Jordan Harrell and The Angels Seis Fame won Round 1 and the 1D average of the Young Guns League Futurity at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Okla., finishing on 33.753 Thursday for $30,360 to owners Leslie and Jason Willis.
She won Round 2 on their other one.
The Angels Seis Fame ran 16.839 Tuesday to win Round 1 for $8,250. Thursday, OE Bachelor Pad ran 16.845 to win Round 2 for $8,250, with The Angels Seis Fame right behind him on 16.914 for $5,610. The average paid $16,500, plus $2,063 each in stallion and breeder money, and OE Bachelor Pad added eighth in the average for $2,376.
Harrell got both horses on the same phone call. Leslie Willis trained them herself until she was hurt last year.
“The day that I got hurt, he was on the trailer with me exhibitioning,” Willis said of The Angels Seis Fame. “He was my top three colts that year, and I get kind of picky when they’re my top three. So he sat in the barn for 30 days after I got hurt, because I wasn’t sure where and what I was going to do. And so I called Jordan, and she got him and OE Bachelor Pad at the same time.”
Willis has spread her horses across a small group of riders since, including Blaise Wheeler, who won the Ruby Buckle East Derby on Gimme All DaMoney, and Ceri Ward. She picks the rider for each horse.
“I think the thing that makes this work is that the horse has been fit to the jockey,” Willis said. “If I had this group of horses, I don’t know that I as a whole would’ve done as well on these horses, because these horses are almost fit to the jockey now.”
The Angels Seis Fame is by Seis Smashin Fame out of Theangelshavespoken, a Furyofthewind mare Willis bought because she was a full sister to a horse she had won a lot of money on. He was at her side when the mare came home, and they call him Smash. He has so much white that he has Paint papers too, though his leg wraps cover most of it.
“I didn’t really pay attention when I bought it, because I kind of got in a hurry buying the mare,” Willis said. “And then I did some research and I was like, ‘Jason, this horse has been to the American, the top 10 with Tasha Welch.’ We’re going to breed back to him this year.”
Harrell rides him in Gimme Da Money’s bridle. Willis handed it to her when she started on him.
“He’s so big and so smooth, and he’s got such a big stride, and when he’s smooth, he’s fast,” Willis said. “When he is reaching and grabbing and has the long stride and turns his barrels, the clock stops.”
OE Bachelor Pad, by Flingin Roses out of FC Strait Cajun by Strait Dallas Fuel, was bred by Ashley Harvey. Willis bought him as a yearling off Facebook because she wanted to try a Flingin Roses, and Harrell won the BFA Super Stakes on him last November.
“I remember Flingin Roses the year that I won the slot race on The Midnite Express. He was the horse to beat,” Willis said. “I was standing across the creek here at the Lazy E, leading it, and when I heard Tyler run, I was like, ‘Okay, well I’ll be second.’ He was just that kind of horse. And then when he came back and won the BFA World, he proved that he was a champion.”
“It’s crazy that they’ve gone through the same exact hands,” Harrell said. “Everything’s been exactly the same on these two horses, but they still have a similar style. They’re both very smooth and they both have a huge gas pedal. I love a runner.”
Winneray and Cheyenne Wimberley were second in the average on 33.948 for $11,220. Designakelly and Shelby Spencer were third on 34.020 for $8,580, SS I Am Misty and Cassie Morton fourth on 34.229 for $6,072, and Titan Remember Eddie and Troy Crumrine fifth on 34.283 for $4,950. For full results, visit the 2026 Pink Buckle results.
“I’m just really grateful to have the opportunity, and I’m glad we get to run at big money shows like this,” Harrell said. “It really makes you not even want to go home and run at a normal show. You come and you can win so much, and it’s just a good time. I love it here. I really love the Lazy E.”
There are more coming out of Smash’s mother, and Harrell already has dibs.
“He’s got several siblings coming up,” Willis said. “There’s two 2-year-old in the barn that I’ve promised Jordan that she would get.”