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Tiny Flying Corona is Morning-Line Choice for Lethbridge’s RMTC Merkel Bonus Challenge
Tiny Flying Corona is morning-line favorite for Sunday’s $16,736 Rocky Mountain Turf Club Merkel Bonus Challenge Stakes at Lethbridge.

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Tiny Flying Corona is Morning-Line Choice for Lethbridge’s RMTC Merkel Bonus Challenge

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA—MAY 15, 2015—Charles Stojan’s Tiny Flying Corona is the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Sunday’s 300-yard, $16,736 Rocky Mountain Turf Club Merkel Bonus Challenge Stakes at Lethbridge.

A 5-year-old gelding by Tinys First Corona trained by William Leech, Tiny Flying Corona in 2014 put together a four-race win streak that included a convincing 2 1/4-length victory in the 440-yard, $21,000 Grande Prairie Bonus Challenge at Evergreen Park. The gelding drew the rail post and will be ridden by Ricardo Moreno.

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

  1. Tiny Flying Corona (Ricardo Moreno), 5-2
  2. Top Gun B (Jose O. Rocha), 15-1
  3. Mals First Down (Juan R. Gonzalez), 8-1
  4. Northforkzoom (Tyler Walker), 3-1
  5. Keepin Good Karma (Ruben Saenz), 12-1
  6. Invisible Wagon (Trevor Simpson), 9-2
  7. CR Lil Bit Of Ivory (Antonio Ramirez), 10-1
  8. Tres Seis Smooches (Ramiro S. Castillo), 5-1.