Llano Teller Becomes Supreme Race Horse

Oct. 28, 2011 - With a win and the fastest qualifying time in the October 21 trials to the Texas Classic Derby (G1), Llano Teller became AQHA’s newest Supreme Race Horse.

The honor is given by AQHA to a horse that during its racing career earns $500,000 or more and wins at least 10 races, including two or more open Grade 1 stakes races.

Llano Teller is the 29th racing American Quarter Horse since 2002 to earn the distinction of AQHA Supreme Race Horse.

Llano Teller was bred by Terry Wootan’s Wootan Racing of Llano, Texas, and the 3-year-old gelding is owned in partnership by Wootan with Reed Land & Cattle Co. Llano Teller is trained by Jeffery “Heath” Reed, and has won 10 of 17 starts, with two seconds and two thirds. He has earned $1,539,727. His stakes wins include the Grade 1 Remington Park Futurity, Ruidoso Derby and All American Derby. He was also third in the Heritage Place Futurity (G1), fourth in the Texas Classic Futurity (G1) and a finalist in the Grade 1 Rainbow Futurity and Rainbow Derby.

Llano Teller is from the second crop of sire Teller Cartel, who has from three crops to race sired the earners of more than $3.8 million. The blaze-faced bay gelding is out of the Mr Eye Opener mare Annie Eye Over, who also produced stakes winner Eyesa Lil Cuervo (by Lil Bit Cuervo, $63,947).

The final for the $335,631-est. Texas Classic Derby (G1) is November 12.

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