First Valiant Sign, Tres Friends clash in trials for Rainbow Derby

The winners of two major Quarter Horse futurities from last season at Ruidoso Downs will meet in Sunday’s trials for the Grade 1, $1.2 million Rainbow Derby. The finale is July 23.

First Valiant Sign, the winner of last year’s Ruidoso Futurity, and Tres Friends, who captured last season’s Rainbow Futurity, will clash in the last of 14 trials to be run Sunday