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Dozen Fillies and Mares Entered in Merial Lone Star Distance Challenge
Randy L. Hill's Jess Paint Your Lips is among 12 hopefuls in Friday's Merial Lone Star Distaff Challenge Stakes at Lone Star Park.

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Dozen Fillies and Mares Entered in Merial Lone Star Distance Challenge

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—-SEPTEMBER 26, 2017—A field of 12 fillies and mares, headed by morning-line favorite Jess Paint Your Lips, has been entered in Friday’s 400-yard, $25,000-added Merial Lone Star Distaff Challenge Stakes at Lone Star Park.

Jess Paint Your Lips is a 4-year-old daughter of champion Jess Louisiana Blue trained by Stacy Charette-Hill for owner Randy L. Hill. The mare has won five of her six starts, including last year’s $37,000 Merial Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge, and she has earned $55,492.

Jess Paint Your Lips drew post 8 and will be ridden by Jorge Torres.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:

  1. Zenergetic (Juan F. Garcia Jr.), 5-1
  2. The California Girl (Damian Martinez), 15-1
  3. Lonestar Shaker (Raul Ramirez Jr.), 15-1
  4. Rock Wit Cha Baby (Luis Vivanco), 9-2
  5. Kokko Wagon (Ricky Ramirez), 8-1
  6. One Famous Shaker (Agustin Silva), 20-1
  7. Million Dollar Kiss (Francisco Calderon), 20-1
  8. Jess Paint Your Lips (Jorge Torres), 7-5
  9. BM Casina Royale (Rodrigo Vallejo), 10-1
  10. One Sweet Sign (G.R. Carter Jr.), 12-1
  11. Sierra Madre B (Jose A. Alvarez), 20-1
  12. Im Bigtime Southern (Jimmy D. Brooks), 30-1

Also on Friday, Bet I Make You Famous is one of eight horses entered in the 870-yard, $20,000-added AQHA Lone Star Distance Challenge Stakes (G3). Trained by Trey Ellis for owners Vernon Harman and Robert T. Moudy III, the 5-year-old son of One Famous Eagle has won two 870 stakes this season, including the June 2, 870-yard Virgil Bond Stakes at Delta Downs.

Bet I Make You Famous drew post 3 and will be ridden by Alfonso Lujan.

All Lone Star Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.