Heritage Place Futurity & Derby

Hi everyone: I pulled up the pp's on the Futurity today and will be glad to share if anyone is interested. Will pull up the Derby pp's when they are posted. I will need to send them to your personal email as an attachment. Send me an email at bellotamybet@msn.com and I'll get them to you ASAP.

Top 10 Futurity qualifiers

Southern Takes All 17.568 Southern Cartel Gelding
Movie Mogul 17.676 First Down Dash colt
Coronita Cartel 17.706 Corona Cartel Filly
Furrtreeous 17.71 Oak Tree Special Colt
Zoominatchya 17.759 Shazoom Filly
Famous Grouse 17.761 Separatist Gelding
Passion Ragin On 17.768 Mr Jess Perry colt
Jessthelousianagirl 17.781 Mr Jess Perry Filly
Ima Stone Candy 17.798 SC Chiseled In Stone Filly
Separatist Follies 17.806 Separatist Filly

Congratulations to Micheal Pohl and Dashin Follies on qualifying 2 that is impressive.

Eye For The Candy and Beeline Feline would both also work really well with Tres Seis.

Here are the dams of the qualifiers.


Movie Mogual colt by First Down Dash out of De Elegant Zevi by Zevi\

Coronita Cartel filly by Corona Cartel out of Dashin Follies by Strawfly Special

Zoominatchaya filly by Shazoom out of Pc Dashin Chic by Dashin Chico

Famous Grouse gelding by Separatist out of Racy Runner by Sixarun

Passion Raging On filly by Mr Jess Perry out of Texas Lady Passion by Promised Passion

Southern Takes All colt by Southern Cartel out of Shes Takes All by This Snow Is Royal

Furrtreeous colt by Oak Tree Special out of Beeline Feline by Rare Form

Jessthelouisianagirl filly by Mr Jess Perry out of The Louisiana Girl by Louisiana Slew TB

Ima Stone Candy by Sc Chiseled In Stone out of Eye On The Candy by Mr Eye Opener

Separatist Follies filly by Separatist out of Dashin Follies by Strawfly Special

Congratulations to all the connections.

(I am like a kid with a new toy with these amoticons. )

Here are the derby qualifiers and times:

Valiant Hero :19.670
Check On Chico :19.790
Too Tough To Catch :19.847
Eyesaspecial Fashion :19.850
Dont Let Down :19.865
Jess Sporty :19.898
A Silver Goblin :19.918
Tomorrows Favorite :19.920
Thrill And Grace :19.921
First Carolina :19.945

Valiant Hero looked great, he did it pretty easily.
Congratulations to all the connections, and good luck in the finals!

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Valiant Hero Tops Heritage Derby Qualifiers



Valiant Hero and G.R. Carter, Jr. setting the
fastest time in the Heritage Derby trials.
Photo by Dustin Orona PhotographyOKLAHOMA CITY, OK—Grade 1 winner Valiant Hero made his 2007 debut a big one Sunday evening when he roared to the fastest qualifying time in the $200,000-est. grade 1 Heritage Place Derby at Remington Park.
The son of First Down Dash made his last appearance on December 6 at Lone Star Park when he won the $1,054,000 Texas Classic Futurity(G1).

Sunday night he dueled with stakes winner and second fastest qualifier Check On Chico but drew clear at the wire in the 400 yard contest by ¾ of a length. Racing for the partnership of Melinda and Henry Brown, Homer Hill and Terry Bell the stakes winner of more than $490,000 pushed his career record to 5-2-1 from nine starts.

The brown colt was saddled by Michael Joiner for the first time, who took over training duties from the retired Jack Brooks. Regular rider, G.R. Carter, Jr. was aboard for the :19.670 second ride.

Grade 1 Dash For Cash Futurity winner Dont Let Down finished second by a neck in the third trial to the lightly raced but perfect Eyesaspecial Fashion. The Stoli gelding that has earned in excess of $415,000 including a third place finish in the All American Futurity (G1) last season was making his three-year-old debut. He was the fifth fastest qualifer.

Eyesaspecial Fashion by Eyesa Special kept her career record perfect with four wins from four starts including trial wins in the Ruidoso and All American Futurities last season.

The other multiple grade 1 stakes winner in the field First Carolina was the tenth fastest qualifier after a troubled trip. The daughter of Mr Jess Perry has earned nearly $400,000 with wins that included the Heritage Place Futurity (G1) and the Remington Park Derby (G1) on April 22. She suffered only her second defeat in seven career starts.

For a complete list of finalist, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys to the June 6 final click here.


