GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—OCTOBER 25, 2014
Trainer Jill Giles continued her dominance in the Texas Classic series at Lone Star Park on Saturday night. After saddling two qualifiers, including the fastest, for the Grade 1 Texas Classic Derby on Friday night, she got the top qualifier Saturday night to the $860,519Texas Classic Futurity(G1) for two-year-olds.
The 10 fastest, from 113 head who participated in 12 trial races on Saturday’s card, will return to Lone Star Park on closing night, Saturday, November 15 and vie for the winner’s share of the richest horse race in Texas.
Coming off her only off-the-board performance in her last start, the All American Juvenile Invitational on Labor Day, Cc Kachina Eagle romped to an unchallenged 1¼ length win in ninth trial to post the top mark of :19.599 seconds, a 94 speed index.
The One Famous Eagle filly, purchased by owner Melvin Neugebauer for $19,000 in the 2013 September Heritage Place Yearling Sale, put out a powerful effort under jockey Jorge Bourdieu to get her third career win from six starts this season.
An earner of just over $40,000 this year, she also won her trial for the West Texas Futurity(G1) last spring at Sunland Park and her trial for Grade 1 Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs in July. Danny Joe Miller bred the sorrel miss in Oklahoma from the Holland Ease mare Cassandra Crest.
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Another Heritage Place September Yearling, Lethal Strike defeated Bay Eagle Glory by a neck in the seventh trial to post the second fastest time of :19.603. It was the second win in just three starts for the lightly raced son of Corona Cartel owned by In Ca Hoots Racing and trained by C. Dwayne Gilbreath.
P.K. Thomas bred the $110,000 yearling in Oklahoma from the Dean Miracle mare Lethal Delight. He is a half-brother to 2014 All American Futurity winner Jm Miracle. Lethal Strike broke his maiden at Lone Star Park on October 3 with a powerful 1½ length effort.
Shipped in from Prairie Meadows, the lightly raced Racy Casanova won the 11th trial by one length under jockey Cody Smith. The Stel Corona colt’s time of :19.626 ended the night as the third fastest. Jason Olmstead saddled the two-time winner for owner Movin On. Sunflower Supply Co. bred the gray in Missouri from the Mr Eye Opener mare Miss Racy Eyes. Racy Casanova is a $115,000 Heritage Place September Sale graduate.
Isidro Flores’ owned-and-trained On The Wagon posted a neck victory in the eighth trial to get the fourth fastest clocking of :19.636. Martin Rubalcava rode the Pyc Paint Your Wagon colt out of multiple stakes winner XO Kate, by Stoli. It was the second career win for the Michael Pohl Oklahoma-bred who entered the trials off a second place effort in the Old South Futurity at Delta Downs last May.
The final trial winner to qualify came in the second race when Moonstruck Love got his second win in six starts for champion trainer Paul Jones. Joe Badilla, Jr. had the riding assignment aboard the First Moonflash gelding owned by Jose Luis Ozuna. His time of :19.734 seconds held up as the ninth fastest.
Ozuna purchased the gelding at the 2013 Ruidoso New Mexico Bred Yearling Sale from breeder Mike Abraham for $19,500. A finalist in the $340,699 Mountain Top Futurity(RG3) at Ruidoso Downs last June, Moonstruck Love is out of Authorized Love, by Dooley Authorized.
For the complete list of finalists to the Texas Classic Futurity(G1) including times, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys CLICK HERE.
It was a tough set of trails for some of the industry’s leading two-year-olds. Recent Grade 1 Dash For Cash Futurity winner Rattle N Battle finished second in his trial to long-shot Rc Me Leaving You. Both horses will be preferred invites to the $80,000-est. Texas Classic Juvenile also set for November 8.
The second 10 fastest from the trials are preferred invites. For that list CLICK HERE.
Again, the Texas Classic Futurity final, the $291,868 Grade 1 Texas Classic Derby and the $69,771 Texas Classic Futurity Consolation will all be contested here on Saturday, November 15, closing night of the 2014 Fall Meeting of Champions Season.
Additional Notes: JockeyLuis Vivanco leads the rider standings with 19 wins over Damien Martinez with 16. It is a two-way tie in the trainer standings between Judd Kearl and Brian Stroud, both have 10 wins. Bennie & Terri Jeter have joined Bobby Cox at the top of the owner standings with three wins.
Live racing resumes Thursday, October 30. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. First race 6:35 p.m. (CDT).
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