With Juan Pulido aboard, Captain Fancy went wire to wire as a 12-1 longshot to capture Tuesday’s $15,000 Green Country Stakes-G3 at Will Rogers Downs.

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By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

CLAREMORE, OK–SEPTEMBER 9, 2025–Captain Fancy turned in the best performance of her young career on Tuesday afternoon, scoring her first stakes victory in the $15,000 Green Country Stakes-G3 at Will Rogers Downs.

With Juan Pulido in the irons, Captain Fancy blasted from the gates and never relinquished the lead, completing the 350 yards in 17.785 seconds into a 10 mph headwind, with an 87 speed index.

She drew clear of the wire by 1 1/4 lengths over seasoned rival Queen For Cash, earning $9,216 for the effort. The 12-1 longshot’s upset returned $25.00 to win.

Captain Fancy was bred by Randal E. Schwartz in North Dakota out of Nd Bunny Jet by Major Rime. The daughter of Im The Captain Now is owned and trained by Heber Deyta-Melendez.

After breaking her maiden in her career debut as a freshman, she went winless until this year’s campaign. The filly has come alive in 2025, opening her sophomore season with back-to-back wins from two starts and now adding her third career victory from nine outings. A finalist in both the Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Futurity and Speedhorse P&A Futurity Championship last year, she has now pushed her earnings to $35,941.

Multiple stakes winner and champion Appaloosa Queen For Cash settled for second under Jonathan Dominguez for trainer Jesus Ruben Ruiz. Gary Vaughan bred and owns the seven-year-old veteran mare in Oklahoma out of Ivory Queen by Ivory James,

The daughter of Hes Relentless drifted out late but still showed her class, boosting her overall resume that includes 17 wins and 11 stakes victories with $226,268 banked. Queen For Cash was the 2024 top-earning ApHC mare and set a new Appaloosa world track record at Remington Park last season.

Eye Scaled The Cliff closed well to finish a head behind the runner-up under jockey Mario Delgado. Trainer Salimm Hernandez saddled the daughter of The Fiscal Cliff for owner Miguel Lopez-Escobedo.

The five-year-old mare was bred in Oklahoma by Steve and Dee Keener Wright out of Sw Eye Candy by Country Chicks Man. Eye Scaled The Cliff now has two wins, two seconds, and two thirds from 18 starts and earnings of $21,136.

R Cowgirl, Chief Iron Eagle, Storms Livewire, Valiant Anthem, Wire Tap, and Docs Panda completed the order of finish.

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