A note from me: First Carolina might have qualified higher as the #6 horse veered over into the path of the #7 and the #8 and pushed them both out about a lane or two. Maybe she'll get a better break in the final.

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Southern Takes All Heads Final Evening of Heritage Futurity Trials



Southern Takes All and Larry Payne go
:17.568 seconds to top all Heritage qualifiers.
Photo by Dustin Orona PhotographyOKLAHOMA CITY, OK—(MAY 12, 2007)—A total of 18 trials were contested over two days to determine the finalists for this year’s $750,000-estimated Heritage Place Futurity. The first nine were held Friday night and second nine were held Saturday night at Remington Park with the fastest five from each day making the field for the June 3 final.
Southern Takes All posted the top time of both nights in the fifth trial on Saturday night. Owned by James Sills and trained by Eddie Willis, Southern Takes All broke his maiden in :17.568 for the 350 yards over a fast track.

Ridden by Larry Payne, the Southern Cartel gelding bred by Bill Price, won by 1-1/4 lengths over third fastest qualifier from Saturday Jessthelouisianagirl. Southern Takes All is out of the This Snow Is Royal mare Shes Takes All.

The New Mexico bred ran third in his first out on March 17 before finishing second by a neck in the Remington Futurity-G1 trials on April 8. Southern Takes All returned to pick-up fourth place money in the $546,000 April 22 final.

Furrtreeous picked up his second win in as many tries with a 1-1/4 length win in the seventh trial for the second fastest qualifying time. Owned by Richard Joneson and bred by Vessels Stallion Farm and Joneson, Furrtreeous is from the first crop of World Champion Oak Tree Special. Saddled by Luis Villafranco and ridden by Roy Brooks, the colt is out the Rare Form mare Beeline Feline.

Movie Mogul posted the top time in Friday's trials by winning the second trial race of the evening (see related story). Owned by Willow Ridge Farms of and trained by John Beall, Movie Mogul the First Down Dash colt covered the 350 yards in :17.676 over a fast track.

For a complete list of the ten qualifiers, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys, to the June 6 final click here.

My picks are:

Furrtreeous for the futurity
Valiant Hero for the derby

I would like to see who everyone else is picking.

Coronita Cartel in the Futurity

First Carolina in the Derby--GO GIRLS !!

Good luck and clean breaks for all !

Futurity - Southern Takes All
Derby - Valiant Hero

Good luck to all connections....

I like Valiant Hero over Don't Let Down in the Derby.
And Southern Takes All in the Futurity.

Both will be run on Sunday June 3.
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8th (9:27)

400 Yards | Open | 3 Year Olds Derby | Purse: $189,845

Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 A Silver Goblin Wilson R R 122 L
2 Dont Let Down Vazquez J L 122 L
3 Valiant Hero Carter G R Jr 122 L
4 First Carolina Muntz K 122 L
5 Check On Chico Baldillez R 122 L
6 Eyesaspecial Fashion Alvarez J A 122 L
7 Jess Sporty Leggett T W 122
8 Tomorrows Favorite Freeman D A 122 L
9 Too Tough to Catch Payne L D 122 L
10 Thrill and Grace Alvarez J A 122 L

I'm pretty sure Thrill and Grace won't be running.

10th (10:19)

350 Yards | Open | 2 Year Olds Futurity | Purse: $649,400

Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 Passion Raging On Hobbie J R 120 L
2 Furrtreeous Brooks R D 120 L
3 Famous Grouse Wilson R R 120 L
4 Jessthelouisianagirl Vazquez J L 120 L
5 Coronita Cartel Carter G R Jr 120 L
6 Separatist Follies Baldillez A Jr 120 L
7 Movie Mogul Byrd T W 120 L
8 Zoominatchya Baldillez R 120 L
9 Ima Stone Candy Leggett T W 120 L
10 Southern Takes All Payne L D 120 L

Hey Justin: Why won't Thrill and Grace be running??

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Southern Takes All Looks To Step Up In Heritage Place Futurity



Southern Takes All comes into the Grade 1 $649,400 Heritage Place Futurity this Sunday at Remington Park with the fastest qualifying time and the most stakes experience.
Owned by James Sills the Southern Cartel gelding was winless in his first three starts but did finish fourth in the grade 1 Remington Park Futurity. He was a length off Miss Blue Chew who was winning her second futurity of the season after taking the Blue Ribbon back in March.

In the Heritage trials, Southern Takes All easily picked up his first career win with a 1-1/4 length effort and a time of :1756, the fastest for the two days of trials.

