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Minnesota Festival of Champions Features Two Quarter Horse Stakes
Stakes winner Pyc Jess Bite Mydust has been entered in Sunday’s $45,000 Minnesota Futurity (R) at Canterbury Park.

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Minnesota Festival of Champions Features Two Quarter Horse Stakes

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SHAKOPEE, MN—AUGUST 20, 2016—A field of eight state-bred juveniles, topped by stakes winner Pyc Jess Bite Mydust, has been entered in Sunday’s 350-yard, $45,000 Minnesota Futurity (R) at Canterbury Park.

A homebred Apollitical Jess gelding trained by Jason Olmstead for Lunderborg LLC, Pyc Jess Bite My Dust is coming off of a head victory as the 6-5 favorite in the July 10, 350-yard Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity. Pyc Jess Bite My Dust drew post 8 and will be ridden by Brayan Velazquez.

Olmstead will also send out Vodka At Moonlight, a homebred filly racing for Summer Run Inc. The runner-up to Faster Than Hasta in the July 10, 350-yard Minnesota Stallion Breeders’ Futurity (R), Vodka At Moonlight drew post 2 and will be ridden by Nik Goodwin.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--

  1. Jess A Chance (Trevino Clark Jr.)
  2. Vodka At Moonlight (Nik Goodwin)
  3. Its Crunch Tyme (Scott Stevens)
  4. Bbs Pyc Luckycharm (Chris Rosier)
  5. Inclined To Dash (Marcus Swiontek)
  6. Givinitalittleeffort (Jose Montoya)
  7. Wallykazam (Erick Cruz)
  8. Pyc Jess Bite Mydust (Brayan Velazquez).

Also on Sunday, Rodney Von Ohlen’s V Os Filo will attempt to extend his win streak in the 400-yard, $45,000-added Minnesota Derby (R).

A homebred son of Pyc Paint Your Wagon, V Os Filo is coming off of wins against aged Minnesota-breds in the July 31, 440-yard Cash Caravan Stakes (R), and the June 26, 400-yard Bob Moorehouse Stakes (R). The gelding drew post 7 and will be ridden by Jose Montoya for trainer Ed Hardy.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--

  1. I Am The Doctor (Chris Rosier)
  2. Sr Ur Fired (Brayan Velazquez)
  3. Gramma Ella (Marcus Swiontek)
  4. Squirt Guns (Trevino Clark Jr.)
  5. Blacks Cartel (Ismael Suarez Ricardo)
  6. Dashing Good Reason (Larren Delorme)
  7. V Os Filo (Jose Montoya)
  8. Avoid The Drama (Rusty Shaw)
  9. Eyra Hayes (Chase Clark)
  10. Moon Me Chick (Nik Goodwin).

All Canterbury Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.