LOS ALAMITOS, CA—JUNE 18, 2021—Owned and bred by M&G Farms, fastest qualifier Golden Boi will headline a terrific field of 10 juveniles in the running of the Grade 1, $1,150,000 Ed Burke Million Futurity, which is the first million-dollar race of the current Quarter Horse meet at Los Alamitos, to be held here on Sunday night.

Golden Boi won his trial by a half-length thanks to a good start and a blazing finish in the 350-yard race. The effort earned the son of Favorite Cartel a time of :17.627, good enough to edge Black Coffeee's second fastest qualifying time of :17.640. Ridden by Ruben Lozano for trainer Valentin Zamudio, Golden Boi also showed a powerful knockout punch in the final stages of his racing debut, when he posted a neck victory after trailing early on. .

If he can find a way to break on top or with the leading pack, he'll be a force in the rich Ed Burke. In between his two victories, he finished fourth when facing winners in an allowance race. .

"The horse has always shown us talent," Zamudio said. "He did well in his workouts and fortunately has done great in his races. He had some trouble in his second outing, but he still ran a very good race. I felt he was coming into the (Ed Burke trials) feeling good and a lot more focused. He can still improve in the gates. He is still getting better leaving there and fortunately, he is still improving that aspect of his game." .

Trainer Jose Flores is holding four aces going into the Ed Burke, as he qualified trial winners Black Coffeee, Eye On The Sky, Chizum, and Sweet Dasha Fire. His four qualifiers have combined to win seven of their eight career starts with Sweet Dasha Fire's runner-up finish by a nose being the only blemish in their combined record. .

As for their individual efforts, Steve Burns, Francisco Garcia, and Juan Humberto Moya's Eye On The Sky has been the most impressive of the four, as he debuted with a 3 ½ length victory on April 24 before winning his Ed Burke trial by daylight even after getting bumped at the start. .

Meanwhile, Black Coffeee figures to be percolating in the starting gate, as he showed tremendous quickness in his trial victory. He had a 1-¼ length lead at the start and cruised from there to win by 1-½ lengths. .

Chizum and Sweet Dasha Fire are both royally bred with Chizum coming from the family of All American Futurity winner AB What A Runner and Sweet Dasha Fire being a full-sister to 2015 AQHA World Champion Heza Dasha Fire, who won the Ed Burke in 2014. .

Among the rest of the field, Run By Your Cartel is unbeaten in two starts and Docs Fast Lane will be making his second appearance in a futurity after running fourth in the Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity.

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