Paint & Appaloosa Juveniles Take Center Stage Monday At Will Rogers Downs

Paint and Appaloosa juveniles will take center stage Monday afternoon at Will Rogers Downs, where a ten-race card is set to begin at noon. The program will include three trials for the Grade 1 Pot O Gold Futurity, along with the Grade 1 $22,500 Cricket Bars Appaloosa Futurity.

A total of 22 two-year-olds will line up in races two through four of the Pot O Gold Futurity Trials. The juveniles will race 350 yards, and the ten fastest qualifiers will earn a return trip to the Grade 1 $30,000-added Pot O Gold Futurity final on October 5.

Dulce Dinero leads the opening trial as the 2-1 morning-line favorite in race two. The consistent gelding has made seven starts this season, with two wins, three seconds, and one third, and has missed the board only once in his career debut.

He has already proven himself against stakes competition, finishing runner-up in the $35,000 Oklahoma Paint & Appaloosa Juvenile at Remington Park and placing third in the Grade 1 $231,400 Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity. Most recently, he added another stakes placing, finishing second in the $20,000 Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Juvenile at Fair Meadows. Those efforts have pushed his career earnings to $50,281.

The son of Dulce Sin Tacha is out of the Gitter Dun Turnpike mare Wf Gitter Dun Chick. Dulce Dinero, an Oklahoma homebred for breeders and owners Shari Burger and Vickie McBee, is trained by Jesus “Pancho” Ruiz. He will break from post seven with jockey Mario Delgado aboard.

The final Pot O Gold trial in race four brings another accomplished juvenile into the spotlight, with Collective Power entering as the 2-1 morning-line favorite.

The two-year-old filly arrives at Will Rogers Downs with a three-race winning streak, highlighted by her victory in the Grade 1 $83,104 Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Futurity at Fair Meadows in July. Collective Power has finished on the board in each of her five career starts and has earned $44,592.

The Oklahoma homebred for J. Garvan Kelly and J. Lloyd Yother is by Uncle D and out of the Painted Turnpike mare Power Fade. Trainer Dee Keener will send her out from post eight, with jockey Roman Cruz aboard, as she looks to extend her winning streak and secure a place in the Pot O Gold final.

The stakes action continues in race five with the Grade 1 $22,500 Cricket Bars Appaloosa Futurity. A field of eight two-year-olds is set to run 350 yards, with an approximate post time of 1:40 p.m.

Knockouts Eyes has been installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite and will aim to add another graded stakes victory to her résumé. The two-year-old filly has won two of five starts this season, including the inaugural Grade 3 $50,000 Remington Park Appaloosa Futurity in April.

Her recent races have not been without adversity, as bumping and troubled trips have kept her from showing her best. She enters Monday’s final after two August workouts at Will Rogers Downs, preparing to return to stakes competition.

Bred in Oklahoma by Gary Vaughn, Knockouts Eyes is by Cyber Monday and out of the Mr Eye Opener mare Eyesa Knockout. She races for Wishbone Partnership and is trained by Dee Keener, who will saddle her from post six, with Mario Delgado aboard.

With proven graded-stakes performers, rising juveniles, and coveted spots in the Pot O Gold Futurity final on the line, Monday’s card will spotlight some of the region’s top young Paint and Appaloosa talent at Will Rogers Downs.

The races at Will Rogers Downs can be watched on Q-Racing Video.

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