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LOS ALAMITOS, CA—JULY 13, 2018—With a strong string of horses headed by graded futurity finalists Powerful Favorite and Tac Me Up, trainer Chris O'Dell appeared to be in a great position heading into the trials to the $380,000 Governor's Cup Futurity on Saturday at Los Alamitos.
Halfway through the night, O'Dell's Quarter Horse contingent had already delivered many strong performances, none better than Parsons Family Limited Partnership's Parsons Rocket, a homebred gelding who posted the evening's fastest clocking of :17.587 in the fourth of sixth heats. Ridden by Cody Jensen, Parsons Rocket outdueled Powerful Favorite, who came into the trials after running in the Grade 1 Ed Burke Million Futurity.
"We ran first in a couple of races and also had some seconds," O'Dell said. "We're pretty happy with that. The night started a little rough. I had a couple that I thought would do well (earlier in the night), but we sat patient and things came around. This horse (Parsons Rocket) is a Cody Jensen special.
"You get (Parsons Rocket) in between horses and gets bumped around then he gets pretty timid. I tell you what, he beat a pretty good horse because that Powerful Favorite is a runner."
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Rosenthal Ranch's Powerful Favorite finished with the second fastest time with a clocking of :17.597 for jockey Eduardo Nicasio and O'Dell. In the trials to the Ed Burke, the son of Favorite Cartel had a similar result, as he was second to fastest qualifier SC Money Maker on that night.
O'Dell's fifth qualifier of the night came courtesy of Parsons Ranch's Favorite Wise Lady, who is now a perfect two for two after Cody Jensen piloted her to victory and the sixth fastest time of :17.734.
Juan Carlos Chavez's Striver is now a three-time futurity finalist after posting the fourth fastest time following his second-place finish to Provodnikov in the opening trial. The Foose filly was second in the Kindergarten final and also competed in the Ed Burke Million final.
For the complete list of qualifiers including times, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys CLICK HERE.
Courtesy of www.losalamitos.com.