2025 Grade One $1,161,010 Heritage Place Futurity
CALLING CHICKS WAS LONGSHOT TO WIN HIS HERITAGE PLACE TRIAL, BUT WAS EVEN LONGER SHOT TO BE FASTEST QUALIFIER, BUT HE DID
By Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – May 12, 2025 – Calling Chicks wasn’t expected to win his Heritage Place Futurity trial on Thursday at Remington Park; he was a longshot at 15-1 odds. He certainly was the surprise of the night when he was the fastest qualifier on night one, cementing a spot in the finals of this Grade 1 $1,161,010 Heritage Place Futurity race on May 31.
The Heritage Place Futurity is the cornerstone 350-yard race for 2-year-old American Quarter Horses, and is one of the most heralded futurities in the country annually. The fastest five horses from 13 trials on Thursday and the five fastest of 13 more trials on Friday will make up the field of 10 finalists for the million-dollar race.
In the fifth trial Thursday, Calling Chicks, a beautiful gray gelding by Eyesa Cashing Teller, out of the Fly Jess Fly mare Call Me Paratus, broke on top early under jockey Roman Cruz and never was headed. He looked more like 1-5 than 15-1 as he opened up to a three-quarters length victory in his heat. When he hit the line in :17.438 seconds, earning, a 95 speed-index on the fast track. It turned out to be the fastest time of the night, despite there being eight more trials to run. It was run with a slight tailwind behind him, virtually the same speed for every race Thursday night, between 5-8 mph.
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OWNER ELIZABETH LOGAN, 98 YEARS YOUNG, TRYING TO RECREATE MAGIC OF 2022 WITH TOP QUALIFIER JAY W IN HERITAGE PLACE FUTURITY TRIALS
By Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – May 12, 2025 – The sprite 98-year-old owner Elizabeth Logan is trying to make the magic happen again in this year’s Grade 1, $1,161,010 Heritage Place Futurity, after she won Oklahoma’s richest horse race in 2022 with Tres Crystals.
Logan, of Haskell, Okla., wasn’t on hand at Remington Park on Friday night on day two of the Heritage Place Futurity trials when her 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding, Jay W, was the fastest qualifier. The final is scheduled for Saturday, May 31, the final night of the Remington Park season.
“She wasn’t here,” said leading trainer Dee Keener, of Logan on trials night, “but, I’ll bet she was at the simulcast facility in Tulsa (Okla.). She can’t really see anymore, but she has a woman who drives her, and, oh yeah, she will be here for the finals with this horse. She has to have her friends tell her how her horse is doing during a race.”
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2025 Heritage Place $1,161,010 [G1] Futurity Qualifiers
 | Horse | Sex | Time | Owner | Breeder | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | JAY W (N2) *Heritage Place Sale Graduate | g. | 17.407 | Elizabeth Logan | Jordan Wiggans & Lindsey Cheek (OK) | D. Keener | R. Ayala |
 | CALLING CHICKS (N1) *Heritage Place Sale Graduate | g. | 17.438 | H E Racing, LLC | Dr. Curtis Smith (OK) | B. L. Clay | R. Cruz |
 | JESS A GOOD ANGEL (N2) | c. | 17.466 | Alcala Ranch, LLC | Cristian Leonardo Alcala (OK) | C. Alcala | J. Pulido |
 | DR AMERICAS DYNASTY (N1) | f. | 17.481 | Dunn Ranch | Dunn Ranch (OK) | M. A. Chavez-Gutierrez | J. Pulido |
 | HAWKEYE VISION (NI) | g. | 17.507 | Duke Racing, LLC | Bobby D. Cox (IN) | J. J. Gonzalez III | J. Belloc, Jr. |
