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Stallion Service Auction Futurity, Derby Trials Top all Quarter-Horse Card at Horseshoe Indianapolis
Gordon Mobley Futurity winner HF Whoopi is entered in Saturday's 350-yard QHRAI Stallion Service Auction Futurity trials at Horseshoe Indianpolis.

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Stallion Service Auction Futurity, Derby Trials Top all Quarter-Horse Card at Horseshoe Indianapolis

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SHELBYVILLE, IN–AUGUST 10, 2022–
Trials for the QHRA of Indiana Stallion Service Auction Futurity (R) and Derby (R) headline Saturday's all-Quarter Horse program at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Post time for the first of 11 races is set for 10 a.m. (EDT).

Fifty-two 2-year-olds, headed by the undefeated HF Whoopi, are entered in Saturday's 350-yard QHRAI Stallion Service Auction Futurity trials. A daughter of the Brimmerton stallion Brimmstone trained by Jessica Vazquez for owner Campos Family Ventures LLC, HF Whoopi has won all three of her races and has earned $127,820, and the filly will be stretching out in distance off of her three-quarter length victory in the 300-yard, $200,000 Gordon Mobley Futurity (R) on July 23.

HF Whoopi drew post 7 and will be ridden by Edgar Diaz in the last of six trials.

Leading trainer Randy Smith will send out 14 entries, including the stakes-placed WRS Hava Dasher. A homebred daughter of Apollitical Blood owned by Williams Racing Stables Inc., the filly has banked $25,620 from three outs and is coming off of a third-place finish, 1 1/2 lengths behind winner Extermynator, in the 300-yard, $145,000 Heartland Futurity on July 23.

WRS Hava Dasher drew post 8 and will be ridden by Juan D. Marquez in the third heat.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the September 3, $196,736 QHRAI Stallion Service Auction Futurity final.

Also on Saturday, 28 sophomores are entered in three 400-yard QHRAI Stallion Service Auction Derby trials.

Glenn Graff's High Rolling Seize drew post 6 and will be ridden by Shanley Jackson for trainer Matt Frazier in the second heat. A homebred son of the PYC Paint Your Wagon stallion Seize The Win, the bay gelding has earned $79,205 from four races this season, and he is coming off of a nose victory in the 400-yard, $132,000 Blue River Derby (R) on July 23.

Sarahs Violin, a sorrel son of the Corona Cartel stallion Encore owned and trained by Librado Barraza, drew post 3 and will be ridden by Erik Esqueda in the third trial. Sarahs Violin earned his first career stakes victory when he scored an upset victory at odds of 13-1 in the June 4, 350-yard Harley Greene Derby (R).

The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the $110,172 final on September 3.

All Horseshoe Indianapolis races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.