Call Me Cole's filly, Call Me Candela, recorded her third consecutive victory together Sunday, qualifying to the Grade 1 Ed Burke Memorial Futurity.

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By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

HOLLISTER, CA–JUNE 4, 2026–Call Me Cole sired his first stakes winner just a couple of weekends ago, when Call Me Candela won the Grade 2, $254,500 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity at Los Alamitos Race Course.

Now, the fairy tale continues.

Miguel Osorio’s homebred Call Me Candela and 20-year-old rider Jose Rosario Alcala are back in the spotlight after qualifying Sunday to the Grade 1, $960,000 Ed Burke Memorial Futurity. The Call Me Cole filly won the Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity by a nose on Mother’s Day and will now have a chance to win the Ed Burke on Father’s Day after holding off Dulce Luchadora by a nose in the third trial.

The trial victory was the third consecutive win for Call Me Candela and Alcala, whose partnership has quickly become one of the early-season success stories at Los Alamitos.

A homebred for owner-breeder Miguel Osorio, Call Me Candela is trained by Jose Flores. She is out of the Favorite Cartel mare DF First Down Cartel.

Alcala has only a handful of Quarter Horse wins in his career, and three of those victories have come aboard Call Me Candela, who secured the sixth-fastest qualifying time of :17.836.

From four crops to race, Call Me Cole is now a graded stakes sire with only eight starters and average earnings of $17,500. His first stakes winner is now also a Grade 1 finalist.

At the track, Call Me Cole won or placed in eight of 15 career starts and earned $298,122. He was third in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity(G1) and a finalist in the Golden State Million Futurity (G1), Los Alamitos Super Derby(G1), Kaweah Bar H.(G3), and Z Wayne Griffin Directors Invitational - Div 2.

Call Me Cole is a son of the leading sire and "sire of sires" Corona Cartel SI 97 ($557,142), the sire of 229 black type, 10 champions, and earners of over $77 million.

Corona Cartel’s top performers include Blues Girl Too SI 105 (World Champion Racing American QH, $2,032,328, Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1), Teller Cartel SI 108 (champion, $1,212,471, All American Quarter Horse Futurity-G1), Five Bar Cartel SI 91 (champion, $1,068,825, Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1), Kvn Corona SI 95 (champion twice, $868,077, Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1).

Call Me Cole's dam is the track-record-setting Grade 1 winner Little Surfer SI 104 ($102,749), by First Down Dash. She is a sister to 13 black type horses, including world champion Wave Carver SI 104, and champion Ocean Runaway SI 105.

Little Surfer is the dam of 21 winners, 5 black type, 28 ROM, including Champion runner and leading third year sire Uncle D SI 96 ($689,165).

His second dam, Grade 2-placed Runaway Wave SI 105 ($79,183) by Runaway Winner, is a former Broodmare of the Year. She is a half-sister to four black type, including Harbor Beach SI 111 ($129,371) and First Down N Surfin SI 97 ($290,681).

Runaway Wave is the dam of 30 winners, 31 ROM, 13 black type, 2 champions, including 3-time AQHA Racing Champion and champion sire Ocean Runaway SI 105 ($1,642,498), AQHA Racing world champion and champion sire Wave Carver SI 104 ($1,005,946).

Call Me Cole stands for a 2026 fee of $1,500, with consideration at Rancho Los 3 Reyes in Hollister, California. For additional information or breeding contracts, call Miguel Osorio (En Español) (408) 627-3216 or Jazmin Osorio (in English) (408) 718-4792.

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