SHELBYVILLE, IN—JULY 8, 2017—Three trials including 24 horses vied for a spot among the top 10 Saturday, July 8 to advance into the final of the $50,000 Heartland Futurity.

SR Shambles and James Flores took the spotlight as easy winners of their trial, posting a time of :15.443 to lead the list of finalists. The trial was part of a special all-Quarter Horse racing night at Indiana Grand, which is one of six nights during the 2017 racing season dedicated to the sprinters.

Starting from post eight in the third trial of the night, SR Shambles was out of the gate quickly and in command of the field. The freshman son of Desirio rallied out in front of his opponents and as the 300-yard dash continued, his dominance was even more apparent, coasting under the wire a one and one-half length winner. All American Ease and Juan Galvan edged out Miss Kips Prospect and Oscar Macias in the photo for place.

Owned by Cynthia Allen and trained by Jeannette Hoover, SR Shambles paid $3.00, $2.60, $2.10 across the board as the heavy race favorite. He will no doubt head to the final as the one to beat for the title of the $50,000 Heartland Futurity. Jovetta Meredith bred the gelding in Oklahoma from the Azoom mare Parisz.

In other Heartland trial action, the duo of Trainer Joe Davis and Jockey Rolando Pina swept the other two trials with wins from Mighty B Grateful and Might And Right, both by multiple stakes sire Mighty B Valiant got the second and third fastest horses of the trials.

Mighty B Grateful used a late rally to capture his win in a time of :15.568 while Mighty and Right stopped the timer in :15.592 seconds. Both horses are owned by Davis, who is currently leading the standings as the top Quarter Horse trainer of the meet at Indiana Grand.

Jeannette Hoover, Joe Davis and Randy Smith will all saddle two horses in the final, which is slated for Saturday, July 29.

For the complete list of qualifiers, times, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys CLICK HERE.

The remaining all-Quarter Horse racing dates for 2017 include Saturday, Aug. 12, Saturday, Sept. 16, Saturday, Oct. 7 and Saturday, Oct. 21.

The 15th season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing continues through Saturday, Oct. 28. Racing is conducted Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 2:05 p.m. EST with Saturday racing beginning at 6:05 p.m. EST. Thursday racing will be held July 6 – Aug. 24 at 2:05 p.m. EST.

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