Ridden by jockey Tyler Walker, the sorrel gelding completed the 330 yards course in :17.360 seconds to pickup the winner's purse of $23,631(US). It was the second win two starts for the Laurie Ferguson trainee. 1419677 Alberta Ltd. Bred Pros Rockstar from the Streakin La Jolla mare Streakin Cc.

Janice Sather saddled Cruisinfourabrusin to second place for herself and Barry Sather. The .. Read More

SELMA, TX—JULY 23, 2014—When the sun sets low in the South Texas sky the stars will come out to shine in the richest race of the season at Retama Park Saturday in the $365,260 TQHA Sale Futurity at 350 yards.

Well the fact is, it will be completely nightfall by the time we get around to the TQHA Sale Futurity as the two-year-olds will line up in the 11th race of the program.

Probably won’t matter much to the connections of Grey Daze who turned in the best time of the trials in :17:89 for the 350 yards. Leon Bard trains the young daughter of Captain Courage and Francisco Calderon will have the riding call.

Calderon rode the filly in all four of her previous starts which includes her trial win and her trial win for the John Deere Juvenile Challenge at Houston.

An interesting rival here is Irene and Terry Stennett’s Favorite Eagle who nearly beat Grey Daze in the trial dash. Trained by Trey Wood and ridden by Larry Payne, Favorite Eagle had the lead in the trial until the final jump to the wire when nipped by Grey Daze.

So what has changed for the Saturday dash between these two? Not much .. Read More