SELMA, TX—JULY 25, 2014—Retama Park kicked off its biggest stakes weekend of the 2014 Quarter Horse season with five stakes and trials for the Adequan Derby Challenge. It was a notable evening for trainer Judd Kearl, owner/breeder Jerry Windham and jockey Rodrigo Vallejo, who combined for a victory in the TQHA Classic Stakes and the fastest qualifier in trials for the Adequan Derby Challenge (Click here for related story).

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TULSA, OK—JULY 24, 2014—Fastest qualifier Cashing Teller, a homebred Furrtreeous gelding owned by Curtis Smith and Sheila Reed, drew post 5 for Saturday’s 350-yard, $171,650 Speedhorse Gold & Silver Cup Futurity (G2) at Fair Meadows at Tulsa.

One of four finalists qualified by trainer Rodney Reed, Cashing Teller scored a half-length victory in the fifth of eight trials on July 12. The gelding has won two of his three starts and has earned $20,742.

Richard Joneson’s Play Harder, a homebred Furrtreeous colt trained by Clinton Crawford and the second-fastest qualifier, drew the rail post. Play Harder has banked $14,464 from three outs, and he ran second to Cashing Teller in the fifth trial. The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds--

1. Play Harder (Ivan Carnero), 5-1
2. First Prize Dive (Cody Smith), 9-2
3. Docs Dusty Dale (Randy Wilson), 12-1
4. Sir Angel (Mario Delgado), 25-1
5. Cashing Teller (Agustin Silva), 7-2
6. DK Cruiser (Fernando Camacho), 8-1
7. Smart Money First (Josh Romero), 15-1
8. CBs Chocoletgold (G.R. Carter Jr.), 10-1
9. A Black Zipper (Debbie Freeman), 5-2
10. Glitterata (Omar Reyes), 20-1.

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SELMA, TX—JULY 25, 2014—Retama Park also hosted four trials for the Adequan Retama Derby Challenge. Jerry Windham's homebred Mister Big recorded the fastest time of the evening, covering 400 yards in :20.077.

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