Rocket Seventeen will stand his second season in 2025 at Sierra Blanca Equine in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico.

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RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–NOVEMBER 12, 2024–Rocket Seventeen SI 104, a grade 1 qualifier and stakes-placed son of leading sire Apollitical Jess, will stand his second season at Sierra Blanca Equine in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico in 2025. His fee has been set at $1,500 with consideration.

A homebred owned-and-raced by The Quarter Company, LLC, Rocket Seventeen won or placed eight races and earned $87,577. He was third in Azure Three Stakes and a finalist in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity(G1), El Primero Del Ano Derby(G2), Kaweah Bar Handicap(G3) and Independence Day Handicap(G3).

He defeated such horses as Bomb Cyclone ($1,446,063), Cattail Cove ($662,932), Sippin Hayden ($322,801), etc.
 
Rocket Seventeen's first foals will arrive in 2025.

Rocket Seventeen's is by the industry's leading sire Apollitical Jess SI 107 ($1,399,831), sire of 144 stakes winners, 14 champions, and earners of over $72.6 million in 11 crops to race.

Rocket Seventeen qualifying for the $2,036,825 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity(G1) in 2021. © Amber Mendez

Apollitical Jess' top performers include Kj Desparado SI 118 (champion twice, to 5, 2024, $3,178,099, All American Quarter Horse Futurity-G1, etc.), Apocalyptical Jess SI 103 (champion 3 times, $2,251,556, All AmericanFuturity-G1, etc.), Empressum SI 111 (World Champion Racing American QH, to 6, 2024, $2,158,873, Champion of Champions S.-G1, etc.), Apollitical Blood SI 99 (champion, $1,519,800, All American Derby-G1, etc.), etc.

Rocket Seventeen's dam is the stakes-winning Tres Seis mare Tres Magicals SI 93 ($54,475), dam of 100% ROM winners from starters, two black type including West Texas Juvenile winner and G1-finalist Apollitical Jet SI 93 ($105,868 at 2), stakes-placed Rocket Seventeen SI 104 (see above), Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity(G2) finalist Pyc Powerglide SI 88 (winner at 2, $25,999), etc.

The second dam is the stakes-producing Fishers Dash mare Fishers Proud SI 90, a half-sister to AQHA Racing Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Hawkish SI 106 ($685,631, Kindergarten Futurity-G1, etc., QH Sire), AQHA Racing Champion Aged Stallion Hawkinson SI 99 ($448,299, Los Alamitos Winter Championship S.-G1, etc., QH Sire), AQHA Racing Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Flame N Flash SI 94 ($439,151, Mildred N Vessels Memorial H.-G1, etc.), Pride Of Katella SI 104 ($199,187, California Sires' Cup Derby [R]-G2, etc.), Look Her Over SI 101 ($170,549, AQHA Members Plus S., etc.), Rare Walker SI 120 ($110,702, Mr Jet Moore H.-G3, etc.), Mister Katella SI 103 ($88,510, Paul B Ford Memorial Hdcp-1st Div, etc.), Duardo SI 94 ($27,382, 3rd The Classics Derby [R], etc.), Our Man Scott SI 101 ($21,565, 3rd California Breeders' Sprint S. [R]), etc.

This is the family of Charger Bar, Pacific Dream, Dashing Val and Jazzin Hi.

Call Kim Saunders at (575) 378-0043 for additional information or breeding contracts.

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