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Texas Icon 2-Year-Olds Dominate AQRA Futurity Trials
Texas Tornadoe, under jockey Andres Osuana, set the fastest qualifying time in Sunday's AQRA Futurity Trials at Turf Paradise .

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Texas Icon 2-Year-Olds Dominate AQRA Futurity Trials

PHOENIX, AZ—OCTOBER 15, 2017—Second-crop sire Texas Icon dominated Sunday's AQRA Futurity Trials at Turf Paradise on Sunday. The son of leading sire Corona Cartel sired four of the 10 qualifiers including fastest qualifier Texas Tornadoe.

Jockey Andres Osuana rode the daughter of Texas Icon to a neck win over Pirteville Cartel in the first of two trials to get the top qualifying mark of :17.890 seconds.

Coming off a maiden-claiming win at Los Alamitos Race Course in her last start August 25th, the brown filly bobbled the start but recovered for trainer Raul Valenzuela to get the win and top qualifying mark.

Angel Valenzuela owns the filly out of the multiple stakes producing Dixeland Heat (TB) mare Its a Dry Heat (TB). Bred by Ralph and Carolyn Fales, Texas T Tornadoe has compiled a (6) 2-2-1 record and was finalist in the Desert Classic Futurity in April. She has earned $10,377 this season.

Texas Icon also sired 3rd fastest Tanyah Tucker, 7th fastest Caits Icon and 10th fastest Dashingtexas.

Shakin Cash won the second and trial and posted the fourth fastest clocking of :18.161 seconds. Eliazar Salasa saddled the filly by The Bounty Man out of Shaken Sugar by Royal Shake Em for owner Joel Moreno.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will return to Turf Paradise on Sunday, October 29th for the $10,250-added final.

For the complete list of AQRA Futurity qualifiers, times, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys CICK HERE.