He will be saddled by Eddie Willis, who is looking for his first-ever win in the Heritage Place Futurity. Regular rider Larry Payne is expected to be aboard.

Facing Southern Takes All is the First Down Dash colt Movie Mogul owned by Willow Ridge Farms. He was fastest qualifier of the first day of trials when he raced to a 9-1 upset victory in :17.676. He won by three-quarters of a length breaking his maiden in his second start for trainer J.M. Beall Jr.

Two home-bred fillies will race for Michael and Donalda Pohl. Both are out of the their blue hen mare Dashin Follies, by Strawfly Special. She is the dam of grade 1 winner PYC Paint Your Wagon and grade 1 stakes-placed Ivory James.

Saddled by Stacy Charette, Coronita Cartel broke her maiden at first asking and then won her Heritage Place Futurity trial with the second-fastest time on the second day in :17.706 by a neck over qualifier Famous Grouse. The Corona Cartel filly is a full sister to the two aforementioned grade 1 runners.

Their other filly, Separatist Follies is a daughter of Separatist and recorded the final qualifying time on the second day of trials.

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Valiant Hero Heads Deep Heritage Place Derby Field



One of the sport's hottest future stallion prospects will be looking for his second grade 1 win Sunday night when he goes to the post against an deep field of graded stakes performers in the $189,845 Heritage Place Derby on Sunday night at Remington Park.
The $500,000 sale-topping purchase at the 2005 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, Valiant Hero has won five of nine career starts and earned $492,330. The First Down Dash-Corona Chick colt scored a neck win in the Grade 1, $1 million Texas Classic Futurity to close out his juvenile season last December at Lone Star Park.

Mike Joiner took over the colt's training in March from the recently retired Jack Brooks. Under Joiner Valiant Hero returned in his seasonal debut in the Heritage Place Derby trials with a three-quarter length victory in :19.670 for 400 yards, the fastest time from five trials.

Racing for Joe Kirk Fulton, Eyesaspecial Fashion is undefeated in four starts. The Eyesa Special colt trained by James Lackey is making his stakes debut after battling to a head win in his trial over grade 1 winner Dont Let Down. Eyesaspecial Fashion was timed in :19.850 while Bobby Cox’s Dont Let Down raced to a :19.865 time.

Dont Let Down, a Stoli gelding trained by John Buchanan, is stakes tested at the highest level and should step forward off of his trial race. He returned from a winter’s rest to race to the close second behind Eyesaspecial Fashion.

Last season, he was a contender for championship honors after winning the Grade 1 Dash For Cash Futurity and third place efforts in the All American Futurity (G1) and the Heritage Place Futurity(G1). In that futurity he was just a nose behind winner First Carolina, who also qualified for the Heritage Place Derby.

First Carolina is a Mr Jess Perry filly owned by Weetona Stanley and William Smith. She suffered her first Remington Park loss in the Heritage Place Derby trials when she finished third, beaten a head, at 1-20 odds. She won last season's Heritage Place Futurity and came back this year to win the Grade 2 Remington Park Derby for trainer Heath Taylor.

smokey wrote:

Hey Justin: Why won't Thrill and Grace be running??

A guy who works for Lackey said he pulled up pretty bad. I don't know for sure, but it didn't sound like they were going to run him.

smokey wrote:

Hey Justin: Why won't Thrill and Grace be running??

A guy who works for Lackey said he pulled up pretty bad. I don't know for sure, but it didn't sound like they were going to run him.

Easy Jet Stakes for 2 year olds, race #5, $50k purse, Post Time is 8 pm local, featuring Miss Blue Chew, winner of Blue Ribbon and Remington Park Futurities...............

Land Run Stakes for 3 year olds, race #6 $50k purse, Post Time 8:30 pm local, featuring Wr Okie Smoker, Cartel Success, Okey Dokey Fonda and Painted First.............

Heritage Place Juvenile, Race #7, $25k purse, Post Time 9 pm local.


Good safe racing luck to all.............

>Heritage Place Futurity (G1)
$649,400, Remington Park, Jun 03, 2 year-old, 350 yards

1. Southern Takes All, br. g. 2, by Southern Cartel--Shes Takes All, by This Snow Is Royal, Bred by Bill Price (NM). Owner-James Sills. Trainer-Eddie D. Willis. Jockey-Larry D. Payne.

2. Zoominatchya, br. f. 2, by Shazoom--Pc Dashin Chic, by Dashin Chico, Bred by Robert &/Or Cristal Sherrill (TX). Owner- Sherrill, Robert and Cristal. Trainer-C. Dwayne Gilbreath. Jockey-Roy Baldillez.

