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Fastest Qualifier Cowboys Dynasty Draws Post 10 for AQRA President’s Spring Derby
Fastest qualifier Cowboys Dynasty drew post 10 for Saturday’s 350-yard, $41,277 AQRA President’s Open Spring Derby at Turf Paradise.

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Fastest Qualifier Cowboys Dynasty Draws Post 10 for AQRA President’s Spring Derby

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

PHOENIX, AZ—APRIL 6, 2017—Cowboys Dynasty, a son of champion FDD Dynasty owned and trained by Alvaro Monteverde and the fastest qualifier, drew post 10 for Saturday’s 350-yard, $41,277 AQRA President’s Open Spring Derby at Turf Paradise.

Cowboys Dynasty has won two of his three outs this season, including the second of three trials on March 25. The colt ended his 2-year-old campaign with a clear 1 1/4-length victory in the December 11, 400-yard Arizona Quarter Racing Association Futurity at Turf Paradise.

Jesus Osuna will ride Cowboys Dynasty on Saturday. The colt’s nine opponents include Las Vegas Ranch’s Arizona Icon, a gelded son of Texas Icon trained by Matt Fales. A two-time futurity winner at Turf Paradise last fall, Arizona Icon drew post 4 and will be ridden by J. Martin Bourdieu.

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

  1. Mi Favorito (Armando Cervantes)
  2. Movin The Doe (Emilio Tapia)
  3. Apollitical Boogie (Rodolfo Arvizu)
  4. Arizona Icon (J. Martin Bourdieu)
  5. Sweet Babie James (Justin Klaiber)
  6. Fly First Dash (Berkley Packer)
  7. Fitz (Raul Ramirez Jr.)
  8. Lt Manup (Jose E. Ortiz)
  9. Mr Dynasty (Vince Guerra)
  10. Cowboys Dynasty (Jesus Osuna).

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