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Retama Park To Host 10 Training Races on Friday
Retama Park will host another 10 training races on Friday.

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Retama Park To Host 10 Training Races on Friday

SELMA, TX—MARCH 21, 2019—Retama Park will continue with training races on Friday when they host another 10 race card (9 for 2-year-olds). First post is noon (CDT). All races will be contested at 250 yards.

Race 8 looks to be the feature race of the day when four summer sale yearling graduates square off at 250 yards.

Trainer John Stinebaugh will send out Horton Racing LLC's Famously Hasty from Post 4 in Race 8. Kelsi Purcell has been named to ride the One Famous Eagle filly out of Designateddrivder by Corona Cartel. The California-bred filly is a half-sister to Golden State Million Futurity(G1) finalist Gotcha Bella. From the family of champion Miss Racy Jess, Famously Hasty sold for $30,000 in last summer's Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale.

Leon Bard conditions $22,000 Ruidoso New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale graduate Jess Tequila Talkin from post 3 for owner Gary Harstack. The gelded son of leading New Mexico sire Jesse James Jr is from the RG2-placed Stel Corona mare Wish You Had One To.

Separate Inquiry, a $20,000 Heritage Place Yearling Sale graduate, will start from the outside post 5 for owner Claudia Miranda and trainer Daniel Luna. A son of first-crop sire Separate Interest, the gray colt is out the A Regal Choice mare Inquiring Mind, a half-sister to AQHA Racing champion 2-year-old filly Quick Fun.

Trainer Santiago Riojas, Jr. will start Tex Favorite Cartel from post 2 for owner Billy Dan Dodd. The son of multiple stakes sire Favorite Cartel sold for $17,000 in the TQHA Yearling Sale last August. Out of the Feature Mr Jess mare Jess Amy, he is a half-brother to stakes winner Trubador Dan.

Completing the field in Race 8 is Separate Pockets, a Separatist filly owned by the partnership of Holguin, Nielsen and Rodriguez. Janessa Muniz saddles with Jose Herbert named the ride the brown filly out of Miss Smart Pockets, by First Smart Money. She will start from inside post 1.

CLICK HERE to download Friday's training race program, with sale prices where applicable, courtesy Retama Park.

Results with individual times for all 2-year-old races will be posted on StallioneSearch.com as soon as they become available Friday evening.