GBH Cowboy tops SunRay Park trials, fastest into Four Corners Futurity

GBH Cowboy did more than qualify at SunRay Park. He announced himself.

Tungsten Racing Partnership’s Flying Cowboy 123 gelding rolled through the last of seven Four Corners Futurity trials in 17.297 for 350 yards, won by 2 1/4 lengths and earned a 96 speed index. After a troubled eighth in the Grade 2 West Texas Futurity, the April 24 run was the kind of response that changes the conversation. It looked like the earlier flop was a bad result, not a bad horse.

The way he did it mattered just as much as the clock. With Jose Luis Enriquez up for trainer Eric Valenzuela, GBH Cowboy finished with authority and looked every inch the fastest horse in the session. That was not a routine qualifier. It was a statement from a colt who had already shown talent by winning his West Texas trial in his debut and now appears to be rounding back into the kind of form that can carry into a stakes final.

Pedigree backs up the speed. GBH Cowboy was bred in Texas by Gary W. Hartstack and sold for $41,000 at the TQHA Yearling Sale. He is out of the FDD Dynasty mare GBH Lightning, a winning mare and a half-sister to stakes winner GBH Fiscal Toni. Flying Cowboy 123 has been a machine, with more than $18.6 million in progeny earnings from just four crops to race, and GBH Cowboy’s own line now stands at 3-2-0-0 with $16,019 earned.

The threats are real, though. Cyber Lawyer was second fastest in 17.661 and kept the pressure on GBH Cowboy throughout the trial. The Oklahoma-bred gelding by Cyber Monday out of Candy Crest was making only his second start for Lauren McQueen, Leyva Racing Stables and Absolute Refrigeration, and the 85 speed index says there is still room to move forward. Ghirardelli Dark was right there too, stopping the clock in 17.664 after a debut win for Cavenaugh Quarter Horses LLC.

That depth is what makes the May 23 final worth circling now. SunRay Park has already shown this race can tilt on the day, not just the trials. Karmalites won the 2024 final after qualifying fifth fastest, and BV Mexican Foose cashed at 42-1 in 2025 after also winning his trial. With GBH Cowboy peaking at the right time, and a field that still includes names like D Memphis Cowgirl, Flying Cowboys Candy, Fabulous Piloto and La Golden Eagle, the final should bring speed, pressure and at least one horse nobody can dismiss.