3. Furrtreeous, br. c. 2, by Oak Tree Special--Beeline Feline, by Rare Form, Bred by Vessels Stallion Farm LLC/R Joneson (OK). Owner-Richard Joneson. Trainer-Luis Villafranco. Jockey-Roy D. Brooks.

Margins: 1¼, ¾, hd
Value to winner: $270,800 2nd $116,892 3rd $61,044
Time: 17.384
Track: Fast



>Heritage Place Derby (G2)
$189,845, Remington Park, Jun 03, 3 year-old, 400 yards

1. Valiant Hero, br. c. 3, by First Down Dash--Corona Chick, by Chicks Beduino, Bred by Julianna Hawn Holt (TX). Owner- Melinda and Henry Brown, Homer Hill and Terry Bell. Trainer-Michael W. Joiner. Jockey-G. R. Carter, Jr.

2. Dont Let Down, sor. g. 3, by Stoli--Babe On the Beach, by Invisible Injun, Bred by Bobby D Cox (TX). Owner-Bobby D. Cox. Trainer-John S. Buchanan. Jockey-Juan L. Vazquez.

3. Check On Chico, b. g. 3, by Dashin Chico--Teenie Tuff, by Corona Cartel, Bred by Dean Spears (OK). Owner-Julie Irwin Cotton. Trainer-Judd S. Kearl. Jockey-Roy Baldillez.

Margins: 1, nk, nk
Value to winner: $76,701 2nd $30,375 3rd $16,706
Time: 19.584
Track: Fast


>Heritage Place Juvenile Stakes
$25,000, Remington Park, Jun 03, 2 year-old, 350 yards

1. Hijo de Villa, b. g. 2, by Oak Tree Special--Miss Brd, by Jet View, Bred by Maria M Velasco Gutierrez (OK). Owner-Maria M. Velasco Gutierrez. Trainer-Guillermo Valdivia. Jockey-Debbie A. Freeman.

2. Cartel Lady, gr. f. 2, by Southern Cartel--My Ladys Alibi, by Chicks Beduino, Bred by Bill Price (NM). Owner-Bill B. Price. Trainer-Eddie D. Willis. Jockey-Larry D. Payne.

3. Illegal Te, sor. g. 2, by The Corona--Illegal Doll, by Illegal Runaway, Bred by Joel Rod Pierce (OK). Owner- Temple, III, George and McCall, John. Trainer-Judd S. Kearl. Jockey-G. R. Carter, Jr.

Margins: ¾, hd, nk
Value to winner: $15,000 2nd $5,000 3rd $2,500
Time: 17.539
Track: Fast

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Great picks for you two, congrats.............hope you had an exacta bet Justin.

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>Easy Jet Stakes
$50,000, Remington Park, Jun 03, 2 year-old, 350 yards

1. Miss Blue Chew, gr. f. 2, by Royal Blue Chew Chew--Lest Expected, by Disco Jerry, Bred by John Costiloe (OK). Owner-John Costiloe. Trainer-Luis Villafranco. Jockey-G. R. Carter, Jr.

2. Destin Hurricane, sor. g. 2, by The Corona--Shez a Bum, by Zevi-TB, Bred by Evert and Dephna Stacy (OK). Owner- Temple, III, George and McCall, John. Trainer-Judd S. Kearl. Jockey-Roy Baldillez.

3. Whitebetweentheeyes, sor. g. 2, by De Elegant Oscar--Dashing Chrystal, by Dashing Lad, Bred by Linda E Barnes (OK). Owner-Ronnie Buckner. Trainer-Matt Whitekiller. Jockey-Thomas Wade Byrd.

Margins: 1¼, ½, hd
Value to winner: $26,250 2nd $11,250 3rd $6,500
Time: 17.586
Track: Fast



>Land Run Stakes
$50,000, Remington Park, Jun 03, 3 year-old, 350 yards

1. Dads On a Prowl, gr. f. 3, by Pals Real Royalcross--Dads My Hero, by Rare Form, Bred by Jack B Wilson (OK). Owner-Jack Benton Wilson. Trainer-Bonnie L. Wilson. Jockey-Randy R. Wilson.

2. Okey Dokey Fonda, b. g. 3, by Okey Dokey Dale--Fonda Brown, by Jet View, Bred by James Dillon (OK). Owner-Larry Devereaux. Trainer-Brandon Parum. Jockey-G. R. Carter, Jr.

