-5-4-8 $80,040
Owner: Deere Connection
Breeder: Jimmy D. Kirkes (OK)
Trainer: Matt Whitekiller
Qualifying Jockey: Jorge Bourdieu
Notes: Hes A Real Stone qualified by running second to Emperor Valerian in the Red Cell Will Rogers Downs Challenge.
| JW A ROYAL FLIRT | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Red Cell Distance Sunland Park Challenge
2012 Record: 6-1-1-3 $38,212
Lifetime Record: 19-4-5-5 $54,120
Owner/Breeder: George and Judy Welson (UT)
Trainer: Blake Rust
Qualifying Jockey: Esgar Ramirez
Notes: JW A Royal Flirt is having one of his most successful years after stepping up from the claiming ranks to stakes competition in 2012.
| YIN YOUR EYES | |
Linda Berntsen PhotoQualifying Race: 1st Red Cell Distance Les Bois Park Challenge
2012 Record: 7-2-0-1 $23,170
Lifetime Record: 30-13-2-3 $125,994
Owner: Rne Laatsch
Breeder: B. Holburg and D. Canfield (WA)
Trainer: Bill C. Holburg
Qualifying Jockey: Robert Burney
Notes: Yin Your Eyes will be making his second appearance in the Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship(G1). He competed in the race last year at Los Alamitos Race Course.
| AINT EYE KOOL | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Pfizer SunRay Park Starter Allowance
2012 Record: 4-3-1-0 $28,678
Lifetime Record: 23-6-8-2 $53,882
Owner: David P. Alaniz
Breeder: James Allen (TX)
Trainer: Roberto Sanchez
Qualifying Jockey: Esgar Ramirez
Notes: Aint Eye Kook is having his best season with four three wins in four starts.
| DEAR HENRY | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Pfizer Remington Park Starter Allowance
2012 Record: 5-2-0-0 $21,963
Lifetime Record: 13-3-0-0 $31,040
Owner: Juan M. Escalante
Breeder: Dee and/or Betty Raper (OK)
Trainer: Juan M. Escalante
Qualifying Jockey: Jose Montoya
Notes: Dear Henry has finished off the board in his last two starts at Lone Star Park.
| EYES MOVIN | |
Qualifying Race: 1st Pfizer Sun Downs Starter Allowance
2012 Record: 8-3-1-0 $12,256
Lifetime Record: 28-8-10-2 $40,512
Owner: Bank On It
Breeder: Brenda L. Hoover (WA)
Trainer: Bill C. Hoburg
Qualifying Jockey: Tony Stillwell
Notes: Eyes Movin has won three of eight starts this season, including an Allowance at Les Bois Park.
| FIRST TIME TA TOWN | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Pfizer Sam Houston Starter Allowance
2012 Record: 3-2-0-0 $14,224
Lifetime Record: 10-4-2-1 $21,236
Owner/Breeder: Eve Hopkins & H.S.C., Inc. (TX)
Trainer: Guy Hopkins
Qualifying Jockey: Luis Ramirez
Notes: First Time Ta Town won four straight races before finishing fourth in his last start.
| JA SUNDANCE | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Pfizer Will Rogers Downs Starter Allowance
2012 Record: 2-2-0-0 $15,134
Lifetime Record: 15-4-0-3 $49,545
Owner: Danny R. Caldwell
Breeder: Joe B Allen (OK)
Trainer: Brian E. Muse
Qualifying Jockey: Jose Romero
Notes: Ja Sundance comes into the race with two wins in two starts this season.
| MOONIN THE CHICKS | |
Qualifying Race: 2nd Pfizer Los ALamtios Starter Allowance
2012 Record: 7-5-1-0 $31,151
Lifetime Record: 26-6-4-3 $43,868
<Owner: Juan Luis Martinez and Javier Rodriguez
Breeder: Vessels Stallion Farm, LLC (CA)
Trainer: Jose Antonio Moreno
Qualifying Jockey: Cruz Mendez
Notes: Moon The Chicks is out of Your First Moon ($750,726), winner of the 2001 Los Alamitos Million Futurity, a champion daughter of First Down Dash.
| OH MY GOL SIS | |
Qualifying Race: 2nd Pfizer Evergreen Park Starter Allowance
2012 Record: 7-2-0-3 $17,858
Lifetime Record: 19-4-2-5 $30,036
Owner: M and D Racing, Inc.
Breeder: Guerras Racing Stable (TX)
Trainer: Alvin Lee Turner
Qualifying Jockey:
Notes: Oh My Gol Sis won the Pfizer Evergreen Park Starter Allowance, but disqualified and placed second for interference.
| SENOR FISH | |
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Qualifying Race: 2nd Pfizer Remington Park Starter Allowance
2012 Record: 7-5-1-1 $55,220
Lifetime Record: 22-8-2-2 $81,174
Owner: Miguel Banuelos
Breeder: Newcomb Cattle Co. (OK)
Trainer: Jose Aguilera
Qualifying Jockey: Jose Montoya
Notes: Senor Fish has won five of seven starts this season including his last two starts on the home turf at Prairie Meadows.
| SUMMIT BID | |
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Qualifying Race: 2nd Pfizer Prairie Medaows Starter Allowance
2012 Record: 8-1-3-2 $16,843
Lifetime Record: 31-6-5-7 $77,854
Owner/Breeder: Donald and Peggy Boyle
Trainer: William S. Harris
Qualifying Jockey: G.R. Carter, Jr.
Notes: Summit Bid won the Adequan North Central Derby Challenge as a 3-year-old.
| ZOOMFECTION | |
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Qualifying Race: 1st Pfizer Prairie Meadows Starter Allowance
2012 Record: 7-2-3-1 $29,228
Lifetime Record: 20-5-4-1 $54,775
Owner: Danny R. Caldwell
Breeder: Bob Moore Farms, LLC (OK)
TrainerBrian E. Muse
Qualifying Jockey: Stormy Smith<
Notes: Zoomfection will have home turf advantage after winning the Pfizer Prairie Meadows Starter Allowance his last start September 15.
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