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ALL AMERICAN FUTURITY • RUIDOSO DOWNS, NEW MEXICO
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K K J J L L E E A A D D E E R R O O F F T T H H E E P PA A C C K K s i 9 3 , $ 1 0 , 4 0 0
Race record: 3-2-0-1 • Day 1, Trial #9, 1st • KJ Leader Ofthe Pack receives every call enroute to a 1/2-length victory and the fifth fastest qualifying time.
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DOING SOMETHING GOOD si 92, $62,301
Race Record: 7-3-1-2(2) • Day 2, Trial #1, 1st • Doing Something Good makes a wire-to-wire run and wins his trial handily by 3 3/4-lengths as the fastest qualifier from day 2 of the trials.
KJ Leader Ofthe Pack made his first start on May 28 in the Ruidoso Futurity trials. He broke eighth from the 9-gate and made up some ground. He was in third at the first call and finished in third place but did not qualify to the finals. Next, he won his trial to the Rainbow Futurity where he was out on top from the 3-gate and made a wire-to-wire run. He had 1/2-length on the field at the first call and a length at the top of the stretch, scoring a 1 1/4-length victory. However, his clocking was just shy of what it took to qualify to the finals.
In just his third start, KJ Leader Ofthe Pack entered the 3-hole for the All American Futurity trials. He was out on top, had a head lead at the first call and 1/2-length at the top of the stretch. The sorrel gelding held on to win by that same margin and made it to the finals with the fifth fastest clocking. KJ Leader Ofthe Pack was bred by L&L Land & Cattle (John and Kathy Lee) in Arizona, and is owned by John Lee, Kathy Lee, and Ruben I. Mares. Trainer Wesley T. Giles has been his conditioner in his three races, and jockey Adrian Ramos has been aboard in all of those.
Doing Something Good enters the All American Futurity with a pair of third-place stakes finishes. The bay gelding made his first start on March 12 in the trials to the New Mexican Spring Futurity-G2, finishing second in his heat and qualifying to the $313,030 main event where he finished
a distant ninth after a slow start. Next, he won his trial to the Mountain Top Futurity by 3/4-lengths and finished third in the $50,000 Mountain Top Juvenile after a bumped start. Doing Something Good then went wire-to-wire in his trial to the Zia Futurity, winning by 2 3/4-lengths
and qualifying to the $379,425 finals where he bumped repeatedly and
finished second but was disqualified and placed third.
In his seventh career start, Doing Something Good stepped into the
5-gate for his All American Futurity trial – the first race on day two of the trials. The gelding exited on top and was never headed. He had 1-length at the first call, 1 1/2-lengths at the top of the stretch and finished 3 3/4-lengths to the good, holding on for the fastest clocking from day 2 of the trials. Doing Something Good was bred by MJ Farms in New Mexico, and is owned by J and SM Inc. Fred Danley is his trainer and he has been ridden by Noe Garcia Jr. in most of his races.
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