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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—DECEMBER 15, 2021—His Time To Deal, a homebred 3-year-old son of Dealagame racing for Pete A. Scarmardo, is one of a dozen Texas-bred sprinters entered in Saturday’s 400-yard, $50,000 B.F. Phillips Jr. Stakes (RG3) at Lone Star Park.
His Time To Deal has earned $47,561 from five races this season, and his two wins include a wire-to-wire, 1 3/4-length victory in the August 7, $89,000 TQHA Sires’ Cup Derby (R) at Sam Houston Race Park. The homebred gelding drew post 7 and will be ridden by Francisco Calderon for trainer John Stinebaugh.
Other contenders include Won Famous Dash, a graded stakes winning 3-year-old Giorgino gelding trained by Rolando Almanza for owner Scarlett Hill Farm Inc. The runner-up in the 440-yard, $205,000 Dash For Cash Derby (G2) on October 2, Won Famous Dash has banked $102,397 from seven races this year, and his three wins include a 2 1/2-length victory in the 400-yard, $64,000 TQHA Classic Stakes (RG2) at Sam Houston Race Park on July 30.
Won Famous Dash drew post 8 and will be ridden by Ricardo Garza-Cruz.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments:
- Famous Chief (Bryan Candanosa)
- Jesslighninglegs (Luis Vivanco)
- Air To Em Jess (Gaspar Garcia)
- My Fast Prize (Mario Delgado)
- Eye Will Decide (Jose A. Alvarez)
- Carry The Memories (Oscar Andrade Jr.)
- His Time To Deal (Francisco Calderon)
- Won Famous Dash (Ricardo Garza-Cruz)
- Relentlessly (Raul A. Valenzuela)
- Kiss My Annee GL (Ali Rivera)
- Beduino La Jolla (Victor Urieta Jr.)
- Ten Sent (Cordarelton J. Benn)
Also on Saturday, five state-bred fillies and mares are entered in the 400-yard, $50,000 Yellow Rose of Texas Stakes (R).
P & J Racing Ltd.’s Tempting Knockout is coming off of a second-place finish, 1 1/2 lengths behind winner Pattys Saint, in the 400-yard, $106,000 AQHA Distaff Challenge Championship (G1) at Albuquerque Downs on October 23. The sophomore daughter of champion Tempting Dash has earned $71,822 from five starts this season.
Tempting Knockout drew post 5 and will be ridden by Luis Vivanco for trainer Toby Keeton.
SLP Mighty High, an 8-year-old son of Mighty Invictus trained by Esteban Rubio for owner Carl R. Moore Management LLC, is one of eight Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds entered back in Saturday’s 870-yard, $58,220 Battle of the Breeds Stakes.
SLP Mighty High is coming off of a clear 5 3/4-length victory in the first of three trials on December 3. The gelding drew post 3 and will be ridden by Victor Urieta Jr.
All Lone Star Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.