Mr Apollo Jess will stand his third season at Rancho El Dorado in Anthony, New Mexico.

ANTHONY, NM–NOVEMBER 25, 2024–Mr Apollo Jess SI 99 will stand the 2025 breeding season at Rancho El Dorado in Anthony, New Mexico. His fee has been set at $2,500.

Owned by Absolute Racing, Mr Apollo Jess is returning to New Mexico to benefit from the lucrative New Mexico Bred Program. His foals, bred in 2025 and born in 2026, will be the first crop eligible for enrollment in this program.

Mr Apollo Jess' first foal crop hit the ground in 2024 and will be yearlings of 2025.

During his racing career, Mr Apollo Jess won or placed in seven of 12 career starts and earned $220,141. He was third in the Mr Master Bug Stakes (RG3) and a finalist in the Ruidoso QH Futurity (G1), Ruidoso QH Derby (G1), Texas Classic Futurity (G1), and Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity (G1).

Mr Apollo Jess is the son of leading champion sire Apollitical Jess SI 107 ($1,399,831), sire of 144 stakes winners, 13 champions, and earners of over $72 million.

Apollitical Jess' top performers include All-Time Leading Money Earner Kj Desparado SI 118 (champion twice, to 4, 2024, $3,178,099, All American Quarter Horse Futurity-G1, etc.), Apocalyptical Jess SI 103 (champion 3 times, $2,251,556, All American Futurity-G1, etc.), Empressum SI 111 (World Champion, to 5, 2024, $2,158,873, Champion of Champions S.-G1, etc.), Apollitical Blood SI 99 (champion, $1,519,800, All American Derby-G1, etc.), etc.

Rancho El Cabresto bred Mr Apollo Jess out of the Grade 3 winner and AQHA Dam of Distinction A Delightful Legacy SI 105 ($179,153), who is sired by all-time leading sire First Down Dash. A sister to stakes winner Buckshot Delight SI 101, A Delightful Legacy is a multiple black type producer including two-time champion Inseperable SI 96 ($672,756), Grade 3 winner Separate Interest SI 98 ($486,761), stakes winner Tell Of The Past SI 90 ($62,409), RG3-placed Mr Apollo Jess SI 99 (see above), G1-placed Jess Before Dawn SI 95 ($152,328), G3-placed Redneck Ryan SI 99 ($140,192), stakes-placed and All American Futurity(G1) finalist Teller No Lies SI 102 ($103,932), G1-placed Political Nonsense SI 96 ($26,417), etc.

A Delightful Legacy is the granddam of stakes winners Chainman SI 88 ($188,217 at 2), On Nyx SI 97 ($138,735 at 2), Inseperable Blood SI 93 ($136,409), Solaia SI 97 ($98,510 at 2), Paint Your Legacy SI 92 ($90,757), etc.

Mr Apollo Jess is from the female family of champions A Delightful Dasher SI 102 ($1,660,525), Hes My Dasher SI 102 ($575,774), Tres Seis SI 97 ($856,901), Dean Miracle SI 104 ($199,502), etc.

For additional information or breeding contracts, call farm manager Yeritza Carrasco at (575) 502-0598.