SAM HOUSTON FUTURITY QUALIFIERS

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Xo Kate easily sets the fastest time with a 1-1/2 length trial win in the Sam Houston Futurity trials
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Xo Kate Top Qualifier From Nine Sam Houston Futurity(G1) Trials



SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, AUGUST 24, 2007—Xo Kate returned to track Friday night with a vengeance following a fourth place effort in the Grade 1 $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity on June 10th.
The gray daughter of third year leading sire Stoli won the eighth of nine trials by 1-1/2 lengths to post the fastest qualifying time in the Sam Houston Futurity(G1) trials at Sam Houston Race Park.

The ten fastest qualifiers will return on September 7 to contest the $342,500 final over 400 yards.

Racing for Isidro Flores and bred in Texas by Myrna Rheudasil and Burnett Ranches, Xo Kate has won three of six starts and earned in excess of $61,000. Trained by M. Heath Taylor and ridden by Champion Quarter Horse rider G.R. Carter, Xo Kate was qualifying for her third grade 1 event of the year. On April 22 she finished a troubled seventh in the $546,000 Remington Park Futurity(G1).

Xo Kate covered the 400 yard distance in :19.913 seconds.

Pool, a multiple stakes winning son of Shazoom, destroyed the field in the fourth race winning by 5 ¼ lengths for the second best time of :19.973. He had previously won the $144,880 TQHA Sires’ Cup Futurity at Sam Houston Race Park on July 14. Manuel Garcia was aboard for trainer Ricky Hinojosa.

Owned by Legacy Partnership, Pool also won the Ford Texas Juvenile Challenge at Retama Park and was second in the Longhorn Futurity at Manor Downs.

Following a troubled start, TQHA Sale Futurity(RG1) winner Dirt Track Date qualified with the ninth best time after finishing second in the second trial. The Hotdoggin filly has won three of five starts and earned more than $170,000 this season.

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Race: SAM HOUSTON FUTURITY-G1

Track: SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
Trials: AUGUST 24, 2007
Final: SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
Purse: $342,500
Age: 2-YEAR-OLDS
Distance: 400 YARDS

Horse Sex Sire-Dam, Dam Sire Time Owner Breeder Trainer Jockey

Xo Kate f. Stoli--Streakin Kate, by Streakin Six :19.913 Isidro Flores M. Rheudasil/ Burnett Ranches (TX) M. Heath Taylor G.R. Carter, Jr.

Pool c. Shazoom--Scared, by Dashing Val :19.973 Legacy Partnership Kent Kleinknecht (OK) Ricardo Hinojosa Manuel Garcia

Check Cathy f. Check Him Out--Jail Time, by Dash Thru Traffic :20.066 Sandra Z. Aleman Edward C. Allred (CA) Robert J. Touchet Arturo Puga

Big Biz g. Tres Seis--Speedy Empress, by First Down Dash :20.123 Sylvia and Bill Pitman Sylvia Shaw Pitman (TX) John S. Buchanan Russel Hadley

Wowzer Won f. Streakin Sixes--FourOh Won Kay, by Calyx :20.183 Kathleen O. Matey Kathleen O. Matey (TX) Jesse Yoakum Russel Hadley

Romancing Mary f. Tres Seis--Romancin Ashley, by Rolls Of Romance :20.247 John Mayers Broke Bones Cattle Co/Ed Leslie (TX) Paul Ramirez J. Ramirez

The Polar Express g. This Snow Is Royal--Power Stroker, by Power Train :20.255 Eloy Martinez Simmons Ranch (TX) Robert J. Touchet Arturo Puga

Glimpse Of Greatness c. Relagate (TB)--Dueling Maid, by Duel Fuel :20.308 Pedro Flores Scarlett Hill Farm, Inc. (TX) Hector Rodriguez Cipriano Vidana

Dirt Track Date f. Hotdoggin--Poker Time (TB), by Odd Times (TB) :20.330 K A Norris and Peters Racing Julie Pilgrim (TX) L.R. Tooter Jordan Gaspar Garcia

Separatist Baby c. Separatist--Kool Kue Baby, by Gone To The Man :20.343 Ramiro Lopez Ramiro Lopez (TX) Gregory J. Gonzalez Arturo Carrillo

Trial Notes: Xo Kate won the ninth of 10 trials by 1-1/2 lengths over Big Biz to post the fastest qualifying time.