QUALIFYING HISTORY
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Lone Star Park9/14/20127Dash For Cash Derby3Chart

CONNECTIONS
 Raymond H Vargas
Trainer

The longtime assistant to American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame trainer Jack Brooks, Raymond Vargas recently went out on his own and from only 42 starts has trained the earners of $674,432, including Remington Park Futurity (R) winner Mighty B Valiant.
 G R Carter, Jr
Jockey

G.R. Carter Jr. is the all-time-everything rider in American Quarter Horse racing. The 10-time AQHA champion jockey is the all-time leader by money, having ridden the earners of more than $65.8 million, and by wins, having gone into the trials with scores aboard 3,663 winners from 23,141 starts. Carter has won the All American Futurity (G1) twice, on Falling In Loveagain in 1998 and on world champion Stolis Winner in 2008. On the first day of trials, Carter won seven of the 14 heats and was aboard four of the five finalists qualified on Thursday afternoon.
 You and Me Partners
Owner

You And Me Partners consists of Terry Bell of Lawton, Oklahoma, and Homer “Bud” Hill of Dimmitt, Texas. The partners have raced the earners of more than $1.3 million, including Grade 1 winner Mighty Invictus and Grade 2 winner Crater Lake. Under the partnership name, they have bred the winners of more than 104 races form 620 starts, and earners of more than $1.4 million. Horses they have bred include Crater Lake, winner of the 2005 Remington Park Futurity (G2), Restricted Grade 2 winner Conner Can, and Restricted Grade 3 winner Paintyourownwagon.

Both men are involved in ranching, and Bell says their partnership of more than two decades has been lucky enough to see some success. They’ve had three previous qualifiers to the All American Futurity and in 2000 were partners on the winning Eyesa Special.

PEDIGREE
Mighty B Valiant - The fastest qualifier and morning line favorite in the 400-yard Rainbow Futurity is the second-richest freshman in the sport, behind only Separate Fire, a $605,082 earner who won the Grade 1 Kindergarten and Ed Burke futurity.

The colt by freshman sire Valiant Hero won the eighth of 22 trials by 3 lengths. The winner of the $780,000 Remington Park Futurity (R), Mighty B Valiant has failed to visit the winner’s circle only once, when he finished second as the 3-5 favorite in the $1-million Heritage Place Futurity (G1).

Bred by Homer Hill of Dimmitt, Texas, and owned by Hill and Terry Bell’s You And Me Partners of Lawton, Oklahoma (who also bred and own second-fastest qualifier Jess Cuervo and eighth-fastest YM Quick), the colt is one of four stakes winners and five other winners from 13 starters out of a Grade 1-placed earner of $48,455. Mighty B Valiant is a half brother to Dash For Cash Derby (G1) winner Mighty Invictus ($303,137, by Mr Jess Perry) and other stakes winners Jess B Mighty ($61,218, by Mr Jess Perry) and Mighty Obscession ($50,744, by Runaway Winner).

Bud Hill, of Dimmitt, Texas, is a 20-year cumulative breeder who races most of his horses in the You And Me Partnership. Hill has bred the earners of more than $1.7 million, including Grade 1 winner Mighty Invictus, as well as graded stakes winners Mighty Shazoom and Anneopen.

Mighty B Valiant is trained by Raymond Vargas (who for many years was the assistant trainer for Jack Brooks, who for a partnership including Hill and Bell won the 2000 All American Futurity (G1) with champion Eyesa Special). Mighty B Valiant has been ridden in each of his races by multiple champion jockey G.R. Carter Jr., winner of the 1996 Rainbow Futurity aboard Swingin Val.

Sire Valiant Hero (2004, First Down Dash-Corona Chick by Chicks Beduino) earned $668,633 during his racing career. The Texas Classic Futurity (G1) winner compiled a record of 14-7-3-2. With 51 starters in his first crop, Valiant Hero is represented by three stakes winners, 13 other winners and the earners of $846,775 to be this year’s top-ranked freshman sire and the 15th-ranked sire overall.

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