Kool Kisses and Eduardo Luna Diaz dominated in the only Quarter Horse race of the program to close out the Patriots Day racing card Friday, September 11 at Horseshoe Indianapolis. The duo led from gate to wire for the win in :17.933 over the 350-yard dash.

Kool Kisses came out of the gate from post eight and was in control from the start. Fabulous Freddie and L. Daniel Martinez were maintaining ground along the inside with HH Bluemoonovrkntuky and Antonio Rodriguez from the center of the track.

As the finish line came into focus, Kool Kisses was well in command, striding out to a one-length advantage at the wire over Fabulous Freddie. Marys Tacha and Giovani Vazquez Gomez finished third.

Kool Kisses was the favorite of the field, paying $4.40 for the win. The freshman son of Kiss My Hocks was bred in Oklahoma by Steve Mullins. Rose Bode of Columbus, Ind. now owns the gelding, who is trained by Tim Eggleston.

Diaz currently leads the Quarter Horse jockey standings while Eggleston has a firm hold on the top spot in the Quarter Horse trainer’s standings. Both are defending champs for their respective divisions.

For Kool Kisses, it was his second straight victory and his first in stakes action. He is now two for five in his young career more than doubling his bankroll to nearly $35,000 in the process.

For Rose Bode and her husband, Keith, it was a nice victory to add to their credentials. They have owned several stakes winners in recent years in Indiana and have raised several stakes winners from their small breeding operation. One of Rose’s standout performers in recent years is Fire the Cartel, a winner of the QHRAI Stallion Service Auction Derby in 2021.

Fabulous Freddie turned in an even effort to finish second, 1 3/4 lengths behind Kool Kisses, earning $7,160 for owner-trainer Anthony F. Cunningham. Luz Daniel Martinez rode the 2-year-old gelding by One Fabulous Eagle out of Copas Cartel, by Carters Cartel. Bred by Pamela Brickley Hann, Fabulous Freddie was an $4,300 RNA at the 2025 QHRAI Speed Sale.

Marys Tacha finished another neck back in third and earned $3,580 for owner R Chavez Racing, LLC and trainer Jessica A. Vazquez. Giovani Vazquez-Gomez rode the 2-year-old daughter of Dulce Sin Tacha out of Marys Eagle, by One Famous Eagle. Bred by Valley Farm, Marys Tacha was a $15,000 RNA at the 2025 QHRAI Speed Sale. The official chart described her effort as "best of the rest."

Also-rans were Little Miss Winnie, Hh Bluemoonovrkntuky, Booms Chuggin Bayou, El Chico Fuentes, Lb Dash N Flash and Lb Lousiana Love.

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Few stallions in Quarter Horse racing are having a year like Lainie Whitmire’s Flying Cowboy 123, and the two-time AQHA Racing Champion has added another defining achievement to a rapidly growing sire résumé.

Standing at Lazy E Ranch near Guthrie, Oklahoma, Flying Cowboy 123 currently sits atop both the AQHA Leading Sires by Money Earned and AQHA Leading Two-Year-Old Sires by Money Earned lists. His remarkable season was punctuated Monday when undefeated Cowboys Flying captured the $3 million All American Futurity (G1), giving Flying Cowboy 123 his second winner of Quarter Horse racing's most prestigious futurity from only four crops to reach the races.

As of September 9, Flying Cowboy 123 leads all sires with $9,564,588 in 2026 progeny earnings from 392 starters and 157 winners, including 22 stakes winners.

His dominance among juvenile sires has been equally impressive. Flying Cowboy 123's 206 two-year-old starters have produced 82 winners and seven stakes winners while earning $6,212,698, placing him No. 1 among the nation's leading sires of two-year-old money earners.

Leading that powerful juvenile crop is Cowboys Flying, whose perfect six-for-six season has produced earnings of $1,822,793.

The 2024 gelding from the Carters Cartel mare Cartels Lady has emerged as the nation's premier juvenile with victories in the All American Futurity (G1), TQHA Sale Futurity (RG1), and Texas Breeders Futurity.

His All American victory gave Flying Cowboy 123 an extraordinary second winner of the race in just four crops to race.

