Fastest qualifier Sweet Carol Line will head the $70,350 Minnesota Futurity at Canterbury Park Wednesday.

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SHAKOPEE, MN—SEPTEMBER 6, 2020—Canterbury Park’s $700,000 Minnesota Festival of Champions Wednesday card will feature a pair of state-bred Quarter Horse stakes. Post time for the first of 12 races is set for 4:10 p.m. (CDT).

Wednesday’s 11th race, the 350-yard, $70,350 Minnesota Futurity (R), has drawn a field of 10 state-bred 2-year-olds, topped by fastest qualifier Sweet Carol Line. A homebred daughter of Moonin The Eagle trained by Jason Olmstead for owner Lunderborg LLC, the gray filly is coming off of a neck victory in the first of two trials on August 25.

Sweet Carol Line has earned $14,221 from five outs, and she was a finalist in the August 11, $87,000 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity. The filly drew post 10 and will be ridden by Nakia Ramirez.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:

1. Shrimpee (Katlin Bedford), 20-1
2. Living In The Past (PT) (Ismael Suarez Ricardo), 12-1
3. Western Reserve (Ry Eikleberry), 2-1
4. Moonin The Class (Kelsi Harr), 12-1
5. Pappy Boyington (Evan Herman), 30-1
6. Corona White Socks (Nik Goodwin), 6-1
7. Game Gone West (Jake Olesiak), 20-1
8. Change N Gears (Luis Valenzuela), 8-1
9. Furiosity (Julian Serrano), 9-2
10. Sweet Carol Line (Nakia Ramirez), 3-1

The Minnesota Futurity will be followed by Wednesday’s $67,250 Minnesota Derby (R), which matches a full field of 10 state-bred sophomores going 400 yards.

Corey Wilmes’ Vo Fanastic Aira, the fastest qualifier and 2-1 morning-line favorite, drew post 8 and will be ridden by Ry Eikleberry for trainer Ed Hardy. A sorrel son of Fantastic Corona Jr, the gelding has won his last three starts, including the second of two trials on August 25.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:

1. Johnee B (Nakia Ramirez), 8-1
2. Myownersbroke (Nik Goodwin), 12-1
3. Beep Beep Zoom Zoom (Luis Valenzuela), 7-2
4. Favorite Gramma (Evan Herman), 20-1
5. Kool Attempt (Katlin Bedford), 20-1
6. Wicked 6 (Ismael Suarez Ricardo), 6-1
7. Jazzing Joanna (Kyle Carter), 9-2
8. Vo Fantastic Aira (Ry Eikleberry), 2-1
9. Jess A Lil Cash (Jake Olesiak), 10-1
10. Find A Rider (Betty J. Williams), 20-1

All Canterbury Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.