Careless Lightning's blaze resembles a lightning bolt.

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Q-RACING JOURNAL—NOVEMBER 6, 2015—It is stormy weather this week in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, and there is definitely a potential storm on the horizon for Saturday night. Careless Lightning is riding a three-win race streak coming into the $151,500 John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship (G2), and he could be ready to strike on the Lone Star surface.

The compact gray gelding comes out of the Leon Bard barn looking for his third stakes win in his sixth career start. After finding his footing in his first two races, he struck first in the $100,000 TQHA Sires’ Cup Futurity (RG3). That was followed by a win in his John Deere Retama Juvenile trial, and then dominated the $83,520, 350-yard final by 1 1/4 lengths.

The charcoal gray gelding, who has a jagged blaze down his face that resembles a lightning bolt, has rested since that August 8 win and comes into the race freshened.

“He was in the Dash For Cash (Futurity, G1) trials, and he had just a slight respiratory (infection),” said Bard. “We decided to save him for this and not run him (in those trials).

“But he’s done good, done everything right,” Bard added. “He knows how to win. They’ve got him to beat.”

Owned by Jesse Gibson of San Antonio, Texas, Careless Lightning has career earnings of $81,219. Careless Lightning was bred by this year’s Challenge leading breeder, Bobby Cox of Fort Worth.

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Careless Lightning's blaze resembles a lightning bolt.