Fastest qualifier Stolen Ivory S Dash lived up to his billing Wednesday afternoon at Ajax Downs, drawing away to win the $44,533 Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity.

Ridden by Ismael Mosqueira for trainer Bryn Robertson, Stolen Ivory S Dash did not get away on top from post seven, breaking fifth before quickly finding his stride. The 2-year-old gelding surged from fifth to take command and drew clear late, completing the 330 yards in :17.123 as the odds-on favorite.

Owned by Carol and Jaime Robertson, Stolen Ivory S Dash was bred in Ontario by Guylaine Paquin. The son of Cold Hard Dash is out of the Ivory James mare Stolin Ivory.

Stolen Ivory S Dash came into the August 19 trials off a third-place finish in the Ontario Bred Futurity and now has a race record of 4-2-1-1 with $30,011 in earnings.

The Futurity was the fifth win from five mounts on the afternoon for Mosqueira, who went into Wednesday's card tied for leading jockey at 16 wins with Cristian Benitez.

"It just lined up that way today," said Mosqueira, who had five winners once before, during the 2025 season. "I'm just thankful and blessed."

Snowy Goose broke sharply from the inside under Alexis Sanchez and grabbed the early advantage. He fought on gamely after being overtaken by Stolen Ivory S Dash, holding second by a neck in :17.435.

Snowy Goose races for owner and breeder Milena Kwiecien and trainer Jason Pascoe. The gelding is sired by Maryland Magic and out of the Favorite Cartel mare Favorite Pearl. He now has a record of 3-0-1-1 with $11,928 in earnings after qualifying to the Ontario Bred Futurity in his career debut.

Whole Lotta Moxxie, meanwhile, broke third under Brian Bell and moved into second early before settling for third, just a nose behind Snowy Goose, in :17.481.

Whole Lotta Moxxie is owned by KT Quarter Horses and bred and trained by Kim Traviss. The filly is sired by Maryland Magic and out of the Junos Back mare Lookin To Be Iconic. Wednesday’s effort marked just her second career start, bringing her earnings to $5,246.

Cold Hard Chief, Oscar The Grouch, My Gypsy Girl and Baref Kool Rush completed the order of finish. Caviar Dreamz and Eyes Of Fate were scratched.

Few stallions in Quarter Horse racing are having a year like Lainie Whitmire’s Flying Cowboy 123, and the two-time AQHA Racing Champion has added another defining achievement to a rapidly growing sire résumé.

Standing at Lazy E Ranch near Guthrie, Oklahoma, Flying Cowboy 123 currently sits atop both the AQHA Leading Sires by Money Earned and AQHA Leading Two-Year-Old Sires by Money Earned lists. His remarkable season was punctuated Monday when undefeated Cowboys Flying captured the $3 million All American Futurity (G1), giving Flying Cowboy 123 his second winner of Quarter Horse racing's most prestigious futurity from only four crops to reach the races.

As of September 9, Flying Cowboy 123 leads all sires with $9,564,588 in 2026 progeny earnings from 392 starters and 157 winners, including 22 stakes winners.

His dominance among juvenile sires has been equally impressive. Flying Cowboy 123's 206 two-year-old starters have produced 82 winners and seven stakes winners while earning $6,212,698, placing him No. 1 among the nation's leading sires of two-year-old money earners.

Leading that powerful juvenile crop is Cowboys Flying, whose perfect six-for-six season has produced earnings of $1,822,793.

The 2024 gelding from the Carters Cartel mare Cartels Lady has emerged as the nation's premier juvenile with victories in the All American Futurity (G1), TQHA Sale Futurity (RG1), and Texas Breeders Futurity.

His All American victory gave Flying Cowboy 123 an extraordinary second winner of the race in just four crops to race.

Flying Cowboy 123's first All American Futurity winner, Cowboys Gun Z, captured the 2024 edition before being named AQHA Racing Champion Two-Year-Old and Champion Two-Year-Old Gelding. The son of the Tres Seis mare CF Smokin Gun has earned $1,678,945 and later added the Refrigerator Championship Stakes (G1) to his résumé.

The depth of Flying Cowboy 123's sire record extends well beyond his two All American winners.

His lifetime performers are headed by Cowboys Flying, Cowboys Gun Z and Lethal Cowboy 123, giving the stallion three individual runners with earnings exceeding $1.5 million.

