2022 Racing Champions Contenders

The AQHA Racing Champions Announcement Ceremony is at 6 p.m. CST on January 18 at Heritage Place in Oklahoma City.

The ceremony is the evening before the Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale that runs January 19-21 and will be aired via free live webcast on AQHA.com/racing. 

If you are unable to attend, the ceremony will also be available to watch on The Cowboy Channel, the official network of ProRodeo and the first 24-hour television network totally dedicated to western sports and the western lifestyle. The Cowboy Channel is available on various cable and satellite systems or can be streamed online. 

The contenders for 2022 racing champion were selected via a detailed criteria from the year’s runners. 

The contenders are:

2-Year-Old Colt Contenders

AINT HE TEMPTING
5-3-2-0 $175,435

BR ENAMORADO
8-4-1-0 $123,367

CYBER ATTACK
7-4-2-0 $1,151,917

DADDY CALIENTE
7-2-2-2 $152,051

EYE ON THE CARD
6-5-0-1 $587,361

JESSA BEAST
7-2-3-2 $136,210

JMG APOLLITICAL CAPO
9-3-2-1 $170,448

MAJOR GAME
5-3-1-1 $159,661

REQUIRED FIRST
9-2-4-2 $144,729

SIR JAMES
9-4-1-2 $161,319

2-Year-Old Filly Contenders

CARTEL KISSES
10-7-1-1 $201,054

CURLS JOYFUL WAGON
8-4-0-0 $200,586

FIRST LADY ON CANVAS
7-3-0-0 $187,443

FRIVOLOUS
9-3-1-1 $184,400

JES AN ANGEL
11-7-1-0 $319,296

KJ DADDYS MONEY
6-2-2-1 $185,642

ONE FINE V
8-4-0-2 $302,910

ONE PERFECT LADY
11-6-1-1 $272,782

PINK KISS
10-1-4-2 $185,394

SAN LORENZO MOON
8-3-3-1 $347,357
 

2-Year-Old Gelding Contenders

BYE CORONA BYE
8-5-2-0 $643,264

HES JUDGEANDJURY
8-5-0-2 $1,931,167

JERIKO
7-4-1-1 $416,146

OTTS BOY
4-3-0-0 $437,050

PARTY POLITICS
6-4-2-0 $858,905

ROCK A JESS V
9-5-2-1 $675,823

SAN LORENZO IVORY
9-5-4-0 $377,241.00

SAN LORENZO JET
6-5-1-0 $887,910

SICARIO V
6-0-3-2 $464,485

TRES CRYSTALS
7-4-1-0 $660,167

3-Year-Old Colt Contenders

CELL BOUNCE
8-3-2-1 $58,608

CORONA YO
6-1-1-1 $59,496

DASHA DYNASTY
7-3-1-3 $64,971

DASHA GOOD REASON
8-0-2-2 $82,453

GOLDEN BOI
6-4-0-1 $232,856

JUST A KOOL BOY
8-2-1-1 $74,098

3-Year-Old Filly Contenders

ALL POINTZ BULLETIN
6-3-0-1 $156,151

KISS THE CARTEL
8-3-2-2 $176,824

LIL LONGMIRE
10-4-2-0 $184,167

MISS BETH DUTTON
6-2-2-1 $238,873

POLITICAL ROSE
5-5-0-0 $339,841

SWEET TESS
6-2-3-0 $217,650

3-Year-Old Gelding Contenders

A POLLITICAL CANDY V
12-7-3-0 $817,053

BOMB CYCLONE
