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2018 ALL AMERICAN FUTURITY QUALIFIERS
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MM FOURINTHEMORNING SI 98, $429,600
MM Fourinthemorning and Ricky Ramirez scored a 2 1/4-length victory
Race record: 4-3(1)-0-0 Day 2, Race #12
MM Fourinthemorning kicked off his career in the Ruidoso Futurity trials
on May 26. In 3 starts since, though, the Mr Jess Perry gelding has been perfect. His 2nd start in
a trial to the Rainbow Futurity-G1 resulted in a 1-length win and a spot in the finals. He took advan-
tage of that opportunity to post a 3/4-length win in the finals, making
him the only Grade 1 winner in this year’s All American Futurity. MM Fourinthemorning has topped the weekly AQHA 2-Year-Old Poll since his Rainbow win. In the 12th race on the 2nd day of All American Futurity tri- als, MM Fourinthemorning loaded into the 3-hole & broke well, immedi- ately dueling with George W 43 on his inside. Taking command of the race, MM Fourinthemorning opened a 1-length lead in the stretch & drew off to a 2 1/4-length victory in :21.648. MM Fourinthemorning is 1 of 3 finalists for the team of trainer Blane Wood & jockey Ricky Ramirez, and he is also 1 of 3 homebreds in the field, as he still races for breeders Mark & Annette McCloy. He is by Mr Jess Perry, and out of Easeful Dinastia si 91 ($28,509), whose first foal, Grinch On Fire si 87 ($8,650), was followed by five 2016 foals, of which MM Fourinthemorning is the most successful. Easeful Dinastia is a 1/2-sister to Champion FDD Dynasty si 102 ($1,173,001).
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BADHABIT JESS SI 89, $6,960
With Ricky Ramirez
in the irons, Badhabit
Jess scored a hard-fought head victory in the last All American Futurity trial to earn a coveted spot in the Labor Day finals. Breaking clean from the 6-gate,
the gelding took the early lead and held off strong challenges by No Mires A La Luna on the inside and
Badhabit Jess and Ricky Ramirez held off strong challenges to win by a head
Race record: 3-1-1-0 Day 2, Race # 16
CDs Wine N Dine on the outside to find the wire first. His winning time of :21.664 was one of the day’s 5-fastest marks, while runner-up No Mires A La Luna’s time of :21.680 also made the cut. Badhabit Jess started his career in the Ruidoso Futurity trials, where he crossed the wire 3rd, but was moved up to 2nd with the DQ of One Famous Stone. His next race was a trial to the Rainbow Futurity, where he was bumped after the start and ran fourth. The Louisiana-bred gelding was bred by Grant Farms LLC and now races for La Feliz Montana Ranch LLC. He was saddled by Blane Wood. Badhabit Jess will be 1 of 3 Wood-trained horses in the finals, and is 1 of 2 finalists by Mr Jess Perry. Badhabit Jess is out of Sheza Bad Habit si 116 ($164,545), who won 4 stakes races and set 3 Ntr’s. Winner Sheza Piloto Habit si 100 ($20,700) is her top foal.
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