Joose Boxx (#6), with Nestor Duran in the saddle, defeats Finn McOol (#8), ridden by Roman Cruz, in their trial heat to the $502,385 Oklahoma Futurity [G2] clocking the two fastest times Friday evening at Remington Park.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 8, 2024–With a 17-25 mph tail wind on a sloppy track Friday evening 72 freshman quarter horses were slated in races 3-10 on the Remington Park program for the first day of the $502,385 Oklahoma Futurity [G2] trials. Second day of trials to run Saturday, March 9

Ridden by Nestor Duran, Joose Boxx held the fastest qualifying time on day one from trial #4 with a 95 speed index in :15.343 seconds. The son of two-time champion Kiss My Hocks kept to task and lead the 300-yard race from wire-to-wire, winning by a head over Finn McOol.

Conditioned by Juan Diaz Jr, tonight's victory was the first career start for the Joose Box. The post-time favorite's first place finish paid $6.80 to win on 7/5 odds. The gray gelding was bred in Texas by Gerry Lynn Sigman and Diane Tatum and is owned by Javier de los Santos Muzquiz.

Joose Boxx is out of Cd Daddys Home by Big Daddy Cartel and from the female family of All American Futurity [G1] runner up Dash Of Perry, who is out of a half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Tiny First Effort.

Finn McOol, guided by Roman Cruz, lost his whip halfway throught the race and was outdueled by Joose Boxx in trial #4 but he still managed to clock the second fastest time of the evening with a 94 speed index in :15.374 seconds.

Bred in California by J Garvan Kelly and J Lloyd Yother, the son of Kvn Corona was a $37,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale graduate last year and is currently owned by Planefun, LLC. Finn McOol is out of the Apollitical Jess multiple graded stakes placed mare Fenian Faith, who is a full sister to G3 winner and All American Derby [G1] runner up Celtic Emblem.

Storylines were in abundant supply on this night of trials as trainer Trey Wood won three trials, qualifying one of those for the finals and trainer Milton Broadnax of Spencer, Oklahoma, won the first race of his career.

Broadnax began starting horses in 2011 and has not have an official Quarter Horse starter on a racetrack since 2019. Broadnax ended a career 0-for-55 streak if you include Quarter Horses, Thoroughbreds, Paints and Appaloosas.

Liberty For Jess is a Oklahoima homebred son of multiple stakes sire Dash Mster Jess from the Rushago mare LIberty Rush.

In fact, only one time of those 55 races did a Broadnax horse run first, second or third. Friday night was his night in the spotlight as Liberty for Jess, who was the fastest qualifier after three trials, held on to finish fourth-fastest of the night to make the lucrative Oklahoma Futurity.

Trainer Michel Joiner saddled Cowboy Blue Z, a $120,000 Ruidoso Select Yearlings Sale graduate, to a neck win in the opening trial to get the fifth fastest time of :15.471 seconds, a 90 speed index with a 25 mph tailwind.

West Texas Racing Partners own the Flying Cowboy 123 colt out of Indescribably Blue by Pyc Paint Your Wagon. Slash Z Quarter Horses is the breeder.

Diaz had some sharp runners at Remington Park last year as well. He won with Ivory Senator, Rey Donovan, Dashin Hocks and Colleys Cartel. His biggest win came with Ivory Senator in the Grade 3 Mr Master Bug Stakes on April 22, 2024. In his career that started officially

in 2018, according to Equibase statistics, Diaz has had 1,011 Quarter Horse starters, winning 247 times, running second 164 times and third another 119 times for horses’ earnings of $7,347,445. He is winning at a 50 percent-clip in 2024, taking six trips to the winner’s circle with 12 starters. Diaz has two more starters in Saturday night’s Oklahoma Futurity trials.

CLICK HERE for complete details on the fastest five horses from day one of the $502,385 Oklahoma Futurity [G2] trials, including horse, sex, sire, dam, dam sire, owner, breeder, trainer and jockey. Finals are to be ran on March 23, 2024.

The next top five fastest times from day one of the Oklahoma Futurity trials will be eligible for the $50,000 guaranteed Oklahoma Juvenile also to be ran on March 23 at Remington Park. CLICK HERE for complete details.
 

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Racing resumes Saturday night with 11 races that begin at 6 p.m., including eight more trials for the Oklahoma Futurity. Sunday’s racing card begins at 4 p.m. and features trials for the Oklahoma Derby as well as the initial stakes races of the 2024 season, the Grade 2 SLM Big Daddy Stakes and the Mighty Deck Three Stakes.

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About Remington Park
Remington Park has provided more than $345 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District, Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. The 83rd edition of the historic Oklahoma Futurity, first contested in 1947, will be run Saturday, March 23. The American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues through June 1. Parking and admission are always free. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.