From draw No. 16, he and Bobs Smart Badger (Rey Dual Badger x Bobs Smart Chance x Bob Acre Doc) marked a 225 to claim the Championship and $11,000 for owners George and Charlene Lane.
The gelding, who was bred by Glade Knight, of Weatherford, Texas, had an Equi-Stat record of $2,400 prior to arriving in Rancho Murieta. Westfall made the finals on him at the West Texas Futurity in August. Bobs Smart Badger’s dam has produced seven money-earners who have garnered more than $213,000 in the cutting pen.
Equi-Stat Elite $2 Million Rider Morgan Cromer qualified five horses for the Futurity Open finals and clinched the Reserve title aboard Smooth Catolena. The duo marked a 222 for the title, which was worth $9,500.
Intermediate Open Futurity
Tosten Peterson, of Phoenix, Arizona, had two horses in the Futurity Intermediate Open finals and claimed the top two spots. He marked a 220 on Super X Rey for the Championship and then returned on Highbrow Secret, who he piloted to a 216 and the Reserve title.
Super X Rey earned $3,500 for owner Lenee Allison, and Highbrow Secret took home $3,000 to Dog Tired Ranch. Both horses kick-started their Equi-Stat records while in California. Peterson and Highbrow Secret also made the Futurity Open finals, where they marked a 212.5 and collected an additional $2,750. These checks brought Peterson’s lifetime earnings to more than $35,000.
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