Qualifying Race: Won the Lip Chip Will Rogers Downs Distance Challenge
2024 Record: (5) 3-0-0, $54,248
Lifetime Record: (20) 4-2-1, $85,716

Owner: Reliance Ranches, LLC
Breeder: Reliance Ranches, LLC (OK)
Trainer: Eddie Willis
Qualifying Jockey: Mario Delgado

Notes: Big Lew Love is fairly new to the distance game after making his first
start at that distance in an Allowance win three races back at Remington Park last May. He followed that effort with a fifth-place finish in the Lip Chip Remington Park Distance Championship Stakes (G1) before winning the Lip Chip Will Rogers Distance Challenge Stakes (G3) in his last start on September 29.

Qualifying Race: Won the Lip Chip Wyoming Downs Distance Challenge
2024 Record: (4) 3-0-0, $44,206
Lifetime Record: (33) 14-6-1, $226,209

Owner: Jewell L. Ramirez
Breeder: Sarah E. Donaldson Rioux (NM)
Trainer: Shae Cox
Qualifying Jockey: Nakia Teeter

Notes: Grade 1 stakes-winner Dance the Dust Off has made his mark
in the distance division when he won the 2022 Grade 1 AQHA Distance Challenge Championship at Horseshoe Indiana. He was off-the-board in the Championship race at Lone Star Park last year but has won three of four starts this season. He was fourth in his last start, the Lip Chip Albuquerque Distance Challenge on September 21.

Qualifying Race: 2nd in the Lip Chip Will Rogers Downs Distance Challenge
2024 Record: (6) 3-2-1, $39,236
Lifetime Record: (8) 3-3-0, $41,954

Owner: Lindley & Julia Myers
Breeder: Lindley & Julia Myers (WA)
Trainer: Matt Whitekiller
Qualifying Jockey: L. Salvador Martinez

Notes: Fl Rizzo won the Walter Merrick Stakes at Fair Meadows two races back. He entered the Grade 1 Distance Championship final off a second-place effort in the Lip Chip Will Rogers Distance Challenge Stakes (G3) on September 29.

Qualifying Race: 2nd in the Lip Chip Downs at Albuquerque Distance Challenge
2024 Record: (4) 1-2-1, $41,775
Lifetime Record: (14) 4-3-3, $197,925

Owner: John/Kathy Lee & Ruben Mares
Breeder: L&I Land & Cattle (AZ)
Trainer: Wesley Todd Giles
Qualifying Jockey: Adrian Ramos

Notes: Kj Leader Ofthe Pack made his first start around the hook at Sunland Park last February a winning one! Since then he was second in an Optional Claimingh at Sunland and second in the Lip Chip Albuquerque Distance Challenge Stakes (G2) in his last start. He was also a finalist in the $3 million All American Futurity(G1) in 2022.

Qualifying Race: 7th in the Lip Chip Will Rogers Downs Distance Challenge
2024 Record: (6) 2-2-0, $60,441
Lifetime Record: (16) 4-3-1, $82,283

Owner: Bobby & Catherine Simmons
Breeder: Bobby Simmons (TX)
Trainer: Kenny Durbin
Qualifying Jockey: Juan Pulido

Notes: After wining the Remington Park Distance Championship(G1) on
June 1,  Markus Aurelius was second in an allowance at Ruidoso Downs. He will be looking to bounce off a seventh-place finish in the Lip Chip Will Rogers Distance Challenge (G3) from his last start. He was also fourth in the Lip Chip  Remington Park Distance Challenge (G2) in his first start this season.

Qualifying Race: Won the Lip Chip Remington Park Distance Challenge (G2)
2023 Record: (7) 2-0-2, $67,299
Lifetime Record: (40) 12-7-5, $336,785

Owner: Kelly Yother Equine, LLC
Breeder: J. Garvan Kelly (OK)
Trainer: Dee Keener
Qualifying Jockey: Ramiro Cruz

Notes: O Donovan Rossa will be looking to get back into the win column after taking two straight at Remington Park last year. He won the top two distance races at the Oklahoma City racetrack but has failed in his last four starts. He was fourth in his last start, the Will Rogers Distance Challenge Stakes(G3) on September 29. Demonstrating versatility in his career, O Donovan Rossa is a multiple graded stakes winner with titles in the Will Rogers Distance Challenge Stakes (G3), SLM Big Daddy Stakes (G3) and Pauls Valley Stakes (G2) twice.

Qualifying Race: 6th in the Lip Chip Remington Park Distance Challenge
2024 Record: (5) 0-0-2, $3,396
Lifetime Record: (27) 2-2-6, $38,893

Owner: Kent or Linda Jones
Breeder: Kent or Linda Jones (ID)
Trainer: Daren Jones
Qualifying Jockey: Julio De La Torre

Notes: Still a maiden at 870 yards, Ocean Voyage will face tough company when he starts in the Grade 1 Lip Chip Distance Challenge Championship.

Qualifying Race: Won the Lip Chip Downs at Albuquerque Distance Challenge
2024 Record: (5) 2-0-2, $55,382
Lifetime Record: (21) 5-4-7, $145,675

Owner: Nove Racing, LLC
Breeder: George P. Mitchell, II (OK)
Trainer: James J. Gonzalez, III
Qualifying Jockey: Irwin Rosendo

Notes: Voloms Favorite returns this year after finishing third in the Grade 1 AQHA Distance Challenge Championship at Lone Star Park last year. The son of All American Futurity(G1) champion Jess Good Candy got his first win of the season in his last start on September 21 in the Grade 2 Lip Chip Albuquerque Distance Challenge.