Great Falls turned the $53,443(US) Canadian QH Cup Futurity (RG3) into a runaway Saturday afternoon at Century Mile, drawing away to a commanding 6 1/4-length victory in the 400-yard final.

With Ricardo Moreno aboard, Great Falls broke sharply from the inside and quickly established command before widening her advantage through the stretch. The 2-year-old filly completed the 400 yards in :20.017, earning a 101 speed index over a fast racing surface with a 20-mph tailwind. She earned $24,497(US) from the $74,136(CAN) purse.

Trainer William H. Leech conditions Great Falls for owner Jerry Stojan. Bred in California by Steve D. Burns DVM, the gray daughter of third-crop sire Mpshinning is out of Fall For It, by Separatist. She was a $24,000 purchase at the 2025 Los Alamitos Equine Sale Mixed Sale.

The victory improved Great Falls' career record to two wins from three starts and boosted her earnings to $43,154. She has now won both the Canadian QH Cup Futurity (RG3) and John Deere Century Mile Juvenile Challenge.

Rooters Wagon finished a distant second, holding a head advantage over First Flash The Moon. The gelding earned $11,134(US) for owner and breeder Glenn K. Wills. Buckey A. Stockwell trains Rooters Wagon, who was ridden by O. Amador Hernandez.

Rooters Wagon is by multiple stakes sire Jd Wagon Boss and out of Bitterroot Corona, by Sizzlin Red Corona. The runner-up effort left him with five seconds from five career starts and earnings of $35,349. He has finished second in the Canadian QH Cup Futurity (RG3), Alberta Stallion Stakes Futurity and Sale Stakes Futurity.

First Flash The Moon was another three-quarters of a length ahead of the fourth-place finisher while earning $6,858(US) for owner and breeder Ralph E. Danard. Craig Robert Smith trains the daughter of Obsessed With Corona, who was ridden by Miguel Angel Lopez. She is out of Yes Im First, by First Moonflash.

First Flash The Moon improved her career record to five starts with one second, three thirds, and earnings of $15,841. Her stakes placings include the Canadian QH Cup Futurity (RG3) and Sale Stakes Futurity.

Completing the field were Streakin Snow Wagon, Shiny First Down and Babes Wagon. Babes Wagon hopped at the start and was never a factor. M R Flying Corona and The Friendly Fire were scratched by the stewards.

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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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