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JEH STALLIONS DOMINATE AQHA CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTATIONFive of the 13 AQHA Racing Champions for 2011, ann  ounced last week in Oklahoma City, are sired by JEH Stallions and a sixth will begin his stallion career at JEH Oklahoma this year. Here are the JEH Stallion progeny that have raced their way into the company of many other great AQHA Racing Champions.
CARTEL SUCCESS GETS TWO RACING CHAMPIONS IN FIRST CROP
The American Paint Horse Association and Appaloosa Horse Club 2011 Racing Champions were announced during the recent Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale in Oklahoma City.
JEH Stallion Station-Oklahoma's first crop sire CARTEL SUCCESS sired two champions in his first crop to race. The Grade 3 winning son of Corona Cartel was the #1 Leading First Crop Sire of APHA Money Earners and the #9 Leading First Crop Sire of AQHA Money Earners. In 2011 he sired 17 starters of all breeds, two champions, three stakes wines and four stakes-placed with Average Earnings Per Starter of nearly $22,000.
JEH PUTS TEXAS MOVE ON HOLD JEH Stallion Station announced today they have put their Texas-Division's planned move on hold. "When we originally planned to consolidate our Texas operations (JEH Stallion Station-Texas Division and JEH Equine Reproduction Specialists) in Whitesboro, we were only going to stand two stallions in Texas," Jim Helzer said. "As it turned out, we have eight stallions in Texas for 2012. With the early response from our customers, we are better equipped to handle these numbers in Pilot Point." The Texas-Division has been located at 8254 FM 1385 in Pilot Point since 1998. The long-range "Master Plan" for the JEH property has always included development when the North Dallas Tollway expanded along the Denton/Collin County line. Construction on that section of the new freeway is expected to begin in 2012. The 2012 JEH-Texas stallion roster includes 2011 All American Futurity(G1) and Champion sire Tres Seis; 2011 Champion 3-Year-Old Colt Prospect To The Top; Grade 1 winner Fighter On Fire; 5-Time Grade 1 Sire Leaving Memories; young stakes sires Desirio, Get Down Perry and Latest Version; and Western Horsemen Cup Open Champion Cat T Masterson. For additional information or breeding contacts call Andrew Gardiner, JEH General Manager, at 940.440.2040.
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OCHOA
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Tres Seis sired the Champion 2-Year-Old/Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Ochoa. Robert Edwards Photo
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Champion 2-Year-Old Champion 2-Year-Old Gelding
The lightly-raced Ochoa picked up the honor of 2-year-old champion and 2-year-old champion gelding largely off a resounding victory in the $2.4 million All American Futurity (G1). The sorrel gelding by TRES SEIS was bred by Johnny T.L. Jones out of the Stoli mare Stolis Fortune, and was bought back from the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale for $25,000.
The gelding is owned by Jones and wife Brenda, in the name of their J Bar 7 Ranch, in partnership with Monte and Katsy Cluck, and Doug and Shavon Benson.
Making four starts in the year, Ochoa won his trial to the $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity (G1), then returned to finish third in the final behind Silver For Me and Back In The Pack in his only defeat. Ochoa won his All American Futurity (G1) trial, then returned to win the final of the richest race in Quarter Horse history. He has earnings of $1,244,200. He was trained by C. Dwayne "Sleepy" Gilbreath, and was ridden by Jacky Martin in both his trials, and Roy Baldillez in both of his stakes appearances.
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Rainbow Futurity(G1) winner Feature Mr Bojangles was named Champion 2-Year-Old Colt. Ruidoso Downs Photo
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FEATURE
MR BOJANGLES
Champion 2-Year-Old Colt
Feature Mr Bojangles lost his first race by a head, but learned his lesson for his next six starts - romping home undefeated the rest of the year while racking up the $700,000 Rainbow Futurity (G1), the $259,943 Hobbs America Futurity (G2) and the Four Corners Futurity in the process. Feature Mr Bojangles is by FEATURE MR JESS and out of the First Down Dash mare Catch This Dash. Feature Mr Bojangles is expected to begin his stallion career in 2013 at JEH Stallion Station.
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GOOD REASON SA
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Champion Aged Stallion Good Reason SA ended his career by winning the Champion of Champions(G1). Scott Martinez
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Champion Aged Horse
Champion Aged Stallion
Good Reason SA topped the aged horse category as well as the aged stallion category, with a win in the Champion of Champions (G1) over a tough field of horses. The 4-year-old stallion raced for breeder Gianni Franco Samaja of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The horse has won a Grade 1 race in each season on the track, beginning with the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, followed by the Golden State Derby. Good Reason SA was trained by Paul Jones and ridden by Ramon Sanchez and Eduardo Nicasio.
