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By Orlando Gutierrez

CYPRESS, CA–JULY 26, 2026–After posting two impressive wins to start her racing career, Jose Santos and Manuel Chavez’s Contentious looked like a future futurity winner. That promise fully came through on Sunday night at Los Alamitos in the $290,000 Governor’s Cup Futurity (RG1), as the blue-blooded filly proved much the best in the second half of the 350-yard dash to win the richest race on California Breeders Champions Night by a head over Steve Burns’ " name="twitter:description" /> By Orlando Gutierrez

CYPRESS, CA–JULY 26, 2026–After posting two impressive wins to start her racing career, Jose Santos and Manuel Chavez’s Contentious looked like a future futurity winner. That promise fully came through on Sunday night at Los Alamitos in the $290,000 Governor’s Cup Futurity (RG1), as the blue-blooded filly proved much the best in the second half of the 350-yard dash to win the richest race on California Breeders Champions Night by a head over Steve Burns’ " />