Fastest qualifier Dominate This will head the AQRA President’s Open Futurity at Turf Paradise on Sunday.

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PHOENIX, AZ—OCTOBER 26, 2017—A pair of Quarter Horse stakes, topped by the 350-yard, $10,000-added AQRA President’s Open Futurity, headline Turf Paradise’s eight-race program on Sunday.

Fastest qualifier Dominate This, an undefeated son of Dominyun, drew post 2 and will be ridden by Martin Osuna. Trained by Jose Badilla Sr. for owners Angel Hernandez and Jorge Herrera, the gelding is coming off of a 1 1/4-length victory in the third of three trials on October 15.

Other contenders include A & C Racing and Roping’s Skinny Kyni, a homebred stakes-placed Winners Version filly trained by Tyler Gibbs. Skinny Kyni has earned $27,949 from six outs in four states, and her resume includes a second-place finish in the 350-yard, $104,000 Bitterroot Futurity (R) at Sandy Downs in Idaho on June 24.

Skinny Kyni drew post 5 and will be ridden by Eddie S. Garcia.

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

1. Winners Runaway (Jesus Osuna)
2. Dominate This (Martin Osuna)
3. Nicos Favoritecartel (Rodolfo Arvizu)
4. Champion Winner (Michael Ybarra)
5. Skinny Kyni (Eddie S. Garcia)
6. Jazzy Icon (J. Martin Bourdieu)
7. Red Beer (Joseph Belloc Jr.)
8. Dublin Dynamite (Justine Klaiber)
9. Arrow Of Cupid (Emilio Tapia)
10. El Remmy (Mark Jasso)

A full field of 10 Arizona-bred 2-year-olds has been entered back in Sunday’s 350-yard, $10,250 AQRA Futurity (R).

Angel Valenzuela’s Texas Tornadoe, a Texas Icon filly trained by Raul Valenzuela, has won both of her outs since she was claimed for $6,250 at Los Alamitos on July 15. A finalist in the April 30, 300-yard Desert Classic Futurity (R) at Turf Paradise, Texas Tornadoe is coming off of a neck victory as the 3-5 favorite in the first of two AQRA Futurity trials on October 15.

Texas Tornadoe drew post 2 and will be ridden by Andres Osuna.

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

1. Desert Scorpion (Emilio Tapia)
2. Texas Tornadoe (Andres Osuna)
3. Marshall Valentine (David Reyes-Frisby)
4. Dashingtexas (Mark Jasso)
5. Miss First N Wild (Jesus Osuna)
6. Shakin Cash (Ron Beverly)
7. My Pistolita (Rick Oliver)
8. Tanyah Tucker (J. Martin Bourdieu)
9. Caits Icon (Justin Klaiber)
10. Pirteville Cartel (Carlos W. Marquez)