Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeder Association

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RF Fast Dash N Train, Gold Gun Z Headline Saturday's LQHBA Sale Futurity Trials

Laddie Futurity(RG2) winner Gold Gun Z will race in the final trial on Saturday.

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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

NEW ORLEANS, LA–AUGUST 21, 2024–Graded stakes winners RF Fast Dash N Train and Gold Gun Z are two of the 87 state-bred juveniles entered in Saturday's 350-yard Louisiana QHBA Sale Futurity (RG1) trials at Fair Grounds Racecourse in New Orleans.

The 10 fastest qualifiers from Saturday's 10 trials will meet on September 14, $550,714 LQHBA Sale Futurity final. The winner will earn $247,821.

RF Fast Dash N Train is a bay daughter of Freighttrain B trained by Juan Diaz Jr. for owner Jaime Cardenas. A $57,000 purchase at last year's LQHBA Yearling Sale, the filly has earned $157,763 from four races, and her three wins include a head victory in the 330-yard, $291,000 Louisiana Breeders' Lassie Futurity (RG2) for state-bred juvenile fillies at Delta Downs on May 24.

RF Fast Dash N Train drew post 8 and will be ridden by Victor Urieta Jr. in the fourth heat.

Gold Gun Z is a bay son of first-crop stallion Gold Heart Eagle V trained by Jose Espinosa for owner Party Tyme Racing. A $122,000 buy at last year's LQHBA Yearling Sale, the gelding has won two of his three outs -- including the May 25, $292,000 Louisiana Breeders' Laddie Futurity (RG2) for state-bred colts and geldings at Delta Downs -- and he has banked $153,066.

Gold Gun Z drew post 5 and will be ridden by Guadalupe Lucio Jr. in the 10th trial.

LQHBA is the official authorized representative of the American Quarter Horse racing and breeding industry in Louisiana, the unified voice of quarter Horse breedings in the State of Louisiana for purposes of communicatting the advantages and rewards of breeding Quarter Horses in the State and for the purposes of a conducting and coordinating activities with breeding and racing agencies.