Willis family well represented in Sunday maiden race
The outcome of a maiden special weight race for 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred Quarter Horses at Remington Park on Sunday could be a family affair.
Cindydoesitagain is trained by Eddie D. Willis, whose 34-year-old son, Eddie L. Willis, trains BV Rocky Top.
:: To stay up to date, follow us on: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
In the Quarter Horse community, Eddie L. Willis is commonly known as Bubba. Eddie Willis, 62, has two other sons involved in racing – Kevin, his assistant, and Kasey, who has a small stable at Remington Park.
Through Thursday, Eddie Willis led all trainers with 25 wins at the Remington Park meeting, which began on March 6 and continues through May 30. Bubba Willis was tied for 10th with six wins, while Kasey Willis had two wins from six runners. Kasey Willis trains Shockinglyfamous, who won the SLM Big Daddy Stakes in March and runs in Saturday’s $68,000 Leo Stakes, one of the top races for older horses at the meeting.
Cindydoesitagain was beaten a nose in a 250-yard maiden special weight race on a sloppy and sealed track at Remington Park on March 22 in her second start.
“She should have won that night,” Eddie Willis said on Friday. “She’s pretty professional. She goes in there and leaves there. She should have a chance to win.”
Cindydoesitagain, a filly owned by Abel Flores, drew the rail in a field of 10 on Sunday.
BV Rocky Top, owned by Bella Vista Farm, was a game third by a neck in his debut in a 250-yard maiden race for Oklahoma-breds on March 19. BV Rocky Top drifted toward the outside rail in the final 100 yards.
BV Rocky Top finished a neck behind Best of You, who won the Laico Bird Stakes for Eddie Willis on April 18.
BV Rocky has post 9 on Sunday.
The maiden race is the last of 10 races on a program that begins at 7 p.m. Eastern, or 6 p.m. Central. Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.
Of the runners not trained by a member of the Willis family, Classic Jax could draw support. Trained by Dee Keener, Classix Jax lost all chance in a division of the Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity trials on April 3 when he clipped heels with a rival and stumbled shortly after the start.