The Texas custom of pageant racing continues this weekend, however the focus shifts to the turf as prime grass horses descend on Lone Star Park for the fourth annual Summer time Turf Competition June 29.
The Competition options 4 turf races, headlined by the $250,000 Texas Turf Basic, a 1 1/8-mile occasion for 3-year-olds and older horses.
There are turf occasions for everybody: sprinters will compete within the $125,000 Grand Prairie Turf Dash at 5 furlongs; fillies and mares will dash within the $125,000 Rooster Fried Stakes or sort out 1 1/16 miles within the $125,000 Wasted Tears Stakes.
The cardboard options full fields with graded-stakes winners, main trainers and defending native champions, promising to make the Summer time Turf Competition probably the most thrilling days of the 2024 Lone Star meet.
$250,000 Texas Turf Basic
Steve Asmussen, the all-time main coach by wins in North America, sends out the stakes-winning Presidential within the showcase $250,000 Texas Turf Basic. The 5-year-old horse has over a half-million in profession earnings and competed within the Steve Sexton Mile (G3) at Lone Star final month.
Asmussen, who started his coaching profession at his household’s farm in Texas, can be the main coach of the present Lone Star meet by each wins and earnings. He’s not the one member of the household on the Lone Star leaderboard: his son, Erik Asmussen, is the second-leading rider by wins on the present meet, a meteoric rise for the younger jockey who notched his first profession win six months in the past at Sam Houston Race Park.
The daddy-son duo will crew up with Presidential in addition to Royal Flower within the Rooster Fried Stakes and Stayed in for Half within the Grand Prairie Turf Dash.
Komorebino Omoide is a evenly raced 4-year-old making his stakes debut within the Texas Turf, however he received his final two begins by a mixed 20 lengths and has proven versatility working as a more in-depth in addition to profitable gate to wire. The colt is a homebred for Perry Martin; Martin, in partnership with Steve Coburn, additionally bred and owned his sire 2014 Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome, who captivated followers together with his modest background earlier than changing into one of many all-time main Thoroughbreds by earnings.
Lindey Wade rode the colt to victory at Louisiana Downs earlier this 12 months and can return to trip for Robertino Diodoro.
Komorebino Omoide at Louisiana Downs
Coach Karl Broberg and jockey Chris Landeros can be a risk from the skin with Ocelot . The 6-year-old Large Blue Kitten gelding was second within the John B. Connally Turf Cup (G3T) at Sam Houston in January, his solely loss in 4 begins in 2024.
$125,000 Wasted Tears Stakes
Grade 2 winner Hoosier Philly ships into Texas to tackle a area of 9 different fillies and mares within the $125,000 Wasted Tears Stakes.
The proficient filly has profession earnings of $858,910, together with profitable Churchill Downs‘ Golden Rod (G2) as a 2-year-old, and has confronted a number of the hardest horses in her division. As a 3-year-old, she completed second within the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) at Pimlico Race Course and competed within the Cotillion Stakes (G1) earlier than going through older fillies and mares within the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). Marcelino Pedroza, Jr. has the driving name for coach Tom Amoss on the 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief .
Hoosier Philly at Oaklawn Park
Hoosier Philly should face the defending champion of the Wasted Tears, Glenall .
Glenall stepped up at school in 2024 to compete within the Royal Heroine Stakes (G3T) and Wilshire Stakes (G3T), each at Santa Anita Park. In her most up-to-date begin, she ran fourth within the Ouija Board Distaff at Lone Star, bringing her profession earnings to the $250,000 mark. David Cabrera returns to trip the Shawn Davis trainee on Saturday.
Coach Mike Maker and jockey Umberto Rispoli be part of forces with Stir Loopy , a 6-year-old mare making her stakes debut. She has profession earnings of $344,804 and enters the race with a two-race win streak from Churchill Downs.
The stakes honors the proficient mare Wasted Tears, a a number of graded-stakes winner who campaigned at Lone Star and received the Ouija Board Distaff in 2011. She received 5 further graded stakes at Gulfstream Park, Keeneland, and Del Mar, and completed her racing profession simply shy of changing into a millionaire, with 12 wins and $941,463 in 22 begins. Wasted Tears was bred, owned and skilled by Texas native Bart Evans.
$125,000 Rooster Fried Stakes
A number of stakes-winner Ova Charged seeks to increase her present win streak to seven within the $125,000 Rooster Fried Stakes. The daughter of Star Guitar has received her final six races, all stakes, together with the $400,000 Unbridled Sidney Stakes (G3T) at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) undercard.
Ova Charged at Churchill Downs
This would be the first look at Lone Star for the 6-year-old Louisiana-bred mare, whose earnings complete $849,200 from 17 begins. Ova Charged can be ridden by Jose Guerrero for coach Shane Wilson.
This 12 months’s version of the race may spell redemption for Tiz Magic , who has competed within the Rooster Fried Stakes every of the final two years and was second in 2023. Iram Diego was within the irons for the earlier races and can return on Saturday for coach Karen Jacks. The 6-year-old Dialed In mare has 9 wins and $307,423 in earnings in 31 profession efforts.
Texas racing is represented with Uptownblingithome , a Texas homebred for Jon Henningsgard and Marcus Hutka.
Uptownblingithome is undefeated in two begins in 2024 at Lone Star and Sam Houston. The 7-year-old daughter of Too A lot Bling has over $200,000 in earnings and is a number of stakes positioned, together with a second-place end within the 2021 Rooster Fried Stakes.
$125,000 Grand Prairie Turf Dash Stakes
In 2023, Asmussen trainee Cogburn received the Chamberlain Bridge Stakes and the Grand Prairie Turf Stakes earlier than delivery to Saratoga to take down the Troy Stakes (G3T); in 2024, Cogburn made headlines when he received the Jaipur Stakes (G1T) at Saratoga Race Course on the Belmont Stakes (G1) undercard and shattered the monitor report.
May this 12 months’s version launch one other turf dash star? Like Cogburn final 12 months, Agent Peter Graves received the Chamberlain Bridge Stakes to prep for Saturday’s dash. The 6-year-old gelding is stakes positioned at Gulfstream and Canterbury Park and has earned $184,133 in 20 begins. C.J. McMahon will get the driving name for coach Scott Younger.
Agent Peter Graves will face the current winner of the Speightstown Dash, Minnesota Prepared , who was second within the Commonwealth Stakes (G2) at Keeneland and competed within the Churchill Downs Stakes (G1) earlier than making the journey to Lone Star.
Minnesota Prepared is a 5-year-old gelding with $484,112 in earnings. Marcelino Pedroza, Jr. has the driving name for coach Tom Amoss.
Minnesota Prepared at Honest Grounds
Lone Star Park Summer time Turf Competition Stakes Put up Occasions:
Race 4: $125,000 Rooster Fried Stakes, 2:59 PM CT
Race 6: $125,000 Wasted Tears Stakes, 3:55 PM CT
Race 8: $250,000 Texas Turf Basic, 4:51 PM CT
Race 10: $125,000 Grand Prairie Turf Dash Stakes. 5:47 PM CT
This press launch has been edited for content material and elegance by BloodHorse Workers.
