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Experience And Up-And-Comers In Hobbs America Futurity Finals
Fastest qualifier Jm Famous Master will head a full field in Sunday’s $278,000 Grade 2 Hobbs America Futurity at Zia Park.

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Experience And Up-And-Comers In Hobbs America Futurity Finals

HOBBS, NM—OCTOBER 1, 2014—Sunday’s $278,000 Grade 2 Hobbs America Futurity will feature a mix of some 2-year-olds that have already reached the highest level of Quarter Horse racing in New Mexico and some that are late bloomers.

Fastest qualifier Jm Famous Master, ridden by Cody Jensen for trainer Umberto Belloc to a 19.451-second clocking in the second of seven 400-yard trials on September 20, was third in the $260,000 Grade 2 West Texas Futurity at Sunland Park in April. The Pyc Paint Your Wagon colt was also a finalist for the $700,000 Grade 1 Ruidoso Futurity at Ruidoso Downs in June.

“He’s so big and strong that the [heavy] track [in the trials] didn’t faze him at all,” Jensen said. “He just powered through it like nothing. He felt the best of everything I rode [in the trials].”

Eagle On The Fly, also trained by Belloc, took third in the $900,000 Grade 1 Rainbow Derby at Ruidoso in July. The One Famous Eagle filly's Hobbs America trial was her fourth trial victory in four attempts.

“She’s kind of a small filly,” said Jensen, who was aboard in the trials. “She kind of struggled with the heavier track [during the trials]. But she ran a really good race. She’s so solid.” Ramon Sanchez will be aboard in the finals.

Yet Jensen said that unheralded Dynazip, who was second in his trial to Volten in just his second lifetime start, may have the biggest upside of the four 2-year-olds that he qualified for trainer Belloc. He is a colt by leading sire FDD Dynasty.

“This horse might actually end up the best of all of them,” Jensen said. “But he’s the greenest of all of them. He’s so big that it takes him a long time to get moving. He’s not real quick away from the gates, but once he gets moving, he finished the best of all of them.” Jose Enriquez will pilot Dynazip in the finals.

Belloc will also saddle Political Report by leading first crop sire Apollitical Jess, who broke her maiden in the trials and will be ridden in the finals by Ricky Ramirez.

Another late-bloomer by FDD Dynasty, Takiana Romanova B, qualified second-fastest in :19.455 seconds in stylishly winning her first futurity trial in four attempts.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments—

  1. Dynazip (J. L. Enriquez) – 12/1
  2. Tropical Corona (J. P. Leos) – 8/1
  3. Political Report (R. Ramirez) – 8/1
  4. Eagle On The Fly (R. Sanchez) – 5/1
  5. Volten (L.S. Martinez) – 6/1
  6. You N Me (J. Badilla, Jr.) – 8/1
  7. Jm Famous Master (C. Jensen) – 3/1
  8. Pollstergeist (J.L. Levario) – 15/1
  9. I Wont Lose (S. Becerra, Jr) – 12/1
  10. Takiana Romanova B (L. Gamez) – 4/1

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