Undefeated Grade 1 winner Fernweh is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 440-yard, $315,740 Rainbow Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at Ruidoso Downs.

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RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM—JULY 14, 2020—Rusty Allred’s Fernweh, an undefeated daughter of Favorite Cartel trained by Charles “Duke” Shults, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 440-yard, $315,740 Rainbow Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at Ruidoso Downs.

Fernweh has won all five of her races, including all three of her outs at Ruidoso Downs, and she has earned $545,918, of which $429,600 has been banked at Ruidoso. The filly’s resume includes a head victory as the odds-on choice in last year’s 350-yard, $1-million Ruidoso Futurity (G1), and a half-length victory as the 8-5 favorite in the April 18, 400-yard Remington Park Derby (RG2) for Oklahoma-bred 3-year-olds.

Fernweh drew post 4 and will be ridden by Ricky Ramirez.

Southern Wagon, a stakes-winning homebred Pyc Paint Your Wagon filly trained by Monty Arrossa for owner Dunn Ranch, drew post 7 and will be ridden by James Flores. Raced in California last spring, Southern Wagon scored a one-length victory in the 350-yard, $30,000 La Pacifica Stakes and ran second, a half of a length behind winner Dreams Divine, in the 400-yard, $404,000 Los Alamitos Oaks.

The complete lineup for the inaugural Rainbow Oaks, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:

1. Rocket Seis (Jose A. Alvarez), 30-1
2. Lil Miss Sashay (Tanner Thedford), 15-1
3. Ratification (Esgar Ramirez), 9-2
4. Fernweh (Ricky Ramirez), 2-1
5. Kieva (Mario Delgado), 6-1
6. Jess Find Me (Raul Ramirez Jr.), 15-1
7. Southern Wagon (James Flores), 7-2
8. Valiant Astica (Noe Garcia Jr), 8-1
9. BV Sheslikethewind (Benito Baca), 20-1
10. Why (Cody Smith), 12-1

All Ruidoso Downs races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.