King Dynasty gets the nod in NM State Fair QH Juvenile
ALBUQUERQUE – King Dynasty earned the first win of his career Sunday at Albuquerque Downs, narrowly prevailing in the $100,000 New Mexico State Fair Quarter Horse Juvenile under jockey Raul Ortega.
Owned and bred by Meluking Ranch, LLC and trained by David M. Gomez-Barraza, King Dynasty dueled on the lead throughout the 400 yards journey and held off the late rally of second place finisher King of the Rode to score the win by a head, stopping the watch in a time of 19.786 seconds, earning an Equibase Speed Index of 85.
King Dynasty, a 2-year-old son of Eye Am King, finished second in his most recent start behind Luxurie when trials were held here last month. Prior to that, he was fourth in his career debut on Sept. 5. Sunday’s win pads his career earnings to more than $61,000.
King Dynasty is out of the FDD Dynasty mare Achildhooddream. The damsire, who retired with more than $1.17 million in earnings on the track, scored stakes wins at Los Alamitos in the 2006 Ed Burke Million Futurity as well as both Go Man Go Handicap and Governor’s Cup Derby in 2007.
Eye Am King, one of the state’s leading stallions and currently standing at MJ Farms, has produced multiple Grade 1 winners including 2025 All American Futurity winner King of the Tide, 2023 NM State Fair QH Futurity winner Bella De Ball, as well as RC Corona King and Just En King. Sent off at odds of 5.60-to-1, King Dynasty returned $13.20 to his winning backers. The $2 exacta with King of the Rode paid back $55.60. Notjessaprettyface finished third with Aggie Moon rounding out the top four finishers.