TRAINER WAYLAN MELTON GOES 3-FOR-3 IN TRIALS, QUALIFYING FIRST, SECOND, FIFTH FASTEST FOR $1.2 MILLION HERITAGE PLACE FUTURITY
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – May 15, 2023 – Trainer Waylan Melton entered three horses in the Heritage Place Futurity trials on Monday at Remington Park and qualified all three among the five fastest times of the day for the richest race of the meet. The Grade 1, $1,207,640 Heritage Place Futurity is set for June 3, as the spring season ends.
The Monday trials were conducted after being postponed from Thursday, May 11 to avoid possible interruption from severe weather.
Flyn Electric Cowboy held the fastest time of the day at :17.384 seconds since the seventh race of 12, but in the final race of the day, his stablemate, San Lencho, showed his lightning-fast hooves were much the best as he posted a :17.331, giving Melton the first, second and fifth fastest horses of the day, all winners of their trials. His fifth fastest horse, PYV Legacy had previously won the $533,000 Oklahoma Futurity on March 25 at Remington Park.
San Lencho, a 2-year-old colt by Apollitical Jess, out of the Heza Fast Dash mare Dashnunder Afullmoon, improved to two-for-two in his career, having won in a maiden race here on March 24. Jockey Juan Pulido qualified all three horses for Melton and will have an interesting choice to make for the futurity final.
San Lencho is owned by Rogelio Marquez, Jr., of Rosenberg, Texas. His fastest qualifier earned a 99-speed index for the victory. The winner now has earnings of $19,647, with a richer prize in sight. He is a homebred by the owner.
Flyn Electric Cowboy, the second-fastest qualifier, is one-for-two lifetime with $9,099 earned.
PYC Legacy, the Oklahoma Futurity winner and fifth-fastest qualifier Monday, is three-for-three lifetime with earnings of $227,768. This 2-year-old gelding by PYC Fun N Fancy, out of the Tailgunner Tom mare Issys Legacy, was bred in Oklahoma by Jonathan Chavira. He is owned by Rito Sosa of Blanchard, Okla.
San Lencho won by 1-3/4 lengths, Flyn Electric Cowboy by 1-3/4 lengths and PYC Legacy by a half-length. The wins Monday kept Melton as the highest winning percentage trainer of any with 20 or more starts at 33 percent, winning with 18 of 53 starters this meet.
Flyn Electric Cowboy may have had the biggest turnaround in Heritage Place Futurity trial history, going from a four-length loss in a maiden race, finishing eighth of 10 horses, to a 1-3/4 lengths victory as the second-fastest qualifier. His poor maiden effort came on April 13 at 250 yards, when he had a trouble line explaining that he raced green with his head high. In his Monday trial, his head was down, he broke sharply from the gate under Pulido and acted like a pro in the easy win.
Flyn Electric Cowboy is owned by Josefina Guzman of Dallas, Texas, and was bred in Texas by Paragon Farms. He was purchased for $67,000 at the 2022 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale. Flyn Electric Cowboy earned $315 for finishing eighth in the maiden try and the $8,784 for winning this trial.
The top five fastest horses from Monday’s trials for the Grade 1, $1,207,640 Heritage Place Futurity will join the five that qualified on Friday night. Monday’s trials began on a track listed as good. Here are today’s qualifiers for the richest race of the meet, part of Champions Night on Saturday, June 3, with times, speed indexes, jockey, trainer and trial number:
San Lencho, :17.331, 99, Juan Pulido, Waylan Melton, trial 12
Flyn Electric Cowboy, :17.384, 97, Juan Pulido, Waylon Melton, trial seven
Midnight Politics, :17.459, 95, Edwin Escobedo, Jason Olmstead, trial 10
BP Cartel Policy, :17.488, 94, James Flores, Dee Keener, trial nine
PYC Legacy, :17.498, 94, Juan Pulido, Waylan Melton, trial four
Here are the five qualifiers from Friday night, May 12:
MFS Cheerio, :17.604, 91, Justine Klaiber, Eddie Willis, trial 11
Cardiac Cowboy, :17.628, 90, Edwin Escobedo, Jason Olmstead, trial four
Sheza Famous Candy, :17.722, 88, Edwin Escobedo, Jason Olmstead, trial 12
AB Seis Corazones, :17.734, 87, Bryan Candanosa, Monty Arrossa, trial six
Deep Blue, :17.748, 87, Francisco Calderon, John Stinebaugh, trial three
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Live racing continues Thursday through Sunday, May 18-21. Racing begins Thursday and Friday at 6pm. Saturday racing starts at Noon, followed by the simulcast of the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. Sunday racing is underway at 4pm. All times are Central.
