If I Were Famous (#7) defeated Grade 1 winner Rock You in the 2013 Ruidoso Challenge Derby.

© Gay Harris / Ruidoso Downs

SELMA, TX—JUNE 28, 2016—If I Were Famous, a homebred 6-year-old gelding by One Famous Eagle, will make his season debut in Friday’s 550-yard, $15,000 Tower of the Americas Handicap at Retama Park.

Trained by Esteban Rubio for owner C. Dawn Ivey, If I Were Famous will be making his first start since June 26, 2015, when he ran second, two lengths behind 2014 world champion Jrc Callas First, in the Tower of the Americas Handicap. The gelding drew post 5 and will be ridden by Gaspar Garcia.

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

1. The Field Cricket (Russel Hadley)
2. Sol Mecheemupjess (Luciano Duenez)
3. Sophies Special (Francisco Calderon)
4. Corona La Jolla (Luis Vivanco)
5. If I Were Famous (Gaspar Garcia)
6. Bar Struck (Juan F. Garcia Jr.)
7. Jet Eye (Abel Molina).