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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI
OPELOUSAS, LA—DECEMBER 15, 2014—A total of four official stakes, including the 400-yard, $100,000-added Evangeline Downs Futurity, will be contested at Evangeline Downs, as the track ends its 46-night Quarter Horse meet with a 12-race program.
Post time for the first race is scheduled for 5:20 p.m. (CST).
Evangeline Downs Futurity
Quite Riot, the fastest qualifier, is coming off of a convincing 1 3/4-length victory in the sixth of nine trials for his owner, Luis Gutierrez-Perry. A Swingin Jess colt trained by Rodolfo Sanchez, Quite Riot has won two of eight starts and has earned $17,820 while racing exclusively in Louisiana.
Manuel Garcia will ride Quite Riot from post 10 in the Evangeline Downs Futurity final.
Narciso Flores’ Hezadashinbye, a homebred colt by champion Tempting Dash trained by Christian Rubalcava, is the lone stakes winner in the 10-horse field. Hezadashinbye has banked $145,362 from five starts, and his three wins include a head victory in the July 4, $278,000 Firecracker Futurity (G2) at Delta Downs.
The eighth-fastest qualifier, Hezadashinbye has drawn post 9 and will be ridden by David Alvarez.
The complete lineup for the Evangeline Downs Futurity, in post position order including jockey assignments--
- Gagastoasttobliss (Patrick Watson)
- Jess Cutnup Quick (Julian Cantu)
- Zimpool (Gilbert Ortiz)
- Zoomin Baby (John Hamilton)
- WW Showtime (G.R. Carter Jr.)
- NCC Game On (Francisco Calderon)
- Sunny And 75 (Tami Purcell)
- Fasttimeswith Redoak (Luis Vivanco)
- Hezadashinbye (David Alvarez)
- Quite Riot (Manuel Garcia).
Also on Saturday, a full field of 10 3-year-olds has been entered back in the $75,000-added Evangeline Downs Derby.
Other contenders in the 400-yard stakes include The Eagle Express. A gray son of One Famous Eagle racing for Mary G. Lynne Thompson from the barn of Larry Kopycinski, the gelding has won four of 17 outs and has banked $52,816, and his season record includes a second-place finish to Separatist Firstdown in the July 5, $138,000 Firecracker Derby (G3) at Delta Downs.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--
- The Eagle Express (Gilbert Ortiz)
- Im Carvin Waves (Randy Edison)
- Jess Like Zoom (Tami Purcell)
- T Boy G (David Alvarez)
- Cartels Fortune (Patrick Watson)
- Here O Beduino (Raul Ramirez Jr.)
- Firstdowndash Cartel (Donell Blake)
- MDT Backstreet Bully (Jorge Linares)
- Powerful Feature (Francisco Calderon)
- Sir Prize (Dennis Means).
Weetona Stanley’s First Prize Shaunda, a homebred 4-year-old PYC Paint Your Wagon mare and a graded stakes winner during the Remington Park spring meet, heads a field of 10 sprinters in Saturday’s 350-yard, $25,000 Sam’s Town Stakes.
The complete lineup for the Sam’s Town Stakes, in post position order including jockey assignments--
- First Prize Shaunda (John Hamilton)
- JJs Black Lace (Saul Ramirez Jr.)
- Dashin Brown Streak (Gilbert Ortiz)
- Charal Kid (Martin Rubalcava)
- LD Streakin N Leavin (Antonio Alberto)
- Lets Jess Do It (David Alvarez)
- King Of The Bunnys (Zacharie Kelsey)
- FDD Going Grand (Jose Vega)
- Jesastar (Mario Trujillo)
- Patriots Toast (Raul Ramirez Jr.).
Keepn It Kool and Worlds On High, a pair of Louisiana-bred geldings will renew their rivalry in Saturday’s 870-yard, $25,000 IP 870 Stakes.
Worlds On High drew the rail post and will be ridden by Dennis Means, while Keepn It Kool will be ridden by John Hamilton from post 5.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--
- Worlds On High (Dennis Means)
- Wakeup N Dash (Zacharie Kelsey)
- Slinky Red (Dale Beaty)
- T Boy P (Donell Blake)
- Keepn It Kool (John Hamilton)
- Call Me Cajun Pie (Orlando Baldillez)
- Downtown Forrest (Jake Pierce)
- McM Zuper Man (David Alvarez).
All Evangeline Downs races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.