5-3-0-0 $525,404

DELIGHT US ALL
9-3-4-0 $315,221

KJ DESPARADO
8-6-2-0 $667,642

RIVER FLASH
10-7-1-0 $373,107

SCOOPS DYNASTY
7-6-1-0 $371,460

Aged Stallion Contenders

EL TARTANERO JESS
5-3-0-0 $81,640

FLY ON DOWN
9-2-3-0 $88,862

MR PERRY MOON
8-3-2-0 $63,550

RELENTLESSLY
3-2-0-0 $62,857

SHOCKINGLYFAMOUS
9-3-3-2 $111,514

Aged Mare Contenders

EZ ON MY MIND
8-3-2-0 $108,179

JESSAPOLLITICALGIRL
11-2-2-3 $117,453

KISS THRU FIRE
7-4-1-1 $187,625

MI MOONFLASH
8-4-1-0 $171,946

PATTYS SAINT
7-4-1-0 $103,330

SS CLASSYJESS
9-6-1-1 $107,828

VALIANT MISS PRISS
6-4-1-0 $104,277

Aged Gelding Contenders

APOLLITICAL PENCE
6-5-0-1 $260,784

DANJER
7-5-1-0 $765,183

EMPRESSUM
6-4-2-0 $587,896

FLASH BAK
7-2-2-2 $178,218

HIS TIME TO DEAL
9-3-0-4 $176,736

INSTYGATOR
7-3-1-0 $340,562

JESS MY HOCKS
5-2-0-1 $143,256

POWERFUL FAVORITE
6-3-1-0 $131,778

Distance Contenders

COLD BREWSTER
8-4-0-0 $58,981

DANCE THE DUST OFF
5-4-0-0 $80,997

FREEDOM FLASH
7-3-1-3 $154,784

NICOS FIRST CARTEL
5-1-2-1 $58,564

O DONOVAN ROSSA
8-4-1-1 $95,826

SHOCKINGLYFAMOUS
9-3-3-2 $111,514

UP THE SCORE
11-4-1-3 $100,486

WASCALLYWITTLEWABBIT
5-3-0-1 $105,810

Canadian Contenders

BEARCAT BILL
7-2-1-0 $30,065

FIRST COLD WAVE
8-2-3-1 $44,246

FIRSTPRIZE CHARLOTTE
5-2-0-1 $31,328

HAD TO BE IVORY
6-6-0-0 $62,354

KOLD KINDA STAR
11-2-3-3 $30,129

MAGIC FLARE
11-3-2-2 $30,628

NIGHT LEADER
6-4-2-0 $44,074

NORTHFORK BOSS
8-4-1-3 $49,685

RAPTER
12-1-6-2 $30,866

TWIXT OF FATE
7-5-1-0 $35,453
 

Mexican Contenders

BR ENAMORADO
8-4-1-0 $123,367

BR VALIENTE
6-2-2-0 $157,746

CARLITA JESS
2-2-0-0 $106,919

DK MEXICANA
6-3-0-1 $60,236

ESPEJO FUSILERO
2-2-0-0 $14,077

MR JUAN
9-6-0-0 $58,920

REY ALFREDO
8-7-0-1 $89,986

SE CARVER CRUZAN
9-2-2-2 $50,364

SEND ME ANYWHERE
5-3-2-0 $52,991

UNODK
4-2-1-1 $93,860

US CHICKS CARTEL
4-2-1-0 $97,792

South American Contenders

AUGUSTUS VERDE
5-0-3-0 $6,840

CATARINA VISTA
6-2-2-0 $10,835

CHURCHILL VERDE
4-1-1-1 $8,888

EURICO FOR ME JQM
4-2-1-0 $8,596

FANTASTIC FLY APOLLO
2-0-2-0 $7,342

IMPERADOR EAGLE MRL
4-3-1-0 $6,278

MISS ISAO JQM
2-2-0-0 $8,358

PARTY HARD
4-0-1-3 $7,332

ROYAL FANTASTIC BR
7-4-1-2 $24,371

TELLER TURIM MRL
5-2-0-2 $23,199

Champion Owner Contenders

EDWARD C. ALLRED
416-68-69-78 $1,120,382

JOSE O. BARRON
103-28-17-8 $280,100

DUNN RANCH
98-31-14-17 $1,591,060

JOSEFINA GUZMAN
54-22-12-4 $1,040,157

