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Apollitical Jess
World Champion, 2-Time Champion
and #1 Leading Money Earning Colt of 2010 Apollitical Jess si 107 (Mr Jess Perry-Apollitical Time, Apollo TB) will stand the 2017 season at James Ranch in Wayne, Oklahoma. The 2007 sorrel stallion won 8 races, including the Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1 and Champion Of Champions-G1. Apollitical Jess is the sire of nearly $10 million, including Champion Apollitical Blood si 96 ($1,519,800).
Brace For Bernal
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt Brace
For Bernal si 104 (Furyofthewind-Zoom Bracer, Shazoom) will stand the 2017 season at Delta Equine Center in Vinton, Louisiana. The 2010 brown stallion earned $322,326 winning the Heritage Place Derby-G1, Remington Park Oklahoma Bred Derby and Bill Hedge Memorial. Brace For Bernal’s first foals race in 2017.
BV Travelin Soldier
BV Travelin Soldier si 97 (Corona Cartel-Ms Tres Seis, Tres Seis) will stand the 2017 season at Belle Mere Farm in
Norman, Oklahoma. The 2012 bay stal- lion is a 3-time winner with earnings of $211,282 finishing second in the Heritage Place Futurity-G1 and third in the Master Bug Handicap. BV Travelin Soldier’s first foals will arrive in 2017.
Cartels Candy Man
Cartels Candy Man si 96 (Corona Cartel-This Candys Special, Strawfly Special) is standing the 2017 season at Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie, Oklahoma. The 2009 bay stallion is a full brother to multiple stakes winners and out of a stakes winning half-sister to the dam of 2-time Champion Jess Good Candy. Cartels Candy Man the sire of multiple money earners from his first few starters.
Coronas Fast Dash
Grade 1 stakes placed winner Coronas Fast Dash si 102 (Corona Cartel-Dash
Fast Girl, Heza Fast Man) will stand the 2017 season at James Ranch in Wayne, Oklahoma. The 2005 bay stallion was second in the Heritage Place Derby-G1, and a finalist in races such as the All American
Futurity-G1, Remington Park Deby-G1, Rainbow Derby-G1, and Dash For Cash Futurity-G1. He retired to stud with earn- ings of $156,412. Coronas Fast Dash is a multiple stakes/New Track Record sire of nearly $1 million from limited starters.
Dejon
Dejon si 99 (Mr Jess Perry-My Dashing Lady, Dash For Cash) will stand the 2017 season at Fales Ranch in Coolidge, Arizona. The 2001 sorrel stallion was second in
the Ghosts And Goblins Handicap at Los Alamitos and was also a finalist in the
All American Derby-G1 and West Texas Maturity-G2. Dejon is the sire of multiple stakes winners from limited starters.
FDD Going Grand
East Hi-Point Aged Stallion and 3-time stakes winner FDD Dynasty si 112 (FDD Dynasty-Cash Cartel, Corona Cartel) is standing the 2017 season at Tate Farms in Ville Platte, Louisiana. The 2010 sor-
rel gelding earned $197,510 winning the Develop A Plan Stakes-G3, Old South Derby, and Evangeline Downs Dash. He
SPEEDHORSE PHOTO ARCHIVE ANSWER
The photo on page 161 shows Special Leader and jockey Kenny Hart after winning the Grade 1 Champion of Champions-G1 for owner/ breeder Joe Kirk Fulton at Los Alamitos on Dec. 21, 1991. The favorite in the race was Refrigerator, who was the previous year’s Champion 2-Year- Old Gelding and then the 1992 and 1993 World Champion. Special Leader, trained by Mike Robbins, scored a neck win with a driving finish while Refrigerator finished third a neck behind Isaws Sugar Bear, who became the 1991 Champion Aged Mare. Others in the race, which is a top contest for the industry’s older horses, were Champions Apprehend, Jazzing Hi, See Me Gone, and Takin On The Cash.
Said Robbins after the race, “I honestly think this was one of the best Champion of Champions fields I’ve seen . . . They were all quality horses and they all got out there and worked.” Robbins had previously won two other Champion of Champions with World Champions Sgt Pepper Feature and Dashs Dream.
Special Leader (Special Effort-Miss Eye Opener, Dash For Cash) was part of a pair of horses in the Champion of Champions owned by Fulton and trained by Robbins. The other was Reckless Dash. The two colts were born the same year and at the same place, and they were traveling buddies and stablemates their entire lives.
Special Leader, who earlier in 1991 won the All American Gold Cup-G1, was named the 1991 World Champion, Champion Aged Horse, Champion Aged Stallion.
The 1987 bay stallion retired after his win in the Champion of Champions with a record of 18-7(2)-4(3)-2(1) from 18 starts and earnings of $292,605. Moving to the breeding shed, he sired the earners of nearly $14 million, including Champions Leading Spirit and A Special Martini. Special Leader also became a top broodmare sire of over $12.6 million, including World Champion DM Shicago.
This year’s Grade 1 Champion of Champions was run on Dec. 10 and was won by Zoomin For Spuds.
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