QUALIFYING HISTORY
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Sam Houston Race Park4/16/20169Sam Houston Championship Challenge8Chart

CONNECTIONS
 Michael W Joiner
Trainer

A top-10 all-time leading trainer, Michael W. “Mike” Joiner has conditioned the earners of more than $18.1 million, including Thunderball B’s sire, champion FDD Dynasty, and FDD Dynasty’s champion daughter Kates Dynasty. Joiner went into the trials having sent out the winners of 611 races from 3,640 starters. On the first day of trials, Joiner also sent out G.R. Carter to win the 10th trial aboard qualifier Tempting Destiny. With qualifiers Thunderball B and Tempting Destiny in this year’s All American Futurity, Joiner works hand in hand with his son Cody, who also is one of the sport’s leading trainers and has conditioned the earners of more than $2.17 million.
 G R Carter, Jr
Jockey

G.R. Carter Jr. is the all-time-everything rider in American Quarter Horse racing. The 10-time AQHA champion jockey is the all-time leader by money, having ridden the earners of more than $65.8 million, and by wins, having gone into the trials with scores aboard 3,663 winners from 23,141 starts. Carter has won the All American Futurity (G1) twice, on Falling In Loveagain in 1998 and on world champion Stolis Winner in 2008. On the first day of trials, Carter won seven of the 14 heats and was aboard four of the five finalists qualified on Thursday afternoon.
 Jerry Windham
Owner

Jerry Windham is a former president of the American Quarter Horse Association who raises racehorses on his ranch at Snook, Texas, just west of College Station, and beef cattle on his ranch at Hamilton. He has bred 960 American Quarter Horses since 1977, including champions Kate Dynasty, two other champions, 59 other stakes winners, 389 other winners and the earners of more than $17.9 million from 664 starters. In partnership with Billy Smith and Pat Guthrie, Windham owns Kates Dynasty, who also qualified to the All American Derby by winning the ninth trial.


PEDIGREE
J Bar - Qualifying time: :21.309

J Bar won the fourth trial by a half-length with the fourth-fastest time of :21.309. The gelding made his stakes debut in the July 9 Rainbow Derby (G1) but finished fifth after a troubled start.

As a 2-year-old, J Bar qualified to the John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge (G3) and the Dash For Cash Futurity (G1), and returned this season to qualify for the June 28 Adequan Ruidoso Derby Challenge, but was scratched from all three finals.

J Bar is one of 24 winners and the earners of more than $612,000 from 59 starters in two crops raced by the 8-year-old Shazoom stallion Jess Zoomin, who in Grade 1 races was second in the Heritage Place and Texas Classic futurities and third in the All American Futurity and The Championship At Sunland Park. Bred by Jerry Windham, the earner of $461,126 also set a Remington Park track record at 350 yards when he won his Heritage trial by 3 lengths in :17.32.

Jess Zoomin is one of six winners and the earners of more than $708,000 from eight starters out of Jess An Illusion ($10,041), a winning daughter of champion Mr Jess Perry and Jerry Windham’s champion Beduino (TB) mare Indigo Illusion ($867,417). Jess Zoomin is a full brother to Sam Houston Derby (G3) winner Mister Big ($149,314), who ran in champion Kates Dynasty’s Texas Classic Futurity (G1).

J Bar is one of 11 winners from 14 starters out of the winning Runaway Winner mare The Jubilee Diamond ($12,570), whose dam is the champion Timeto Thinkrich mare Denim N Diamonds ($731,118). The Jubilee Diamond has produced the earners of more than $972,000, including the Holland Ease-sired stakes winners Winners Version ($399,046); Latest Version ($188,381), who qualified for By By JJ’s All American Futurity (G1); and Texas Version ($128,230).

Jerry Windham is the owner/breeder (see above).

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