 | FLYING POLICY 123 (N2) | f. | 17.512 | C. Seal | Bill Price (OK) | M. W. Joiner | E. G. Escobedo |
 | JESS FLASH THE CASH (N2) | g. | 17.548 | B. Reiswig | Brenda Reiswig (OK) | J. L. Olmstead | R. H. Garcia |
 | CYBER COMMAND III (N2) | g. | 17.517 | R. Rudolfo, I. Munoz | Jovetta Meredith (OK) | K. Reed | B. Candanosa |
 | EFFORTLESS FAVORITE (N1) *Heritage Place Sale Graduate | c. | 17.561 | Maher, Tom, Tobin, Richard L & Maher, Bill | Wallace Johnson (OK) | J. L. Olmstead | R. Ramirez Jr. |
 | CORONADOS 123 (N2) | c. | 17.565 | A. Gil | Angelica Gil (OK) | J. Licona-Vazquez | M. Delgado |
2025 Heritage Place $100,000 Juvenile Invitational Qualifiers
 Horse | Sex | Time | Owner | Breeder | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR DESPERADO (N2) | c. | 17.566 | Whitmire, Lainie & Whitmire Raymond | Whitmire Ranch (OK) | M. W. Joiner | E. G. Escobedo |
| WORKING CLASS HERO (N2) | f. | 17.571 | C. Pnce | Efrain Mendez (OK) | A. R. Watson | N. Duran |
| FDD PERFECT STRIKE (N2) | g. | 17.577 | R. Gordon | James Daniel Beck (OK) | K. Willlis | G. Gutierrez |
| DR WHIZKEY ON ICE (N2) | g. | 17.594 | Dunn Ranch | Dunn Ranch (OK) | M. A. Chavez-Gutierrez | J. Pulido |
| APOLLIREVEN˝GE (N1) | f. | 17.595 | Dunn Ranch | Rancho El Cabresto, Inc. | M. A. Chavez-Gutierrez | J. Pulido |
| NO SIN HERE Z (N2) | f. | 17.616 | S. Barr | Jim Streelman or Bill Dale (TX) | J. A. Stinebaugh | A. Rivera |
| DR URBAN COWBOY (N1) *Heritage Place Sale Graduate | g. | 17.621 | Dunn Ranch | Dunn Ranch (OK) | M. A. Chavez-Gutierrez | F. Calderon |
| CYBER BLUES (N1) | g. | 17.622 | Rancho El 48, LLC | L O S Llc & Abelardo Gallegos (OK) | J. J. Gonzales III | F. Calderon |
| FLYING JOY 1 (NI) *Heritage Place Sale Graduate | f. | 17.635 | D. R. Rogers | Cuadra Jm Llc (OK) | S. T. Wood | R. Ramirez |
| HA YEP (NI) *Heritage Place Sale Graduate | g. | 17.649 | R. Laymon | Renee Draper (OK) | V. Ibarra | R. Raudales |
2025 Grade Two $244,000 Heritage Place Derby
HOUSE OF LORDS COMES BACK FROM LONG LAYOFF TO RECORD FASTEST TIME IN HERITAGE PLACE DERBY TRIALS AT REMINGTON PARK
by Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – May 12, 2025 – How the tables have turned in one year. The fastest qualifier Saturday at Remington Park for this year’s Grade 2, $244,000 Heritage Place Derby, House of Lords, finished 10th in last year’s $1 million Heritage Place Futurity.
Last year’s Heritage Place Futurity winner, Kempton, also ran in the Derby trials Saturday and was the 10th-fastest qualifier, almost knocked off the bubble in the final trial. According to these trials, these two quality 3-year-old American Quarter Horses have flip-flopped positions since last May.
House of Lords hit the finish line in the first of four trials on the night in a time of :19.422 seconds at 400 yards on a fast track under jockey Francisco Calderon, earning a speed-index of 101. This 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Flying Cowboy 123, out of the Okey Dokey Dale mare This Candys Okay, was the only finalist to break the 100-mark for a speed index. He won his trial by only a neck over Toastin Heros (5-1), who was another neck ahead of third-place finisher Curls Magic Wagon (1-2 post-time favorite). The fourth-place runner, Apolitical Time (18-1) was only a head back of Curls Magic Wagon. This blanket finish was so tight and fast that the top four horses in this trial were the four fastest horses of the entire night.
