BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MAY 7, 2024–Graded stakes winners Heavens Uncle and Joose Boxx are two of the 193 2-year-olds entered in this week's $1,000,000-est. Heritage Place Futurity (G1) trials at Remington Park.

A total of 24 350-yard heats will be run, 12 on Thursday and 12 on Friday. First post time both nights is set for 6 p.m. (CDT).

A homebred son of freshman sire Uncle D racing for Sherry Gilmore, Heavens Uncle will be stretching out in distance off of his head victory in the 330-yard, $854,775 Remington Park Futurity (RG1) for Oklahoma-breds on April 29. The gelding has won two of his three starts and has earned $371,832.

Heavens Uncle drew post 3 and will be ridden by Bryan Candanosa for trainer Guillermo Valdivia in Thursday's second trial.

Joose Boxx races for Javier De Los Santos Muzquiz from the barn of trainer Juan Diaz Jr. A gray son of Kiss My Hocks, the gelding will be making his first start since March 23, when he scored a three-quarter length victory in the 300-yard, $502,000 Oklahoma Futurity (G2).

Joose Boxx drew post 6 and will be ridden by Nestor Duran in Thursday's eighth heat.

Two other prominent 2-year-olds -- Kiss My Maruska and Finn McOol -- also drew into Thursday's trials. Kiss My Maruska is a Kiss My Hocks colt owned by Heavy Hitters Racing Stables, which purchased Kiss My Maruska from breeders Tyler and Naia Graham for $88,000 TQHA Yearling Sale in San Antonio.

The colt banked $70,610 from two outs during the Louisiana Downs winter meet, and he is coming off of a second-place finish, a nose behind winner DK Marney Jess, in the March 30, $398,000 Louisiana Downs Futurity (G2).

Kiss My Maruska drew post 4 and will be ridden by Nestor Duran for trainer Juan Diaz in Thursday's ninth trial.

Finn McOol drew post 3 and will be ridden by Roman Cruz for trainer Dee Keener in Thursday's seventh heat. A $37,000 purchase by Planefun LLC from breeders J. Garvan Kelly and J. Lloyd Yother at last year's Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, the son of champion Kvn Corona has earned $57,191 from his first two races, and he is coming off of a third-place run, one length behind Joose Boxx, in the Oklahoma Futurity.

The five fastest qualifiers from Thursday's and Friday's trials will meet in the June 1, $1 million-est. Heritage Place Futurity final.

All Remington Park races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.