OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 7, 2010—Remington Park conducted 12 trials on Saturday evening to determine the finalists for the $312,000 Oklahoma Futurity. Coming through with the top time of the night was Traffic Wagon in the 10th trial race.

Owned by Don Hill of Oklahoma City and trained by Stacy Charette-Hill, Traffic Wagon cruised to an impressive 1-1/2 length win in her trial race under G.R. Carter. A two-year-old filly by past Remington Park Stakes winner PYC Paint Your Wagon, Traffic Wagon handled 300 yards over a fast track in 15.527 seconds.

Absolut Treasure, an Oklahoma-bred by Desirio out of the Dash Thru Traffic mare, Traffic Ten Too, won the sixth trial by one length to post the second fastest time of :15.565.

The top ten qualifiers from the 100 head that went to the post Saturday evening, will return March 20 to compete in the Oklahoma Futurity. The Grade 2 event is the longest running futurity in American Quarter Horse racing, having started in 1947.

It was a very big night for freshman sires' as four finalists were sired by stallion's getting their first starters. PYC Paint Your Wagon got two, while champions County Chicks Man, Wave Carver each qualified one for the grade 2 futurity.

For the complete field for the Oklahoma Futurity, by time, sire, dam, owner, breeder, trainer and jockey CLICK HERE.

Leading trainer Eddie Willis saddled four winners over the 12-race trial program, placing three into the Oklahoma Futurity. Knuckles O Toole ($5 to win) in the third race, Ghost Zapper ($2.60) in the fourth and Moon Jump ($8.60) in the fifth, all made the final. The fourth win on the night came in a dead-heat win in the seventh race with BP Kitas First ($3) finishing on even terms with Zoomin Risks.

The four wins Saturday pushes the Willis total over two nights of racing this season to nine and a clear lead in the standings by seven wins over Stacey Capps and Sleepy Gilbreath.

Leading jockey Jimmy Brooks posted his second consecutive riding-quadruple, finding the winner’s circle on all four of the Willis winners. Brooks has eight wins on the season, three ahead of G.R. Carter who posted his own quadruple on Saturday.

The Grade 2, $50,000 Eastex Handicap is featured Sunday night at Remington Park as the first stakes event of the young season. The 10-race program gets started at 6:25pm (central).