Cedar Hill is on of 73 juveniles entered in the 350-yard John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge (G3) trials at Albuquerque Downs on Friday.

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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–JULY 22, 2024–Graded stakes winner Cedar Hill and stakes winner Karmalites are two of the 73 2-year-olds entered in Friday's 350-yard John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge (G3) trials at Albuquerque Downs.

A homebred son of Capo de Capi racing for James Sills and Abel Flores, Cedar Hill will be making his first start since May 12, when he scored a neck victory in the 300-yard, $256,000 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity (G2) at Los Alamitos. Eddie D. Willis trains the Oklahoma-bred gelding.

Cedar Hill drew post 2 and will be ridden by Jimmy Dean Brooks in the fourth of eight trials.

Karmalites has earned $109,122 from five outs in New Mexico, and his two wins include a neck victory in the 350-yard, $215,000 Four Corners Futurity at SunRay Park. David Gomez-Barraza trains the sorrel daughter of The Marfa Lights for owner Fabian Muniz Porras.

Karmalites drew post 3 and will be ridden by Emilio Tapia in the third heat.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the August 17, $75,000-est. John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge final. The winner of the final will earn a berth in the John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship (G2), which will be run October 26 at Albuqeurque Downs.

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