Red Headed Beach is the early favorite for the Harley Greene Derby set to run on Saturday at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SHELBYVILLE, IN–MAY 28, 2024–Two stakes and one set of trials top the first all-Quarter Horse program of the season Saturday at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Post time for Saturday's first race is set for 10:45 p.m. (EDT).

Ten Indiana-bred 3-year-olds are entered back in Saturday's 350-yard, $99,200 Harley Greene Derby (R).

Pattie Marshall's Red Headed Beach, a multiple stakes winning daughter of the Corona Cartel stallion Escondido Beach trained by Tim Eggleston, is the early favorite. The filly brings in a seven-race winning streak that includes three stakes wins, topped by the 350-yard, $205,000 Miss Roxie Little Futurity (R) in her final 2-year-old start on October 28.

Red Headed Beach is the second-fastest qualifier from three trials run on May 16. The filly drew post 6 and will be ridden by Rolando Pina.

Fastest qualifier Nachor Secret is a son of Habits Secret owned and trained by Ricardo Martinez. The gray colt made his season debut with a 1 1/4-length victory in the first trial.

Nachor Secret drew post 8 and will be ridden by Martin Munoz.

Also on Saturday, a field of nine state-bred sprinters will face the Horseshoe Indianapolis starter in the 400-yard, $84,000 Born Runner Classic Stakes (R).

Duke Racing's Tachas Secret returns to Indiana off of her off-the-board effort in the April 29, $75,000 Easy Date Stakes (G2) for distaffers at Remington Park. A 4-year-old Habits Secret mare trained by Ricardo Martinez, Tachas Secret has won six of 12 races at Horseshoe Indianapolis, including last year's 400-yard, $133,000 Blue River Derby (R).

Tachas Secret drew post 2 and will be ridden by Fernando Morin.

Saturday's 400-yard Horseshoe Indianapolis QHRAI Derby trials have attracted 41 3-year-olds, all of whom will be competing for a spot in the June 20, $75,000-added final.

Lisa Cunningham's Relentlessly Special, a multiple stakes-winning son of Hes Relentless trained by Tony Cunningham, made his season debut with a half-length win in a 250-yard, $30,000 allowance dash at the Sandy Ridge at The Red Mile meet in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 19. A $57,000 purchase at the 2022 Heritage Place Yearling Sale, the sorrel gelding has won three of six races at Horseshoe Indianapolis, including last year's 300-yard, $148,000 Heartland Futurity, and 350-yard, $157,000 Governor's Stakes.

Relentlessly Special drew the rail post and will be ridden by Luz D. Martinez in the first of five trials.

All Horseshoe Indianapolis races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.