M E Ettago Relent Gets The Win In The Idaho Bred Overnight Derby

MALAD, ID–AUGUST 4, 2024–M E Ettago Relent crushes the competition with a wire-to-wire 1 1/4-length victory in the $11,000 Idaho Bred Overnight Derby (not black type) at Oneida County Fair on Sunday.

Jockey Rodolfo Arvizu piloted M E Ettago Relent to her first stakes win of 2024 in :15.681 seconds, clocking a 90 speed index. The post-time favorite's 300-yard victory paid $3.60 to win on 3-5 odds.

Church Appeal, ridden by Oscar Villa, followed in second, 3/4-lengths ahead of Principal Smith and rider Jose Lopez, who placed third.

Jarrett Mills saddled M E Ettago Relent for owners-breeders Dave Merritt and Kim Newman. The daughter of Hes Relentless earned a $6,600 paycheck for the victory, which boosted her lifetime earnings to $40,414.

M E Ettago Relent has lit the board 12 of 18 starts with four wins. The bay filly out of Ettago This by Favorite Cartel placed second in the Five Livestock Company /Rod Mills Memorial Derby and third in the Idaho Cup Derby earlier this season.

Trainer Martin Vega conditions runner-up Church Appeal for owner-breeder Vincente Treyes. The son of Concorde's Appeal (TB) has yet to break his maiden from seven starts and has $8,567 In the bank. He is out of the Corona Cartel mare That’s My Church.

Third-place finisher Principal Smith has earned $12,370 for owner Raul Deanda. Juan Hernandez trains the two-time winning son of Coronas Leaving You, and Dan Moon bred him out of Nuts About Me by Hadtobenuts.

Lo Cokena, ridden by Santiago Jimenez, completes the finish for the four-horse field. Hernandez also trains the daughter of First Down Money for owner Francisco Langunas-Mendez. Juan Zuniga Calderon bred the sorrel filly out of Star Cartel Lake by Phoebes Cartel.

Editor's note: As soon as the track photographer releases a photo of this race, it will be posted with this article.