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Fastest Qualifier One Wild Cartel Headlines AQRA Turf Paradise Open Futurity
Fastest qualifier One Wild Cartel drew post 10 for Thursday's 350-yard, $27,500-added Arizona QRA Turf Paradise Open Futurity at Turf Paradise.

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Fastest Qualifier One Wild Cartel Headlines AQRA Turf Paradise Open Futurity

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

PHOENIX, AZ–DECEBER 5, 2022–One Wild Cartel, a son of Five Bar Cartel and the fastest qualifier, drew post 10 for Thursday's 350-yard, $27,500-added Arizona QRA Turf Paradise Open Futurity at Turf Paradise.

A $15,000 claim at Delta Downs on May 19, One Wild Cartel has since won all three of his starts, including the September 3, $60,000 Arizona Downs Futurity. The gelding is trained by Ernesto Gonzalez for owner Kevin Vazquez.

One Wild Cartel is coming off of a three-quarter length victory in the last of five trials on November 16. The gelding will be ridden by Mark Jasso.

Other contenders include second-fastest qualifier Lake Havasu, a 2 3/4-length winner of his trial. A $10,500 purchase at last year's Heritage Place Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City, the gelded son of Seperate Interest has earned $63,589 from seven races, and he was shortening in distance off of his third-place finish, 1 1/4 lengths behind winner Restrictions, in the September 25, 400-yard La Fiesta Futurity at Albuquerque Downs.

Lake Havasu drew post 4 and will be ridden by Omar Iturralde for owner and trainer Osman Iturralde.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments:
  1. Dangerous Fella (Raul A. Valenzuela)
  2. The Rev Rocker (Jesus Canales)
  3. Baby I Du (Martin Osuna)
  4. Lake Havasu (Omar Iturralde)
  5. Parker Dam (Rodolfo Arvizu)
  6. Mr Snootie Cartel (Kevin Carbajal)
  7. Bubba Lew (Albert Medrano)
  8. Gemologist (Henry R. Lopez)
  9. One Fabulous Dog (David Reyes-Frisby)
  10. One Wild Cartel (Mark Jasso)

Also on Thursday, a dozen 2-year-olds are entered back in the 350-yard, $15,000 AQRA Turf Paradise Open Futurity Consolation Stakes. Scott McDaniel's Southwesterly, a stakes-winning daughter of the Favorite Trick (TB) stallion Favorite Cartel trained by John M. Allred, drew post 4 and will be ridden by Martin Osuna. A $37,000 yearling purchase at last year's Los Alamitos EquineSale, the California-bred filly has earned $46,616 from three outs, and her two wins include a neck victory as the fastest qualifier in the July 30, $91,000 John Deere Arizona Downs Juvenile Challenge.

All Turf Paradise races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.