Lethal Cowboy 123, out of Pretty Lethal by First Down Dash, earned $1,547,872 while becoming an AQHA Racing Champion Two-Year-Old, Champion Two-Year-Old Gelding and AQHA Supreme Race Horse. His major victories include the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity (G1), Golden State Million Futurity (G1) and Vessels Maturity (G1).

Other leading runners by Flying Cowboy 123 include Ask Her To Fly SI 102, runner-up in the All American Futurity (G1) with earnings of $700,175; Flying Joy 1 SI 102, the $525,212 AQHA Racing Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and 2026 All American Oaks (G1) winner; Cardiac Cowboy SI 102, a 14-time winner of $491,689; and Electrifying Cowboy SI 104, a multiple graded stakes winner of $419,203.

Overall, Flying Cowboy 123 has sired 59 stakes winners and 63 stakes-placed runners, with his progeny earning more than $26.6 million. His 570 lifetime starters have produced 336 winners.

Those numbers have already propelled the relatively young stallion to 22nd on the all-time leading Quarter Horse sires list by money earned, an impressive position for a stallion whose oldest runners are still early in their racing careers.

His success on the racetrack is also being reflected in the sale ring.

Through September 8, 68 Flying Cowboy 123 yearlings sold in 2026 for $7,402,500, an average of $108,860, and a median of $72,500.

Flying Cowboy 123's rapid rise as a sire follows an exceptional racing career of his own.

A son of all-time leading living sire Apollitical Jess, Flying Cowboy 123 was named AQHA Racing Champion Two-Year-Old Colt in 2018 and AQHA Racing Champion Three-Year-Old Colt in 2019. He won eight of 13 career starts and earned $965,811.

At 2, he won the Texas Classic Futurity (G1) and finished third in the Rainbow Futurity (G1). The following season, he captured the Texas Classic Derby (G1), finished third in the All American Derby (G1), and was a finalist in the Ruidoso Derby (G1).

His pedigree provided an equally strong foundation for success at stud.

Flying Cowboy 123 is out of Hot Cash 123, by Takin On the Cash, a Dam of Distinction whose produce also includes Cold Cash 123, the $1,409,781 World Champion, AQHA Racing Champion Three-Year-Old and Champion Three-Year-Old Gelding.

Cold Cash 123 won eight stakes during his championship career, including the Rainbow Derby (G1), Texas Classic Derby (G1), Championship at Sunland Park (G1), Remington Park Invitational Championship (G1) and Southwest Juvenile Championship (G1).

Flying Cowboy 123's sire, Apollitical Jess, is one of the most influential stallions in modern Quarter Horse racing. The World Champion has sired the earners of more than $87.6 million, including champions KJ Desparado, Empressum, Apocalyptical Jess and Apollitical Blood.

But Flying Cowboy 123 is quickly establishing a sire legacy distinctly his own.

With more than $9.5 million in progeny earnings this season, the nation's leading juvenile sire title, 22 stakes winners in 2026, and now a second All American Futurity winner from only four crops to race, Flying Cowboy 123's 2026 season has further established the Lazy E Ranch stallion among the industry's elite sires.

And with Cowboys Flying still undefeated after six starts, his biggest year yet may not be finished.

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Shakers No Secret added another graded stakes victory to his record Friday night with a determined win in the $58,718 AQHA Retama Park Championship Challenge (G3).

Ridden by Raul Ramirez Jr., Shakers No Secret broke sharply from the outside before moving into second and taking command late. The six-year-old gelding drove clear to defeat Im A Pretty Mess by a half-length, completing 440 yards in :21.869 for a 104 speed index.

Shakers No Secret is owned by Abel Lopez, Ethan Lopez and Manny Dutchover and trained by Marc Jungers. Bred by Garlyn Shelton, the $14,000 Heritage Place Yearling Sale graduate is sired by Five Bar Cartel and out of the No Secrets Here mare Shaker Secret.

Coming off a victory in the King William Stakes (G3) in June, Shakers No Secret improved his record to 42-12-10-6. The $28,185 winner's share boosted his career earnings to $893,110.

The accomplished gelding's stakes record also includes victories in the Championship at Sunland Park (G1), AQHA Challenge Championship Stakes (G1) and West Texas Maturity (G3).

