Fair Meadows in Turlsa hosts the $15,000 Walter Merrick Stakes on Friday.

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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

TULSA, OK–JULY 15, 2024–Invincible Streak, a 4-year-old Painted Dash gelding racing for Paula Marchant, is one of eight distance specialists entered in Friday's 870-yard, $15,000 Walter Merrick Stakes at Fair Meadows at Tulsa.

Invincible Streak has won three of his seven starts at the 870-yard distance, including a $15,000 non-winners-of-three allowance race at Fair Meadows on June 21. Stacey Capps trains the Kansas-bred bay gelding.

Invincible Streak drew post 6 and will be ridden by Eugenio Navarette Jr.

The Walter Merrick Stakes honors the late Walter Merrick, a longtime breeder of racing American Quarter Horses who was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1993.

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

1. HTR Slambam Tequilla (Gonzalo Gutierrez)
2. We Call Him Joneson (Roman Cruz)
3. Oro Cartel (Larren Delorme)
4. Bojangles Comin (David Alvarez Jr.)
5. Docs Best Bud (Randy Vega)
6. Invincible Streak (Eugenio Navarrete Jr.)
7. Fl Rizzo (L.S. Martinez)
8. R U Freal (Travis Cunningham)

All Fair Meadows at Tulsa races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.