RUNNNING BROOK GAL SHOOTS TO TOP OF WEEKLY TOP-10 POLL
THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE RACING JOURNAL — SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 – All American Futurity winner Runnning Brook Gal shot to the top of the latest AQHA Racing-HorseplayerPRO.com for 2-year-olds, unseating LD Fire for the first time this season atop the divisional rankings.
Meanwhile, All American Derby champ Inseperable moved up three spots to No. 2 this week in the rankings for 3-year-olds and older, chasing only Los Alamitos-based star Freaky.
Runnning Brook Gal, who last week was ranked No. 9, propelled herself to the top ranking with a 1½-length demolition at Ruidoso Downs. The daughter of BROOKSTONE BAY also was second in the Grade 1 Rainbow Futurity final earlier this summer. All American Futurity runner-up Shesa First Ratify ascended to a No. 5 place tie in this week’s rankings, while third-place finisher First Corona Call landed in a No. 9 place tie.
Trainer Paul Jones enjoyed a Ruidoso sweep on All American weekend, not only saddling Futurity champ Runnning Brook Gal but also the Derby’s 1-2-3 finishers, headed by Inseperable. The Derby runner-up, Fantastic Corona Jr., moved up into a No. 6 place tie in this week’s poll of 3-year-olds and older.
The older horse rankings go under the microscope Friday night when the $100,000 Go Man Go Handicap at Los Alamitos matches two of the nation’s top-rated horses, No. 3 Separate Bet and No. 5 Jess You And I, among a field of eight.
NATIONAL RANKINGS, 2-YEAR OLDS
1. RUNNNING BROOK GAL (80) by a JEH Stallion
2. LD FIRE (68)
3. STREAKIN LA QUINTA (65)
4. ZOOMIN WITH EASE (39)
5. FIRST PRIZE LEESA (33)(tie)
5. PEACE FIRE (33)(tie)
5. SHESA FIRST RATIFY (33)
8. RAGAZZO (32)(tie)
9. FIRST CORONA CALL (25)(tie)
9. FAVORITE CARTEL (25)(tie) by a JEH Stallion
First Class Fred (11) by a JEH Stallion, Eye Got The Blues (10), Love Samba (8), Twin Spires (6), Varsity Girl (6), Memories Of Okie (1)
NATIONAL RANKINGS, 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP
1. FREAKY (87)
2. INSEPERABLE (68)
3. SEPARATE BET (64)
4. FIRST MOONFLASH (63) by a JEH Stallion
5. JESS YOU AND I (60) by a JEH Stallion
6. TIME FOR A CIGAR (25) (tie)
6. FANTASTIC CORONA JR (25)(tie)
8. ALICE K WHITE (21)
9. LITTLE BIT OF BAJA (14)(tie)
9. EASY DASHIN SIXES (14)(tie)
Tres Passes (7) by a JEH Stallion, Stolis Winner (6), Illegal Memories (6) by a JEH Stallion, My Lady First (6), Noconi (5), Cuz Eye Said (5), Fighter On Fire (4), Stylish Jess BR (4) by a JEH Stallion, Royal Proclamation (4), A Tempting Dash (2), One Diamond Kitty (2), Gone To The Mountain (1), Rieda Hay Worth (1)
The nine voters are:
Ed Burgart (Los Alamitos announcer/handicapper), Martha Claussen (writer/handicapper), Mike Cusortelli (writer/handicapper), Tom Dawson (network television producer), Dale Day (Remington Park announcer/handicapper), Mike Joyce (TVG analyst), Jeremy Plonk (ESPN.com contributor), Terry Turrell (HorseplayerPRO.com handicapper) and Ty Wyant (writer, Daily Racing Form and AQHA).
Poll results are also available at aqharacing.com and HorseplayerPRO.com. AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on The American Quarter Horse Journal, The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal or America’s Horse, visit www.aqha.com/magazines.
