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RUIDOSO DOWNS, NEW MEXICO
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Race Record: 3-0(0)-2(0)-0(0)
Lethal Volcom (#1) & Manuel Gutierrez dueled throughout their heat and are outfinished at the wire to finish second
Martin Ybarra’s Lethal Volcom was a 35-1 shot who defied the odds to earn a spot in the All American Futurity. The Volcom gelding was unimpressive in three prior starts, finishing fourth in a Ruidoso Futurity trial, eighth in a Rainbow Futurity trial and 10th in a maiden race. Most of his problems in
those races stemmed from the start, and removing the blinkers for the All American Futurity trials seemed to solve the problem. With Manuel Gutier- rez up for trainer Victor Rodriguez-Flores, Lethal Volcom broke with the leaders and dueled throughout, finishing a half-length behind fellow quali- fier Hatefulist in a time of :21.654. While Lethal Volcom may have been a longshot in the trials, his pedigree makes him a contender in the finals, as he is a full brother to 2014 All American Futurity winner JM Miracle. Both horses were bred by P. K. Thomas and are out of the Dean Miracle mare Le- thal Delight (si 106, $453,701). Lethal Delight set a new track record at Zia Park during her career and has also produced stakes winner Lethal Express (si 92, $31,564), stakes-placed winners Lethal Cartel (si 96, $22,056) and Volcoms Delight (si 102, $54,921) and Grade 1 finalists Lethal Fortune (si 94, $36,267) and Lethal Strike (si 97, $46,369), among others.
Owned by Raymond Merrill of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Giv- ing It All debuted at Reming- ton Park, where he broke his maiden in a futurity trial and ran ninth in the Oklahoma Futurity Invitational Stakes. The gelding made his third start in a trial to the Ruidoso Futurity-G1, winning by 3 1/4-lengths and earning a trip postward in the finals,
where he finished last after a horrible trip. He was placed ninth with the disqualification of Jess Burnin. Trained by Brian Muse, Giving It All found smoother sailing in his All American Futurity heat. Ridden by G.R. Carter, Jr., Giving It All bobbled slightly at the start of the 440-yard race before rallying to finish second, beating the third-place finisher by 1 3/4-lengths. Giving It All’s dam, Sizzling (si 102, $147,912), is a multiple stakes winner and Grade 1 stakes-placed runner. She is a half-sister to Dash Of Perry
(si 103, $382,390, dam of Templar Knight si 93, $117,641) and sire Red Storm Cat (si 104, $226,439), among others. His second dam is Tiny Dash Of Cash (si 105, $211,118), a half-sister to Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Tiny First Effort (si 105, $445,393), Tiny First Down (si 105, $317,881), Crash Thru Traffic (si 108, $140,595), and others.
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Race Record: 5-2(0)-1(0)-0(0)
Giving It All (#9) & G. R. Carter, Jr. overcame a bobbled start and rallied to take second place in their trial
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