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APOLLITICAL CHAD QUALIFIES FOR
MILLION DOLLAR GRADE 1 RUIDOSO FUTURITY
Jockey Adrian Ramos rides Apollitical Chad to victory in the 5th trial at Ruidoso Downs Friday afternoon.
© Gay Harris / Ruidoso DownsRUIDOSO DOWNS, NM—MAY 27, 2016— Nueve Racing’s Apolltical Chad stepped up in the fifth of 15 trails to score the biggest winning margin and set the fourth fastest qualifying time from the first of two days of trials to the Grade 1, $1 million Ruidoso Futurity at Ruidoso Downs on Friday afternoon.
It was opening day for the Ruidoso Downs’ season that runs through Labor Day and the running of the Grade 1, $3 Million All American Futurity, which offers the world’s largest purse for a two-year-old race.
The two-year-olds with the five-fastest times from Friday’s trials join the horses with the five-fastest times from Saturday’s trials in the 350-yard finals $1 million final on Sunday, June 12.
Bred in Oklahoma by Weetona Stanley and W.E. Smith, Apollitical Chad scored defeated his rivals by 2¼ lengths while competing the 350 yards in :17.770 seconds into a 13 mph headwind.
Wes Giles conditions with Adrian Ramos riding the gelded son of leading third crop sire Apollitical Jess from the stakes-placed and multiple stakes-producing Shazoom mare Fast Prize Tracy ($30,960). A sister to world record holder and Grade 1 West Texas Futurity winner Fast Prize Zoom ($192,875), she is the dam of Cherokee Nation Stakes winner Spit Curl Trey ($51,660), etc.
For the complete list of Ruidoso Futurity finalists for Day 1, times, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys CLICK HERE.