Im A Pretty Mess finished second under J.R. Ramirez Jr. The three-year-old filly broke sixth but quickly surged to the front and led into the final stages before being overtaken by Shakers No Secret. She completed the distance in :21.963 for a 102 speed index.

Owned by SLC Racing LLC and trained by Shae Cox, Im A Pretty Mess was bred by Joshua Henderson and is a $24,000 LQHBA Yearling Sale graduate. She is sired by Tarzanito and out of the One Famous Eagle mare Eagle Diva. Her female family includes Dam of Distinction Jess Sass Me ($110,503) and champions Jess Walking Thru ($447,266) and Sass Me Blue ($296,378).

Im A Pretty Mess now has a record of 6-2-1-1 with earnings of $35,504.

Eagles Up crossed the wire in third under Luis Vivanco. The four-year-old colt raced fifth early before making a bid and improving to third, finishing in :22.069 for a 98 speed index.

Owned and bred by Jumonville Farms and trained by Marc Jungers, Eagles Up sold for $32,000 at the Heritage Place Yearling Sale before later bringing $75,000 at the Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale. He is sired by champion One Famous Eagle and out of the winning Walk Thru Fire mare U R Blue.

Eagles Up is a half-brother to Mardi Gras Derby winner Jess U R Blue ($147,791), while his second dam is world champion and four-time champion Blues Girl Too ($2,032,328). He now has a record of 16-5-3-4 with earnings of $176,240.

Still seeking his first stakes victory, Eagles Up has placed in several major events, including runner-up honors in the EVD Futurity (G2) and third-place finishes in the EVD Derby and Sam Houston Derby (G3).

Dr Pepper 123 finished fourth, followed by Defours in fifth. Klass Action and Sightseeing Beauty dead-heated for sixth, followed by Apollitical Jackie.

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The field assembled for the Grade 1, $100,000 Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap on Saturday night at Los Alamitos is arguably one of the most formidable, deep, and talent-laden lineups in the storied history of the 400-yard classic. Bringing together multiple Grade 1 winners and top distaffers boasting exceptional recent form, this year’s renewal promises a tremendous showdown, with the winner earning a presumptive berth to the 2026 Grade 1 Champion of Champions.

Leading contenders—such as Shaken Goin On, Bold N Beautiful, Ohana Spirit, and Curl Happy Wagon—enter the race coming off impressive stakes wins. They face proven Grade 1 titleholders, including two-time Charger Bar Handicap winner Rockin With Energy and Los Alamitos Oaks heroine Beuteeful.

Heading the key contenders is Shaken Goin On, the reigning AQHA Champion 3-Year-Old Filly and 2025 PCQHRA Horse of the Year, who arrives with incredible momentum. Owned by James Sills and AA Horse Racing Inc. and trained by Eddie Willis, the daughter of Freighttrain B recently added another victory to her record by capturing the Grade 2, $75,000 Abigail Kawananakoa Handicap in a thrilling finish.

Breaking cleanly from post seven under regular rider Justine Klaiber, Shaken Goin On took control early in the 350-yard sprint, opening a three-quarter-length lead. She held off a late-closing surge from Bold N Beautiful to win by a nose in a sizzling :17.391. That victory followed her season-opening score in the Grade 2 Miss Princess Handicap on May 3.

Shaken Goin On has won five consecutive races at Los Alamitos dating back to her victory in the Justanold Love Stakes on November 8, 2025—a streak that also includes a triumph against open male competition in the Grade 2 Southern California Derby. Overall, she holds a career record of 12 wins from 19 starts with $475,470 in earnings.

"She's one of them kind that doesn't like to get beat," said trainer Eddie Willis. "She's about as good as she's ever been. She's real sound and does everything right."

Owned by Parsons Family Limited Partnership and trained by Hall of Famer Paul Jones, Rockin With Energy brings high-level Grade 1 credentials to the 400-yard distance. Earlier this season, the 5-year-old sorrel mare became only the fourth horse in track history to defend her title in the Grade 1, $100,000 James Dreyer Charger Bar Handicap.

Unlike her front-running victory in the 2025 Charger Bar, Rockin With Energy overcame a slower start in the 2026 edition. Sixth early under jockey Henry Reynoso Lopez, she advanced to third at the midway point before rallying late to win by half a length in :19.841.

