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APOCALYPTICAL JESS si 96, $2,188,986
Champion 3 Year Old, Champion 3-Year-Old Gelding
Mr Jess Perry
Apollitical Jess
Streakin La Jolla
Scoopie Fein
Streakin Six Bottom’s Up
Sinn Fein
Legs La Scoop Falstaff
Tumble Along First Down Dash Favorite Attraction
Easy Six
Miss Assured
Raise Your Glass TB La Jolla
Three Oh’s Vansarita Too Scooper Chick
La Ferne
Lyphard
Ivorina
Tumble Wind
Shine Quick
Dash For Cash
First Prize Rose Easy Jet
Native Noblesse
Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet Rose Bug
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar TB Lanovay
Baby Steel TB Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Hijo The Bull TB Prescott Peggy Joe Tiny Watch
Gay’s Delight Some Charge TB Casco Rose
Easy Jet
Peggy Toro
Little Request TB Assured
Raise A Native Champagne Woman
St Bar
Top Pretty TB
Three Chicks OhMyOh
Vandy Garrettsmisspawhuska Triple Chick
Scoop Bam Quicksilver King
Nikita
Northern Dancer Goofed
Sir Ivor
Double Damask Restless Wind
Easy Stages
Rise ‘N Shine
Quickie
Rocket Wrangler
Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet
Rose Bug
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar TB
Raise Your Glass TB Native Empress
Rocket Bar TB Go Galla Go To Market Hide And Seek Jet Deck
Leo Jewel
Lady Bug’s Moon Casco Rose Moon Deck
Miss Night Bar Three Bars
Lena Valenti Lanolark TB
Vera Vay Leadstealer Creole
Rocket Bar TB Go Galla Go
To Market
Hide And Seek Spotted Bull
Hijo Lanty Double Joe H Peggy N
Anchor Watch TB Clabber Tiny Rocket Bar TB Miss Ginger Gay Depth Charge Miss Somebody Levan
Prissy Hankins
Apollo TB Apollitical Time
Half Time Attraction
APOCALYPTICAL JESS, ’16-G.
Dash For Cash
Holland Ease
Cassandra Crest
First Down Dash
Easy Henryetta
First Prize Rose Easy Jet
Babys Henryetta Dash For Cash Peggy Toro Tiny’s Gay Casco Charge
Cameronian Diamond For Leigh
Diamond Spoon
Breeder: Danny Joe Miller
Owner: Bill Robbins
Trainers: Trey Wood & Mike Robbins Jockeys: Ricky Ramirez, Tanner Thedford
2019 Record: 7-5(2)-1-1(1), $648,846, Ruidoso D.-G1, Remington Park Okla. Bred D.-RG3, 3rd Rainbow D.-G1.
Apocalyptical Jess turned the tables on Flash And Roll in 2019. Both earned Championships at 2 in 2018 and at 3 in 2019. Flash And Roll was named Champion 2 Year Old, but in 2019 Apocalyptical Jess took the overall 3 Year Old title with a near-perfect season—five wins, a second, and a third.
Bill T. Robbins owns Apocalyptical Jess, who was bred in Oklahoma by Robbins’ father- in-law Danny Joe Miller. Miller also bred the gelding’s first two dams, Cassandra Crest and Diamond For Leigh. Robbins had a hand in breeding Apocalyptical Jess because he liked stakes-placed Cassandra Crest and asked Miller if he would breed her to Apollitical Jess and sell the foal to Robbins.
In 2018 Apocalyptical Jess won racing’s biggest event, the All-American Futurity-G1. That earned him the Champion 2-Year-Old Gelding title.
Apocalyptical Jess in 2019 was a perfect two-for-two in his native state, first qualifying the fastest in his trial for the Remington Park Oklahoma Bred Derby-RG3. In the final, as the 7-10 favorite, Apocalyptical Jess scored by an easy 1 3/4-lengths.
In the Ruidoso Derby-G1, Apocalyptical Jess also qualified the fastest. He demolished his foes by 2-lengths. In the final, Flying Cowboy 123 went off the slight favorite over Apocalyptical Jess. Jockey Ricky Ramirez had qualified both of them and chose Flying Cowboy 123. That left Apocalyptical Jess for jockey Tanner Thedford.
Apocalyptical Jess broke on top and battled with Danjer throughout the 400 yards. Danjer never gave up, but Apocalyptical Jess was also determined and scored by a neck.
“We broke good and had a lane to run,” said Thedford. “Apocalyptical Jess did the rest. He is just a class act. Every time I thought they were catching us, A J just dug in a little deeper.”
Robbins was deeply appreciative in accepting more year-end awards for Apocalyptical Jess.
“It means just as much as the first time,” he said. “It’s just been a great year with this horse. We’re so proud of him and everything he’s accomplished. He’s had some great competition out there, and being a Champion again just makes it really special.”
Jockey Ricky Ramirez and Apocalyptical Jess win the Remington Park Oklahoma Bred Derby-RG3.
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