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Oklahoma Derby(G3) Preview (VIDEO)
Trainer Eddie Willis send out fastest qualifier Lawless Wallace in Saturday's $234,860 Oklahoma Derby(G3)at Remington Park.

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Oklahoma Derby(G3) Preview (VIDEO)

by Greg Thompson, Stallionesearch.com

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 24, 2023–StallioneSearch.com continues its webcast coverage of the 2023 Oklahoma Futurity and Derby weekend with the release of episode 2.  Remington Park plays hosts to eight stakes races on its Saturday March 25, 2023, race card.

On this episode, StallioneSearch stops by the barn of former AQHA World Champion trainer Eddie D. Willis, who trains the fastest-qualifier of the 2023 $234,860 Oklahoma Derby(G3), Lawless Wallace. 

The son of Tres Seis, who qualified as the fastest-qualifier in the time of :17.557 for the 400-yard trial, was the winner of the 2022 Los Alamitos 2 Million Juvenile Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course in Los Alamitos, California to close out his two year-old campaign for owners Ronald Shalz, Melany Shalz, and Brad Shalz.

Last year's Oklahoma Futurity(G2) and Heritage Place Futurity(G1) winner Tres Crystals also qualified to the Oklahoma Derby with the fourth fastest time.

Click the arrow below to watch the Oklahoma Derby(G3) preview.

 

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Coverage of the Oklahoma Futurity(G2) is sponsored in its entirety on StallioneSearch.com by the sire Tres Seis, who stands in Pleasanton, Texas at Zerlotti Genetic Ltd.   Tres Seis is the sire of All American Futurity(G1) and Derby(G1) winner Ochoa, who also is the all-time leading money earner in Quarter Horse racing ($533,270)Tres Seis is the sire of both2023  Oklahoma Futurity(G2) fastest-qualifier Piano Man Sam, as well as being the sire of the 2023  fastest-qualifier of the Oklahoma Derby(G3), Lawless Wallace.