Courtesy Track Magazine Monday Report Special Edition
Oklahoma City, May 14, 2016 — They ran a dozen trials for the $1,083,420 Heritage Place Futurity G1 Friday night at Remington Park . . . and all the action really occurred in a very short period of time.
A brief storm occurred late in the evening. All five of the qualifiers came from races 8, 9 and 11 . . . with three coming from the ninth race.
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Riding a 20 mph tailwind, the Carters Cartel gelding Kiss My Heineken (2015 Heritage Place Yearling Sale Graduate) set the fastest qualifying time of :17.322 in winning the 9th race by a nose over the American Runaway colt Accountably (2015 Heritage Place Winter Sale Graduate).
First Rate Return (2015 Heritage Place Yearling Sale Graduate), a gelding from the first crop of 2011 Heritage Place Futurity winner High Rate Of Return, ran third and finished the evening with the fourth fastest qualifying time.
Of that trio of qualifiers, only First Rate Of Return had a win on his record coming into the trials. The gross earnings for the three prior to Friday evening was $13,318.
Coronas First Diva, a Corona Cartel filly who had won the Oklahoma Futurity G3 back on March 29, did not need much help from the weather as she posted the evening’s fourth fastest qualifying time when she won the 11th trial in :17.447.
Sweet Annie GL, who had finished second by one-half length to Coronas First Diva in the Oklahoma Futurity, won the eighth race and sneaked in with the fifth qualifying time. She now has one win and two seconds in three outs.
The press-box report from Remington said, “The shifting Oklahoma weather played a part in the process Friday as the first eight trials were conducted into a headwind of 8-15 mph. Immediately after the eighth trial, a storm front rolled over Remington Park from the north, shifting the wind to a tailwind with gale-force strength at 35 mph. Kiss My Heineken won the ninth trial by a nose over Accountably, crossing the finish in :17.322 seconds over a fast track.”
Five more runners will come from the 12 trials that begin tonight at 6 p.m. CDT. Among the hopefuls are Harrah’s Entertainment Futurity G3 winner Duponte $121,000 in the first, Sam Houston Futurity G2 placed El Carretonero G $88,000 in the fifth and Remington Park Futurity RG2 placed V Power $171,000 in the sixth.
HERITAGE PLACE FUTURITY G1 QUALIFIERS
Final Jun 4 @ RP • Trials May 13 & 14 • 350 yards • 198 head in 24 heats • Purse $1,083,420 Friday, May 13
1. :17.322 (SI-94) KISS MY HEINEKEN, g.2 (Carters Cartel-Fredaville, by Mr Jess Perry). 1st in 9th by nose. O–J. Carter and J. Massey; B–R. A. Gentry (KY); T–E. D. Willis; J–J. Brooks. Earned $8,838. Now 1-1-0 in 3, earning $12,258. Dam is $325,000 Champion Aged Mare and sister to Champion Fredricksburg $369,000, G3 SW Dasha Freda $112,000 (dam of 2015 Champions Heza Dasha Fire $1.7 million, Ima Fearless Hero $983,000) and half-sister to G1 SPW Fearless Fritz $100,000. 2nd dam is G1 SW Fearless Freda $262,000 and sister to G1 SPW Such Easy Cash $57,000 and half-sister to Champion Deelish $604,000. Family of SW Rollickin Red $353,000. Heritage Place Yearling Sale
2. :17.327 (SI-94) ACCOUNTABLY, c.2 (American Runaway-Check The Account, by Separatist). 2nd in 9th by nose. O–Y. Romo-Flores; B-B. D. Cox (TX); T–K. L. Martin; J–Y. Amaro. Earned $2,946. Now 0-1-0 in 1, earning $2,946. Dam is G2 SW Check The Account $88,000. 2nd dam is G3 SW The Checking Account $50,000 and half-sister to RG3 SW A Dashing Gamble $59,000and to dam of G3 SW Heza Fast Willie $82,000, etc. Family of Champion Blazin Fire $318,000, G1 SW Gamblin On Sin $178,000, SW This Snow Is Royal $123,000, etc. 2015 Heritage Place Winter Sale
3. :17.447 (SI-90) CORONAS FIRST DIVA, f.2 (Corona Cartel-Spit Curl Diva, by Spit Curl Jess). 1st in 11th by 2 ¼. O–S. L. Morgan; B– Lepic-Mixer Partnership (OK); T–C.D. Shults; J–J. A. Flores. Earned $8,838. Now 2-1-0 in 3, earning $178,784. 1 Oklahoma F. G3. Dam is $829,000 earning Champion and multiple stakes winner and track record setter. Family of RG2 SW SS Poker Face Dream $90,000.
