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Fastest Qualifier One Sweet Picky Draws Outside Post for Rich TQHA Sale Futurity
Fastest qualifier One Sweet Picky drew post 10 for Saturday’s 350-yard, $443,050 TQHA Sale Futurity (RG2) at Retama Park.

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Fastest Qualifier One Sweet Picky Draws Outside Post for Rich TQHA Sale Futurity

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SELMA, TX—JULY 28, 2016—Ricardo Barrera’s One Sweet Picky, a bay daughter of One Sweet Jess and the fastest qualifier, drew post 10 for Saturday’s 350-yard, $443,050 TQHA Sale Futurity (RG2) at Retama Park.

Trained by Rodolfo Sanchez, One Sweet Picky broke her maiden with a 1 1/4-length victory in the first of nine trials on July 15. Ivan Carnero will ride the filly on Saturday.

Jayronimo, a graded stakes placed Jess Zoomin colt trained by Brian Stroud for owner Michael Amburn, drew post 8 and will be ridden by Juan F. Garcia Jr. Jayronimo has won three of his four starts and has earned $15,339, and his resume includes a third-place finish, three-quarters of a length behind winner Maxx, in the 350-yard, $59,000 John Deere Sam Houston Juvenile Challenge (G3) on May 16.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--

  1. Thriving Ivory (Francisco Calderon)
  2. Rc The Duke (Nestor Duran)
  3. Awestruck Favor (Esgar Ramirez)
  4. Cartel Flash (Raul Ramirez Jr.)
  5. Maybeyes (Noe Villatoro)
  6. Courageous Flight (Luciano Duenez)
  7. Like A Denali (Isaac Chapa)
  8. Jayronimo (Juan F. Garcia Jr.)
  9. Miss Alluring Menace (Jose A. Alvarez)
  10. One Sweet Picky (Ivan Carnero).

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