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DENVER PASS QUALIFIES TO $2.4 MILLION
ALL AMERICAN FUTURITY(G1)
Denver Pass qualifying off the rail on Thursday's All American trials.
Ruidoso Downs PhotoRUIDOSO DOWNS, NM—AUGUST 18, 2011—Weetona Stanley and William Smith’s Corona Cartel colt Denver Pass finished second to Jess Cuervo in the 25th trial with a :21.336 time, the 6th fastest to the Grade 1, $2.4-million All American Futurity.
Denver Pass and Jess Guervo were the only horses to qualify in the final 10 races of the day.
The horses with the 10-fastest times from the 26 440-yard trials qualified to run on Labor Day in the All American Futurity, the richest race in North America for two-year-old racehorses of any breed. The winner receives a winner’s check of $1.2 million, the largest winner’s share in quarter horse history.
Denver Pass is the first foal to race from Heritage Place Futurity(G1) winner First Carolina, an earner of more than $415,000. Denver Pass came into the trials off a win in the Rainbow Juvenile at Ruidoso Downs on July 25th.
He is 2-1-1 in four starts this season with earnings of $21,904.