{"id":1165,"date":"2007-09-04T23:50:04","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T16:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2007-09-04T23:50:04","modified_gmt":"2007-09-04T16:50:04","slug":"heartswideopen-fights-to-win-all-american-futurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/heartswideopen-fights-to-win-all-american-futurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartswideopen Fights To Win All American Futurity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal, September 3, 2007<\/em> \u2013 Javier and Manny Rodriguez\u2019s Heartswideopen won the showdown with the previously undefeated Wild Six in the $2 million All American Futurity (G1), but it wasn\u2019t Wild Six who pressured Heartswideopen to the victory.<\/p>\n

Under a stick-switching ride under Oscar Hernandez, Heartswideopen caught<\/p>\n

20-1 longshot SF Royal Bank in the final 50 yards to win by a neck. It was another half length back to third-place finisher Captain Courage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m relieved,\u201d said Heartswideopen\u2019s trainer Carl Draper. \u201cShe had to come from out of it, and I was worried when she broke out. But then I saw her kick in, and I stopped worrying because I know how far she can run.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wild Six finished a non-threatening sixth after winning each of her first six starts, including the $625,000 Rainbow Futurity (G1) and the $266,000 West Texas Futurity (G1). \u201c(The race) didn\u2019t go our way today,\u201d said jockey Tony Guymon, riding in his first All American. \u201cIt was a clean race. She just \u2026 I don\u2019t know, I don\u2019t have the explanation right now. It wasn\u2019t our day today, and it was the other filly\u2019s day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruidoso Futurity winner Heartswideopen raced from the outside post position in the eight-horse field, with Wild Six starting from the 7 hole. The early leaders \u2013 Libbys Feature and Greatful Heart \u2013 raced on the inside of the track with SF Royal Bank pulling along side halfway though the race. SF Royal Bank took the lead and then Heartswideopen, who was racing near the outside rail, got up in the final 50 yards for her second Grade 1 victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe broke well and then she went out (towards the outside rail),\u201d jockey Oscar Hernandez said after his first All American Futurity victory. \u201cEven though she went out, I knew she would drift in near the grandstand. That\u2019s when I switched sticks (to the left hand).\u201d<\/p>\n

Heartswideopen raced the 440-yards in :20.997. She ran the fastest 440 yards ever by a filly or mare and the all-time fastest quarter mile by a filly or mare when she won her trial in :20.921.<\/p>\n

It was the second All American Futurity victory in four years for Heartswideopen\u2019s trainer Carl Draper and ended a bid for a record three-straight All American Futurity victories for SF Royal Bank\u2019s trainer Paul Jones. Draper won the 2004 All American Futurity with DM Shicago, who went on to sweep the three Grade 1 derbies at Ruidoso Downs to be named 2005 world champion. Five-time defending national training champion Jones won the 2005 running with Teller Cartel and last year\u2019s edition with No Secrets Here, who set the stakes record :20.88.<\/p>\n

A $60,000 yearling purchase in the 2006 Ruidoso Select Quarter Horse Yearling Sale, Heartswideopen has been brilliant since breaking her maiden in her career debut in March at Sunland Park. She broke her maiden in :15.21 for 300 yards, the quickest maiden-race time of the Sunland Park season. She bettered that time and posted the fastest-qualifying time to the West Texas Futurity when she won her 300-yard trial in :15.12.<\/p>\n

The $1 million first-place check pushed Heartswideopen\u2019s earnings to $1,282,690. The only blemish of her record came when she finished sixth in the West Texas Futurity, as the 4-5 favorite behind Wild Six. Ironically, that result was exactly reversed when Heartswideopen won the All American Futurity and Wild Six finished sixth.<\/p>\n

A daughter of Feature Mr Jess and two-time champion Dashing Phoebe, Heartswideopen bounced back when she set the fastest-qualifying time of :17.33 for the 350-yard Ruidoso Futurity and then won the $500,000 finals in a stakes record :17.08 while winning by a 1 1\/4.<\/p>\n

Draper then passed the Rainbow Futurity to point his filly at the All American Futurity and gave up the opportunity to earn the $4 million All American Triple Crown Bonus that goes to the connections of any horse who can sweep the Ruidoso, Rainbow and All American futurities.<\/p>\n

Runner-up SF Royal Bank, with Freddie Martinez up, ran the best race of his four-race career to finish a strong second.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just about got it. He ran a hell of a race,\u201d Jones said. \u201cWe were the 18-1 longshot and to come out there and to just about win \u2013 she (Heartswideopen) caught us at the last jump. To run the race he ran, we really got him to step up to the plate today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martinez added: \u201cIt was a perfect race. We had the best, cleanest break we could have had. I got outrun by a good mare.\u201d<\/p>\n

Third-place finisher Captain Courage lived up to his sale-topping $415,000 purchase price at last year\u2019s Ruidoso Select Quarter Horse Yearling Sale with his third-place finish for owners Chad Hart and Burnett Ranches.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy horse was just phenomenal,\u201d said four-time champion jockey G.R. Carter Jr. \u201cHe was really on his toes, and I was really expecting him to run a big race the way he was acting.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe broke really good, and I was right there with Heartswideopen and Freddie\u2019s horse (SF Royal Bank) the first 100 yards and my horse just gave it all to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Captain Courage, a son of champion and broodmare of the year Corona Chick, also ran his best race in the All American Futurity for trainer Heath Taylor. \u201cAny time you\u2019re in this race, you want to win, but I thought the horse ran a tremendous race,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cHe broke well, got away good. You have to take your hats off (to Heartswideopen). She\u2019s one of the fastest fillies that\u2019s probably ever run. We wanted to win, but we got a super, super race.\u201d<\/p>\n

The complete order of finish was Heartswideopen, SF Royal Bank, Captain Courage, Greatful Heart, Libbys Feature, Wild Six, Coronas Fast Dash and Strong Hope. The injured Royal Holland Line and Sure I Fly were scratched.<\/p>\n

In the $150,000 All American Juvenile, Gene White and Wayne Metcalfe\u2019s White Or Wrong pulled away to win the race for juveniles who did not qualify for the All American finals. The Sleepy Gilbreath-trained filly raced the 440-yards in :21.35 to break her maiden in her fourth start. The Mr Eye Opener filly was a close second in her previous two starts.<\/p>\n

Jess Ought To Flash finished second, but was disqualified and placed last in the six-horse field. That disqualification moved Possum Fust up to second and Red Storm Cat to third.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s closing-day card was presented to a crowd approaching 20,000 and<\/p>\n

$1,525,254 was wagered on the 12-race program, including $583,467 on the All American Futurity.<\/p>\n

AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on The American Quarter Horse Journal<\/em>, The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal<\/em> or America\u2019s Horse<\/em>, visit \/www.aqha.com\/magazines <\/a><><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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