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RACING NEWS
Heritage Place Futurity-G1
JET BLACK GRACE
by John Moorehouse
Jet Black Grace came flying from the out- side to snare victory in the Heritage Place Futurity-G1 on May 29 as part of the Night of Champions card at Remington Park. With a total purse of $1,314,980, it marked the richest horse race in the history of the state of Oklahoma.
The record-setting purse represented a
59 percent increase over the $826,260 sum
in last year’s version of the event, which was limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also marked the richest Quarter Horse race ever to take place east of Ruidoso Downs, and the third-richest in the country aside from Ruidoso’s $3 million All American Futurity and Los Alamitos’ $2 Million Futurity.
Zitro Racing Corp. owns Jet Black Grace, a two-year-old gelding who is undefeated through the first three outs of his career. Pedro Ortiz- Castillo, who was on hand representing Zitro Racing, was emotional following the result.
Remington Park
$1,314,980 • 350 yards :17.455 • si 92
JET BLACK PATRIOT
si 110
Bred by: Richard & Janelle Simon Raced to 2 • $876,921 9-7(3)-1(1)-0
788 f., 22 SW • $14,800,563
GAME PATRIOT si 109
Bred by: Gary Wright MD Raced to 3 • $225,096 15-7(1)-3(3)-3(2)
1,199 f., 55 SW • $31,014,975
Bred by: Fulton Quien Sabe Ranches LP
Raced to 2 $571,316 3-3(1)-0-0
FIRST DOWN HEMP si 89 Bred by: Donney J. Goutierrez Raced to 2 • $3,805
24 f., 2 SW • $1,552,878
THRILL AND GRACE
si 97
Bred by: Joe Kirk Fulton Raced to 4 • $142,177 9-5(1)-3(1)-0
19 f., 1 SW • $1,030,137
MR JESS PERRY si 113 Bred by: Jesse Perry Raced to 4 • $687,184 21-12(5)-2(1)-0
1,923 f., 156 SW • $58,698,429
DELA CREME SMASH si 111 Bred by: Roy Browning Raced to 3 • $123,267 13-5(1)-0-2
19 f., 2 SW • $659,400
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Jet Black Grace and Juan Pulido winning the $1,314,980 Heritage Place Futurity-G1.
Dustin Orona Photography
JET BLACK GRACE, ‘19-g.