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Powerful Favorite Leads Strong Sophomore Group In Derby Trials
Powerful Favorite will be among a group of 3-year-old hopeful's in the $195,000 Governor's Cup Derby trials on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

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Powerful Favorite Leads Strong Sophomore Group In Derby Trials

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—JULY 13, 2019—Rosenthal Ranch LLC's outstanding sophomore Powerful Favorite will be joined by 2018 major futurity winners Wicked Affair and Cole Man 47 to headline the trials to the $195,000 Governor's Cup Derby on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

First post for the eight-race program is 6:25 p.m. with the final three races on the card consisting of the derby trials at 400 yards. The horses with the 10 fastest times will move on to the derby final, which will be held as part of California Breeders Champions Night on Saturday, July 27.

The opening trial will feature Marin Jones and Steve McIntyre's Cole Man 47, the winner of the Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity and most recently second to Chance To Fire in an allowance test on June 7. The field will also feature stakes winner Tac Me Up, who finished third in that allowance event.

Powerful Favorite, who won the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby and Grade 3 El Primero Del Año Derby, will be in action in the second trial. He'll face Winter Derby runner-up Red Hawk Cartel and recent winner Parsons Rocket.

Legacy Ranch Inc's Wicked Affair, who'll be making her first start of 2019, heads the final trial. She won the Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity and was terrific in all trial races last year.

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Courtesy of www.losalamitos.com.