Kempton, winner of the $1.08 million Heritage Place Futurity on June 1 at Remington Park, was not entered in Monday’s $3 million All American Futurity at The Downs at Albuquerque after failing a recent out-of-competition test, according to Izzy Trejo, executive director of the New Mexico State Racing Commission. Kempton, unbeaten in four starts, was rated as a leading contender for Quarter Horse racing’s richest race on the strength of wins in the Heritage Place Futurity and a time trial for the All American Futurity on Aug. 10. Kempton, owned by Ozaca Ranch and trained by James Gonzales II, tested positive for albuterol, a bronchodilator, in a test taken after the trials, Trejo said. Kempton was supplemented to the All American Futurity trials for $50,000, and earned $6,000 for the trial race win. Ozaca Ranch and Gonzales were denied a temporary restraining order in an Albuquerque court on Monday in an attempt to keep Kempton in the All American Futurity, Trejo said. The race was drawn Monday. Gonzales said on Tuesday morning that Kempton will be rested until 2025. He declined to elaborate on the out-of-competition positive. With Kempton out of the field, Painted Eclispe gained a berth in the field of 10. Painted Eclispe, who won the $311,951 West Texas Futurity at Sunland Park in April, was second to Kempton in a division of the All American Futurity trials on Aug. 10 and had the sixth-fastest qualifying time that day. The five fastest runners from Aug. 9 and 10 earned berths in the All American Futurity. This is not the first time in recent years that out-of-competition testing has revealed positive tests prior to the All American Futurity. Two horses tested positive for albuterol after the trials in 2019 and were not permitted to run. Overall, Trejo said three horses that ran in time trials for major Quarter Horse races in Albuquerque from Aug. 9-11 tested positive for albuterol in subsequent out-of-competition tests. :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. The Gonzales-trained Clean Good Candy, a trial race winner Aug. 10, was not entered in Monday’s $200,000 All American Juvenile, the consolation to the All American Futurity, after an albuterol positive. Holy Mitole, who had the 22nd-fastest qualifying time for the All American Derby from trials Aug. 11, was omitted from a potential start in Monday’s $100,000 All American Invitational. The All American Invitational is the consolation to the All American Derby. Holy Mitole, trained by Eric Valenzuela, did not secure a berth in the Invitational, but would have been eligible if two qualifiers from the time trials had not been re-entered. One prominent qualifier was not entered in the All American Invitational – Dark Nme, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2023. Dark Nme, third in the 2023 All American Futurity, was second in a division of the All American Derby trials. She may be retired, co-owner Willie Garcia said Tuesday, pending a decision in the next week. The All American Futurity field is led by Hezgothelook Z, who won the Ruidoso Futurity at 350 yards in June and the Rainbow Futurity at 400 yards on July 14. For the All American Futurity, Hezgothelook Z had the second-fastest qualifying time of 21.10 seconds for 440 yards on Aug. 9. Trained by Toby Keeton for Triple One Ranch, Hezgothelook Z can become the first horse since Special Effort in 1981 to sweep the Ruidoso, Rainbow, and All American futurities. In that year, the Ruidoso Futurity was known as the Kansas Futurity. Typically, the three races are run at Ruidoso Downs in southern New Mexico, but the Ruidoso Downs meeting was transferred to Albuquerque in late July after a series of floods caused by runoff from recent mountainside fires in the area repeatedly damaged the Ruidoso Downs racetrack. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.