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Nine Indiana-Breds Entered in $83,100 Born Runner Classic
WH Design By Dash is one of nine state-bred sprinters entered in Saturday’s 400-yard, $83,100 Born Runner Classic Stakes (R) at Indiana Grand.

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Nine Indiana-Breds Entered in $83,100 Born Runner Classic

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SHELBYVILLE, IN—MAY 23, 2019—WH Design By Dash, an 8-year-old son of Brimmstone racing for Julia Rae Martin, is one of nine state-bred sprinters entered in Saturday’s 400-yard, $83,100 Born Runner Classic Stakes (R) at Indiana Grand.

WH Design By Dash will be making his season debut off of a 2018 campaign during which he earned $103,040 from just three starts and won the Born Runner Classic and Bob Woodward Memorial Stakes (R). The gelding drew post 8 and will be ridden by Rodney Prescott for trainer Paul Martin.

Sheri Miller’s Beach Cartel, a homebred 7-year-old Escondido Beach gelding trained by Randy Smith, drew post 4 and will be ridden by Berkley Packer. Beach Cartel has earned $377,317 from 28 outs -- all at Indiana Grand -- and he ended his 6-year-old season with a second-place finish in the 400-yard, $84,000 Hoosier Park Classic Stakes (R) for Indiana-breds.

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

  1. Beach Mercedes (Juan I. Garcia)
  2. Kitty Sixup (Samuel Mendez)
  3. Beach Treat (Oscar Macias)
  4. Beach Cartel (Berkley Packer)
  5. Chick On The Beach (Giovanni Vazquez-Gomez)
  6. Beach Bum Eddie (Luz D. Martinez)
  7. HH Kentucky Krome (Juan D. Marquez)
  8. WH Design By Dash (Rodney Prescott)
  9. Kids Bright Image (Edgar Diaz)

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