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FEAR N FRIDAYS FASTEST QUALIFIER GRADE 2 $256,200 KINDERGARTEN FUTURITY
Fear N Fridays setting the fastest time from eight trials for the Grade 2 Kindergarten Futurity at Los Alamitos.
© Amber Mendez
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–APRIL 21, 2024–Much was expected of AGMW Racing's Fear N Fridays in his career debut on April 6 at Los Alamitos. The Utah-bred gelding by Pyc Fun N Fancy was the 7-5 favorite in that race, but he could only muster a fourth-place finish in that 220-yard outing.
The learning experience served the Thurston Quarter Horses-bred sprinter well, as he returned with a flawless performance from the rail to win the fourth of eight trials to the Grade 2, $256,200 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity on Sunday night at the Orange County oval.
Ridden by Armando Cervantes for trainer Monty Arrossa, Fear N Fridays posted the fastest qualifying time to the 300-yard final after covering the distance in a time of :15.665. He finished 1 ¼ lengths ahead of Antonio Diaz's Exploiter in this trial with the runner-up also advancing to the Kindergarten final.
Fear N Fridays is out of the Proudest Effort mare Kipannie, a daughter of the graded stakes winner Easy Kipa, who won the Evergreen Futurity at Sun Downs in 1996 and ran in the Bitterroot Futurity at Les Bois Park.
Arrossa now has an opportunity to add another Kindergarten victory after winning this race Fire Fast Honey in 2021, Valiantli in 2022, and Double Down 123 last year. With those three Kindergarten winners being fillies, Fear N Fridays will look to become the first male to win the Kindergarten since Chayito Cartel in 2019.
"In his first out, Fear N Fridays drew the rail, and he was a little green and really needed the race," Arrossa said. "Tonight, he drew the rail again. The (previous) race benefited him. He ran a real professional race. I'm very happy with him."
Fear N Fridays sire Pyc Fun And Fancy SI 104 is a Grade 3 winning son of leading sire Pyc Paint Your Wagon brey by Weetona Stanley from the Mr Jess Perry mare First Prize Fancy. He earned over $478,000 and is a leading third-crop sire.
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