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La Vencedora Leads Second Night Of Remington Futurity Trials
La Vencedora, under jockey James Flores, setting the fastest time for on the second night of trials for the $1,320,400 Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity(RG2) .

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La Vencedora Leads Second Night Of Remington Futurity Trials

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 8, 2017—The second night of 12 trials to determine the final five qualifiers for the $1,032,400 Remington Park Futurity are complete. La Vencedora led the way Saturday night, posting a 330-yard effort of :17.011 seconds over a fast track.

La Vencedora and the others who qualified on Saturday faced a headwind ranging from 19-23 mph throughout the evening.

Owned by Terry McLean of Claremore, Okla. and trained by her husband Gerry McLean, La Vencedora was ridden by James Flores. Perfect through her two starts this year, La Vencedora won her trial by 2-1/2 lengths under mild encouragement from Flores, pulling clear with every stride.

Returning Motion, under champion jockey Ricky Ramirez, wins the 8th trial by 1-1/4 lengths.
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A 2-year-old filly by Ivory James, from the Mr Jess Perry mare Jess Shakem, La Vencedora was bred in Oklahoma by Bobby Cox. Sold at the 2016 Heritage Place Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City for $12,000.

Eagle Jazz, a One Dashing Eagle colt out of multiple graded winner Baja Jazz, by Tres Seis, got his second win in as many starts with a half-length victory in the fourth trial Saturday.

The R.L. "Rick" Robinson trainee posted the second fastest clocking of :17.044 seconds. Juan Medina is the owner/breeder of the sorrel colt. Agustin Silva had the riding assignment.

Second crop sire High Rate Of Return's Returning Motion broke her maiden in the 8th trial to get the third fastest time of :17.057 seconds. Champion jockey Ricky Ramirez rode the sorrel filly to a 1 ¼ length win for owner Bobby Simmons.

Double Eagle, under jockey Cristian Esqueda, qualifying in the sixth trial. © Dustin Orona Photography
Trey Wood conditions the Returning Motion out of the multiple stakes winning Brimmerton mare Brimmers Motion. CNN Breeding is the breeder.

Double Eagle was a late supplemental entry into the trials. Owner JK Running Horses of Neosha Falls, Kan. paid $25,000 to participate and they will now reap a hefty share of the final purse since their filly qualified. Ridden by jockey Cristian Esqueda, Double Eagle was a one-length winner in the fourth fastest time of :17.103 seconds.

Also by world champion One Dashing Eagle, the sorrel filly is trained by Kenny Laymon. Carl and Luanne Humphries bred her from the Corona Cartel mare A Southern Gal.

Champion jockey Ricky Ramirez got his second qualifier on Saturday when My Southern Dynasty posted a :17.112 clocking after a 1 ¾ length win in the 9th trial.

Charles Duke Shults saddled the FDD Dynasty colt for owner Dunn Ranch Ltd. Bill Price bred the brown colt from the Southern Cartel mare Southern Fling.

Champion jockey Ricky Ramirez qualifying My Southern Dynasty in the ninth trial Saturday.
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Trainers Gerry McLean and Duke Shults each qualified two to the Remington Park Futurity. McLean saddled La Vencedora on the second night and Political Attraction on night one. Shults has the fifth qualifier on both nights in DF AJ Green Leaves (April 7) and My Southern Dynasty (April 8). The Remington Park Futurity, for eligible 2-year-old Oklahoma-breds, will have its first running worth more than a million dollars on Saturday, April 22.

The five qualifiers from the Saturday's program will join the five fastest qualifiers from Friday night. For a complete list of qualifiers, times, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys CLICK HERE.

The second five fastest from each night are preferred invites to the $100,000 Remington Juvenile Invitational. CLICK HERE for that list.

Remington Park Derby trials, for eligible 3-year-old Oklahoma-breds, dominate the Sunday afternoon program that starts at 1:30pm.

Editor's note: A photo of Eagle Jazz will be posted when it becomes available from the track photographer.

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