By Parsons Rock and out of 2009 Charger Bar winner Terrific Energy, Rockin With Energy has won eight of her 20 career starts, accumulating $356,598 in earnings. She also captured the Grade 2 Las Damas Handicap in late 2025.

For Jones, every victory from this point on holds historic significance. Jones has won 3,972 Quarter Horse races at Los Alamitos and is now just 10 wins shy of tying the late Blane Schvaneveldt’s track record of 3,982 victories. A winner of 20 training titles at the Orange County oval, Jones has won 4,621 Quarter Horse races overall, with his horses earning just shy of $92.6 million. His long-term goal is to reach $100 million in career earnings.

Trained by Juan Aleman for Gentry Farms, Bold N Beautiful enters the Mildred Vessels following a standout performance in the Grade 2 AQHA Racing California Regional Challenge. Running against males at the classic 440-yard distance, the 4-year-old filly broke sharply under Eduardo Nicasio, set the early tempo, and held off Grade 1 winner Scoops Dynasty to win by a neck in :21.727. With that victory, Bold N Beautiful became the first mare since 2010 to win the regional final over males.

Bold N Beautiful previously pushed Shaken Goin On to the wire in the Abigail Kawananakoa, missing by just a nose. With four wins and 13 top-three finishes from 19 starts, her earnings stand at $216,937. Aleman noted that the return to 400 yards in the Mildred Vessels fits her ideal distance.

"I knew she could handle 400. I think 400 is right at her distance," Aleman said. "Four-forty may be stretching her out a little bit, but Mr. Gentry wanted to see her go 440 and it worked out against the boys. Moving forward, the Mildred Vessels is what we want."

Jackpot Farms’ Curl Happy Wagon made her 2026 debut an impressive one, winning the $25,000 Florentine Stakes by 1½ lengths on August 9. The 4-year-old Favorite Cartel mare recovered from early bumping to draw away in :17.651.

Trained by Kristen Watanabe, Curl Happy Wagon seeks to emulate her dam, Curls Happy Wagon, who captured the Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap in 2020 for Aleman. Curl Happy Wagon has won five of her 13 lifetime starts with earnings of $142,260. Francisco Calderon takes over the riding duties aboard Curl Happy Wagon, who was previously piloted by Rodrigo Sigala Vallejo in the Florentine.

Another key entrant from the Aleman barn for Gentry Farms is Ohana Spirit. The 4-year-old Tempting Dash filly earned her breakthrough stakes victory on August 2 in the $31,135 Cox Ranch California Regional Distaff Challenge. Driven out by Martin Arriaga, she grabbed an early lead and held off 3-2 favorite AJ Flawless by half a length, stopping the clock in :19.929 for 400 yards.

Ohana Spirit has compiled five wins from 19 career starts and $258,772 in earnings. Her record includes a runner-up effort behind Shaken Goin On in the Justanold Love Stakes.

"It's been a pleasure and an honor to train for the Gentry family," Aleman said. "It's exciting because I've trained their mothers and their sisters, going back to their grandmothers. To have those families in the barn every year is a great privilege."

Aleman has conditioned several elite distaffers for Gentry Farms over the years, including Grade 1 winners Kiss Thru Fire and Fovee.

Keith Nellesen’s Beuteeful represents the sophomore division in the handicap. Trained by Watanabe, the gray daughter of KVN Corona earned a landmark victory in late March by winning the Grade 1, $415,500 Los Alamitos Oaks. Overcoming early contact from post position one under Sigala Vallejo, Beuteeful took command at mid-stretch and held off CM Jessa Blue Monday by a head in :19.718.

Beuteeful previously won the Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity in 2025 and qualified for both the Golden State Million Futurity (G1) and Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity (G1). With eight wins from 11 lifetime starts and $547,515 in earnings, she enters following a third-place effort in the Rainbow Oaks at Albuquerque.

“She’s just a great horse—she’s gritty,” Nellesen said. “She’s what we think a Quarter Horse should look like. She was one that we loved, and we’ve had such great luck with that cross of KVN Corona and her mother. I wanted that Oaks win more than any win ever.”

The field from the rail out: Silver Bac, Budder Off Friends, Curl Happy Wagon, Quick She Is, AJ Flawless, Shaken Goin On, Bold N Beautiful, Beuteeful, Ohana Spirit, and Rockin With Energy.