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LADY BUG BRED TWO-YEAR-OLDS DOMINATE FIRST NIGHT OF REMINGTON PARK FUTURITY TRIALS
Fast Prize Jordon (#1) holds off Folly Del Ray (#6) in the third trial. The Pyc Paint Your Wagon pair were bred at Lady Bug Stallion Station.
© Dustin Orona PhotographyOKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 2, 2011—The first dozen trials for 2-year-olds were conducted Saturday night to send five qualifiers to the Remington Park Futurity.
Two of the top five times came from a pair of PYC Paint Your Wagon two-year-olds bred by Weetona Stanley and Fred Stanley of Lady Bug Stallion Station.
The Remington Park Futurity, contested for the first time only for eligible Oklahoma-breds, will be the richest state-bred futurity in the nation. The April 16 final for the top qualifiers will be worth $780,000.
Jeffrey Heath Reed saddled Fast Prize Jordan to victory in the third trial over Folly Del Rey. Owned by Weetona Stanley and W.E. Smith of Madill, Oklahoma, the brown colt out of the Fast Prize Doll, by Mr Jess Perry stopped the timer at :16.860 for the second fastest time. He was the ridden by G.R. Carter.
Folly Del Rey, bred by Fred Stanley of Madill, Oklahoma and owned by Sandy and Randy Coleman, finished with the fourth time of :16.933. Trey Wood trains the PYC Paint Your Wagon colt out of Disco Del Rey, by Disco Jerry-TB.
The Coleman's purchased Folly Del Rey for $22,000 at the September Heritage Place Yearling Sale.
Joining Fast Prize Jordan and Folly Del Ray in the Remington Park Futurity finals from Saturday’s trials will be: Mighty B Valiant :16.699; Cash for Wagon Boss, :16.914; and BPs Jumpin Frisco, :16.945.
For a list of first night finalists, times, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys CLICK HERE.
A dozen more Remington Park Futurity trials will be contested on Sunday afternoon with the five fastest from those events joining the Saturday qualifiers in the lucrative April 16 final.
The action gets underway Sunday at 1:30pm.
Open daily at 10am for casino gaming and simulcast racing, Remington Park also features Henry Hudson’s on the first floor, which opens for lunch at 11am. Admission, general parking and valet parking are always free at Remington Park.
Remington Park is Oklahoma City’s only Racetrack & Casino, located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. For more information, reservations and group bookings please call 405-424-1000, 866-456-9880 or visit remingtonpark.com.