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Tell Cartel Offspring Sweep AQRA Futurity Consolation 1-2-3 With Hw Tellum Sweetly On Top
Hw Tellum Sweetly rallied late under jockey Kiaman McGregor to lead a 1-2-3 sweep for freshman sire Tell Cartel in Friday’s $17,800 AQRA Futurity Consolation at Turf Paradise.

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Tell Cartel Offspring Sweep AQRA Futurity Consolation 1-2-3 With Hw Tellum Sweetly On Top

By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

PHOENIX, AZ—DECEMBER 26, 2025–Tell Cartel foals ran away with the $17,800 AQRA Futurity Consolation on Friday at Turf Paradise by sweeping the 1-2-3 trifecta in the 350-yard dash.

Favored to win, Hw Tellum Sweetly delivered the knockout blow with a late rally at the wire to score the victory over Stellaaa and Block N Tell, who locked up second and third to give the second-year-sire a clean 1-2-3 finish.

Breaking fourth in a clean start, Hw Tellum Sweetly picked up the pace under jockey Kiaman McGregor and edged clear late to win by a head, stopping the clock in 17.973 seconds for an 83 speed.

Trained by Pedro Urias Soto, the sorrel filly earned $10,502 for her victory. She is owned and bred by Harold R. Wright out of Streakns Easy by Mr Corona Cash. Hw Tellum Sweetly just broke her maiden earlier in November and now holds a record of 2-2-2 from nine starts with $27,802 in earnings.

Stellaaa finished a determined second, just a head behind the winner after making a sustained bid through the lane under jockey Blake Nunnally for owners Fred and Michelle Merrick and trainer Matthew M. Fales.

Bred by Ron Lyles, she is out of Gunbearer by Desirio. Lyles. Stellaaa has yet to break her maiden from five starts, but she has kept solid company, including a third-place finish in the Desert Classic Futurity. She owns a record of 0-1-1 with $12,835 in earnings.

Block N Tell completed the Tell Cartel sweep in third, finishing a half-length behind his stablemate, Stellaaa, under Luis A. Valenzuela. The sorrel gelding out of Watchin the Rain by Takin On the Cash is bred, owned and trained by Matthew Fales. He has one win from six starts with $14,687 in earnings.

One Apolitical Queen finished fourth, followed by Imm Goin Goin Gone in fifth, Jess Icon in sixth, Texas Returns in seventh, Cartels Most Wanted in eighth, and Bd Royal Angel was in ninth.

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