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Retama Park Presents Holiday Stakes Tripleheader
Serendipity Rocks will make his 5-year-old season debut in Saturday’s 350-yard, $30,000 King William Stakes at Retama Park.

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Retama Park Presents Holiday Stakes Tripleheader

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SELMA, TX—JUNE 29, 2020—Retama Park has carded three $30,000 stakes on its 10-race Fourth of July holiday program. Post time for the first race is set for 6:45 p.m. (CDT).

Sarah Huskey’s Serendipity Rocks, a homebred son of Rock Solid Jess trained by Esteban Rubio, will make his 5-year-old season debut in Saturday’s 350-yard, $30,000 King William Stakes. The gelding ended his 2019 campaign with two wins at Lone Star Park, including the 400-yard, $25,000 B.F. Phillips Jr. Stakes (R) on November 8.

Serendipity Rocks drew post 5 and will be ridden by Gaspar Garcia.

The complete lineup for the King William Stakes, in post position order including jockey assignments:

  1. Carry The Memories (Ricardo Garza-Cruz)
  2. Woulda (Jose I. Martinez)
  3. Jess Master Angel (Damien Martinez)
  4. Temptingsecretfly (Victor M. Urieta Jr.)
  5. Serendipity Rocks (Gaspar Garcia)
  6. Pa Ching Ching (J.R. Ramirez)
  7. Mi Amor Secreto (Eliazar T. Vera)
  8. Krash Course (Pedro C. Espinosa)
  9. Mpshinning (Nestor Duran)
  10. Kiss My Whuut (Juan Pulido)

Also on Saturday, Rockin J Running Horses’ Viva Le Don is one of 10 middle-distance specialist entered in the 550-yard, $30,000 Tower of the Americas Stakes. Trained by Tammy Johnson, the homebred 4-year-old Rock Solid Jess gelding most recently placed third in the 440-yard, $72,000 Bank of America Oklahoma Championship Challenge (G2) at Remington Park, and he was a finalist in three graded derbies last year, including the 440-yard, $345,000 Texas Classic Derby (G1) at Lone Star Park. Viva Le Don drew post 5 and will be ridden by Jose Vega.

Nine distaffers are entered in Saturday’s 350-yard, $30,000 Selma Stakes. SS Classyjess, a 4-year-old daughter of Rock Solid Jess owned by Edgar Rosales and trained by Jose Carrizales, drew post 7 and will be ridden by Juan I. Garcia. The mare won two of his four races during the Louisiana Downs winter meet, including the 350-yard, $15,000 Swift Stakes on January 25.

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