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© Gay Harris / Ruidoso Downs
BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI
SELMA, TX—JULY 7, 2017—VWP Jr Inc.’s Cobalt Creek, a 5-year-old son of Walk Thru Fire trained by John Stinebaugh, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite in Saturday’s 350-yard, $20,000 King William Handicap at Retama Park.
Cobalt Creek will be making his first-ever start at Retama on Saturday. The Missouri-bred gelding ships in from Delta Downs, where he ran second, 1 1/4 lengths behind winner Wild Tycoon, in the 350-yard, $25,000 Develop A Plan Stakes (G3) on May 27.
Cobalt Creek drew post 8 and will be ridden by Omar Reyes. His seven opponents include Zenergetic, a 4-year-old daughter of Dominyun trained by Brian Stroud for the Zenergetic Group. The mare is coming off of a half-length victory in the 350-yard, $20,000 Selma Stakes for distaffers at Retama on June 9.
Zenergetic drew post 2 and will be ridden by Juan F. Garcia Jr.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey and weight assignments and morning-line odds:
- Boxin Bok (Ricardo Garza-Cruz, 122), 12-1
- Zenergetic (Juan F. Garcia Jr., 125), 3-1
- A Kool Secret (Jose I. Martinez, 124), 5-1
- Brookside (Juan L. Vazquez, 125), 4-1
- Mighty Corona Jr (Eleazar Hernandez, 121), 12-1
- Quic Carter (Enrique M. Gonzalez, 123), 8-1
- Wishing Rock (Luciano Duenez, 121), 15-1
- Cobalt Creek (Omar Reyes, 126), 2-1.