LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MAY 12, 2024–Eddie Willis' first attempt to win the Rober Adair Kindergarten Futurity was a huge success, as the 2020 AQHA champion trainer saddled the Capo De Capi gelding Cedar Hill to an upset victory at 13-1 odds for owners Abelardo Flores and James Sills in the Grade 2, $256,200 final on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Willis has made Los Alamitos a key part of his schedule in recent years, often arriving at the Orange County oval after the end of the Ruidoso Downs meet on Labor Day. Once here, Willis set his sights on the late season major stakes races like the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, Golden State Million Futurity and Los Alamitos Super Derby.

From 2009 to 2023, Willis had 254 starters at the Southern California track, but it wasn't until last year that Willis started a horse here prior to the month of September. Even then, Willis had only six starters in the months of January through .. Read More

HOUSTON, TX–MAY 10, 2024– Trainer Juan Diaz, Jr. and jockey Victor Urieta, Jr. teamed up for their third consecutive stakes victory on Friday night's program at Sam Houston Race Park with Blue Eyed Jane.

Blue Eyed Jane, who hadn't yet broken her maiden, qualified with the ninth fastest time in the trials. But the two-year-old filly showed up in the $102,382 John Deere Juvenile Challenge [G3] finals for an impressive 2 3/4-length victory.

Urieta piloted the daughter of second-year-sire Tarzanito, leading from wire to wire, and clocked a 101 speed index in 17.529 seconds. Blue .. Read More