Forty-eight Mexico-bred 2-year-olds competed in seven heats on Sunday at Hipódromo de las Américas for the October 18 final, which carries an estimated purse of $136,811. The next 10 fastest qualifiers received preferred invitations to the consolation.

Dk Kiss My Danny gave Cuadra La Presita the fastest qualifier for the Futurity Desafío Crianza Mexicana (RG3), winning his 350-yard trial by 2 ½ lengths in :17.591. The gelding earned an 86 speed index in the third trial and picked up his second career victory.

His first win came in the Garañones Futurity trials; he later finished third in the final. Dk Kiss My Danny has two wins and two thirds from four starts, with approximately $21,000 in earnings. Cuadra La Presita bred and owns the gelding by Danny Cartel and out of Kiss My Crystals, by Kiss My Hocks. Luis Enrique Cruz Solis trains the gelding, while José Angel Ambrosio had the mount.

Peligrosita Eagle, already a Subasta Selecta Futurity winner, put herself in the final with a wire-to-wire performance in the fourth trial. She finished 1 ¼ lengths in front in :17.613, clocking the second-fastest time of the evening.

Trained by Jose Baltazar Aguilar, the filly by Mr Eagle Master has won three of eight starts and earned more than $101,000. Her season also includes finalist appearances in the Futurity Garanones and Futurity Mexico Consolation.

Abelardo Gallegos Fernandez bred Peligrosita Eagle out of Peligrosita, a daughter of Walk Thru Fire. With Jose Manuel Cisneros in the saddle, she delivered another trial win for owner Rancho M Gonzalez.

Dk Francia brought familiar form into the fifth heat. She took over at first call and pulled away by 1 ¾ lengths to win her trial race, stopping the clock in :17.620 for the third-fastest qualifying time.

She had finished second to Peligrosita Eagle in the Subasta Selecta Futurity and was also a Futurity Garanones finalist. Dk Francia has compiled two wins and three seconds from six starts, with approximately $47,000 in earnings.

The Cuadra La Presita homebred is a daughter of Danny Cartel, out of After Hours Affair by Mr Jess Perry. Cruz Solis trains Dk Francia, and Ambrosio returned to ride her in Sunday’s trial.

CLICK HERE for complete Futurity Desafío Crianza Mexicana trial results.

Dk Seis Nueve Tops Consolation Qualifiers

Cuadra La Presita also claimed the top spot on the preferred invitation list for the Futurity Desafío Crianza Mexicana Consolation. Dk Seis Nueve won the seventh and final trial in :17.903, placing him 11th overall and first among the consolation qualifiers.

Dk Seis Nueve came into Sunday’s trials off a fifth-place finish in the Subasta Selecta Futurity. His record now stands at two wins, one second, and one third from five starts, with approximately $20,000 in earnings.

Bred and owned by Cuadra La Presita, he is by Bullish One out of Ladie Dany, by Danny Cartel. Hernan Missael Romo Anaya trains the gelding, and Mario Alberto Lopez Marmolejo rode him to the trial victory.

The next 10 fastest horses behind the finalists receive preferred invitations to the October 18 consolation at 350 yards. CLICK HERE for the complete list of consolation finalists.

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Flying Cowboy 123 has officially rewritten the record book.

The 10-year-old son of Apollitical Jess surpassed his own sire over the weekend to become the all-time leading Quarter Horse sire by progeny earnings in a single year, with his 2026 runners earning $10,334,567 through September 28.

Flying Cowboy 123 eclipsed the previous single-season benchmark established by Apollitical Jess, whose runners earned $10,264,258 in 2022.

What makes the accomplishment even more remarkable is the timing. Flying Cowboy 123 has established the new record with more than three months remaining in the 2026 racing season, giving his runners plenty of opportunity to push the single-season standard substantially higher before year's end.

Standing at Lazy E Ranch near Guthrie, Oklahoma, Flying Cowboy 123 has been represented this year by 398 runners, 170 winners and 25 stakes winners.

His leading earner is Cowboys Flying, who has earned $2,062,793.

The new record continues a remarkable rise for Flying Cowboy 123, who only last week became just the second Quarter Horse sire in history to have his progeny surpass $10 million in earnings during a single calendar year.

The stallion reached that milestone approximately nine months into the season and needed only days to move past the mark established by his sire four years earlier.

Apollitical Jess' record-setting 2022 season included 280 runners, 137 winners and 28 stakes winners, who combined for earnings of $10,264,258.

Flying Cowboy 123 has now exceeded that total by $70,309, with numerous major futurities, derbies and championship races still remaining on the 2026 calendar.