Flying Cowboy 123's first All American Futurity winner, Cowboys Gun Z, captured the 2024 edition before being named AQHA Racing Champion Two-Year-Old and Champion Two-Year-Old Gelding. The son of the Tres Seis mare CF Smokin Gun has earned $1,678,945 and later added the Refrigerator Championship Stakes (G1) to his résumé.

The depth of Flying Cowboy 123's sire record extends well beyond his two All American winners.

His lifetime performers are headed by Cowboys Flying, Cowboys Gun Z and Lethal Cowboy 123, giving the stallion three individual runners with earnings exceeding $1.5 million.

Lethal Cowboy 123, out of Pretty Lethal by First Down Dash, earned $1,547,872 while becoming an AQHA Racing Champion Two-Year-Old, Champion Two-Year-Old Gelding and AQHA Supreme Race Horse. His major victories include the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity (G1), Golden State Million Futurity (G1) and Vessels Maturity (G1).

Other leading runners by Flying Cowboy 123 include Ask Her To Fly SI 102, runner-up in the All American Futurity (G1) with earnings of $700,175; Flying Joy 1 SI 102, the $525,212 AQHA Racing Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and 2026 All American Oaks (G1) winner; Cardiac Cowboy SI 102, a 14-time winner of $491,689; and Electrifying Cowboy SI 104, a multiple graded stakes winner of $419,203.

Overall, Flying Cowboy 123 has sired 59 stakes winners and 63 stakes-placed runners, with his progeny earning more than $26.6 million. His 570 lifetime starters have produced 336 winners.

Those numbers have already propelled the relatively young stallion to 22nd on the all-time leading Quarter Horse sires list by money earned, an impressive position for a stallion whose oldest runners are still early in their racing careers.

His success on the racetrack is also being reflected in the sale ring.

Through September 8, 68 Flying Cowboy 123 yearlings sold in 2026 for $7,402,500, an average of $108,860, and a median of $72,500.

Flying Cowboy 123's rapid rise as a sire follows an exceptional racing career of his own.

A son of all-time leading living sire Apollitical Jess, Flying Cowboy 123 was named AQHA Racing Champion Two-Year-Old Colt in 2018 and AQHA Racing Champion Three-Year-Old Colt in 2019. He won eight of 13 career starts and earned $965,811.

At 2, he won the Texas Classic Futurity (G1) and finished third in the Rainbow Futurity (G1). The following season, he captured the Texas Classic Derby (G1), finished third in the All American Derby (G1), and was a finalist in the Ruidoso Derby (G1).

His pedigree provided an equally strong foundation for success at stud.

Flying Cowboy 123 is out of Hot Cash 123, by Takin On the Cash, a Dam of Distinction whose produce also includes Cold Cash 123, the $1,409,781 World Champion, AQHA Racing Champion Three-Year-Old and Champion Three-Year-Old Gelding.

Cold Cash 123 won eight stakes during his championship career, including the Rainbow Derby (G1), Texas Classic Derby (G1), Championship at Sunland Park (G1), Remington Park Invitational Championship (G1) and Southwest Juvenile Championship (G1).

Flying Cowboy 123's sire, Apollitical Jess, is one of the most influential stallions in modern Quarter Horse racing. The World Champion has sired the earners of more than $87.6 million, including champions KJ Desparado, Empressum, Apocalyptical Jess and Apollitical Blood.

But Flying Cowboy 123 is quickly establishing a sire legacy distinctly his own.

With more than $9.5 million in progeny earnings this season, the nation's leading juvenile sire title, 22 stakes winners in 2026, and now a second All American Futurity winner from only four crops to race, Flying Cowboy 123's 2026 season has further established the Lazy E Ranch stallion among the industry's elite sires.

And with Cowboys Flying still undefeated after six starts, his biggest year yet may not be finished.

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The Sunday afternoon card at Sweetwater Downs will feature 11 races, with the first post at 1:00 p.m. The afternoon will bring plenty of excitement, highlighted by the $45,018 Cox Ranch Fillies and Mares Regional Distaff Challenge and five trial heats featuring 47 Wyoming-bred juveniles racing the clock for a chance to return to one of the meet’s biggest events.

