Jkh Almost A Dynasty rallied in the final strides to capture the $111,650 WABRA Wyoming Bred Maturity at Sweetwater Downs on Sunday, September 20, edging fastest qualifier Jess A Dash Of Class by a head in the 400-yard event.

Ridden by Cesar Moreno for owner UDM Investments LLC and trainer Uriel Dominguez, the 5-year-old mare stopped the clock in 19.906 seconds, earning a 92 speed index. After breaking sixth, she advanced through the field and sustained her rally to secure the victory.

Bred by Gordon Knudsen, Jkh Almost A Dynasty is sired by Jr Dynasty Mountain and out of the Favorite Cartel mare Almost Early. The $44,660 winner's share boosted her career earnings to $188,017, with a record of 30-9-4-5. Her previous stakes victories include the 2025 Energy Downs 307 Fillies and Mares Stakes and the 2024 Wyoming Bred Derby.

Fastest qualifier Jess A Dash Of Class finished a game second under jockey Jose Olivo for owner Lori Nebeker and trainer Kylie Valenzuela. The 4-year-old filly challenged late but was narrowly outfinished, stopping the clock in 19.932 seconds and earning a 91 speed index.

Bred by Ron and Laurie Moosman, Jess A Dash Of Class is sired by Jess Paint Me and out of the Winners Version mare Steffiesclassic Dash. She now has a record of 21-10-5-2 and earnings of $266,509. Earlier this season, she won the 307HR Wyoming Bred Classic Stakes. Her previous victories also include the 2025 KC Carden Wyoming Bred Derby and Wyoming Bred Derby, as well as the 2024 WABRA Wyoming Bred Futurity.

Er Mountain X was elevated to third following the disqualification of Yo Morning Delite, who crossed the wire third but was placed ninth for interfering with Chase This Creek at the start. Ridden by David Alvarez Jr. for owners and breeders Ross Brown and Elsha McGarry, the 5-year-old colt is trained by Ross Brown. He battled between horses before finishing fourth across the wire in 19.989 seconds, earning a 90 speed index.

Sired by Jr Dynasty Mountain and out of the Perrywithrhythm mare Ud Midnight Peach, Er Mountain X now has a record of 20-5-2-1 and earnings of $72,931. Earlier this season, he finished second in the Uinta County Accredited Wyoming Bred Maturity. He also captured the 2025 WABRA Wyoming Bred Maturity.

A Dash Of Steffie finished fourth and was followed by Kawlidga, Ha Ha Mesi, Kcross Poolboy, Chase This Creek and Yo Morning Delite. Teller June was scratched.

JJ Apollitical Snow SI 92, a Grade 3 finalist and son of all-time leading sire Apollitical Jess, has joined the StallioneSearch.com Member Stallion roster as he prepares to begin his breeding career in 2027.

The 4-year-old gray stallion, owned by J & J Stables LLC, will continue racing through the remainder of the 2026 season before entering stud next year at J & J Stables LLC near Keithville, Louisiana.

JJ Apollitical Snow will stand his introductory season for a fee of $1,000, with an additional incentive available to early breeders. The first 25 mares booked for the 2027 breeding season will receive a $250 discount.

A Louisiana-bred son of legendary sire Apollitical Jess, JJ Apollitical Snow is out of multiple stakes winner Snow Regard SI 96, by Chicks Regard.

JJ Apollitical Snow has compiled a record of three wins, four seconds and one third from 24 starts while earning $38,982 through September 10. He was named the East Hi-Point Three-Year-Old Colt in 2025 and was a finalist in the Grade 3 Firecracker Derby and G.C.F.A. Dutchman Stakes.

As a 2-year-old, JJ Apollitical Snow won twice and finished second three times from 10 starts, earning $24,740. He added another victory and a runner-up finish during his 3-year-old campaign, earning $14,142.

His sire, Apollitical Jess SI 107, needs little introduction. The World Champion and $1.39 million earner has established himself among the most influential sires in Quarter Horse racing history. Through September 2026, Apollitical Jess has sired 177 stakes winners, 14 champions and earners of more than $88.6 million.

His leading runners include two-time champion and All American Futurity (G1) winner KJ Desparado SI 118, with earnings of more than $3.47 million; World Champion Empressum SI 111, an earner of more than $2.7 million; three-time champion and All American Futurity (G1) winner Apocalyptical Jess SI 103, with earnings exceeding $2.25 million; and two-time champion Political Twist SI 105, winner of the Ruidoso Futurity (G1) and more than $1.66 million through his 3-year-old season.