3. Cartel Success, b. c. 3, by Corona Cartel--Dashing Mariah, by First Down Dash, Bred by Bill Price (OK). Owner-Bill B. Price. Trainer-Eddie D. Willis. Jockey-Larry D. Payne.

Margins: hd, ½, 1
Value to winner: $26,250 2nd $11,250 3rd $6,500
Time: 17.600
Track: Fast

Southern Takes All Wins Heritage Place Futurity in Track Record Time



Southern Takes All and Larry Payne set a new track record in Heritage Place final.

—June 3, 2007—The Grade 1, $649,400 Heritage Place Futurity, the richest race in Oklahoma this year, was won by Southern Takes All on Sunday at Remington Park.

The futurity was the featured event of seven stakes races on the final night of the American Quarter Horse/Mixed Breed Season at Remington Park. Also contested were the Remington Park Championship and Heritage Place Derby among others.

Owned by James Sills of Cedar Hill, Texas and conditioned by the meet’s leading trainer Eddie Willis, Southern Takes All launched from the starting gate under Larry Payne and never looked back. The win in the big race for 2-year-olds was the second straight for Southern Takes All after he finished fourth earlier this season in the Remington Park Futurity.

“The first couple of outs this year, he just didn’t perform well,” Payne noted, as the only rider to climb aboard Southern Takes All in a race. “Now he has come into himself. He is going to be a good one.”

Southern Takes All not only won the Heritage Place Futurity, he also set a new track record for the 350-yard distance, crossing the finish in :17.384. That breaks the mark of :17.45 set just 10 days ago on May 24 by First Signing.

The second win from five career starts for Southern Takes All was worth $270,800. A New Mexico-bred gelding by Southern Cartel from the This Snow Is Royal mare Shes Takes All, Southern Takes All has now made $315,245.

Southern Takes All finished 1-1/4 lengths ahead of Zoominatchya with Furrtreeous another three-quarters of a length behind in third. Robert and Cristal Sherrill's own the Shazoom filly while Richard Joneson races the Oak Tree Special colt.

Away as the even-money wagering favorite, Southern Takes All paid $4.20 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.80 to show. Zoominatchya paid $8.60 to place and $2.80 to show. Furrtreeous returned $3.80 to show.

Completing the field were Jessthelouisianagirl; Famous Grouse; Ima Stone Candy; Separatist Follies; Coronita Cartel; Movie Mogul; and Passion Raging On.




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Valiant Hero Easy Winner in Heritage Place Derby



Valiant Hero powers to Heritage Place Derby win over Dont Let Down.

—June 3, 2007—The 3-year-olds had their big money on the line in the $189,845 Heritage Place Derby at 400 yards. Valiant Hero was the top qualifier in trials for the race and handled the billing by cruising to a one-length win over Dont Let Down.

Owned by the Meza, Ariz. partnership of Melinda & Henry Brown, Homer Hill and Terry Bell, Valiant Hero is trained by Michael Joiner and was ridden by the season’s leading jockey, G.R. Carter. Valiant Hero won his third-consecutive race dating back to November 2006 and handled 400 yards in :19.584 over the fast track.

A Texas-bred colt by First Down Dash from the Chicks Beduino mare Corona Chick, Valiant Hero won his sixth career race from 10 starts and his second at Remington Park. The winner’s purse share of $76,701 boosts Valiant Hero’s career earnings to $569,031.

Dont Let Down a grade 1 winner more than $450,000 finished second. The Stoli gelding was third in last seasons Heritage Place Futurity. Check on Chico got up for third.

The 3-5 favorite, Valiant Hero paid $3.40 to win, $2.60 to place and $2.10 to show. Dont Let Down paid $5.20 to place and $3.80 to show. Check On Chico was third and paid $3.60 to show.

Completing the field were Too Tough to Catch; Eyesaspecial Fashion; DH-Jess Sporty; DH-Tomorrows Favorite and A Silver Goblin. First Carolina and Thrill and Grace were scratched.




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I LOVE Derbies and Futurities - soooo much fun!!!
Anyone know why First Carolina was out? The comments all said the track was good, etc... just wondering?!?

Hi Kidd: No, I didn't hear or see anything but I hope she's ok. Sure would be awful if we don't see her run any more. Seems like her twin, First Prize Robin has disappeared as I haven't seen anything on her in quite a while.

I like the derbies and futurities too, sure was a lot of good racing this weekend. I think I got all the results and articles posted but let me know if you find I missed something. Stallionesearch certainly deserves kudos for getting it all posted quickly so I can steal it......heehee