The $45,018 Cox Ranch Fillies and Mares Regional Distaff Challenge is scheduled as the sixth race on the card, with a field of 10 fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and older, set to run 400 yards at approximately 3:20 p.m. Along with the purse and stakes title on the line, the winner will earn an opportunity to advance to the Challenge Championships on October 17 at Albuquerque Downs.

Rr Sweet Memories is the 3-1 morning-line favorite, leading the field. The 3-year-old filly enters the race off a recent trial victory, drawing away to win by a half-length. She has compiled a consistent record with two wins and five second-place finishes, earning $84,182 for owner Buckway Ranch, LLC, which purchased her for $100,000 at the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale.

The daughter of Jess Good Candy is out of the Coronado Cartel mare Conquering Marie and was bred in Oklahoma by Reliance Ranches, LLC. Joe M. Davis prepares the filly to race from post five, with jockey Juan F. Garcia, Jr., aboard.

Jolie Laide enters as the 7-2 second choice and will look to turn things around after a pair of starts in Wyoming. The accomplished 4-year-old mare has faced stakes company and will make her third start in the state as she looks to find her way back to the winner’s circle.

With six career victories and earnings of $190,362, Jolie Laide brings the highest level of experience to owner and breeder Doug Ruby.

The daughter of Big Lew is out of the Jesse James Jr. mare Two Wines and was bred in Oklahoma. James Kevin Goodnight trains the mare, who will break from post eight with Edwin G. Escobedo in the saddle.

Adding even more excitement to Sunday’s program will be five trial heats featuring 47 Wyoming-bred 2-year-olds, with every fraction of a second mattering as the juveniles race the clock for their chance to return for one of Sweetwater Downs’ biggest events.

With a championship opportunity on the line in the Cox Ranch Fillies and Mares Regional Distaff Challenge and the next generation of Wyoming-bred talent chasing qualifying times across five trial heats, Sunday afternoon at Sweetwater Downs will deliver stakes action and plenty on the line from start to finish.

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The opening weekend of the fall meet at Lone Star Park continues Saturday night with a 12-race program and a talented group of Texas-breds set to take center stage in the Restricted Grade 3, $50,000-added Dr. Glenn Blodgett Stakes.

The first post is scheduled for 6:05 p.m., with the featured event set for race seven at approximately 8:41 p.m. A field of seven Texas-breds, 3-year-olds and older, will line up for the 350-yard test, bringing together an accomplished group of stakes competitors for what promises to be one of the evening's most competitive races.

Bludz Valiant Policy headlines the field as the commanding 2-5 morning-line favorite. The 3-year-old filly has been on fire throughout her Derby campaign, winning four of five starts this season and continuing to build an impressive résumé.

Among those victories are the $60,000 Ms Retama Stakes and the Grade 3, $57,000 Selma Stakes. Her lone defeat of the season came in the $176,000 Sam Houston Oaks, where she finished second. Bludz Valiant Policy has now collected six career victories and earnings of $161,960.

The daughter of Apollitical Blood is out of the Tres Seis mare Bp Tres Policies and is a Texas homebred for Three Bar T Quarter Horses. Trainer Ben Olaveson will send the talented filly to the gate from post five, with Luis L. Vivanco returning to the saddle.

Waiting to challenge the favorite is Baby Ruth, who enters as the 5-1 second choice on the morning line. The 4-year-old mare arrives at Lone Star Park off a determined victory in the $60,000 TQHA 250 Stakes, where she battled to a driving finish and prevailed by a neck.

Baby Ruth has also shown her class throughout the season, scoring against allowance company at Remington Park before finishing second in the Grade 2, $50,000 Decketta Stakes. She races for owner Mi Serenity, who purchased her for $40,000 at the Heritage Place Yearling Sale.

Baby Ruth, a daughter of Jess Good Candy out of the Corona Cartel mare Jess a Cartel, was bred in Texas by Bobby Simmons. Trainer Marc E. Jungers will saddle the mare from post two, with Raul Ramirez, Jr. set to ride her.

With an in-form 3-year-old favorite taking on an accomplished older mare and five other Texas-bred challengers, the Dr. Glenn Blodgett Stakes has all the ingredients for a thrilling feature. Speed, stakes experience, and home-state pride will collide over 350 yards as Lone Star Park's fall meet continues under the lights Saturday night.

The races at Lone Star Park can be watched on Q-Racing Video.

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