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Rescheduled Gillespie Futurity Part of Saturday’s Retama Park Program
Fastest qualifer Audi Murphi will face a full field in Sturday's 350-yard, $173,700 Gillespie County Fair Futurity at Retama Park.

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Rescheduled Gillespie Futurity Part of Saturday’s Retama Park Program

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SELMA, TX—AUGUST 30, 2017—Fastest qualifier Audi Murphi drew post 2 for Saturday’s rescheduled 350-yard, $173,700 Gillespie County Fair Futurity at Retama Park.

Trained by Josue Ponce for owners Bobby D. Cox and Kristen Paredes, Audi Murphi broke his maiden with a 1 1/2-length victory in the second of 11 trials on August 13. The homebred Valiant Hero colt is out of the multiple graded stakes winning Mr Jess Perry mare Jess A Lil Bit More, and he has earned $5,645 from four outs.

Jose A. Alvarez will ride Audi Murphi on Sunday. The colt’s nine opponents include Holly Hooper’s Tacky Lil Groundhog, a graded stakes placed daughter of Tac It Like A Man trained by Angel Sanchez. Tacky Lil Groundhog has banked $24,278 from four races, and her resume includes a second-place finish, a neck behind winner Dashin Red Cat, in the 350-yard, $96,000 TQHA Sires’ Cup Futurity (RG3) at Retama Park on July 1.

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

  1. Lions Express (Omar Reyes), 8-1
  2. Audi Murphi (Jose A. Alvarez), 3-1
  3. Potus B (Gilbert Ortiz), 12-1
  4. Nsm Cherokee Warrior (Damian Martinez), 8-1
  5. Tacky Lil Groundhog (Jose I. Martinez), 6-1
  6. Hesa Royal Corona (Luciano Duenez), 12-1
  7. Apollitical Scared (Francisco Calderon), 10-1
  8. Gianni Bailes (Luis F. Ruiz), 5-1
  9. Rstone Wagon (Froylan T. Ramirez), 4-1
  10. Alluringeyeopener (Nestor Duran), 15-1.

Also on Saturday, Mario G. Rodriguez’s Glimpse Of Fire is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the 350-yard, $20,000 Gillespie County Fair Juvenile Stakes. A homebred son of Glimpse Of Greatness trained by Martin Rodriguez, the colt won two of his three starts during the Gillespie County Fair meet, including the 350-yard, $34,000 TQHA Futurity (R) on July 16. Glimpse Of Fire drew post 2 and will be ridden by Damian Martinez.

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