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Fastest Qualifier Maximo II Headlines $34,150 Far West Futurity
Grants Pass Downs will host the 350-yard, $34,150 Far West Futurity on Sunday.

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Fastest Qualifier Maximo II Headlines $34,150 Far West Futurity

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRANTS PASS, OR—OCTOBER 11, 2019—Eight 2-year-olds, topped by fastest qualifier Maximo II, are entered in Sunday’s 350-yard, $34,150 Far West Futurity at Grants Pass Downs.

Trained by Jose A. Rosales Gomez for owner Uriel L. Arreola, Maximo II is coming off of a 1 1/4-length victory in the second of two trials on September 22. The Idaho-bred Concorde’s Appeal (TB) gelding has earned $25,857 from eight starts, and his five wins include the 300-yard, $25,800 Oneida County Fair Futurity on August 11.

Maximo II drew post 5 and will be ridden by J.L. Torres.

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

  1. GC Lucky Cartel Dude (James R. Evans)
  2. CM Smokin Ocean (Robert Burney)
  3. Royal Pay Bac (Oscar Cervantes)
  4. Cartel Bob (Jose A. Figueroa)
  5. Maximo II (J.L. Torres)
  6. Running Springs (Jake Samuels)
  7. Fooses Flyer (Kassie Guglielmino)
  8. One Flyin Foose (Jaime E. Lopez)

All Grants Pass Downs races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.