Will Rogers Downs kickoff their 2014 Quarter Horse meet on Saturday with trials for the Black Gold and Kansas Jackpot Futurities.

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CLAREMORE, OK—AUGUST 21, 2014—Will Rogers Downs opens its 28-day Quarter Horse meet with trials for the Black Gold 350 (RG3) and Kansas Jackpot (R) futurities on Saturday.

A total of 94 2-year-olds have been entered in the Black Gold trials, topped by stakes winners Cartel Rosie, Vod Kanockers, and Spit Curl Trey. A brown daughter of Carters Cartel owned by Gary Hess and trained by Brian Muse, Cartel Rosie drew post 7 in the fourth of 10 trials. The filly has won two consecutive races, including the 350-yard, $100,000 Heritage Place Juvenile Invitational Stakes (R) at Remington Park on May 31.

Vod Kanockers drew post 3 in the first heat. The gelded son of champion Stoli, who races for Philip Brassfield from the barn of Ty Blackwell, had a Remington campaign in which he won two of four starts, including the 350-yard, $50,000 Easy Jet Stakes (RG3) for Oklahoma-breds on June 1.

Spit Curl Trey is coming off of a nose victory in the 350-yard, $15,000 Cherokee Nation Stakes at Fair Meadows at Tulsa on July 26. A sorrel gelding by Spit Curl Jess, he races for the Looking for Gold Racing Partnership from the barn of trainer Rodney Reed. He drew post 6 in the seventh trial.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the $150,000-added Black Gold 350 Futurity final on September 6.

Kansas Jackpot Futurity Trials

Saturday’s Kansas Jackpot Futurity trials drew 13 2-year-olds, including Cashing Teller. A gelding by Furrtreeous racing for Curtis A. Smith and Sheila Reed and trained by Rodney Reed, Cashing Teller has earned $85,969 from four outs, and his three wins include a neck victory as the 6-5 favorite in the July 26, $172,000 Speedhorse Futurity (Gxx) at Fair Meadows.

Cashing Teller will break from post 5 in the first of two trials.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the September 6, $25,000-added Kansas Jackpot Futurity (R) final.

Will Rogers Downs’ meet runs through November 8. All of the track’s races, can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.