Fastest qualifier Corona Wildfire returns on Saturday to head the $32,400 Eye On Corona Virus Futurity at Laurel Brown Racetrack near Salt Lake City.

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SOUTH JORDAN, UT—JUNE 4, 2020—Fastest qualifier Corona Wildfire heads a field of 10 2-year-olds entered back in Saturday’s 330-yard, $32,400 Eye On Corona Virus Futurity at Laurel Brown Racetrack near Salt Lake City.

A bay daughter of Corona Cartel owned by Jerry D. Chapman and a $40,000 purchase at the 2018 Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale in Oklahoma City, Corona Wildfire made her official debut with a one-length victory in the first of four trials held at Weber Downs in Ogden, Utah, on May 23. The filly drew post 7 and will be ridden by Cesar T. Moreno for trainer Josh Taylor.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments:

1. Devils Cut (Jesus Canales)
2. Eagles Dragon (Uriel Dominguez)
3. JR Prissys Kiss (Jesus Valenzuela)
4. Play Ur Cards (Eric Ayala)
5. Political Bedlam (Cesar T. Moreno)
6. Dont Waver (Tyson Lusk)
7. Corona Wildfire (Cesar T. Moreno)
8. Winning Blood MV (Nakia Ramirez)
9. Money Flashin (Alan Miramontes)
10. Blackwater Bengal (Joseph Belloc Jr.)
11. AE-CG A Mighty Wood (Santiago Jimenez)
12. AE-Carriage Ride (Joseph Belloc Jr.)

KP Dillion Heads Beehive Futurity Trials

Also on Saturday, 51 juveniles are entered in seven 350-yard Beehive Futurity (R) trials.

Karl R. Peterson’s KP Dillon, a homebred son of Glock trained by Riley Moosman, drew post 2 and will be ridden by Jesus Valenzuela in the fifth trial.

The gelding has earned $36,057 from two outs, and his resume includes a nose victory in the 330-yard, $88,000 Hadley/Giles Futurity at Weber Downs on May 24.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the June 20, $100,000-est. Beehive Futurity final.