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Oklahoma Futurity-G2
EC REVENGE
by Tracy Gantz
It’s not often a racehorse owner wins her first big futurity at the age of 92. But Elizabeth Logan, owner of $396,650 Oklahoma
Futurity-G2 winner EC Revenge, only began racing a few years ago. Before that, she was too busy showing horses.
“I showed halter horses until I was 88,” said Logan, who lives in Haskell, Oklahoma. “But I didn’t start showing until I was 68.”
Logan won World Championships with Palominos and also did well with Quarter Horses at the AQHA Select World Show. Once she decided to quit showing, her veterinarian, Dr. Jay Ross, suggested that she consider switching to racehorses.
“When he would come by for the other horses, he’d say, ‘You ought to have a racehorse. You wouldn’t have to do anything to them— just go watch them run.’ One day when he was here, I said, ‘Well, okay, Jay, go find me one.’ And so he did.”
Ross introduced Logan to his friend, trainer Dee Keener. One of Logan’s first run- ners, DTL Batter Up, earned nearly $60,000 and placed in several futurities under Keener’s guidance in just two years on the track.
At the 2018 Heritage Place Yearling Sale, Ross bid $25,000 to get EC Revenge for Logan, and that gelding has done even better.
Both Logan and Keener
were winning the Oklahoma Futurity at Remington Park for the first time in their careers. “He had horses that had run in that futurity before, but he had never won it,” said Logan.
Jockey James Flores had won the race in 2016 with Coronas First Diva. The defend- ing Champion Jockey at Remington Park, Flores scored in six races on the March 23 card, including EC Revenge for Logan in the Oklahoma Futurity-G2, the Oklahoma Derby-G3 with Jess Proved Youwrong, the Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Derby-G1 aboard Bullet Bonnie, and the Eastex Stakes-G2 with Political Attraction.
This year, Flores had qualified two to the Oklahoma Futurity finals—EC Revenge and Pepper Ryan.
“When EC Revenge ran in the trials, he won that and had the fastest time of any of them in the trials,” said Logan.
There were 12 trials con- ducted on March 9, and Flores wisely stuck with the fastest qual- ifier in the final. In the trials, EC Revenge closed strongly and won his heat. The other horse Flores
qualified was Pepper Ryan, who also won his trial heat and ultimately finished second in the finals.
Always Charging, from the powerful Reliance Ranches barn, won his trial wire-to-wire by 3/4-lengths and went off as the 9-5 favorite. EC Revenge was the second choice at nearly 3-1.
Breaking from post eight, EC Revenge came away in third and quickly powered to the lead. He had a length lead at the first call and held on throughout. EC Revenge scored by 1-length, getting 300 yards done in :15.307. The clocking was good for a 93 speed index.
The $158,660 winner’s share of the purse took the earnings of EC Revenge to $164,390 and his record is a perfect two-for-two.
“The race was great,” said Logan. “He was kind of behind a little bit, and then he came and daylighted them.”
After the race, as Flores stepped forward to give an interview, he encountered some
Remington Park $396,650 • 300 yards :15.307 • si 93
One Famous Eagle
Hes Relentless
This Dreams Flying
EC REVENGE, ‘17-g.
Corona Cartel
SS Pamilla
First Prize Robin
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EC Revenge & James Flores score a 1-length victory in the $396,650 Grade 2 Oklahoma Futurity
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