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B.F. Phillips Jr. Stakes Draws Field of Eight Texas-Breds
Refrigerator Handicap (G1) winner JRC Callas First will head the B.F. Phillips Jr. Stakes (RG3) at Lone Star Park Saturday night.

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B.F. Phillips Jr. Stakes Draws Field of Eight Texas-Breds

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—OCTOBER 30, 2014—A field of eight Texas-bred sprinters, topped by morning-line favorite JRC Callas First, has been entered in Saturday’s 400-yard, $25,000 B.F. Phillips Jr. Stakes (RG3) at Lone Star Park.

A 4-year-old Winners Award gelding racing for Dana and Brian Stroud, JRC Callas First has won five consecutive races, including three stakes during this streak. JRC Callas First is coming off of a one-length victory in the 440-yard, $75,000 Refrigerator Handicap (G1) at Lone Star on October 4.

JRC Callas First drew post 4 and will be ridden by Damian Martinez in the B.F. Phillips Jr. Stakes.

Other contenders include Mercy Hinklin’s Horse Farm’s Jetblack Gold Moment, a stakes-winning homebred 4-year-old Jet Black Patriot mare who drew the rail post. Trained by Kenneth Roberts Sr., Jetblack Gold Moment ran second, a half of a length behind winner Jody Pops Zoomer, in last year’s 440-yard, $394,000 Texas Classic Derby (G1) at Lone Star.

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

  1. Jetblack Gold Moment (Eddi Martinez, 126), 5-2
  2. Viva Sin Tacha (Ricky Ramirez, 124), 3-1
  3. If I Were Famous (Omar Reyes, 126), 15-1
  4. JRC Callas First (Damian Martinez, 126), 8-5
  5. Charal Kid (Santos Carrizales, 126), 15-1
  6. Sparrow Contender (Raul Gutierrez, 126), 12-1
  7. Pyro (Rodrigo Vallejo, 126), 12-1
  8. Rootbeerandtwinkies (Alex Baldillez Jr., 126), 15-1.

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