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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 11, 2017—Jockey Larry Payne rode Ima China Rush to a 1 ¼ length win in the second of 17 trials for the Grade 3 $525,050 Oklahoma Futurity Saturday night at Remington Park. The sorrel filly clocked a :15.229 time, a 96-speed index, on a muddy/rainy racetrack to post the fastest qualifying time.
The 10 fastest 2-year-olds, from 164 head who competed in the trials, will return to the Oklahoma City racetrack on Saturday, March 25th to vie for the winner's share of the more than half-million-dollar purse. The oldest Quarter Horse futurity in the country, this year's race will be the 76th edition.
Trainer Guillermo Valdiva saddled the Oklahoma homebred for owner/breeder Sherry Gilmore of Sallisaw, Oklahoma. A daughter of third-crop sire Rushago, Ima China Rush is out of the Pyc Paint Your Wagon mare Ima Pyc China Doll.
Ridden by jockey Daniel Torres, the brother to Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity(RG3) winner Im A Fancy Pyc, completed the 300-yard task in :15.365 seconds, a 91-speed index with a 17-mph tailwind.
Luz Chavira conditions the son of leading sire Pyc Paint Your Wagon for owner Jose Guzman. Weetona Stanley bred the bay colt from the multiple stakes-producing Mr Jess Perry mare First Prize Fancy, a sister to Remington Park Futurity(G1) winners First Prize Leeza and First Prize Robin and Heritage Place Futurity(G1) winner First Carolina.
Chavira also saddled third fastest qualifier Chasin My Desire, a Chicks Regard homebred racing for owner/breeder Sammy Manek.
Another qualifier for jockey Daniel Torres, Chasin My Desire finished second to fastest qualifier Ima China Rush while posting a :15.438 clocking. The gray colt is out of the Desirio mare Hi Ho Desirio.
Jose Espinoza's Lions Express was a three-quarter length winner in the 8th trial under jockey Edwuin Lujan. Erika Huitron saddled the son of third-crop sire Freighttrain B to the fifth fastest time of :15.466 seconds. Bennett Racing Stables, LLC bred Lions Express in Indiana from the First Wrangler mare This Cat Purrs.
Champion jockey G.R. Carter, Jr. rode Unconquerable to the seventh fastest time of :15.503 seconds in trial 14. The $30,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale graduate races for owners Unconquerable Racing Ltd. Dee Kenner trains the son of second crop sire High Rate Of Return out of Fleeting Touch by Tres Seis. Garvan Kelly and Nancy Yearsley is the breeder.
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The final two qualifiers came from the ninth trial when Im Jess Sweet Jess nosed out Ima Louisiana Girl with a :15.519 clocking. Everardo Escamill-Gonzalez conditions the One Sweet Jess filly for owner Sigrid Vazquez. Jim and Natalie Montgomery sold the filly, out of Sweetness Special by Eyesa Special, for $9,000 in the Heritage Place Yearling Sale.
Ima Louisiana Girl, an $11,500 Heritage Place Yearling graduate, held on for the final spot with a :15.523 clocking. Trey Wood trains and champion jockey Ricky Ramirez rode the daughter of second crop sire The Louisiana Cartel. Owned by The Zand Ltd. Partnership, Ima Louisiana Girl was bred in Oklahoma by JNL Horse Farm LLC.
Trainer Eddie Willis won three trials on the night with only Tres Of Elegants making the Oklahoma Futurity. Jockey Mario Delgado had a riding triple with three trial victories but none of his mounts made the main event.
The Opening Weekend at Remington Park concludes Sunday at 1:30pm. The program will feature trials for the Oklahoma Derby and the first stakes races of the season with the Eastex Stakes and Mighty Deck Three Stakes. All times are central.
For a complete list of Grade 3 Oklahoma Futurity qualifiers CLICK HERE.
Another Weetona Stanley bred 2-year-old, Fast Prize Rumor, finished second in the fourth trial and ended the night with the 11th fastest time of :15.526 seconds.
The son of champion and first crop sire Hez Our Secret posted the fastest time for the Oklahoma Juvenile Invitational, a $50,000 Guaranteed race where the second 10 fastest qualifiers as preferred invites. It will also run back on Saturday, March 25.
Owner Jose Guzman paid $11,500 for the Heritage Place Yearling Sale graduate in September. He is out of the multiple stakes producing Corona Cartel mare Coronas Fast Prize. Jockey James Flores was aboard for trainer Gary McLean.
For a complete list of Oklahoma Juvenile preferred invites CLICK HERE.