Pure D Spit will put his six-race win streak on the line in Saturday’s 400-yard, Keokuk Stakes (G3) at Prairie Meadows.

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ALTOONA, IA—AUGUST 15, 2014—Pure D Spit, a 6-year-old Spit Curl Jess gelding owned and trained by Rodrigo Covarrubias, will put his six-race win streak on the line in Saturday’s 400-yard, $45,000 Keokuk Stakes (G3) at Prairie Meadows.

Pure D Spit is coming off of a Remington Park spring campaign in which he won all five of his outs against starter allowance company. The gelding, whose win streak dates back to October 26, will be seeking his first stakes victory in the Keokuk.

Jesus Salazar will ride Pure D Spit from post 2 in the Keokuk. Other contenders include Win Rabbits Fly, a 5-year-old Fly Jess Fly gelding owned and trained by Miguel C. Banuelos, and Alexia Mehrle’s Spit Curl American, a Spit Curl Jess stallion conditioned by Kasey Willis.

Racing at Fair Meadows earlier this summer, Win Rabbits Fly scored victories in a pair of 350-yard, $15,000 stakes, the Rocky Heinzig Stakes on July 26 and the Fair Meadows Maturity on July 5. Spit Curl American, the runner-up to Kool Wave in last year’s 400-yard, $147,000 Altoona Derby (G3) at Prairie Meadows, will be making the first start of his 4-year-old campaign in the Keokuk.

The complete lineup for the Keokuk Stakes, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds--

1. Eye A Spit Curl Girl (Jorge Torres), 6-1
2. Pure D Spit (Jesus Salazar), 7-2
3. Big Boi (David E. Brown), 8-1
4. Win Rabbits Fly (Daniel Torres), 4-1
5. Daltsguninforsuccess (Stormy Smith), 6-1
6. Spit Curl American (Cesar Gomez), 5-1
7. April Iz Game (David Pinon), 15-1
8. Hey List (Ruben Pizarro), 12-1
9. Fierce Runaway (Troy Crissup), 12-1
10. Im Shaky (Josh M. Romero), 15-1