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2025 Heritage Place $244,000 Derby [G2] Qualifiers
 Horse | Sex | Time | Owner | Breeder | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSE OF LORDS | g. | 19.422 | Valeriano Racing Stables, LLC | Buck Way Ranch, LLC (OK) | V. H. Rodriguez-Flores | F. Calderon |
| TOASTIN HEROS | g. | 19.471 | G. Cox | Gene Cox (OK) | C. Crawford | C. Ramos |
| CURLS MAGIC WAGON | c. | 19.508 | M. Stacy | Martin Stacy (OK) | J. A. Stinebaugh | A. Rivera |
| APOLITICAL TIME | c. | 19.525 | Jimenas Ranch | Flag Ranch, LLC (OK) | R. Ramirez | M. Delgado |
| KISS MY MARUSKA | c. | 19.556 | Heavy Hitters Racing Stables | Tyler & Naia Graham (TX) | B. M. Pena | N. Duran |
| NINE ONE WON | g. | 19.718 | Jimenas Ranch | Cindi M. Keeton (TX) | R. Ramirez | M. Delgado |
| RELENTLESS PURRSUIT *Heritage Place Sale Graduate | g. | 19.737 | Horton, Chales & Horton, Elizabeth | Charles & Elizabeth Horton | J. L. Olmstead | R. H. Garcia |
| HEAVENS UNCLE | g. | 19.741 | S. Gilmore | Sherry Gilmore (OK) | G. Valdivia | B. Candanosa |
| CHURCH SPIRE | g. | 19.743 | Backdoor Thoroughbreds, LLC. | Kelly Bother Equine, LLC (OK) | J. J. Gonzales III | C. Cardenas |
| KEMPTON | c. | 19.745 | Ozaca Ranch, LLC. | Tyler Graham/Namgis Qhs, LLC (TX) | J. J. Gonzales III | J. A. Flores |
2025 Grade Two $300,900 Heritage Place Oaks
RAINBOW OF DIAMONDS FIRED ON EVERY JET, TOPPING QUALIFYING TRIALS FOR HERITAGE PLACE OAKS AT REMINGTON PARK
by Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – May 12, 2025 – Rainbow of Diamonds had not had a race in 2025 but came into Remington Park sparkling like the Hope Diamond in her trial for the Grade 2, $300,900 Heritage Place Oaks. When the seven-race trial series ended early Sunday night, she was easily the fastest qualifier.
The Heritage Place Oaks is a 400-yard race set for the final night of the Remington Park spring season, Saturday, May 31. The event is part of an all-stakes evening, Champions Night, with the richest purses of the season on the line, topping $2 million overall.
Rainbow of Diamonds, a 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred filly by Apollitical Blood, from the Tres Seis mare CC Seis, didn’t blink an eye coming off a layoff from Oct. 27, 2024 to May 11, 2025. Trainer Victor Rodriguez-Flores had her set on ready and jockey Francisco Calderon had the pedal to the metal in this speedy trial. She raced in the second trial of seven and put up a time of :19.286, earning a speed-index of 105 over the fast track. Rainbow of Diamonds did that with a 13-mph tailwind on an 80-degree day in Oklahoma City. The wind did die down under 10 mph in the later trials.
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2025 Heritage Place $300,900 Oaks [G2] Qualifiers
 Horse | Sex | Time | Owner | Breeder | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAINBOW OF DIAMONDS | f. | 19.286 | Valeriano Racing Stables, LLC. | Danny Joe Miller (OK) | V.H. Rodriguez-Flores | F. Calderon |
| JS FREIGHTRAIN | f. | 19.377 | Alcala Ranch, LLC. | Leonardo Alcala (OK) | C. Alcala | J. Pulido |
| APOLLITICAL MUSE | f. | 19.483 | G. Cullum | Rancho El Cabresto, Inc. (OK) | H. H. Vane | J. Pulido |
| BOLD N BEAUTIFUL | f. | 19.577 | Gentry Farms (Robert Kirk Gentry/Robbi Force) | Gentry Farms (KY) | J. A. Stinebaugh | A. Rivera |
| CATCHN SOUTHERN RAYS | f. | 19.605 | L. J. Burns | Leann J. Burns (OK) | S. Charette-Hill | C. R. Esqueda |
| FLYING BANDIDA | f. | 19.623 | Burger, Shari & McBee, Vickie | Shari A. Burger (OK) | J. L. Olmstead | R. H. Garcia |
| SHEZA FEARLESS EAGLE *Heritage Place Sale Graduate | f. | 19.637 | J. Cook | Vaughn M &/ Full Cook (CO) | F. I. Manriquez | J. Torres |
| DK MARNEY JESS | f. | 19.639 | CH Horse Racing, LLC | Cuadra La Presita (MEX) | A. R. Watson | N. Duran |
| CANDY FLOOD | f. | 19.679 | W. L. Ingersoll | Craig Lauger (TX) | D. Keener | M. Delgado |
| JO CASH RUN | f. | 19.693 | Rockin J Running Horses | Rockin J Runnit Horses (TX) | T. K. Johnson | J. Dominguez |