Easy Jet won the 1969 All American Futurity, the highest race for Quarter Horse racehorses. After winning 27 of his 38 races in two years of racing, he retired from the race track and became a breeding stallion. He is one of only two horses in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame to have both parents in the Hall of Hall.
About Easy Jet in brief
Easy Jet won the 1969 All American Futurity, the highest race for Quarter Horse racehorses. He earned the highest speed rating awarded at the time—AAAT. After winning 27 of his 38 races in two years of racing, he retired from the race track and became a breeding stallion. His ownership and breeding rights were split into 60 shares worth USD 500,000 each—a total of USD 30 million. By 1993, the year after his death, his foals had earned more than USD 25 million on the racetrack. Easy Jet was of sorrel color, a light yellowish-red. When fully grown, he stood about 15. 3 hands high and weighed about 1,300 pounds. He had a large star and a stripe on his face. He is one of only two horses in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame to have both parents in the Hall of Hall. His two grandsires, Moon Deck and Three Bars, are also in theHall of Fame. He set a new track record of 16 seconds for 330 yards in 1969. The only time in 1969 he did not finish first, second, or third, he had issues in the front gate of the starting gate against some loose teeth against the front of the quagmire.
He won 12 stakes races, and placed second in four and third in one. In winning the All American, he led from the start on a sloppy, muddy track. His jockey Willie Lovell explained that he needed to do very little to win: “I saw him run his own race. All I had to do was just sit there and cover the 400 yards and let him roll” Easy Jet set a record of 20 minutes 46 seconds for 400 yards in a race that was held three days before the start of the race. In 1969, his first official year on the track, he won the AllAmerican Futurity and eight other stakes races. His best speed rating was AAAT, which was the highest grade awarded at the time he was racing. He won 27 races, came in second seven times and third twice, with race earnings totaling USD 445,721.
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