Corona Relentless, under jockey Roman Cruz, won the $17,500 Rocky Heinzig Stakes at Fair Meadows on Saturday night. It was the thrid consecutive year the mare has won the Rocky Heinzig.

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TULSA, OK–JULY 20, 2024–Sandwiched at the break, Corona Relentless put in a solid effort to win her third consecutive $17,500 Rocky Heinzig Stakes at Fair Meadows on Saturday night.

Jockey Roman Cruz rode the 6-year-old mare to her 12 career win in 33 starts. The multiple-stakes winner was also victorious in the 2022 and 2023 Rocky Heinzig at the Tulsa racetrack.

She completed the 350 yards in 17.666 seconds tonight, equaling a 97-speed index into a 6 mph crosswind.

Marla Vargas trains the daughter of leading sire Hes Relentless for owner Roberto Zuniga-Rios. Corona Relentless, bred in Louisiana by Eddie Cramer, Tom and Bill Maher, is out of the Corona Cartel mare Corona Concierge. She has earned $175,332.

The winning connections of Corona Relentless accept the Rockey Heinzig Stakes trophy Saturday night at Fair Meadows. © Coady Photography

Recent Golden Driller Stakes winner Burning Follies finished second owner-breeder Double A Ranch, Inc. Trainer Raymond Gonzalez named jockey Salvador Martinez to ride the 5-year-old son of Dash To Follies from the Walk Thru Fire mare Burn The Kash. He earned $2,946 for the effort, bringing his lifetime total to over $100,000.

Janet Martinez' Dashin Lewee finished a neck back to earn $1,620 for third. Trainer Diego Luis Meza named Cordarelton Benn to ride Big Lew, a 3-year-old from the Streak And Dash mare The Dashing Attitude. Alona James bred the earner of more than $80,000 in Oklahoma.

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