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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI
SELMA, TX—JUNE 29 2015—Fly Lil Curl will put her three-race win streak on the line and get her first real class test in Saturday’s 350-yard, $20,000 King William Handicap at Retama Park.
A 4-year-old daughter of Spit Curl Jess racing for Dora G. Martinez from the barn of trainer Yasmine Fierro, Fly Lil Curl is coming off of a half-length win in a 300-yard, $6,900 allowance dash for distaffers at Retama on June 19. The mare’s win streak includes two victories against $5,000 claiming company.
Fly Lil Curl drew post 10 and will be ridden by Ignacio Bustamante.
Trainer Mike Robbins will send out Jess A Comment, the 126-pound top weight, for owner Michael S. Amburn. A 6-year-old gelding by First Comment, Jess A Comment made his season debut with a neck victory as the 8-5 choice in a 350-yard, $9,000 open-condition allowance sprint at Sam Houston Race Park on April 25.
Jess A Comment ran second, 1 1/2 lengths behind winner Loves Brown Sugar, in last year’s King William. Luis Ramirez has been named to ride the gelding from post 6 on Saturday.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--
- DB Captain King (Santos Carrizales)
- Runaway Siesta (Claudio P. Aguilar)
- DM Just Jumpin (Luis Vivanco)
- El Chinito Boy (Noe Villatoro)
- Treys Diamond Cartel (Eduardo Liviano)
- Jess A Comment (Luis Ramirez)
- Dont Text That (Jerry Lee Yoakum)
- JA Jess Perfect (Rodrigo Vallejo)
- Jess A Dashin Man (Damien Martinez)
- Fly Lil Curl (Ignacio Bustamante).