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Championship Season Heats Up AQHA Racing National Polls
Championship season heats up for racing polls.

Championship Season Heats Up AQHA Racing National Polls

AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION—NOVEMBER 1 2018—There were virtually no changes to the latest AQHA Racing National Polls, but a strong slate of graded stakes in November offers the potential for significant movement as the year winds down and the championship season heats up.

This coming weekend features multiple graded stakes on New Mexico Cup Day at Zia Park and the Grade 1 Golden State Futurity at Los Alamitos in Southern California. The following weekend includes the Grade 1 Texas Classic Futurity at Lone Star Park with No. 1-ranked 2-year-old Apocalyptical Jess among the finalists. Lone Star will also present the Grade 1 Texas Classic Derby with No. 2-ranked older horse Hotstepper in the field.

On the West Coast that weekend, the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Super Derby will be contested. And yet more graded stakes will be held at Los Alamitos on November 17 with the 25th anniversary of the Bank of America Challenge Championships.

Those races should all set the stage for the final month of the year with marquee Grade 1 races on tap including the Champion of Champions and Los Alamitos Million Futurity in California and The Championship at Sunland Park in New Mexico.

NATIONAL RANKINGS, 3-YEAR-OLDS AND OLDER

1. JESSIES FIRST DOWN (90)
2. HOTSTEPPER (78)
3. BH LISAS BOY (74)
4. (tie) BODACIOUS EAGLE (55)
4. (tie) HE LOOKS HOT (55)
6. ZOOMIN FOR SPUDS (45)
7. HOLD AIR HOSTAGE (39)
8. TARZANITO (34)
9. HEZA DASHA FIRE (27)
10. JESS MOVE YOU (18)

KVN CORONA (11), SF HOT PASS (7), BRUCE ALLMTY (4), JESSTACARTEL (4), DF AJ GREEN LEAVES (3), EOS A POLITICAL WIN (2), JESS RAVIN (2), BELIEVE ME IRENE (1), MOONIE BLUES (1)

NATIONAL RANKINGS, 2-YEAR-OLDS

1. APOCALYPTICAL JESS (100)
2. MM FOURINTHEMORNING (86)
3. WAVE HER DOWN (69)
4. BLUE CORAZON (63)
5. (tie) IM JESS SPECIAL V (41)
5. (tie) SUZE RETURNS (41)
7. (tie) LYNNDER 16 (35)
7. (tie) LONG WAGON HO (35)
9. WICKED AFFAIR (22)
10. DANJER (13)

JESS FIRE CHICK (11), PAINT ME A SINNER (11), POWERFUL FAVORITE (8), COLE MAN 47 (7), EAGLE COAST (3), ZEE JAMES (3), AQUA FLASH (1), DOMINYUN CARTEL (1).

The integrity of American Quarter Horse racing is of utmost importance to AQHA. As part of a multifaceted effort to ensure integrity, AQHA has instituted a policy concerning awards and publicity that makes horses with racing medication positives and horses trained by trainers with racing medication positives ineligible for the AQHA Racing National Polls. CLICK HERE to read the complete policy.

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