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Preview Racing>Eight Distance Specialists Entered in Prairie Meadows’ Covered Bridges Stakes
Multiple stakes winner Faster Than Hasta drew post 4 for Friday’s 870-yard, $25,000 Covered Bridges Stakes (G3) at Prairie Meadows.
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Eight Distance Specialists Entered in Prairie Meadows’ Covered Bridges Stakes
BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI
ALTOONA, IA—SEPTEMBER 12, 2021—John G. Johnson’s Faster Than Hasta, a 7-year-old son of the Pritzi Dash stallion Hasta Be Fast trained by Robert Johnson, drew post 4 for Friday’s 870-yard, $25,000 Covered Bridges Stakes (G3) at Prairie Meadows.
Faster Than Hasta has won 11 of 36 starts -- including eight of 15 at Prairie Meadows -- and his four wins in seven races at the 870-yard distance include a three-quarter length victory as the 6-5 choice in last year’s Covered Bridges Stakes. The Wyoming-bred gelding will be ridden by Ken Tohill.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments:
- Going To Hollywood (Andrew Samaniego)
- Apollos Dashn Cowboy (Uriel Cervantes)
- Holy Storm (Nik Goodwin)
- Faster Than Hasta (Ken Tohill)
- Seb Ember (Stormy Smith)
- SLP Mighty High (Elvin Gonzalez)
- One Sweet Step (Jansen Melancon)
- Cowgirlsrunningrebel (Brett Birzer)
The Covered Bridges Stakes, and all Prairie Meadows races, can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.