Quarterhorse Rankings Poll 9/11/13

Does he race at Los Al? Interesting - Thanks MM. Do you have any idea why? Do you agree?

Ochoa isn't running in the Go Man Go either. Cold Cash is.

Cold Cash 123 to defend Go Man Go Handicap title on Sunday
Cold Cash 123, the World Champion Quarter Horse in 2011 and the winner of the Go Man Go Handicap last year, will headline a field of 10 running in this year's Go Man Go Handicap to be held on Sunday night. The field will also feature champions Flame N Flash and Hez Our Secret and 2013 major stakes winners Last To Fire, Check My Thoughts and Rylees Boy plus Chivalry SR, JM Blue Light, Jess Featureme Quick and Sparky E Boy. Ochoa, the sport's all-time leading money winner, was nominated to the Go Man Go, but his connections did not enter the Tres Seis gelding into Sunday's Grade 1 race.
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Megastar champions Ochoa (left) and Cold Cash 123 are currently stabled at Los Alamitos Race Course after arriving to beautiful Southern California prior to Labor Day weekend.

The two juggernauts are being pointed to the major Grade 1 races for older horses that are annually contested at the Orange County oval during the second half of the meeting. Ochoa, the sport’s all-leader in money earned, and 2011 World Champion Cold Cash 123 are among the 23 horses that have been nominated to the Grade 1 Go Man Go Handicap to be held on Sunday, September 15. Cold Cash was entered to run in the Go Man Go, while Ochoa's connections to skip the Go Man Go and instead will point him to the Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship on Sunday, October 13.

Racing for J Bar 7 Ranch LLC, Katsy and Monte Cluck and Doug Benson, Ochoa is visiting Los Alamitos for the first time after racing in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma during his 14-race career. Trained by Sleepy Gilbreath, the gelding by Tres Seis has won 10 of those starts while earning a record $2,687,615. Ochoa won the All American Futurity in 2011 and All American Derby in 2012 and most recently won the Mr Jet Moore Handicap at Ruidoso Downs on August 4. Bred by John Jones Jr Interests Ltd, Ochoa has also won the Ruidoso Futurity and Rainbow Derby during his stellar career. Assistant trainer James Lackey, the winning pilot in the 1987 Champion of Champions aboard First Down Dash and 1985 Champion of Champions with Cash Rate, is watching over Ochoa and Cold Cash 123.

T. Bill Stables, Inc’s Cold Cash 123 is the defending Go Man Go Handicap winner, a race that he won in his Los Alamitos racing debut here last year. The AQHA World Champion in 2011, Cold Cash 123 arrives after racing in the Remington Park Championship on June 1. His last victory came in the Bank of America Oklahoma Championship to make him eligible to race in the $350,000 Bank of America Championship Challenge to be held here on Saturday, November 9. Cold Cash 123 is a nine-time stakes winner in his great career that has seen him win 13 of 23 starts and $1,326,306 in earnings.

“(Ochoa and Cold Cash 123) are unique racing individuals,” Lackey said. “It’s an honor to be part of the Gilbreath racing team. I’ve been around them the better part of the year. They’re just tremendous athletes and very unique and special. Their talent and mental capacity show that. Ochoa is extremely powerful. I’ve probably never been around a Quarter Horse of his size and magnitude. He gave me goose bumps watching him last year and I wasn’t even a part of it yet. Cold Cash 123 was here last year and he knows his surroundings well. He’s settled in good and he’s pretty laid back. He makes himself at home wherever he goes. He’s training exceptionally well.”