One Corona Eagle racing for Gene Bradley and Tod Bradley, is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in Sunday’s 300-yard, $324,120 West Texas Futurity (G2) at Sunland Park.

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SUNLAND PARK, NM—MAY 1, 2019—One Corona Eagle, a gelded son of One Famous Eagle racing for Gene Bradley and Tod Bradley, is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in Sunday’s 300-yard, $324,120 West Texas Futurity (G2) at Sunland Park.

Trained by Trey Wood, One Corona Eagle is the fastest qualifier, as the sorrel gelding made his debut with a wire-to-wire, three-quarter length win in the eighth of 12 West Texas Futurity trials on April 12. One Corona Eagle was a $70,000 buy at last year’s Heritage Place Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City.

One Corona Eagle drew post 7 and will be ridden by Ricky Ramirez. Other contenders include second-fastest qualifier Return Of Brown Eyes, a son of High Rate Of Return and a $35,500 purchase at last year’s Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale. Trained by Jose Luis Muela for owners Diamond Racing Stables and U.S. Alliance Logistics LLC, the gelding is coming off of a 1 3/4-length victory in the seventh trial.

Return Of Brown Eyes drew post 4 and will be ridden by Sergio Becerra Jr.

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

1. La Dies Coronas (Jesse Levario), 10-1
2. Mister Mucho Gusto (Esgar Ramirez), 8-1
3. Wagon Tales Promies (J.R. Ramirez), 15-1
4. Return Of Brown Eyes (Sergio Becerra Jr.), 7-2
5. Tempt The Lady (Adrian Ramos), 8-1
6. Tapestri (Alan Hernandez), 15-1
7. One Corona Eagle (Ricky Ramirez), 5-2
8. Perrys Secret (Manuel Gutierrez), 20-1
9. KJ Mucho Macho Man (Jose A. Alvarez), 9-2
10. Apollitical J Wild (Paul O. Garcia), 6-1

Also on Sunday, The Zand Ltd. Partnership’s Too Buck Chuck heads a field of a dozen 2-year-olds entered back in the 300-yard, $50,000 West Texas Juvenile Stakes. A gray son of the First Down Dash stallion Hez Our Secret trained by Trey Wood and a $13,000 purchase at last year’s Heritage Place Yearling Sale, Too Buck Chuck made his debut with a neck victory in a West Texas Futurity trial. The gelding drew post 9 and will be ridden by Ricky Ramirez.

All Sunland Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.