Rocket Seventeen will stand his first season in 2024 at Double LL Farms in Bosque, New Mexico.

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BOSQUE, NM–JANUARY 10, 2024–Rocket Seventeen SI 104, a grade 1 qualifier and stakes-placed son of leading sire Apollitical Jess, has been retired and will begin stud duty at Double LL Farms in Bosque, New Mexico this year.  His fee has been set at $2,500 with consideration.

A homebred owned-and-raced by The Quarter Company, LLC, Rocket Seventeen won or placed eight races and earned $87,577.  He was third in Azure Three Stakes and a finalist in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity(G1), El Primero Del Ano Derby(G2), Kaweah Bar Handicap(G3) and Independence Day Handicap(G3).

He defeated such horses as Bomb Cyclone ($1,446,063), Cattail Cove ($662,932), Sippin Hayden ($322,801), etc.

Rocket Seventeen qualifying for the $2,036,825 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity(G1) in 2021. © Amber Mendez

Rocket Seventeen's is by the industry's leading sire Apollitical Jess SI 107 ($1,399,831), sire of 134 stakes winners, 12 champions and earners of over $66.3 million.

Apollitical Jess' top performers include All-Time Leading Money Earner Kj Desparado SI 118 (champion twice, 15 wins to 5, 2023, $3,061,849, All American Quarter Horse Futurity-G1, etc.), Apocalyptical Jess SI 103 (champion 3 times, $2,251,556, All American Futurity-G1, etc.), Empressum SI 111 (World Champion, 22 wins to 5, 2023, $2,020,623, Champion of Champions S.-G1, etc.), Apollitical Blood SI 99 (champion, $1,519,800, All American Derby-G1, etc.), etc.

Rocket Seventeen's dam is the stakes winning Tres Seis mare Tres Magicals SI 93 ($54,475), dam of 100% ROM winners from starters, two black type including West Texas Juvenile winner and G1-finalist Apollitical Jet SI 93 ($105,868 at 2), stakes-placed Rocket Seventeen SI 104 (see above), Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity(G2) finalist Pyc Powerglide SI 88 (winner at 2, $25,999), etc.

The second dam is the stakes producing Fishers Dash mare Fishers Proud SI 90, a half-sister to AQHA Racing Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Hawkish SI 106 ($685,631, Kindergarten Futurity-G1, etc., QH Sire), AQHA Racing Champion Aged Stallion  Hawkinson SI 99 ($448,299, Los Alamitos Winter Championship S.-G1, etc., QH Sire), AQHA Racing Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Flame N Flash SI 94 ($439,151, Mildred N Vessels Memorial H.-G1, etc.), Pride Of Katella SI 104 ($199,187, California Sires' Cup Derby [R]-G2, etc.), Look Her Over SI 101 ($170,549, AQHA Members Plus S., etc.), Rare Walker SI 120 ($110,702, Mr Jet Moore H.-G3, etc.), Mister Katella SI 103 ($88,510,Paul B Ford Memorial Hdcp-1st Div, etc.), Duardo SI 94 ($27,382, 3rd The Classics Derby [R], etc.), Our Man Scott SI 101 ($21,565, 3rd California Breeders' Sprint S. [R]), etc.

This is the family of Charger Bar, Pacific Dream, Dashing Val and Jazzin Hi.

For additional information or breeding contracts call W.L. Mooring at (505) 864-2485.