𝑶𝑲𝑳𝑨𝑯𝑶𝑴𝑨 𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀, 𝑶𝑲 – 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 – 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 wasn’t expected to win his 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 on Thursday at Remington Park; he was a longshot at 15-1 odds. He certainly was the surprise of the night when he was the 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆, cementing a spot in the finals of this 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝟏 $𝟏,𝟏𝟔𝟏,𝟎𝟏𝟎 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏.
The Heritage Place Futurity is the cornerstone 350-yard race for 2-year-old American Quarter Horses, and is one of the most heralded futurities in the country annually. The fastest five horses from 13 trials on Thursday and the five fastest of 13 more trials on Friday will make up the field of 10 finalists for the million-dollar race.
In the fifth trial Thursday, Calling Chicks, a beautiful gray gelding by Eyesa Cashing Teller, out of the Fly Jess Fly mare Call Me Paratus, broke on top early under 𝐣𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐳 and never was headed. He looked more like 1-5 than 15-1 as he opened up to a three-quarters length victory in his heat. When he hit the line in :17.438 seconds, earning, a 95 speed-index on the fast track. It turned out to be the fastest time of the night, despite there being eight more trials to run. It was run with a slight tailwind behind him, virtually the same speed for every race Thursday night, between 5-8 mph.
No one could have expected this from a horse that had run fourth and fifth in his first two starts. The key, however, was that his first two tries came against futurity trial company, not maidens. In his first start for 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲, Calling Chicks raced on a sloppy track in the Oklahoma Futurity trials and finished 1-1/4 lengths behind the eventual winner of the Remington Park Futurity – Flying Joy 1. The next time out, Calling Chicks faced Remington Park Futurity trial horses and could do no better than fifth, beaten 1-1/2 lengths. His speed index that night over a muddy track (90) was certainly good enough to win a trial for the Heritage Place and that’s just what he did on Thursday as the fastest qualifier. It was also the first time Calling Chicks had raced over a fast track. Possibly another determining factor as well.
Calling Chicks, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡, broke his maiden in this trial and put a smile on the face of 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐇 𝐄 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐇𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚) 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐎𝐤𝐥𝐚. He paid $32.60 to win, $10.60 to place and $3.80 to show across the board. Cruz, last year’s top rider at Remington Park for the first time, had ridden Calling Chicks in his first race, was off in the second start and then got back on him Thursday for one more chance. It paid off. It’s amazing that a horse that has earned only $9,649 in three starts, has a shot at winning a large portion of a million-dollar purse in three weeks, but that is the case. If that isn’t enough to make a great story, it must also be pointed out that the owner bought Calling Chicks for $8,000 from the Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in 2024.
Other than Calling Chicks, the fastest of the five qualifiers from Thursday night were (with jockey, trainer, trial number, times and speed index): • DR Americas Dynasty, Juan Pulido, Marco Chavez-Gutierrez, trial four, :17.481, 94 • Hawkeye Vision, Joseph Belloc, Jr., James J. Gonzales III, trial four, :17.507, 93 • Jess Flash the Cash, Ramiro Garcia, Jason Olmstead, trial five, :17.548, 92 • Effortless Favorite, Francisco Ramirez, Jr., Jason Olmstead, trial nine, :17.561, 91
It was a great night of training for conditioners Marco Chavez-Gutierrez and Jason Olmstead. Chavez-Gutierrez might trade his night with Olmstead’s, even though the former won two more races than latter. Any other night, a training quadruple would have been an incredible evening of racing, but none of Chavez-Gutierrez’s four winners qualified for the finals of the Heritage Place Futurity.
Olmstead’s two winners did qualify. One of Chavez-Gutierrez’s winners, Apollirevenge, was the last eliminated from the bubble on the night. He lasted until Effortless Favorite won the ninth trial in a slightly faster time. Apollirevenge covered his 350 yards in :17.595 in the third trial, just three-hundredths of a second slower than the last finalist.
