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Jess My Hocks Returns in Grade 1, $100,000 Refrigerator Invitational Championship
Grade 1 winner Jess My Hocks is expected to start in Saturday's 440-yard, $100,000 Refrigerator Invitational Championship (G1) at Lone Star Park.

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Jess My Hocks Returns in Grade 1, $100,000 Refrigerator Invitational Championship

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-–NOVEMBER 22, 2022–Jess My Hocks, a Grade 1-winning homebred son of Kiss My Hocks racing for Tom and Kathleen McNally, will make his first start in nearly six months in Saturday's 440-yard, $100,000 Refrigerator Invitational Championship (G1) at Lone Star Park.

Jess My Hocks is coming off of a third-place finish, three lengths behind winner and reigning world champion Danjer, in the 440-yard, $250,000 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship (G1) on May 28. The 5-year-old gelding has earned $138,936 from four races this season, and his two wins include a half-length victory in the April 30, $100,000 Leo Stakes (G1) at Remington Park.

Jess My Hocks drew post 6 and will be ridden by Agustin Silva for trainer Michelle Hurdle. The gelding's 10 opponents include Hesa Party Wagon, a graded stakes winning 4-year-old son of Hes Relentless owned and trained by Juan Manuel Baeza. Hesa Party Wagon will be stretching out in distance off of his head victory as the 17-10 favorite in the October 9, 350-yard James Isaac Hobbs Stakes (G2) at Zia Park.

Hesa Party Wagon was a two-time stakes winner during the Ruidoso Downs summer meet. The gelding drew post 2 and will be ridden by Christian Ramos.

The Refrigerator Stakes honors Refrigerator, the winner of the 1990 All American Futurity (G1) and a two-time AQHA world champion. The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments:
  1. Apolliticalfastprize (Adrian Ramos)
  2. Hesa Party Wagon (Christian Ramos)
  3. Whirlaway Wagon (Mario Delgado)
  4. Midday News (Raul Ramirez Jr.)
  5. Other World (Ali Rivera)
  6. Jess My Hocks (Agustin Silva)
  7. One Slick V (Francisco Calderon)
  8. Jess Rocket Man (Edwin Escobedo)
  9. Instygator (Juan Pulido)
  10. Da Devil Made Medoit (Claudio Aguilar)
  11. Elmer (Esgar Ramirez)

All Lone Star Park races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.