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Jockey Flores Wins Six, Including $396,650 Oklahoma Futurity Aboard Ec Revenge For 92-Year-Old Owner
EC Revenge (8) and jockey James Flores power past Pepper Ryan (5) to win the Grade 2, $396,650 Oklahoma Futurity on Saturday at Remington Park.

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Jockey Flores Wins Six, Including $396,650 Oklahoma Futurity Aboard Ec Revenge For 92-Year-Old Owner

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 23, 2019—EC Revenge's owner Elizabeth Logan of Haskell, Okla., must not have wanted to rush into the business of owning racehorses. The 92-year-old won the Grade 2, $396,650 Oklahoma Futurity for 2-year-old American Quarter Horses on Saturday night at Remington Park.

"It took me to 92 years old to do something like this," Logan said with a laugh after her juvenile gelding flashed to the wire like lightning in the feature race of seven stakes events on Remington Park's 12-race card.

She certainly had something to smile about as this son of first-crop sire Hes Relentless, out of the Corona Cartel mare SS Pamilla, made the bank account go cha-ching, earning $158,660 for the victory. The $25,000 Heritage Place Yearling Sale graduate was bred in Oklahoma by William E. Smith. The second dam First Prize Robin, by Mr Jess Perry, won the 2006 Remington park Futurity(G1) for Smith and Lloyd Scherwinski.

The victory was jockey James Flores' fifth trip to the winner's circle on the night (he won the nightcap also to conclude a six-win evening), vaulting him back into the lead in the rider standings this meet.

OQHRA Executive Director Debbie Schuaf presents the Oklahoma Futurity stakes trophy to winning owner Elizabeth Logan, trainer Dee Keener and jockey James Flores .
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The defending champion jockey at Remington Park, Flores won the Oklahoma Futurity for a second time in the past four years. He also won in 2016 with Coronas First Diva. Flores had them laughing in the winner's circle when there was a minor glitch with the microphone during his post-race interview.

"He ran so fast he knocked out the electricity and the sound," Flores told Logan and trainer Dee Keener.

"I love my jockey and trainer," Logan said. "James can ride him again."

EC Revenge blazed to the win over a fast track in a time of 15.307 seconds for 300 yards, earning a speed index of 93. He now has $164,390 in two starts. He finished a full length ahead of the field. Pepper Ryan was second, another length in front of third-place runner Southern Fast Success. The winner went off at 5-2 odds and returned $7.80 to win, $4.40 to place and $3.60 to show.

EC Revenge was the top qualifier from 12 trials for the Oklahoma Futurity on March 9. The historic Oklahoma Futurity was contested for the 78th time. It is the longest running futurity in American Quarter Horse racing with the first edition held in 1947. Remington Park has conducted the race since 2006.

Jockey James Flores aboard Oklahoma Futurity(G1) winner Ec Revenge. © Dustin Orona Photography
A $22,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling repurchase, runner-up Pepper Ryan races for owners William E. Smith and Ky Luddington. M. Heath Taylor saddled the gelded son of world champion and champion sire One Dashing Eagle from the grade 2-placed Itea by Corona Cartel. Itea is a sister to Rainbow Futurity(G1) winner Ms First Prize Rose, Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity and leading second-crop sire Coronado Cartel and Rainbow Juvenile winner Denver Pass.

Ridden by Randy Edison, Pepper Ryan picked up $67,431 for the effort to bring his earnings total to $73,161 from two starts. Smith bred the 1-2 finishers in the rich futurity.

Dennis Dreier's Southern Fast Success earned $43,632 for third. Trainer Trey Wood conditions the Cartel Success gelding out of the Heza Fast Man mare Southern Fast Lady. Matt Dunn is the breeder.

Always Charging, Df Zookie Cookie, Rrelentless, Clean Brew, Tf Kates Tlc, Separate Party and Sizzling Fajita completed the field.

Remington Park racing continues on Sunday, March 24 with a 10-race afternoon program underway at 1:30pm-Central.

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