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ima fearless hero si 92, $982,699
Champion 2-Year-old Gelding
Breeder/Owner: S-Quarter K, LLC Trainer: Jose Antonio Flores Jockey: Cruz Mendez
2015 Record: 8-6(3)-1-1, $982,699, Los Alamitos Two Million F.-G1, PCQHRA Brds.’ F.-G2, Ed Burke Mem. Juv.
Ima Fearless Hero, may be a half-brother to World Champion Heza Dasha Fire, but he can stand on his own four feet as the Champion 2-Year-Old Gelding of 2015.
Kathy and Don Meneely and their son, Shawn, would have had an incredible year with just Heza Dasha Fire. But along came Ima Fearless Hero to add even more excitement, along with cementing the quality of their broodmare Dasha Freda.
The Meneely family bred Ima Fearless Hero in Washington, and like Heza Dasha Fire, Ima Fearless Hero went to trainer Jose Flores. He runs in the name of the Meneelys’ S-Quarter K LLC.
Ima Fearless Hero began his racing career as a colt, running second in an April 17 maiden race at Los Alamitos. Flores didn’t feel that the youngster was concentrating on his job and recommended gelding him. Kathy resisted the suggestion, but Don agreed with the trainer.
“The horse had conformation and balance, but his mind wasn’t on running,” said Flores.
Ima Fearless Hero’s first stakes victory came in the Ed Burke Juvenile. That was just a warm-up for what he would accomplish the rest of the year.
Another change helped when Kathy suggested that Ima Fearless Hero needed a smaller blinker on his left eye because of his tendency to drift in.
“I thought it was because he would get ahead of his rivals and would then start going inside because he couldn’t see them,” she said.
Ima Fearless Hero qualified second fastest for the PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity-G2 when acing his trial by an easy 1 3/4-lengths. As the 9-10 favorite in the final under regular jockey Cruz Mendez, he blasted home on top by 1/2-length.
The next dances were big ones—the trials and final of the Los Alamitos $2 Million Futurity-G1. When Ima Fearless Hero soared in his trial by 2 1/4-lengths, the stage was set for the final showdown.
Ima Fearless Hero didn’t break on top this time and had to catch Docs Best Card. He didn’t let his connections or the bettors down, though, nailing Docs Best Card by a neck at the wire.
Ima Fearless Hero wins the PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity at Los Alamitos
First Down Dash
Valiant Hero
Corona Chick
Dash For Cash
First Prize Rose
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Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet Rose Bug Beduino TB
A Classy Chick Sizzle Te Lilsalady TB
Streakin Six Bottom’s Up Sinn Fein
Legs La Scoop Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Special Effort Easy Kiss
Rocket Bar TB Go Galla Go To Market Hide And Seek Jet Deck
Leo Jewel
Lady Bug’s Moon Casco Rose Romany Royal Jo-Ann-Cat Chick’s Deck Mayshego TB Azure Te TB Jet’s Fair Lady Reb’s Policy Here’s To Lil
Easy Six
Miss Assured
Raise Your Glass TB La Jolla
Three Oh’s Vansarita Too Scooper Chick
La Ferne
Rocket Bar TB
Go Galla Go
To Market
Hide And Seek Raise Your Glass TB Go Effortlessly Easy Jet
Cute Kiss
Three Bars Golden Rocket Go Man Go
La Galla Win Market Wise Pretty Does Alibhai Scattered
Moon Deck Miss Night Bar Leo
Linda Jewel
Top Moon
FL Lady Bug Levan
Prissy Hankins Grey Sovereign Romany Belle Rejected
Quick Eye
Three Chicks Decketta Mayhego Aegean Goddess Nashville
Blue One
Jet Deck Sooner Lady New Policy Yenoh Reb Exalted Rullah Jumpin Jackie
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
Three Bars
Golden Rocket
Go Man Go
La Galla Win
Market Wise
Pretty Does
Alibhai
Scattered
Raise A Native Champagne Woman Double Devil
Hijo Beauty TB
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar TB
Go Man Go
Cute Trick
Sizzling Lil
IMA FEARLESS HERO, ‘13, g.
Mr Jess Perry
Dasha Freda
Fearless Freda
Streakin La Jolla
Scoopie Fein
Dash For Cash
Such An Easy Effort
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