Sam Houston Race Park · Sunday, March 9, 2025 · Race 3 of 8

Maiden Special Weight

dirt, fastOne Mile And Seventy YardsPurse $33,0007 ranPost 2025-03-09 14:04:00Final time 1:44.48Pool $6,980

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/23/4stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
16Sound of Victory
rear,bid7/16,rally,up
Cole Meche466641—7.4078A
E1 90 · LP 117
24Royalist
trkd,bid3/8,led,tagged
Elvin Gonzalez7333221¼35.4064A
E1 99 · LP 111
31Zorro D' Oro
dueled,led late,caught
Floyd Wethey Jr.111113321.8066A
E1 101 · LP 108
47Seven Taylors
dueled, evenly late
Stewart Elliott5222347½0.1061A
E1 101 · LP 104
52King of the Disco
saved all, flattened
Alfredo Triana, Jr.2455559½17.8046A
E1 96 · LP 105
65Ready and Able
trk2-3w,lacked finish
Mario Fuentes65446610¼8.5044A
E1 97 · LP 104
73Keep Up the Pace
trailed throughout
Isaiah Wiseman37777734¼56.106A
E1 80 · LP 94

How the race unfolded (position at each call; hover a line to follow one runner)

1234567start1/41/23/4stretchfinish4Royalist1Zorro D' Oro7Seven Taylors2King of the Disco5Ready and Able3Keep Up the Pace6Sound of Victory

Fractional times

Call 124.05
Call 248.77
Call 31:14.34
Call 41:40.33
Final1:44.48

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)6$6.80—
place ($2)6$5—
show ($2)6$4.20—
daily double ($1)5-6$9.10$339
place ($2)4$19.20—
show ($2)4$11.60—
exacta ($1)6-4$194.50$4,524
show ($2)1$8—
trifecta ($0.50)6-4-1$964.30$2,581
superfecta ($0.10)6-4-1-7$712.73$1,907
Pick 3 ($1)1-5-6$602$691

Chart notes

SOUND OF VICTORY was not asked for speed from the break and went three wide through the first turn settling near the rear of the main pack, responded when asked to go on from the seven-sixteenths pole, circled the field on the far turn came five wide into the stretch and produced a bold rally under intermittent urging and was up in time. ROYALIST settled in a tracking position behind the two pacesetters, was sent after that pair with three furlongs to run, loomed three wide into the stretch, was finishing well under steady handling but was outfinished by the winner in the final yards. ZORRO D' ORO broke sharply and seized the rail and the lead, then dueled with SEVEN TAYLORS through moderate fractions, came under a ride from the five-sixteenths and opened up a bit leaving that rival behind, went clear in upper stretch, was finishing well under steady handling but could not hold the fast closing rival to the outside. SEVEN TAYLORS dueled to the outside of ZORRO D'ORO through the first half mile, amped up the pressure on that on through the far turn, seemingly traveling well, then was unable to go on when that rival quickened away in upper stretch and finished evenly. KING OF THE DISCO tracked in mid-pack through the early stages, saved ground throughout, made a mild bid under a drive from the three-furlong marker but flattened out in the stretch. READY AND ABLE tracked two to three wide behind the pace, stayed wide through the far turn, made brief move but was unable to sustain the bid. KEEP UP THE PACE was outrun from the start and trailed throughout.