Casey Deary was taking no chances on his Level 4 Championship, guiding Customize My Dream to a whopping 228 in the SWRHA Billingsley Ford Open Futurity Saturday night.
For the win, Deary secured a $20,000 payday for owner and primary trainer of Customize My Dream, Devin Warren.
“He’s always been easy,” Warren said. “He goes around [levelheaded]. He was born at the place, we own the mother, he’s always just come out and done his job from day one. Every time he comes out, he just makes it easy and fun.”
Warren decided Customize My Dream’s talent warranted an experienced showman at the helm. Luckily, Deary was up for the job.
“He felt incredible. Devin’s done a great job on him; he feels like we’ve ridden him whole time. He feels like Devin built him for me,” Deary said. “To pick me to take that horse is a huge honor. It’s not something that happens a lot in our industry, so to have someone hand you a horse like that is quite a blessing.”
According to Deary, he saw the big-score potential for Customize My Dream after schooling him earlier in the week and marking a 74. With some more fine tuning in the warmup pen, Deary feels Customize My Dream has a “bright future.”
Customize My Dream is sired by Magnum Chic Dream and out of Gunna Be Custom.
“It was fun watching him,” Warren said. “You believe in the horse, you know the horse is good enough, but [Casey] gave him a shot. You put the cards down and where they fall, they fall.”