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Alberta Stallion Futurity Tops Wednesday Stakes Doubleheader at Northlands Park
Northlands Park will host the Alberta Stallion Futurity (R) and the Black Gold Insulation Stakes on Wednesday's race card.

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Alberta Stallion Futurity Tops Wednesday Stakes Doubleheader at Northlands Park

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA—JULY 22, 2014—Fastest qualifier Pros Rockstar is the morning-line favorite in Wednesday’s 330-yard, $56,393 Alberta Stallion Futurity (R) at Northlands Park.

A sorrel son of the Ronas Ryon stallion Promised Class, Pros Rockstar races for Billie Bird, Sandra Nicklom, and trainer Laurie Ferguson. The gelding made his career debut with a convincing 2 3/4-length victory in the third of three trials on July 4.

Tyler Walker has been named to ride Pros Rockstar in the final.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds--

  1. Happie Hour (Jose O. Rocha), 10-1
  2. Rockette Buck (Ramiro Castillo), 9-2
  3. Rocky Mountain Rose (Alfredo Bautista), 6-1
  4. Cruisinfourabruisin (Sean Evans), 4-1
  5. Pros Kingpin (Trevor Simpson), 10-1
  6. Pros Rockstar (Tyler Walker), 2-1
  7. Shazoom Zoom (Danielle DiBert), 12-1
  8. KG Guy (Tony Bennett), 6-1.

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Also at Northlands Park on Wednesday, a field of eight aged runners has been entered in the 770-yard, $18,900 Black Gold Insulation Stakes.

Rigetti Farms’ Glittering Blue, a homebred 6-year-old stallion by champion Jess Louisiana Blue, drew post 5. Trained by William Leech, Glittering Blue has won his last two outs at Grande Prairie and Lethbridge.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds--

  1. Dash To Zevi (Larris Allen), 8-1
  2. Wind River Jess (Blandford Stewart), 4-1
  3. Fast Fifty (Trevor Simpson), 6-1
  4. Lucky Royal Rabbit (Jose Guerrero), 7-2
  5. Glittering Blue (Ramiro Castillo), 5-2
  6. Baldface Liar (Alfredo Bautista), 10-1
  7. Sepratariat (Tyler Walker), 9-2
  8. Asbigastexas (Danielle DiBert), 12-1