Three of the top four ranked 2-year-olds in the latest AQHARacing.com-Horseplayernow.com National Top 10 polls are entered in Thursday’s trials for the All American Futurity (G1) at Ruidoso Downs. Among the 26 jam-packed trials will be appearances by No. 2-ranked High Rate Of Return (Trial 21), No. 3 Feature Mr Bojangles (Trial 19) and No. 4 Mighty B Valiant (Trial 1). The All American Futurity hopefuls also include this week’s No. 10-ranked runner, The Long Knife (Trial 16).
There was little change to the 2-year-old rankings this week, as West Coast-based Separate Fire remained on top and awaits lucrative challenges at Los Alamitos this fall. Pollsters shuffled the positions this week for No. 6 Osbaldo and No. 7 Adolph Tres Knockout in the only minor shift among the juveniles.
The older-horse rankings remained unchanged at the top, as Rylees Boy continues his hold on the top spot once again this week. Noconi edged back into the poll at No. 10, nosing out last week’s No. 10 Prospect To The Top, for the final spot in this week’s rankings. Among the top-rated older horses competing in Friday’s trials to the All American Derby (G1) at Ruidoso will be No. 3-ranked Cold Cash 123 and No. 6 Llano Teller.
NATIONAL RANKINGS, 2-YEAR-OLDS
SEPARATE FIRE (89)
HIGH RATE OF RETURN (77)
FEATURE MR BOJANGLES (73)
MIGHTY B VALIANT (57)
SILVER FOR ME (56)
OSBALDO (30)
ADOLPH TRES KNOCKOUT (27)
JESS TEE OFF (29)
SIZZLIN CARTEL (18)
THE LONG KNIFE (17)
Illtacmanhattan (6), JLS Party Wagon (6), Fixin To Fly (4), Back In The Pack (2), Kindly Fellow (2), Triple Vodka (1), Oceanik (1)
NATIONAL RANKINGS, 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP
RYLEES BOY (89)
LOUISIANA SENATOR (78)
COLD CASH 123 (74)
CHIVALRY SR (51)
SNITCHER (42)
LLANO TELLER (36)
CAPO DE CAPI (30)
GOOD REASON SA (20)
BODACIOUS DASH (16)
NOCONI (13)
Prospect To The Top (12), The Louisiana Cartel (7), Stylish Jess BR (5), Stolis Winner (5), DM Streakin Thru Fire (5), Streakin Down (4), Filthy Fast (3), Hot Hitter (2), Freighttrain B (1), JLS Mr Bigtime (1), Acorn (1), A Tincup Cocktail
The nine voters are:
Ed Burgart (Los Alamitos announcer/handicapper)
Martha Claussen (AQHA Q-Racing Aces/writer/handicapper)
Mike Cusortelli (writer/handicapper)
Tom Dawson (network television producer)
Dale Day (Remington Park announcer/handicapper)
Jerry Shottenkirk (handicapper/oddsmaker)
Jeremy Plonk (ESPN.com contributor)
Terry Turrell (Horseplayernow.com handicapper)
Ty Wyant (writer, Daily Racing Form and AQHA)
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