In 2011, Good Reason SA won two of seven starts and earned $501,082. First, he won the Los Alamitos Winter Championship (G2), and through the summer was fourth in the Grade 1 Vessels Maturity, Go Man Go Handicap and Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship. He won the Champion of Champions by a nose over a strong field, to close his racing career with seven wins in 15 starts, and earnings of $1,446,727.
The stallion by FAVORITE TRICK (TB) and out of the First Down Dash mare Queen Of Appeals opens his stud career with the mantle of two championship honors, and will stand at Royal Vista Ranches in Oklahoma.
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PROSPECT TO THE TOP
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Champion 3-Year-Old Colt
When Joel Tavarez of Odessa, Texas, bought a little bay yearling in the spring of 2009, he just wanted to have a horse to run and have a little bit of fun. What he ended up with is the 2011 champion 3-year-old colt - and a whole lot of fun. PROSPECT TO THE TOP was bred by Sue May of Fort Stockton, Texas, and in 2011, he won three of 10 starts and earned $413,320.
Trained by Ralph Muniz, PROSPECT TO THE TOP won the West Texas Derby (G3) and Hobbs America Derby (G2), was second in the All American Derby (G1), fifth in the Ruidoso Derby (G1) and seventh in The Championship at Sunland Park (G1).
The colt was ridden by Jacky Martin, Roman Chapa, Oscar Rincon and Freddie Martinez. PROSPECT TO THE TOP is by Coronas Prospect and is out of the Easily Smashed mare Cream To The Top. The horse retires to stud with a career record of seven wins in 17 starts and earnings of $648,650. He will stand the 2012 season at JEH Stallion Station - Texas.
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FANTASIC FOR ME
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Fantastic For Me easily winning the Bank of America South America Championship Challenge. Photo courtesy AQHA
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South American Champion
Fantastic For Me becomes the first horse to represent his continent, as he was honored as the South American champion. In its inaugural year, the award was given to the winner of the Bank of America South America Championship Challenge.
The 5-year-old gray stallion races for Sergio Romero Lucena Nunes of Caruaru, Brazil. Fantastic For Me is the second champion bred by Gianni Franco Samaja, who bred and raced aged champion Good Reason SA. Fantastic For Me is by CORONA FOR ME out of the Chicks Beduino mare Jusjumpin. He has won two approved races, including the trial and final of the South America Championship Challenge, and earned $41,460. He was trained by F.P. Melo and ridden by A.R. Lima.
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THE DIAMOND SIDE
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The Diamond Side was named the AQHA Racing Canadian Champion of 2011. © Clive Cohen / New Image Media
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Canadian Champion
Joyce and Erik Lehtinen's homebred The Diamond Side earned the Canadian champion title while winning four of his eight starts in the year. The 4-year-old gelding won two stakes, including the Ontario Bred and Foaled Maturity (R) and the Fort Erie Maturity.
He was trained by Erik Lehtinen and ridden by Helen Vanek. The Diamond Side is by THE DOWN SIDE and out of the Pritzi Dash mare Pritzi Diamond. He has won eight of 22 lifetime starts and earned $197,984.
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CAPTAIN BUCKO
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Captain Bucko was named the ApHC Supreme Champion Two-Year-Old after winning more than $81,000. Reed Palmer Photography
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ApHC Supreme Champion
Two-Year-Old
ApHC Champion
Two-Year-Old Colt
Each year a new crop of Appaloosa Race horses hit the track, and each year, one two-year-old stands above the rest. This year that horse was Captain Bucko, earning titles of Supreme Champion Two-Year-Old and Champion Two-Year-Old Cot. The colored colt sired by CARTEL SUCCESS (AQHA) and out of Joyball by Whirling Fastball (AQHA) hit the dirt with gusto winning 6 of 10 starts including the Victoria Ennis Memorial Handicap, O.H.A. Paint & Appaloosa Futurity and the famed Cricket Bars Futurity while setting a track and world record along the way. His winnings amount to an outstanding $81,199.This colt was bred by H and V Racing of Oklahoma and is proudly owned by Racing RN's and Anita Ruiz of Oklahoma and trained by Luis Villafranco.
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CRM Livewire (middle) ran a close third in the Lone Star Paint & Appaloosa Futurity. Reed Palmer Photography
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CRM LIVEWIRE
APHA Champion 2-Year-Old Colt
Dan and Kay Jones homebred CRM Livewire was named the APHA Regular Registry Racing Champion 2-Year-Old Colt. The black CARTEL SUCCESS colt out of Elaina Go Go-PT, by Texas Hero-PT won two of seven starts, earning $17,391. He was third in the $59,700 Lone Star Paint & Appaloosa Futurity. The race was won by another CARTEL SUCCESS 2-year-old, BP Cartels Paint, who has earned $90,202.
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