4. :17.514 (SI-89) FIRST RATE RETURN, g.2 (High Rate Of Return- Tellin It All, by First Down Dash). 3rd in 9th by 1+. O–T. McLean; B–C. Nobles (OK); T–G. McLean; J–J. Flores. Earned $1,620. Now 1-0-1 in 2, earning $11,610. Sire won this race in 2011 and he is the first freshman sire to have a qualifier for $1 million race in 2016. Dam is $17,000 earning daughter of G1 winner Teller Queen $638,000, who is a full sister to All American F. winner, Champion and leading sire Teller Cartel $1.2 million. 2015 Heritage Place Yearling Sale
5. :17.594 (SI-86) SWEET ANNIE GI, g.2 (One Sweet Jess- Grande Annee, by Devon Lane TB). 1st in 8th by 2 ½. O–Garza Laurel Partnership LLC; B–F. J. Garza (TX); T–R. R. Robinson; J–A. Silva. Earned $8,838. Now 1-2-0 in 3, earning $82,184. 2 Oklahoma F. G3. Dam is $15,000 earner and this gelding is a half-brother to G2 finalist August Rush $36,000. Dam is a half-sister to World Champion Merganser $1.4 million and to stakes winner and multiple stakes producer A Dash Of Ginger $39,000. Family of G3 winner Cruzin The Wagon $337,000, Happy Streaker $164,000, Tres Passes $1.5 million, Vodka With Ice $429,000, etc.
HERITAGE PLACE JUVENILE QUALIFIERS
Final Jun 4 @ RP • Trials May 13 & 14 • 350 yards • 198 head in 24 heats • Purse $100,000 guaranteed Friday, May 13
1. :17.600 (SI-86) NSM SKYDANCER, c.2 (PYC Paint Your Wagon- Jessthelouisianagirl, by Mr Jess Perry). 4th in 9th by nearly 1¾. O–N. McCoy; B–N. McCoy (KS); T–C. R. Hunt; J–S. Smith. Earned $884. Now 0-1-0 in 2, earning $4,232. Dam is $123,000 G2 SW and sister to leading sire and Champion Jess Louisiana Blue $171,000 and half sister to G2 SW Louisiana Eye Opener $151,000, G2 SW The Louisiana Cartel $128,000, RG3 SW Fed Ex Together $113,000, SW Call Me Fed Ex $80,000, etc.
2. :17.622 (SI-85) EAGLE STONE, c.2 (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Tiny First Down, by First Down Dash). 5th in 9th by 2¾. O–R. Aguado; B–T. Bradbury and V. Cook (OK); T–D. G. Luna; J–S. Rodriguez. Earned $442. Now 1-0-0 in 2, earning $9,334. Dam is $318,000 G1 SW and sister to Champion Tiny First Effort $445,000 and half-sister to SW Crash Thru Traffic $141,000, G1 SW Tiny Dash Of Cash $211,000 (dam of SW Sizzling $148,000, SPW Dash Of Perry $382,000, G1 SPW Red Storm Cat $226,000, etc.), etc. 2nd dam is SPW Tinys Effort $62,000 and half-sister to G1 SW Strawflyin Buds $316,000. $46,000 2015 Heritage Place Yearling Sale
3. :17.690 (SI-84) GOOD CAPTAIN PEPPER, g.2 (Captain Courage-Poise N Pepper, by Truley First Class). 3rd by ¾. O–C. S. Lozano; B–Bullard Farms (TX); T–E. D. Willis; J–J. Brooks. Earned $8,892. Now 2-0-1 in 3, earning $60,930. 3 Oklahoma F. G3. Dam is $21,000 earner and half-sister to RG1 SW Poise N Power $149,000 and to dam of SPW Sixes Split Pea $81,000. Family of SPW Kit Corona $60,000. $7,500 TQHA yearling
4. :17.730 (SI-82) SPECIAL TEMPTING, c.2 (Tempting Dash-Zentropa, by Special Leader). 1st in 1st by ¾. O–Double A Ranch; B–Fulton Quien Sabe Ranches LP (FL); T–K. L. Martin; J–Y. Amaro. Earned $8,784. Now 1-0-0 in 1, earning $8,784. Dam is $5,000 winner that traces back to SW Effortless Dream $175,000, World Champion Dashs Dream $1 million, etc.
5. :17.747 (SI-82) PV EYE DESIRE CANDY, g.2 (Desirio-Eye On The Candy, by Mr Eye Opener). 1st in 7th by ¾. O–G. Pevehouse; B–G. Pevehouse (OK); T–C. T. Crawford; J–I. Camero. Earned $8,838. Now 1-0-0 in 1, earning $8,838. Dam is $44,000 earner and this is the female family of all those good Candy horses bred by the late Carl Pevehouse including 2016 sakes winner and 2015 All American F. winner Jess Good Candy $1.6 million.
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