Jockey Francisco Quintero guided RR Lotta Runforrobyn to victory on Tuesday in the  Adequan Derby Regional Challenge at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

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SHELBYVILLE, IN–SEPTEMBER 16, 2025–RR Lotta Runforrobyn and Francisco Quintero timed their move just right to score the win Tuesday, September 16 in the $39,363 Adequan Derby Regional Challenge at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

The duo stopped the timer in :20.017 in the 400 yard dash to gain a seat at the Challenge Championships slated for Saturday, October 18 at The Downs at Albuquerque.

The competitive field of six broke together and stayed together during the first half of the race. Whata Lota Boy, ridden by Martin Munoz, was battling between Jefris Gold Wagon and Diego Villamil Bocanegra and Celtic Cartel with Rolando Pina aboard.

It wasn’t until the latter stages of the race that RR Lotta Runforrobyn began a factor, closing in gamely at the last minute to take the lead from Whata Lota Boy. Cowboy on the Fly and L. Daniel Martinez finished third. Less than a length separated the entire field at the wire.

The winning connections of RR Lotta Runforrobyn accept the Adequan Derby Challenge trophy at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Tuesday. © Coady Media

“This horse (RR Lotta Runforrobyn) always tries hard,” noted Quintero, translated through Tony Cunningham’s longtime assistant trainer Salvatore Villalobos. “He always runs hard. He was really trying the last couple of yards.”

RR Lotta Runforrobyn paid $5.00 for the win. It was his fourth career victory for owner Pamela Hann of A Win Investments. Tony Cunningham trains the sorrel son of Favorite Cartel.

He was acquired by Hann and Cunningham from the Heritage Place Yearling Sale for $80,000 and now has just under $100,000 in career earnings. He is three for six in 2025 and his win in the Adequan Derby Challenge was his third stakes victory.

“We are very happy with how this horse has come along,” said Hann in a post-race interview with Rachel McLaughlin, on-air racing analyst for Horseshoe Indianapolis. “We bought him at Heritage and hope we can get another one just like him. Tony (Cunningham) is out there right now. He has been a great horse for us, and he is such a good boy. You would never know he is a stallion. He is so calm in the barn.”

Hann has made major investments in the Indiana Quarter Horse racing program in recent years. She now stands the stallion EOS A Political Win, a Grade 3 Dash for Cash Derby winner and son of Apollitical Jess.

He stands at West Central Veterinary Services in Rockville, Indiana and had his first Graded Stakes winner last summer as AP Political Patriot won the Restricted Grade 3 QHRAI Stallion Service Auction Futurity. He continues to have stakes winners from two crops of racing age with 25 two-year-olds racing this season. Overall, he’s had 40 starters from 55 foals.

Runner-up Whata Lota Boy, a bay gelding by Lota Pyc, closed well to finish second under jockey Martin Munoz. He is conditioned by Ricardo Martinez for breeder/owner Whiting Ranch of Texas.

Out of Eurapollitical Girl by Apollitical Jess, Whata Lota Boy added another graded placing to his record after being a finalist in the Governor’s Stakes as a juvenile. From six starts, he has compiled one win, two seconds, and one third with earnings of $24,223.

Cowboy On The Fly, a consistent sorrel gelding by Flying Cowboy 123, ran on late to secure third with jockey Luz Martinez aboard. The New York-bred is owned and trained by Anthony Cunningham and was bred by Edward R. Walsh.

Out of Dont Bug the Tres, a mare by Tres Seis, Cowboy On The Fly already owns black type credentials with a Governors Stakes win last season and a runner-up finish in the Paul Martin Overnight Stakes earlier this year. He has started 13 times with three wins, four seconds, and two thirds, earning $194,910 to date.

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