Apollitical Jess has also firmly established himself as a sire of sires, with his sons increasingly making their mark at stud. His influence is led by Flying Cowboy 123, currently the No. 1 leading sire of money earners in 2026, while fellow sons KJ Mucho Macho Man and Chilitos have emerged among the industry's leading young sires. Champion Apollitical Blood, winner of the All American Derby (G1), has also developed into a successful sire and leading sire of champions.

Together, their success provides further evidence that Apollitical Jess is not only producing elite racehorses but also establishing a powerful and increasingly important sire line within the Quarter Horse industry.

JJ Apollitical Snow also brings a strong New Mexico stakes family to the breeding shed through his dam.

Snow Regard won four races and earned $241,205 while earning Superior Race Horse honors. She won the New Mexico Fillies & Mares Championship (RG1) and Sunburst Stakes and finished second in the Lou Wooten Handicap (RG1), New Mexico State Fair Senorita Futurity (RG3) and Jimmy Drake Stakes.

Snow Regard was also named New Mexico Hi-Point Three-Year-Old Filly and New Mexico Hi-Point Aged Mare.

The daughter of Chicks Regard has produced eight ROM from 11 starters, including JJ Apollitical Snow. Her other winners include JJ Coronas Snow SI 99, a three-time winner, and JJ First Down Dash SI 81, by legendary First Down Dash.

JJ Apollitical Snow's second dam, Sha Hooy Hooy SI 103, is a Major Rime mare and a half-sister to stakes-placed Blazin Force SI 102, an earner of $91,687.

With the combination of Apollitical Jess on top and an accomplished stakes-winning female family underneath, JJ Apollitical Snow offers Louisiana breeders a young stallion prospect with both racing credentials and proven bloodlines.

JJ Apollitical Snow will stand the 2027 breeding season at J & J Stables LLC, 14021 Johns Gin Road, Keithville, Louisiana 71047. His fee is $1,000, with the first 25 mares booked receiving a $250 discount.

For additional information or breeding inquiries, contact farm manager, Lexus Delbosque, at (469) 716-4101 or email jjstablesllc@gmail.com.

CLICK HERE to visit JJ Apollitical Snow's StallioneSearch.com Member Stallion page.

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Im A Pretty Mess, a stakes-placed daughter of multiple stakes sire Tarzanito, has been installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday night's $20,000 Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Stakes (G3) at Lone Star Park.

The 400-yard event for Challenge enrolled fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and older, is carded as Race 11 with an approximate post time of 10:25 p.m. CT. Eight fillies and mares are entered.

Also at stake is a berth to the $125,000-est. Grade 1 Cox Ranch Challenge Championship to be run during the AQHA Challenge Championship Night at Downs at Albuquerque on October 15.

Im A Pretty Mess, breaking from post 3 under JR Ramirez Jr., brings one of the strongest recent efforts into the race. The 3-year-old Louisiana-bred filly finished second to Shakers No Secret in the $59,000 Retama Championship Challenge (G3) at 440 yards on August 21 after leading into the final stages.

She was beaten only a half-length and earned a 102 Speed Index. One start earlier, she finished third against older horses in a 400-yard allowance at Retama Park.

Im A Pretty Mess has won two of six career starts with a second and a third and earnings of $35,504. Both victories came during her 2-year-old campaign, including a 400-yard futurity at Evangeline Downs. She is one-for-two at Saturday's 400-yard distance.

SLC Racing LLC owns the 8-5 favorite, who is trained by Shae Cox and will be ridden by Ramirez. Bred by Joshua R. Henderson, Im A Pretty Mess is from Eagle Diva, by One Famous Eagle. She was a $24,000 LQHBA Yearling Sale graduate.

Paint This Rose, the 2-1 second choice from post 8, brings considerably more experience into the Distaff. The 5-year-old mare has compiled a 2-8-1 record from 21 starts and earned $72,098. She has finished first or second in 10 of those starts.

Paint This Rose was second in consecutive Remington Park allowances earlier this year, including a nose loss to Mystery V on April 9. She crossed the wire first in another Remington allowance May 16 but was declared a non-starter and disqualified. In her two subsequent stakes appearances at Fair Meadows, she finished fourth in the Golden Driller Stakes and sixth in the Belles Stakes.

The mare also has previous experience in this race, finishing fourth, beaten one length, in last year's Lone Star Distaff Challenge after encountering trouble at the start.

Aaron Newsom owns Paint This Rose, who is trained by Kevin Willis and will be ridden by Mario Delgado. Bob and/or Jerry Gaston bred the Texas-bred daughter of Pyc Paint Your Wagon from First Tea Rose, by First Down Dash. She sold for $37,000 at the Heritage Place sale.

