Shes Ec To Tempt, under jockey Randy Vega, won the $35,500 G.C.F.A Dutchman Stakes on Sunday at Gillespie County Fairgrounds.

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By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

FREDERICKSBURG, TX—JULY 19, 2026—Texas-bred standout Shes Ec To Tempt continued her winning ways Sunday afternoon, effortlessly capturing the $35,500 G.C.F.A. Dutchman Stakes at Gillespie County Fair Grounds with a polished half-length victory over Jes Relentless in the 250-yard dash for horses three and older.

Breaking sharply from the outside post, the 3-year-old filly was never seriously challenged, stopping the timer in 13.110 seconds while earning a 106 speed index over a fast track with a 12 mph headwind.

The brown daughter of Tempting Dash out of Kas Shes Ec, by Ec Jet One, races for Ruse Ranch LLC and was bred in Texas by Francisco Javier Garza. Trained by Jose Garcia and ridden by Randy Vega, Shes Ec To Tempt collected the winner's share of $21,300, boosting her career bankroll to $156,623 while improving her remarkable record to eight starts with seven wins and one second. She was previously offered at the 2024 TQHA Yearling Sale, where she RNA'd at $23,000.

Louisiana-bred Jes Relentless finished gamely to secure second, another half-length in front of Jessapilottrain. The 4-year-old daughter of Hes Relentless out of Jes All That, by Corona Cartel, races for Heber Deyta Melendez and Maria Deleon, was bred by Eddie Cramer and Tom or Bill Maher, and is conditioned by Heber Deyta-Melendez. Larry Marquez had the mount aboard the filly, who earned $7,100 to raise her career earnings to $82,306. She sold for $19,000 at the 2025 Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale.

Another half-length back came Jessapilottrain, a 3-year-old brown gelding by world champion sire Freighttrain B out of Miss Jess Lady Pilot, by Mr Jess Perry. Bred in Louisiana by Grant Farms LLC, the gelding races for Mario Jaimes, is trained by Sergio Lira, and was ridden by H. Hernandez. His third-place finish was worth $3,550, increasing his lifetime earnings to $135,006. Jessapilottrain was purchased for $45,000 at the 2026 Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale.

Completing the order of finish were Bf D Rageous (4th), Mako Shark Watters (5th), Wagon High (6th), Jj Apollitical Snow (7th), Takillya Onthe Hocks (8th), Jess Pretty N Black (9th), and Readabout Lil Pyc (10th).

Editor's note: A photo of this race will be posted as soon as it becomes available from the track photographer.

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