(Houston, Texas - June 4, 2010) - Sam Houston Race Park will kick off the first weekend in June with the $113,502 TQHA Sires’ Cup Futurity (RG2) and $54,727 TQHA Sires’ Cup Derby (RG3) this Saturday, June 5. Trials for both stakes races were run at The Park on May 21st and 22nd. Saturday night’s live racing card will feature nine races, with the Derby as the 6th race on the night’s card and the Futurity as the 8th race.

Executive Precision (8-5), the fastest qualifier for the TQHA Sires’ Cup Futurity, is the morning line odds favorite. The 350-yard race features the top two-year-old sprinters. Executive Precision is trained by Eusevio Huitron and will be guided by jockey Enrique Moreno Gonzalez. The two-year-old grey colt has a stellar record of three first-place finishes out of his five starts.

The remainder of the 10-horse field includes: Jess A Classy Lass, Stones Puede, Trampstamp, RC Shake Up My Day, The Gray Menace, Stylize, Giorgino, Gray Darlin Dash and Cant Shake My Fame.

The TQHA Sires’ Cup Derby will showcase the top three-year-olds racing a distance of 400 yards. The favorite and fastest qualifier, Ocean Fun (7-2), will be led by the same trainer-jockey team as Executive Precision. Huitron and Gonzalez look to bring the three-year-old brown gelding back to the winner’s circle for his second consecutive win during the 2010 Quarter Horse meet.

The remainder of the 10-horse field features Dashingfordestiny, Without Prejudice, Nancys Ocean, Zoomin On By, Kite Flyer, The Gucci Diamond, Speeding, Ms Riptide and All Star Talent.

In addition to live Quarter Horse racing events, The Park will host a simulcast of the 142nd Running of the $1 Million Belmont Stakes (Gr. I), along with Party on the Patio Hot Wing Night, featuring admission and 10 hot wings for just $10, along with $2 draft beer available from 4:00-8:00 p.m. The Verizon Wireless summer concert series on the Bud Light side stage continues with the Battle of the Bands Competition, presented by The New 93Q, Houston Press & 226 Recordings. Visit www.shrp.com for information and tickets.