Favorite Buddy Bc, under jockey Jesus Canales, won the $80,150 Mike Lipp Memorial Futurity at Sweetwater Downs on Saturday.

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ROCK SPRINGS, WY–SEPTEMBER 14, 2024–Wyoming Downs Futurity winner Favorite Buddy Bc got his second stakes victory today while destroying the $85,150 Mike Lipp Memorial Futurity field at Sweetwater Downs.

Ridden by jockey Jesus Canales, Favorite Buddy Bc led from gate-to-wire as he posted a 1-3/4 length winning margin. The fastest qualifier returned to complete the 300 yards in 15.194 seconds, equaling a 107 speed index.

Trainer Sergio Canales saddled the son of third-crop sire Flay to his fifth career win in six starts for owner-breeder Ben McKinney.  Bred in Utah from the Class Jump mare Classic Pearl Bc, Favorite Buddy Bc was also third in the Beehive Futurity last April. Today, the $34,391 winner's purse pushed his earnings to $143,062.

Banquet, a 2-year-old Wyoming-bred daughter of Flay, earned $17,361 for finishing second. Owner-trainer Aldo Pinela named jockey Brayan Juarez to ride the brown filly out of Bouquet by Walk Thru Fire. Chuck and Erica Dae Jaure bred the $30961 earner.

BDS Performance Horses' Kcross Comin In Hot finished half-a-length back to earn $8,846 for third. Skyler Greene trains the Rgr Jungle Jock gelding from the My Special Bear mare Caseys Six Pick. Wagonhammer Ranch bred the $22,556 earner in Wyoming.

Special Buddy Bc, Vvr Canella Velvet, Bv Camilia, and Car Hopp completed the field. Sj Illusive N Shady, Vvr Let It Ride and Y O At A Glance were scratched.