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RUIDOSO DOWNS, NEW MEXICO
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Race Record: 5-2(1)-2(1)-1(0)
First Valiant Sign & G. R. Carter, Jr. kicked clear for a 1-length trial win
Owned by the partnership of Scott Bryant, Joe Dee Brooks, R. Lee Lewis and Derrol Hubbard, First Valiant Sign was brilliant in the 12th race on the second day of trials to the All American Futurity. With G.R. Carter, Jr. in the saddle, First Valiant Sign kicked clear to win by 1-length, stopping the clock
in the day’s fastest time of :21.582 as the 1-2 favorite. Carter qualified four
of the 10 All American Futurity finalists over the two days. For trainer Mike Joiner, First Valiant Sign won the Ruidoso Futurity-G1 and then finished sec- ond in the Rainbow Futurity-G1, the first two legs of Ruidoso Downs’ Triple Crown. His runner-up effort on July 19 was not indicative of his ability, as he was bumped between horses at the start and forced to make up ground. That neck defeat ensured no horse would win the $4 million All American Triple Crown bonus this year, though First Valiant Sign’s earnings will approach $2 million if he wins the All American. The gelding is out of multiple graded stakes winner First Painted Sign (si 103, $284,911), a young mare whose first foal is Grade 3 finalist Apollitical Sign (si 86, $10,129). First Valiant Sign has a 2-year-old half-sister, A Tres Of Seis, who ran second in the Heritage Place Futurity-G1 and sixth in the Rainbow Futurity-G1.
The All American Futurity will mark the first stakes ap- pearance for James Markum & Steve Burns’ Hatefulist. The undefeated colt broke his maiden in a maiden race at Los Alamitos before shipping to Ruidoso Downs. Trained by Paul Jones, Hatefulist went postward in trials to the Ru- idoso & Rainbow futurities, winning each but failing to
secure a finals berth. His fortunes changed in the 11th of 17 day 2 All Ameri- can Futurity trials, when his 1/2-length win in :21.596 gave him a spot in
the Quarter Horse racing’s richest event. A $24,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale purchase, Hatefulist was bred by Vessels Stallion Farm. His dam is 2004 Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Hardly Hateful (si 103, $436,979), who was 2nd in the Rainbow & Los Alamitos Million futurities during her campaign. As
a broodmare, she has produced Grade 1 finalist Feature Miss America (si 91, $47,104) & stakes-placed Hardly A Tres (si 88, $20,146). Hatefulist’s 2nd dam is Champion Distance Horse Hateful Hanna (si 105, $139,487). Other horses from this venerable maternal family include Champion Old Habits (si 106, $680,491), Check Her Twice (si 104, $215,361, dam of Check Him Out si 98, $418,528), Dash To Chivato (si 96, $150,549), and others.
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Race Record: 4-4(0)-0(0)-0(0)
Hatefulist & Salvador Martinez broke in & drifted out before taking a 1/2-length win in their trial
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