SHELBYVILLE, IN—AUGUST 27, 2020— He didn’t have the quickest trial win, but Inseperable Blood made up for it in the final, scoring the title in the 21st running of the $178,828 Quarter Horse Racing Association of Indiana (QHRAI) Stallion Service Auction (SSA) Futurity at Indiana Grand Thursday.

Ridden by Sammy Mendez, Inseperable Blood began his journey from post eight in the nine-horse final.

The Apollitical Blood freshman got out of the gate well and although it took a few steps for him to find his best stride, he found it halfway through the 350-yard dash, closing in on the outside to score the win by three-quarters of a length over Kisses Forever and German Rodriguez. Mitey Persuasive and Erik Esqueda finished third.

Inseperable Blood was the third choice on the board, paying $12.80, $6.40, $3.80 across the board. The Randy Smith-trained grey gelding is now two for two since joining the barn and two for five in his career.

“When I got the call from Chris (Duke) about training him, I looked at his breeding and thought he would fit nice into the barn,” said Smith. “I was thrilled to get the call to train him. He broke good enough today and he’s still a little inexperienced. I don’t think he’s come to his full potential yet.”

>Inseperable Blood was raised by Duke Racing LLC of nearby Whiteland, Ind. The team, led by Chris Duke, identified some potential early on and sent the horse to Oklahoma to begin his racing career.

“We sent a horse three or four years ago to Trainer Mike Robbins and decided to send this colt out last fall,” said Raymond Duke, Chris’s dad. “He broke him and ran him in the Heritage Place Futurity, and he ran a good second but didn’t qualify for the final, so we brought him back here. We always felt he could run a little.”

Inseperable Blood increased his career bankroll by six times over his previous amount, now possessing in excess of $80,000. The Dukes also raced his mother, Miss Inseprable, by Inseperable at Indiana Grand before making her a broodmare.

Kisses Forever, owned-and-trained by Anthony Cunningham, earned $33,978 for second. The daughter of a leading second-crop sire Kiss My Hocks was bred in Colorado from the Shazoom mare Forever Bradgelina. German Rodriguez rode the sorrel filly bred by Beauprez/Beauprez/Bradbury.

Ted Harpold's Indiana homebred Mitey Persuastive picked up $16,085 for finishing third. Erik Esqueda had the riding call aboard the Jazz Be First gelding for trainer Randy Thompson. The multiple stakes-placed 3-year-old from the Mighty Invictus mare Mitey Victoria has earned $51,125.

Beach Diva, Zoomin Policy, Once A Capo, Wheel To Win, Beach Blast and Bp Fancy Lady completd the field.

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