 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|||||||||||
 |
PYC FIRST PRIZE JOE SETS TOP NCQHRA FUTURITY TRIAL TIME
Pyc First Prize Joe, under jockey Cody Smith, sets the top qualifying mark for the NCQHRA Futurity at Canterbury Park.
© Coady PhotographySHAKOPEE, MN—JULY 21, 2013—Weetona Stanley bred Pyc First Prize Joe set the top qualifying time for the North Central Quarter Horse Racing Association Futurity at Canterbury Park on Sunday.
The 10 fastest 2-year-olds from the three trial races will return to the Minnesota racetrack on Sunday, August 4 and vie for the winner's share of a $45,050 purse going 350 yards.
In the first trial Pyc First Prize Joeraced to a half-length win over Sportwagon to set the top qualifying mark of :17.695 seconds, a 101 speed index. Cody R. Smith rode the Pyc Paint Your Wagon gelding for trainer Amber Blair and owner Summer Run Inc.
Bred in Oklahoma by Weetona Stanley from the Oak Tree Special mare First Prize Joy, it was the second win four starts for the bay gelding. After breaking his maiden at Remington Park in May, Pyc First Prize Joe finished fourth in the Northlands Futurity trials on June 15. He has earned $15,880 this season.
First Prize Joy is a half-sister to First Carolina who produced the 2013 $1 million Rainbow Futurity(G1) winner Ms First Prize Rose on Sunday at Ruidoso Downs.
For the complete list of North Central Quarter Horse Racing Association Futurity qualifiers, times, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys CLICK HERE.
Return Home
View all news