Sam Houston Race Park · Friday, January 16, 2026 · Race 5 of 7

Maiden Claiming

dirt, fastSeven FurlongsPurse $11,0007 ranPost 2026-01-16 20:24:00Final time 1:27.91Pool $14,896

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
13Cause Im the King
tk cmd,held safe late
Santos Rivera33111—15.6040A
E1 94 · LP 113
21Gus Cause
mid-pk,closed gap late
Iram Diego65332a nose7.3033A
E1 91 · LP 113
38Drama King
trk3w,moved up 3rd
Cerapio Figueroa545435½2.3051A
E1 90 · LP 103
45Oklahoma Flame
slw pc,rebid1/4,wknd
Floyd Wethey Jr.212246¼1.3015A
E1 94 · LP 102
57Last Affair
3w,close,stopped5/16
Rodolfo Guerra12455276.0012A
E1 91 · LP 73
62Otherbrotherdaryl
outrun,eased,walk off
Ernesto Valdez-Jiminez76666377.404A
E1 87 · LP 63
76Doc Henry Ridge
distanced,bled;eq amb
Adrian Morales4777——16.4030A
E1 80 · LP 113

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

1234567start1/41/2stretchfinish1Gus Cause8Drama King5Oklahoma Flame7Last Affair2Otherbrotherdaryl6Doc Henry Ridge3Cause Im the King

Fractional times

Call 123.82
Call 248.16
Call 31:14.28
Final1:27.91

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)3$3.20—
place ($2)3$11.40—
show ($2)3$6.40—
exacta ($1)3-1$218.20$4,997
place ($2)1$8.60—
show ($2)1$5.80—
trifecta ($0.50)3-1-8$374.50$4,502
show ($2)8$3.20—
superfecta ($0.10)3-1-8-5$360.44$3,093
daily double ($1)8$1.80$202
daily double ($1)3$35.80$0
Pick 3 ($1)3-8$235.10$278

Chart notes

CAUSE IM THE KING took advantage of the slow early pace to race just off the lead to the inside, took command approaching tseven-sixteenths marker and quickened the pace through the turn, brushed off a challenge by OKLAHOMA FLAME near the quarter pole, opened up under steady handling and intermittent urging to got a little short in the late stages and just held clear from a fast closing rival on the outside. GUS CAUSE raced in mid-pack down the backstretch, swung three-wide for the stretch run, was steadily gaining ground on the leader, but came up just short at the wire. DRAMA KING tracked three-wide in mid-pack, kept to task late to move up into the third position, while never a serious threat to the top two. OKLAHOMA FLAME broke best and attempted to slow the pace, ceded the lead to CAUSE IM THE KING heading into the turn, then came back on to bid for the lead at the quarter pole but could not go on with that one in upper stretch and weakened. LAST AFFAIR raced three-wide and close up to the early leaders, then slowed to a walk in the stretch and was eased to the finish. OTHERBROTHERDARYL was a little slow to begin, moved up closer to the front in the run down the backstretch, then had to be ridden to keep up as the pace quickened into the turn and was eased up and not persevered with when hopelessly behind and walked off. DOC HENRY RIDGE dropped back after a level start to race in last before the turn, was eased up, distanced and galloped out to the finish line, vetted, then transported back to the barn in the equine ambulance; was later reported to have bled.