JEFF JONES AND STEVE HOLT
14-9-2-2 $2,519,063

MILENA KWIECIEN
112-27-17-18 $304,819

LA FELIZ MONTANA RANCH LLC
223-37-27-32 $970,579

JOHN/KATHY LEE & RUBEN MARES
52-12-8-8 $875,335

TOM MAHER
163-25-28-29 $482,668

ROGELIO MARQUEZ JR.
108-29-28-10 $2,149,799

JOSE MENDOZA
22-2-4-3 $41,353

RAMIRO GONZALEZ OZUNA
110-31-17-15 $180,226

CARLOS PONCE
65-25-14-5 $971,480

ROSENTHAL RANCH LLC
25-13-5-1 $1,826,789

VALERIANO RACING STABLES LLC
73-19-17-10 $2,244,496
 

Champion Breeder Contenders

MIKE ABRAHAM
328-32-39-50 $1,103,845

EDWARD C. ALLRED
822-127-127-136 $2,594,400

STEVE D. BURNS DVM
807-119-112-100 $4,346,245

BOBBY D. COX
1,059-155-150-135 $4,386,608

CUADRA LA PRESITA
185-44-30-19 $498,893

FLAG RANCH LLC
218-48-31-31 $1,212,561

RANDY & STACY HILL
76-18-13-13 $1,114,029

GRANT FARMS LLC
327-55-52-41 $1,045,546

JEFF JONES AND STEVE HOLT
18-9-3-2 $2,520,663

MCCOLEE LAND & LIVESTOCK LLC
404-76-49-53 $1,691,782

MJ FARMS
585-102-69-80 $3,580,145

WEETONA STANLEY
228-40-26-19 $882,988

VALERIANO RACING STABLES LLC
164-31-22-23 $1,161,665

Champion Trainer Contenders

MONTY ARROSSA
265-73-39-47 $3,085,203

SANTOS CARRIZALES JR.
205-70-40-21 $5,016,049

CLINTON R. CRAWFORD
551-52-65-62 $1,567,840

JUAN DIAZ JR.
303-72-55-28 $1,865,783

WESLEY TODD GILES
410-73-63-59 $2,993,398

TOBY KEETON
311-63-43-38 $1,844,169

RILEY MOOSMAN
234-77-44-27 $717,477

CHRISTOPHER G. O’DELL
82-22-10-6 $2,185,176

JASON L. OLMSTEAD
585-102-94-90 $2,137,692

RANDY M. SMITH
396-76-63-47 $2,314,566

JOHN STINEBAUGH
437-65-60-67 $1,550,760

MICHAEL HEATH TAYLOR
475-98-76-54 $5,094,935

Champion Jockey Contenders

ARTURO ALVAREZ
679-114-94-81 $2,076,191

DAVID A. ALVAREZ
505-76-70-81 $2,020,042

FRANCISCO CALDERON
558-99-74-88 $3,074,395

BRYAN CANDANOSA
521-77-62-59 $3,086,281

EDWIN ESCOBEDO
485-95-81-81 $1,767,025

CRISTIAN ESQUEDA
418-80-69-42 $1,732,987

JAMES FLORES
327-56-45-40 $3,759,248

NOE GARCIA
481-108-74-65 $2,874,921

JUAN FRANCISCO GARCIA JR.
484-89-65-63 $1,361,806

RICARDO HERNANDEZ JR.
657-97-100-87 $1,468,570

UBALDO S. LUNA
684-98-79-104 $1,725,199

EDUARDO NICASIO
112-25-14-13 $2,330,336

JUAN PULIDO
258-78-42-26 $4,351,279

ADRIAN A. RAMOS
429-79-70-59 $2,690,922

VICTOR MANUEL URIETA JR.
507-105-75-54 $2,366,855

JESUS VALENZUELA
256-82-51-38 $543,405

RODRIGO VALLEJO
218-49-35-21 $2,158,224


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