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Louisiana Downs Futurity Trials Set for Thursday, Friday
Jc Corona Connection (inside), winning his schooling race at Louisiana Downs on February 4, heads 14 trails over two days for the $350,000-est. Grade 3 Louisiana Downs Futurity.

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Louisiana Downs Futurity Trials Set for Thursday, Friday

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 4, 2025–A total of 102 juveniles, led by recent training race winner JC Corona Connection, are entered in this week's Louisiana Downs Futurity (G2) trials at Louisiana Downs.

Fourteen 300-yard heats are scheduled, seven on Thursday and seven on Friday. First post time each day is set for 1:05 p.m. (CDT).

JC Corona Connection prepped for his first pari-mutuel start with a neck victory in a 220-yard schooling race on February 4, covering the distance in :12.245 under jockey Arturo Alvarez. Saul Ramirez trains the Ivory James colt for owner Jose Armando Ramos.

JC Corona Connection was a $15,000 purchase at last year's Heritage Place Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City. The Louisiana-bred colt drew post 2 and will be ridden by Claudio Aguilar in Friday's first trial.

Thursday's seven heats are headed by Litenin, a son of the Truley First Class stallion Class King racing for Rene Roman and a $17,000 buy at last year's TQHA Yearling Sale in San Antonio. Litenin prepped for his official debut with a clear two-length victory in his February 4 training race, as the brown colt went 220 yards in :12.430. Juan F. Garcia Jr. rode Litenin for trainer Janessa Muniz.

Litenin drew post 5 and will be ridden by Juan Garcia in Thursday's fourth trial.

Trainer Jorge Valenzuela will send out Mako Shark Watters for owner Sunset Well Service Inc. in Thursday's fifth heat. A homebred son of the Corona Cartel stallion Muddy Watters, the gray colt covered 220 yards in :12.431 while winning his schooling race by three-quarters of a length under jockey Raul Hernandez.

Mako Shark Watters drew post 8 and will be ridden by Raul Hernandez.

The five fastest qualifiers from each day of trials will meet in the March 29, $350,000-est. Louisiana Downs Futurity final.