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Eazy Street Remains Perfect 3-for-3, Fastest Qualifier for Alex Picov Memorial Futurity
Eazy Street, under jockey Tony Phillips, rolls to a 1-¾ length win in the Alex Picov Memorial Futurity trials on Monday at Ajax Downs.

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Eazy Street Remains Perfect 3-for-3, Fastest Qualifier for Alex Picov Memorial Futurity

AJAX, ONT—SEPTEMBER 16, 2019—Ontario Bred Futurity winner Easy Street romped to a 1-¾ length win in the second of two trials to set the fastest qualifying time for the Alex Picov Memorial Futurity at Ajax Downs. The Mighty B Valiant gelding posted a :20.380 clocking with a 15 mph tailwind to get the top mark.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will return to Ajax Downs on Monday, October 7th to vie for the winner's share of a $50,000-added purse.

Ridden by jockey Tony Phillips, Easy Street races for owner's Carol and Jaime Robertson. Bryn Robertson conditions the 2-year-old who earned nearly $30,000 in three starts this year. He broke his maiden in June, then returned July 14th to win the $45,513(US) Ontario Bred Futurity by two-lengths.

Rowdy And Bodacious (#5) gets his head in front of A Lone Hand (#5) in the opening trial Monday for the Alex Picov Memorial Futurity. © New Age Media / Clive Cohen
Bred in Ontario by Guylaine Paquin, from the Holland Ease mare Easily Holland, the sorrel gelding has won his three starts by a combined 4-½ lengths.

Rowdy And Bodacious scored his second career win in the opening trial to get the second fastest qualifying time of :20.660 seconds. Cassandra Jeschke had the riding assignment aboard the Ontario-bred son of Bodacious Jess for trainer Scott Reid.

A home bred racing for Ivy Lane Racing, Rowdy And Bodacious is out of the Dean Miracle mare Make Us A Miracle. Fourth in the Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity two races back, Rowdy And Bodacious has earned $18,092 in six starts.

For the complete list of qualifiers, times, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys CLICK HERE.

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