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NEWS BRIEFS
Apollitical Jess
2010 World Champion Apollitical Jess (Mr Jess Perry-Apollitical Time, Apollo TB) will be standing the 2022 season at Bob Moore Farms in Norman, Oklahoma. The 2007 stallion earned $1,399,831 winning eight of 14 races, includ- ing the Champion of Champions-G1 and Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1. Apollitical Jess is the leading sire of 2021 and was the leading sire from 2017-2019 while standing at James Ranch since 2017. From just eight crops to race, Apollitical Jess is the sire of over $42 million, including nine Champions and three All American Futurity-G1 winners. He recently sired KJ Desparado, winner of the 2021 All American Futurity-G1.
Ivory James
2004 bay stallion Ivory James (Corona Cartel- Dashin Follies, Strawfly Special) will stand the 2022 season at Cox Stallion Station in Kaplan, Louisiana. Ivory James earned $220,026 racing
at two and three, winning five races and finishing second in the Heritage Place Futurity-G1. A full brother to leading sire PYC Paint Your Wagon, Ivory James is the sire of over $19.5 million in earners, including 51 stakes winners. His top progeny include 2-time Canadian Champion Had To Be Ivory, and his top money earner is 2021 All American Derby-G1 winner Instygator ($1,268,239). Ivory James is also the broodmare sire of Champion Duponte.
SPEEDHORSE PHOTO ARCHIVE ANSWER
The photo on page 211 shows Heartswideopen in the winner’s circle with her connections after winning the 2007 All American Futurity-G1.
She went into the finals having won 5 of her
last 6 outs, including her All American trial by
1 1/4-lengths as the fastest qualifier. In the $1.9 million finals, Heartswideopen beat out SF Royal Bank and Captain Courage, who went on to stand at 6666 Ranch and sire 18 blacktype horses earn- ing $6,001,164.
After getting away from the gate slow, Hearts- wideopen drifted in then found her stride and du- eled her way across the finish line a neck in front, earning a 101 speed index and the $1,000,000 winner’s share for owner Javier Rodriguez, trainer Carl Draper, and jockey Oscar Hernandez. After the All American Futurity, she rested to take on
the mountain for her derby campaign, in which she did not disappoint. Heartswideopen as a 3 year old won the Ruidoso Derby-G1 and Rainbow Derby-G1 and placed second in the All American Derby-G1 by just a neck. In 2007 Heartswideopen was the High Money Earning Horse and a 2-time Champion, and in 2008 she was also honored as
a 2-time Champion. This 4-time Grade 1 winner was bred by Kirk Goodfellow of Dreams Come True Ranch in Nacogdoches, Texas, out of AQHA Dam of Distinction Dashing Phoebe, dam of 15 winners from 18 starters with $2,372,415 progeny earnings including Champion Special Phoebe and Grade 3 winners Furyofthewind and Dashing- fordestiny. Heartswideopen has made the transi- tion to broodmare as the dam of 3 winners from 4 starters, total earnings approaching $100,000.
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