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Remington Park has provided more than $377 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District, Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. The 2025 American Quarter Horse Season, features the $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity on May 31, the final night of this meet. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
Photo: Calling Chicks (1) wins the fifth trial of the evening on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at Remington Park to post the top 350-yard qualifying time on the first night of trials for the Grade 1 Heritage Place Futurity. The final will be held on May 31. 📸: Dustin Orona Photography... ’Expand’See Less
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TRAINER WAYLAN MELTON GOES 3-FOR-3 IN TRIALS, QUALIFYING FIRST, SECOND, FIFTH FASTEST FOR $1.2 MILLION HERITAGE PLACE FUTURITY
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – May 15, 2023 – Trainer Waylan Melton entered three horses in the Heritage Place Futurity trials on Monday at Remington Park and qualified all three among the five fastest times of the day for the richest race of the meet. The Grade 1, $1,207,640 Heritage Place Futurity is set for June 3, as the spring season ends.
The Monday trials were conducted after being postponed from Thursday, May 11 to avoid possible interruption from severe weather.
Flyn Electric Cowboy held the fastest time of the day at :17.384 seconds since the seventh race of 12, but in the final race of the day, his stablemate, San Lencho, showed his lightning-fast hooves were much the best as he posted a :17.331, giving Melton the first, second and fifth fastest horses of the day, all winners of their trials. His fifth fastest horse, PYV Legacy had previously won the $533,000 Oklahoma Futurity on March 25 at Remington Park.
San Lencho, a 2-year-old colt by Apollitical Jess, out of the Heza Fast Dash mare Dashnunder Afullmoon, improved to two-for-two in his career, having won in a maiden race here on March 24. Jockey Juan Pulido qualified all three horses for Melton and will have an interesting choice to make for the futurity final.
San Lencho is owned by Rogelio Marquez, Jr., of Rosenberg, Texas. His fastest qualifier earned a 99-speed index for the victory. The winner now has earnings of $19,647, with a richer prize in sight. He is a homebred by the owner.
Flyn Electric Cowboy, the second-fastest qualifier, is one-for-two lifetime with $9,099 earned.
PYC Legacy, the Oklahoma Futurity winner and fifth-fastest qualifier Monday, is three-for-three lifetime with earnings of $227,768. This 2-year-old gelding by PYC Fun N Fancy, out of the Tailgunner Tom mare Issys Legacy, was bred in Oklahoma by Jonathan Chavira. He is owned by Rito Sosa of Blanchard, Okla.
San Lencho won by 1-3/4 lengths, Flyn Electric Cowboy by 1-3/4 lengths and PYC Legacy by a half-length. The wins Monday kept Melton as the highest winning percentage trainer of any with 20 or more starts at 33 percent, winning with 18 of 53 starters this meet.
Flyn Electric Cowboy may have had the biggest turnaround in Heritage Place Futurity trial history, going from a four-length loss in a maiden race, finishing eighth of 10 horses, to a 1-3/4 lengths victory as the second-fastest qualifier. His poor maiden effort came on April 13 at 250 yards, when he had a trouble line explaining that he raced green with his head high. In his Monday trial, his head was down, he broke sharply from the gate under Pulido and acted like a pro in the easy win.
Flyn Electric Cowboy is owned by Josefina Guzman of Dallas, Texas, and was bred in Texas by Paragon Farms. He was purchased for $67,000 at the 2022 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale. Flyn Electric Cowboy earned $315 for finishing eighth in the maiden try and the $8,784 for winning this trial.
The top five fastest horses from Monday’s trials for the Grade 1, $1,207,640 Heritage Place Futurity will join the five that qualified on Friday night. Monday’s trials began on a track listed as good. Here are today’s qualifiers for the richest race of the meet, part of Champions Night on Saturday, June 3, with times, speed indexes, jockey, trainer and trial number:
Here are the five qualifiers from Friday night, May 12:
Sheza Famous Candy, :17.722, 88, Edwin Escobedo, Jason Olmstead, trial 12
AB Seis Corazones, :17.734, 87, Bryan Candanosa, Monty Arrossa, trial six
Deep Blue, :17.748, 87, Francisco Calderon, John Stinebaugh, trial three
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Live racing continues Thursday through Sunday, May 18-21. Racing begins Thursday and Friday at 6pm. Saturday racing starts at Noon, followed by the simulcast of the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. Sunday racing is underway at 4pm. All times are Central.
