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Big Easy Futurity Trials Set for Friday at Fair Grounds Racecourse


San Lorenzo Hustle (shown on the inside, placing second to San Lorenzo Jezz in the Lee Berwick) is one of 60 juveniles slated for the Big Easy Futurity trials on Friday at the Fair Grounds Racecourse.

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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

NEW ORLEANS, LA–AUGUST 19, 2024–Sixty two-year-olds, led by San Lorenzo Hustle, are entered in Friday's 350-yard Big Easy Futurity trials at Fair Grounds Racecourse.

A homebred son of the Apollitical Jess stallion American Hussle owned by Rogelio Marquez Jr., San Lorenzo Hustle will be facing open company for the first time off of his second-place finish in the 350-yard, $654,000 Lee Berwick Futurity (RG1) for Louisiana-breds at Delta Downs on July 13. The colt has earned $148,376 from four outs, and his record includes a third-place finish in the May 25, 330-yard Louisiana Breeders' Laddie Futurity RG2 at Delta Downs.

San Lorenzo Hustle drew post 5 and will be ridden by Martin Osuna for trainer Jeremy Derozin in the fourth of seven trials.

Other prominent juveniles entered in Friday's trials include The Legend Of Corona, a sorrel Coronas Leaving You colt racing for Norman Williams and trainer David Bustamante.

The Legend Of Corona is coming off of a fourth-place finish, one length behind winner Reletless Politics, in the open 350-yard, $303,000 Firecracker Futurity (G2) at Delta Downs on July 6.

The Legend Of Corona drew post 4 and will be ridden by Leonardo Rodriguez in the fifth heat.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the September 13, $50,000-added Big Easy Futurity final.

All Fair Grounds races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.
 


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