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Gillespie Meet Opens with Hill Country Classic
Jumpn Streak is one of 10 sprinters entered in Saturday’s 440-yard, $15,000 Hill Country Classic Stakes on Saturday, opening day of the Gillespie County Fair meet.

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Gillespie Meet Opens with Hill Country Classic

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

FREDERICKSBURG, TX—JULY 1, 2016—Ovidio M. Sandoval’s Jumpn Streak, a gray 4-year-old son of Jumpn Chic, is one of 10 sprinters entered in Saturday’s 440-yard, $15,000 Hill Country Classic Stakes on Saturday, opening day of the Gillespie County Fair meet.

Jumpn Streak will be making his first start since May 7, when the gelding ran sixth, 5 1/2 lengths behind winner Jessies First Down, in the 440-yard, $50,000 Sam Houston Classic Stakes (G2) at Sam Houston Race Park. His season resume includes a wire-to-wire, 1 3/4-length victory in the 400-yard, $25,000 Streakin La Jolla Stakes at Louisiana Downs on March 20.

Jumpn Streak drew post 8 and will be ridden by Santos Carrizales for trainer Josue Ponce.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--

  1. Oh Yeah Jolla (no rider named)
  2. Little Man Rockin (Francisco Calderon)
  3. Steel Dust (no rider named)
  4. Msg Image Of Sixes (no rider named)
  5. Im The Key (Gaspar Garcia)
  6. Im Carvin Waves (Sergio H. Fuentes)
  7. Quemados Version (no rider named)
  8. Jumpn Streak (Santos Carrizales)
  9. Martin Ray (no rider named)
  10. Jess Rockn (no rider named).