The Runaway Favorite starts season in strong 400-yard allowance

Nine times in 2018 and 2019, The Runaway Favorite started in time trials for major futurities or derbies at Los Alamitos and Ruidoso Downs.

He won a trial race once, but failed to qualify for the Ruidoso, Rainbow, All American, Golden State Million, or Los Alamitos Million futurities in 2018, or the Ruidoso, Rainbow, All American, or Los Alamitos Winter derbies last year.

The Runaway Favorite was ninth in a division of the All American Derby trials last August, his final start of 2019. For his 2020 debut, and his 10th career start, The Runaway Favorite will start for the first time in an allowance race at 400 yards on Friday at Remington Park.

The allowance race is restricted to nonwinners of three. Officially, The Runaway Favorite has two career wins. He was promoted from second to first in a division of the Rainbow Futurity trials in July 2018 after race winner Lethal Lil was disqualified because of a medication violation.

The allowance is the 10th and last race on a program that begins at 6 p.m. Central. Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.

Owned by Bobby Simmons and trained by Clinton Crawford, The Runaway Favorite will be ridden by Cody Smith.

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Typical of an allowance race at the high-quality Remington Park Quarter Horse meeting, there are runners with a history of starting in stakes in recent seasons.

Shes Relentlesswagon, who won twice at the 2019 Remington Park meeting, was fourth in the Easy Jet Stakes at Remington last June. Political Fire was ninth in the $367,800 Heritage Place Derby at Remington last June.

Liarliar Hocksonfire was second by a neck as the 8-5 favorite in the $179,100 Oklahoma Horsemen’s Association Mystery Futurity at Will Rogers Downs last November. Liarliar Hocksonfire was sixth in a division of the Oklahoma Derby trials on March 8 at Remington in his first start of 2020.

Pricey Girl, who drew the outside post, has run twice at Remington since the meeting began in early March. A 4-year-old filly, Pricey Girl was second by a neck in a $30,000 claimer for nonwinners of three at 250 yards on March 22.

Trained by Rex Brooks, Pricey Girl is winless in six starts since an allowance race at 350 yards at Ruidoso Downs last July. Pricey Girl won a division of the Rainbow Futurity trials at 400 yards at Ruidoso Downs in July 2018.