Mr High Five and jockey Sergio Becerra Jr. qualified for the $1 million Rainbow Futurity for two-year-old quarter horses at Ruidoso Downs today with the fastest time of the day, 19.602 seconds for 400-yards.
In a third start for the Tungsten Racing Partnership and Marcelino Gonzalez, the gelding won the seventh trial by one-and-a-half lengths. Mr High Five is trained by Eric Valenzuela who also qualified Remarkable Cowgirl to the July 13th Rainbow final.
Mr High Five is sired by Apolitical Jess out of the mare Ms Southern Dynasty by FDD Dynasty and paid $3.40, $2.60 and $2.40.
Other Quarter Horses that qualified today for the July 13 final include:
*Apolitical Valor and jockey Jacob Enriquez who won the ninth trial in a time of 19.747 seconds for MJR Investments and Yolanda Rogers. The gelding is trained by Clint Crawford.
*Envestor and jockey Ali Rivera won the tenth trial in a time of 19.797 seconds for owners Richard Young and Joe Yates for trainer Zack Stinebaugh. The son of veteran trainer John Stinebaugh, this will be Zack’s first Grade-1 final as a trainer.
*Cyber Courage and jockey Juan Pulido finished second to Mr High Five in the seventh race in a time of 19.817 seconds for owner/trainer Alex Torres-Casas.
*Remarkable Cowgirl and jockey Becerra won the sixth trial for owners Felix Rodriguez and Sergio Holguin and trainer Valenzuela in a time of 19.824 seconds.
Racing continues on Sunday with trials for the $550,000 Rainbow Oaks and $700,000 Rainbow Derby for three-year-olds. There are eleven races scheduled with first post time at 1 p.m.