A 2016 son of all-time leading sire Apollitical Jess, Flying Cowboy 123 is out of the Takin On The Cash mare Hot Cash 123. His emergence as a record-setting sire adds another chapter to the influence of the Apollitical Jess sire line on modern Quarter Horse racing.

With $10,334,567 and counting, Flying Cowboy 123 now owns the single-season progeny earnings record, and every additional dollar earned by his runners during the remainder of 2026 will establish a new benchmark.

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Wynnchester drew clear to a commanding victory in the $28,144 Q-Racing Video Distance Challenge Stakes (G3) on Saturday evening at Lone Star Park.

Ridden by Mario Delgado, Wynnchester took command around the turn and powered away to win the 870-yard event by 6 1/4 lengths. The 5-year-old gelding stopped the clock in :44.860, earning a 107 speed index over a fast track.

Owned by Lucky Ladies and trained by Justin Joiner, Wynnchester was bred by Bobby Cox and sold for $90,000 at the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale. He is by champion sire Favorite Cartel, out of the stakes-winning FDD Dynasty mare Nellie Delaney.

Wynnchester is a half-brother to stakes winner Koalition ($103,056), while his female family includes champion PHQ Apollitical Jess ($401,545).

The victory improved Wynnchester's record to five wins, three seconds and five thirds from 22 starts. The $14,072 winner's share boosted his earnings to $122,315.

Earlier this season, he won the Remington Park Distance Championship Stakes (G1), and last year he captured the Will Rogers Downs Distance Challenge Stakes (G3).

PJ Dynasty finished second under Fernando Fonseca-Soto for owner Terry Reed and trainer Haley Hobbs. A $8,500 Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale graduate bred by Ken O'Brien, the 5-year-old gelding is by Power Jam TB, out of the stakes-winning FDD Dynasty mare Takiana Romanova B.

PJ Dynasty now has three wins, one second and two thirds from 12 starts, with earnings of $41,826. He entered Saturday's race following a fourth-place finish in the Covered Bridges Stakes (G3).

Red Jet crossed the wire third under Cordarelton Benn for owners Scott and Jaime Bryant and trainer Justin Joiner. Bred by Julianna Hawn Holt, the $250,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale graduate is by Jet Black Patriot, out of champion Feature Mr Jess mare Stylish Jess BR. He is a half-brother to three-time champion Flash And Roll ($1,710,718), winner of the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity (G1).

Red Jet now has one win, one second and three thirds from 14 starts, with earnings of $28,098. Still in search of his first stakes victory, he has been a finalist in the Remington Park Distance Challenge Stakes (G2) and All American Juvenile Stakes.

Yippee Ki Yey, Dm Special Cat and Hezamonzter completed the order of finish.

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The 2-year-old Quarter Horses take the stage at Ajax Downs this Wednesday, September 30 in two Trials for the upcoming $55,000-added Alex Picov Memorial Futurity. The fastest 10 times from the pair of 400-yard Trials will advance to the final on closing day of the season, October 21.

The Picov Futurity Trials are part of a nine-race card at Ajax Downs with first race post of 12:55 p.m.

Youngsters from the Carol, Jaime, and Bryn Robertson team are formidable entrants in each Trial. Undefeated Had To Be Valiant has had a short vacation since she won the Ontario Bred Futurity in July, and she will be a popular choice by the public in race 3, the first Trial. One of her main challengers will be Cold Hard Chief, owned by Katie Browne and trained by Jason Pascoe. Cold Hard Chief was fourth in the Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity after a slow start, and he figures to appreciate the longer distance.

The second Trial, race 4, is led by Stolen Ivory S Dash, an easy winner of the Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity for the Robertsons. The flashy gelding is the only winner in the field, but stakes-placed Baref Hurricane Rush, owned and bred by Earl Foster, was a close second to Had to Be Valiant in her most recent start and looms a contender.

Both had to Be Valiant, and Stolen Ivory S Dash will have leading rider Ismael Mosqueira on board.

Coming up on October 12 is Pumpkin Day at Ajax Downs with proceeds going to the United Way. The first 100 kids will receive a pumpkin for decorating and there will be giveaways and prizes.For more information on how you can become a Quarter Horse owner, contact the Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario about the First Line Racing Syndicate at (905) 426-7050.

To read the latest news about racing at Ajax Downs, get the latest dates and events, or reserve a picnic table on one of our bigger days ($25), visit our website, www.ajaxdowns.com. You can watch and wager on Ajax Downs racing trackside and up close to the action or through www.HPIBet.com.

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