QUALIFYING HISTORY
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CONNECTIONS
 Carl W Draper
Trainer

New Mexico-based trainer Carl Draper has trained the earners of more than $11.5 million, including world champion DM Shicago and champion Heartswideopen. His trainees have won 474 races from 2,951 starts, and 36 stakes.
 Larry D Payne
Jockey

A veteran of 36 years, Larry Payne has ridden 2,316 winners from 15,159 starters and the earners of more than $25.5 million. Earlier this year, he guided High Rate Of Return to win the $1 million Heritage Place Futurity (G1). He has also ridden Grade 1 winners Southern Takes All, Outdashing, Send Me The Candy, Willie Wanta Dash, Redman Running, Pies Lil Dasher, Naviaux, A Real Man, Smoke N Sparks, Some Dashing Dude, Lady Tenaya,Oak Tree Special and Better Than Never.
 J & L Stables, LLC. and Fredda Draper
Owner

Ray and Lola Willis’ J&S Stables has a successful partnership with Fredda Draper, as together, with Fredda’s husband Carl training, they’ve sent out 29 winners from 148 starters with earnings of $846,196. They include Grade 1 winner Jess Destined.
PEDIGREE
Texas Rockstar - The seventh-fastest qualifier to the Futurity came into the trials after breaking his maiden in the June 13 Ruidoso Juvenile Invitational (R).

Texas Rockstar won the fourth of 22 Rainbow trials by a nose over eighth-fastest qualifier YM Quick. A $65,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale purchase, the Feature Mr Jess colt was bred by Rick Young and is one of two winners from three starters out of a winning earner of $13,325.

Since 2002, Rick Young of Boerne, Texas, has from nine foals bred the winners of eight of 53 starts and earnings of more than $80,000.

The colt is owned by Ray and Lola Willis’ J & L Stables of Roswell, New Mexico, and Fredda Draper of Ruidoso Downs.

Texas Rockstar is trained by Fredda’s husband, Carl, a two-time winner of the All American Futurity (G1), and was ridden in the trials by Larry Payne, who won the 2003 Ruidoso Derby (G2) aboard Southern Cartel.

Feature Mr Jess (1998, Mr Jess Perry-Brenda Feature by Truckle Feature) won the 2000 Rainbow Futurity (G1) and 2001 Rainbow Derby (G1), and with earnings of $539,327, compiled a race record of 16-7-3-3. The stallion died in 2009. From 561 starters in seven crops raced, Feature Mr Jess has sired four champions, 41 other stakes winners, 284 other winners and the earners of more than415.2 million. With progeny earnings of $1,293,262 to date this year, Feature Mr Jess currently is the fifth-ranked sire of money earners in 2011.

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