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Undefeated Dark NME Draws Post 7 for Sunday's Grade 1, $1-Million Rainbow Futurity
Fastest qualifier Dark NME will put her perfect record on the line in Sunday's 400-yard, $1-million Rainbow Futurity (G1) at Ruidoso Downs.

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Undefeated Dark NME Draws Post 7 for Sunday's Grade 1, $1-Million Rainbow Futurity

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JULY 11, 2023–TYKHE Racing's Dark NME, a daughter of Hes Relentless and a $65,000 purchase at last year's Heritage Place Yearling Sale, will put her perfect record on the line in Sunday's 400-yard, $1-million Rainbow Futurity (G1) at Ruidoso Downs.

Trained by Santos Carrizales Jr., Dark NME has earned $349,062 from four races, and her four wins include a clear 2 1/2-length victory in the April 22, $804,000 Remington Park Futurity RG1 for Oklahom-breds, and a 3 1/4-length win in one of 16 Rainbow Futurity trials on June 30, the first of two days of trials. The filly drew post 7 and will be ridden by Francisco Calderon.

Dark NME is the fastest overall qualifier.

Other contenders include Dunn Ranch's One Valiant Love and Brenda Reiswig's Midnight Politics. One Valiant Love is a stakes-winning son of One Valitant Hero trained by Monty Arrossa. A $27,000 buy at last year's Heritage Place Yearling Sale, the gelding has won three of four races, including the 350-yard, $100,000 Heritage Place Juvenile Stakes at Remington Park on June 3, and he has banked $50,364.

One Valiant Love is the second-fastest overall qualifier. The gelding drew post 3 and will be ridden by Armando Cervantes.

Midnight Politics is a Grade 1-placed Apollitical Jess gelding trained by Jason Olmstead. The third-fastest qualifier, the homebred gelding has earned $165,304 from four outs, and he is coming off of a Remington Park spring campaign during which he ran third, three-quarters of a length behind winner San Lencho, in Oklahoma's richest horse race, the 350-yard, $1.208 Heritage Place Futurity (G1).

Midnight Politics drew post 10 and will be ridden by Edwin Escobedo.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:
  1. Scream Machine (Ricky Ramirez), 30-1
  2. Wired 440 (Sergio Becerra Jr.), 5-1
  3. One Valiant Love (Armando Cervantes),
  4. Mitey Relentless (Luis Martinez), 10-1
  5. Trane Station V (Everardo Rodriguez), 15-1
  6. King Apache (Eduardo Nicasio), 20-1
  7. Dark NME (Francisco Calderon), 5-2
  8. Asscher (Christian Ramos), 15-1
  9. Rayenare (Esgar Ramirez), 8-1
  10. Midnight Politics (Edwin Escobedo), 10-1
Also on Saturday, a dozen 2-year-olds -- including two also-eligible entries -- are entered back in the 400-yard, $100,000 Rainbow Juvenile Stakes.

The early favorite, Pete A. Scarmardo's Dezigner Jeanz, brings in an undefeated record that includes a one-length victory in the 330-yard, $100,000 Remington Park Juvenile Stakes (R) for Oklahoma-breds on April 22. The Mr Jess Perry filly was a $55,000 buy at last year's Heritage Place Juvenile Sale.

Dezigner Jeanz drew post 3 and will be ridden by Francisco Calderon for trainer John Stinebaugh.

All Ruidoso Downs races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.