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Rocky Mountain Turf Club • $24,286 300 yards • :16.047 • si 82
First Timber
Oak Tree Special
First Prize Dash
OTIMBERIMFALLNINLOVE, ‘15-f.
El Rey Burner
Ember Adair
Burners Beauty
june 18, 2017
Sport of Speed Sale Futurity
otiMBeriMFallninlove
by John Moorehouse
longshot Otimberimfallninlove emerged from a blanket finish to win the $24,286 Sport of Speed
Sale Futurity held June 18 at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Billie Bird owns Otimberimfallninlove, who brought home a $10,929 payday that exponen- tially increased the filly’s total bankroll to $11,285. A Donalda Cochrane trainee, Otimberimfallninlove made
a clean break from the 5-gate under jockey Scott Sterr and was leading
by a head as she reached the stretch. During the final yards, she outdueled Shawnee Cartel and Mighty Lucille, getting to the wire first by a neck.
Otimberimfallninlove greatly improved over her trial time, finishing the finals in :16.047 while posting a career high 82 speed index. Otimberimfallninlove broke her maiden and earned black type in a single swoop after finishing third in her June 3 futurity trial—also her debut out.
Otimberimfallninlove also was the second-biggest underdog in the field, going off at 9-1 odds at post time.
Wesley Oulton bred Otimberimfallninlove and home- bred her dam, lightly-raced Burners Beauty. The mare has produced three starters, including stakes placed Beautified Tigerhyde, who finished third in the 2007 Prairie
Gold Futurity at Northlands Park. Otimberimfallninlove becomes her first stakes winner and top earner.
Trial winner Shawnee Cartel (Teller Cartel-Shawnee Royale), the pre-
race favorite, was 2nd under Martin Ortiz for Doug Graham & trainer Buckey Stockwell. Fastest qualifier Mighty Lucille (Mighty B Valiant- Tanya Turner) was 3rd under J.B. Botello for Jeffrey S. Wilson & trainer Allen Goodsell. Followed by JB Uni (Unification TB-Tisa Easy Effort), BS Playing For Keeps (Azoom-Chrysis), Llomars Dream (Azoom-Dazzled) & Shezasparklingtimber (First Timber- Sparkling Hy). The Western Special scratched.
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