{"id":10539,"date":"2013-09-02T20:51:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T01:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=10539"},"modified":"2013-09-02T21:04:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T02:04:16","slug":"handsome-jack-flash-streaks-for-win-in-all-american-futurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=10539","title":{"rendered":"Handsome Jack Flash streaks for win in All American Futurity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Handsome Jack Flash - photo by Gay Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Handsome Jack Flash, trained by Juan Gonzalez and ridden by Jaime Leos, broke sharply and dueled all the way for a :21.166 victory, by a neck, in the $2.6 million G1 All American Quarter Horse Futurity on Labor Day, September 2, at Ruidoso Downs.<\/p>\n

“It was my first All American ride and I was nervous before the race,” said Leos. “My main concern was getting away well. Once we got to the lead, he just kept giving me all he had.”<\/p>\n

Reagal Eagle, trained by Eduardo Gonzalez, winning trainer Juan’s brother, was runnerup by a nose over Wagon Tales in the 440-yard dash, the richest race for two-year-olds of any breed in North America. Previously undefeated Especially Tres, the post time favorite and winner of her trial by 3 1\/2 lengths, yielded for fourth by a neck.<\/p>\n

Handsome Jack Flash earned $1.3 million for the win, his fourth in five starts, and now has a career total of $1,482,271. A gelded son of First Moonflash, out of a Mr Jess Perry daughter, he is owned by his breeder, Debra Laney, in partnership with Norma and Brenda Alvarez.<\/p>\n

This is the second All American Futurity win for Gonzalez, 48, who has conditioned earners of $12.4 million, including 2003 All American Futurity winner By By JJ, and also saddled this year’s sixth-place finisher You N How Many More.<\/p>\n

Feature Hero takes $2.8 million All American Derby<\/strong>
\nFeature Hero, a 24-1 longshot, claimed the richest win in Quarter Horse history on Sunday, September 1, in the $2.8 million G1 All American Derby. Wicked Courage, the 6-5 favorite and winner of both the Ruidoso Derby and the Rainbow Derby, finished seventh.<\/p>\n

The win was the first for Feature Hero, trained by Eddie Willis and ridden by Jimmy Dean Brooks, since he took the Remington Park Oklahoma-bred Derby this past April. The gelded son of Valiant Hero is owned by Gary and Micah McKinney’s Reliance Ranch. The McKinneys founded Racing Free, a new program that rewards owners of racehorses who win races and are drug free, a national effort to promote drug-free racing.<\/p>\n

Eddie Willis and Jimmy Dean Brooks also remained hot in Monday’s $85,000 All American Junvenile, when One Valiant Hero, by Valiant Hero out of a Mr Jess Perry daughter, raced to a 1 3\/4-length win. One Valiant Hero is owned by Valeriano Racing Stables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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