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𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋, 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑, 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐃
By Richard Linihan
𝑶𝑲𝑳𝑨𝑯𝑶𝑴𝑨 𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀, 𝑶𝑲 – 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 – 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 wasn’t expected to win his 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 on Thursday at Remington Park; he was a longshot at 15-1 odds. He certainly was the surprise of the night when he was the 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆, cementing a spot in the finals of this 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝟏 $𝟏,𝟏𝟔𝟏,𝟎𝟏𝟎 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏.
The Heritage Place Futurity is the cornerstone 350-yard race for 2-year-old American Quarter Horses, and is one of the most heralded futurities in the country annually. The fastest five horses from 13 trials on Thursday and the five fastest of 13 more trials on Friday will make up the field of 10 finalists for the million-dollar race.
In the fifth trial Thursday, Calling Chicks, a beautiful gray gelding by Eyesa Cashing Teller, out of the Fly Jess Fly mare Call Me Paratus, broke on top early under 𝐣𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐳 and never was headed. He looked more like 1-5 than 15-1 as he opened up to a three-quarters length victory in his heat. When he hit the line in :17.438 seconds, earning, a 95 speed-index on the fast track. It turned out to be the fastest time of the night, despite there being eight more trials to run. It was run with a slight tailwind behind him, virtually the same speed for every race Thursday night, between 5-8 mph.
No one could have expected this from a horse that had run fourth and fifth in his first two starts. The key, however, was that his first two tries came against futurity trial company, not maidens. In his first start for 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲, Calling Chicks raced on a sloppy track in the Oklahoma Futurity trials and finished 1-1/4 lengths behind the eventual winner of the Remington Park Futurity – Flying Joy 1. The next time out, Calling Chicks faced Remington Park Futurity trial horses and could do no better than fifth, beaten 1-1/2 lengths. His speed index that night over a muddy track (90) was certainly good enough to win a trial for the Heritage Place and that’s just what he did on Thursday as the fastest qualifier. It was also the first time Calling Chicks had raced over a fast track. Possibly another determining factor as well.
Calling Chicks, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡, broke his maiden in this trial and put a smile on the face of 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐇 𝐄 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐇𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚) 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐎𝐤𝐥𝐚. He paid $32.60 to win, $10.60 to place and $3.80 to show across the board. Cruz, last year’s top rider at Remington Park for the first time, had ridden Calling Chicks in his first race, was off in the second start and then got back on him Thursday for one more chance. It paid off. It’s amazing that a horse that has earned only $9,649 in three starts, has a shot at winning a large portion of a million-dollar purse in three weeks, but that is the case. If that isn’t enough to make a great story, it must also be pointed out that the owner bought Calling Chicks for $8,000 from the Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in 2024.
Other than Calling Chicks, the fastest of the five qualifiers from Thursday night were (with jockey, trainer, trial number, times and speed index):
• DR Americas Dynasty, Juan Pulido, Marco Chavez-Gutierrez, trial four, :17.481, 94
• Hawkeye Vision, Joseph Belloc, Jr., James J. Gonzales III,
trial four, :17.507, 93
• Jess Flash the Cash, Ramiro Garcia, Jason Olmstead,
trial five, :17.548, 92
• Effortless Favorite, Francisco Ramirez, Jr., Jason Olmstead,
trial nine, :17.561, 91
It was a great night of training for conditioners Marco Chavez-Gutierrez and Jason Olmstead. Chavez-Gutierrez might trade his night with Olmstead’s, even though the former won two more races than latter. Any other night, a training quadruple would have been an incredible evening of racing, but none of Chavez-Gutierrez’s four winners qualified for the finals of the Heritage Place Futurity.
Olmstead’s two winners did qualify. One of Chavez-Gutierrez’s winners, Apollirevenge, was the last eliminated from the bubble on the night. He lasted until Effortless Favorite won the ninth trial in a slightly faster time. Apollirevenge covered his 350 yards in :17.595 in the third trial, just three-hundredths of a second slower than the last finalist.
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Remington Park has provided more than $377 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District, Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. The 2025 American Quarter Horse Season, features the $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity on May 31, the final night of this meet. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
Photo: Calling Chicks (1) wins the fifth trial of the evening on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at Remington Park to post the top 350-yard qualifying time on the first night of trials for the Grade 1 Heritage Place Futurity. The final will be held on May 31. 📸: Dustin Orona Photography ... ’Expand’See Less
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