Lettibefirst, at 5-1, completes the top three choices on the morning line. The 4-year-old mare has won twice from 17 career starts with two seconds and two thirds while earning $43,668. She has made five starts this season, winning once and finishing second once for earnings of $19,761.

Her biggest performance this season came June 13 at Arapahoe Park, where she rallied to win the $19,000 Pen Pal Stakes at 350 yards by a half-length while earning an 102 Speed Index. In her most recent start, she encountered trouble leaving the gate and finished sixth in the $31,000 Arapahoe Park Distaff Challenge at Saturday's 400-yard distance.

Owned and trained by Zachary Quezada, Lettibefirst will be ridden by Raul Ramirez Jr. Armando Jaquez bred the New Mexico-bred daughter of Walcott from Dashing Lili, by First Down Dash. No sale information is listed in the program.

The remainder of the field includes Mitoles Princess at 10-1, One Magic Eagle at 12-1, Dynastys Girl at 20-1, Pairadice City at 8-1 and Bm Candi Royale at 12-1. The program's mutuel ratings also list Im A Pretty Mess, Paint This Rose, Lettibefirst and Pairadice City in that order.

The Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge is part of Saturday night's Quarter Horse stakes program at Lone Star Park.

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Paint and Appaloosa juveniles will take center stage Monday afternoon at Will Rogers Downs, where a ten-race card is set to begin at noon. The program will include three trials for the Grade 1 Pot O Gold Futurity, along with the Grade 1 $22,500 Cricket Bars Appaloosa Futurity.

A total of 22 two-year-olds will line up in races two through four of the Pot O Gold Futurity Trials. The juveniles will race 350 yards, and the ten fastest qualifiers will earn a return trip to the Grade 1 $30,000-added Pot O Gold Futurity final on October 5.

Dulce Dinero leads the opening trial as the 2-1 morning-line favorite in race two. The consistent gelding has made seven starts this season, with two wins, three seconds, and one third, and has missed the board only once in his career debut.

He has already proven himself against stakes competition, finishing runner-up in the $35,000 Oklahoma Paint & Appaloosa Juvenile at Remington Park and placing third in the Grade 1 $231,400 Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity. Most recently, he added another stakes placing, finishing second in the $20,000 Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Juvenile at Fair Meadows. Those efforts have pushed his career earnings to $50,281.

The son of Dulce Sin Tacha is out of the Gitter Dun Turnpike mare Wf Gitter Dun Chick. Dulce Dinero, an Oklahoma homebred for breeders and owners Shari Burger and Vickie McBee, is trained by Jesus “Pancho” Ruiz. He will break from post seven with jockey Mario Delgado aboard.

The final Pot O Gold trial in race four brings another accomplished juvenile into the spotlight, with Collective Power entering as the 2-1 morning-line favorite.

The two-year-old filly arrives at Will Rogers Downs with a three-race winning streak, highlighted by her victory in the Grade 1 $83,104 Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Futurity at Fair Meadows in July. Collective Power has finished on the board in each of her five career starts and has earned $44,592.

The Oklahoma homebred for J. Garvan Kelly and J. Lloyd Yother is by Uncle D and out of the Painted Turnpike mare Power Fade. Trainer Dee Keener will send her out from post eight, with jockey Roman Cruz aboard, as she looks to extend her winning streak and secure a place in the Pot O Gold final.

The stakes action continues in race five with the Grade 1 $22,500 Cricket Bars Appaloosa Futurity. A field of eight two-year-olds is set to run 350 yards, with an approximate post time of 1:40 p.m.

Knockouts Eyes has been installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite and will aim to add another graded stakes victory to her résumé. The two-year-old filly has won two of five starts this season, including the inaugural Grade 3 $50,000 Remington Park Appaloosa Futurity in April.

Her recent races have not been without adversity, as bumping and troubled trips have kept her from showing her best. She enters Monday’s final after two August workouts at Will Rogers Downs, preparing to return to stakes competition.

Bred in Oklahoma by Gary Vaughn, Knockouts Eyes is by Cyber Monday and out of the Mr Eye Opener mare Eyesa Knockout. She races for Wishbone Partnership and is trained by Dee Keener, who will saddle her from post six, with Mario Delgado aboard.

With proven graded-stakes performers, rising juveniles, and coveted spots in the Pot O Gold Futurity final on the line, Monday’s card will spotlight some of the region’s top young Paint and Appaloosa talent at Will Rogers Downs.

The races at Will Rogers Downs can be watched on Q-Racing Video.

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