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From Diamond Spoon, Miller bred such runners as Takin On Spoon Man, winner of the 2003 Go Man Go Handicap-G1 at Los Alamitos, and stakes-placed Cassandra Crest, the dam of Apocalyptical Jess. Cassandra Crest has produced seven winners from nine starters, including stakes winner CC Seis and stakes- placed CC Kachina Eagle.
Robbins liked Cassandra Crest so much that he asked Miller if he would breed her to Apollitical Jess and let Robbins buy the foal.
“I wanted a filly,” said Robbins.
Instead, he got an All American winner. Valeriano Racing Stables LLC’s homebred Im
Jess Special V (Jess Lips-Special Folly Dash) fin- ished second in the All American final. Agustin Silva rode the gelding for trainer Toby Keeton. Im Jess Special V won two of his five previous starts.
Byron Woodard bred third-place No Mires A La Luna (First Moonflash-Dont Looke Ethel) and co-owns him with David Valdez. Ridden by Rodrigo Vallejo and trained by Trey Ellis, No Mires A La Luna had finished second three times and third once in seven previous starts.
Followed by Tools In The Sky (First
Down Dash-No Tools Required), MM Fourinthemorning (Mr Jess Perry-Easeful Dinastia), Pilot Points Moon (First Moonflash-Ms Pilot Point), Badhabit Jess
(Mr Jess Perry-Sheza Bad Habit), Lynnder
16 (Apollical Jess-Tinys Corona Queen), and Mo on f l a s h Nu mb er s ( Fi r s t Mo on f l a s h- St ren g t h I n N u m b e r s ) . Wo k a t e e O n F i r e w a s s c r a t c h e d .
R R a a u u l l R R a a m m i i r r e e z z J J r r. . w w i i t t h h h h i i s s w w i i f f e e J J e e s s s s i i c c a a a a n n d d s s o o n n R R a a u u l l R R a a m m i i r r e e z z I I I I I I . .
J J u u a a n n T T i i r r a a d d o o ( (o o w w n n e e r r o o f f A A p p o o l l l l i i t t i i c c a a l l J J e e s s s s , , t t h h e e s s i i r r e e o o f f A A p p o o c c a a l l y y p p t t i i c c a a l l J J e e s s s s) ) a a n n d d h h i i s s d d a a u u g g h h t t e e r r s s M M a a r r b b e e l l l l a a & & I I t t z z e e l l . . “Even though it’s the son of Apollitical Jess, I feel like he is one of my own,” said Juan.
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