QUALIFYING HISTORY
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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
Ym Quick - The eighth-fastest qualifier to the Futurity was second in the fourth of 22 trials by a nose to seventh-fastest Texas Rockstar.

YM Quick broke his maiden on his second start, when he qualified to the April 16 Remington Park Juvenile Stakes (R). After finishing fifth in the Juvenile, he shipped to Ruidoso, where his first start was in the Rainbow trials.

Bred and owned by Terry Bell and Homer Hill’s You And Me Partners of Lawton, Oklahoma (who also own fastest qualifier Mighty B Valiant and second-fastest Jess Cuervo), YM Quick is out of a graded stakes-placed earner of $26,135 who has produced seven winners from 14 starters, including Remington Park Futurity (G2) winner Crater Lake ($171,216) by Mr Jess Perry.

YM Quick is trained by Raymond Vargas and was ridden in the trials by multiple champion jockey G.R. Carter Jr., who won 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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