GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—NOVEMBER 15, 2014—At 13-to-1 odds, Torts On Fire surprised the field in Saturday's $860,519 Grade 1 Texas Futurity by breaking his maiden with a head win over Baby Eagle Glory. Fastest qualifier Cc Kachina Eagle finished a nose back in the show position.

Ridden by jockey Ricky Ramirez, Terry and Irene Stennett's Torts On Fire covered the 400 yards in :19.843 seconds, into a 10 mph headwind to get his first career win in five starts this season. Trainer Trey Wood saddled his second Texas Classic Futurity(G1) winner. He also won the richest race in Texas in 2010 with the First Down Dash colt Bodacious Dash.

"In the trials he didn't get away to sharp, but he made a big, big run," said jockey Ricky Ramirez. "Today, he broke the best he's ever broke and he did it when it counted."

Torts On Fire, a gelded son of leading sire Walk Thru Fire, entered the race off a third place effort to post-time favorite Lethal Strike and Bay Eagle Glory in the October 25th trials. Prior to that start the sorrel gelding spent the summer in Ruidoso where he was second in a maiden race, third in his Rainbow Futurity trial and second in his All American Futurity trial.

Bred in Texas by Dunn Ranch, Ltd., from the Mr Jess Perry mare Queen Of Torts, Torts On Fire earned $372,117 for Saturday's effort. He is a half-brother to Los Alamitos Juvenile winner First Down King, whose first crop will race in 2015.

The lightly raced Bay Eagle Glory picked up $186,059 for owner Julio Rodriguez and trainer Jorge Lopez. Johnny Trotter bred the One Famous Eagle colt in Oklahoma from the Mr Eye Opener mare Eye Of Glory. Manuel Gutierrez was aboard the one-time winner in four starts this season.

Fastest qualifier Cc Kachina Eagle boosted her earnings to $133,488 after pocketing $93,030 for third. The One Famous Eagle filly, trained by Larry Hines and ridden by Jorge Bourdieu, was fourth in the West Texas Futurity(G2) at Sunland Park in April and also a finalist in the All American Juvenile Invitational at Ruidoso Downs over the summer. Melvin Neugebauer owns the Oklahoma-bred miss out of Cassandra Crest, by Holland Ease. Danny Joe Miller is the breeder.

Torts On Fire returned a handsome $27.80, $11.60 and $6.80. Bay Eagle Glory returned $7.80 and $5.20. and Cc Kachina Eagle paid $4.20 to show.

Cosmo Traffic, Lethal Strike, Moonstruck Love, On The Wagon, Follys Regards and Justmakeitjolie completed the field. Racy Casanova was scratched.