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Rock Princess to Make Arapahoe Debut in Merial Distaff Challenge
Rock Princess will make her Arapahoe Park debut in Saturday’s 400-yard, Merial Arapahoe Distaff Challenge Stakes.

© Gay Harris / Ruidoso Downs
Rock Princess to Make Arapahoe Debut in Merial Distaff Challenge

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

AURORA, CO—JULY 3, 2015—Rock Princess, a homebred 4-year-old Rock Solid Jess mare racing for Jack Manning and Tammy Johnson, will make her Arapahoe Park debut in Saturday’s 400-yard, $20,000 Merial Arapahoe Distaff Challenge Stakes.

Rock Princess is coming off of a second-place finish in a 300-yard, $13,800 open-condition allowance race at Ruidoso Downs on June 19. An earner of $13,921 from five starts this season, the mare ran second, a neck behind winner Echoes Of Love, in the May 10, $51,000 Merial Remington Distaff Challenge at Remington Park.

Rock Princess drew post 2 and will be ridden by Alfredo Triana Jr.

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

  1. Midori N Smoke (Vince Guerra)
  2. Rock Princess (Alfredo Triana Jr.)
  3. Madresita (Casey Lambert)
  4. One Famous Swinger (Bonifacio Perez)
  5. Zoomin Daphne (Berkley Packer)
  6. Iza Doll Face (Raul Gutierrez)
  7. Kateillac (Ramiro Garcia).

All Arapahoe Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.