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Retama Park Cards 13 Training Races on Friday
Retama Park will host their second day of training races for 2-year-olds on Friday.

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Retama Park Cards 13 Training Races on Friday

SELMA, TX--FEBRUARY 15, 2018--Retama Park will host their second day of training races on Friday. The Selma racetrack will card 13 races, 12 for 2-year-olds Quarter Horses and one of 3-yaer-old Quarter Horse maidens at 250 yards each. The first race will be a 4 ½ furlong sprint of 3-year-old and up maiden Thoroughbreds.

First post is set for noon (CST).

A number of summer sale yearlings are entered for Friday including $51,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale graduate Slying Schott in Race 6. Trainer Josue Ponce will saddle the son of multiple stakes sire Ivory James, from the Strawfly Special mare A Shot At Glory, for owner Alfredo Garza Rodriguez.

Victor Urieta, Jr. has been named to ride the half-brother to Grade 2 winner Capo de Capi. This is the family of three-time champion All American Futurity(G1) winner AB What A Runner.

Kamila, a $40,000 Heritage Place Yearling graduate, will be ridden by jockey Froylan Ramirez in the final race (13). Brittany Tellez conditions the Dominyun filly from champion aged mare Blazin Fire by This Snow Is Royal. Rancho La Cabra is the owner.

Grand Ambitions, a $31,000 TQHA Yearling Sale graduate, will start in Race 5 for owner Ricardo Barrera. Trainer Rodolfo Sanchez conditions the son of leading sire Streakin La Jolla from the multiple stakes producing Dash For Cash mare Tiny Dash Of Cash. No rider has been named.

In Race 4, Juan Carlos Saucedo will saddle Gentlemans Best, a son of leading sire Mr Jess Perry for owner Filimon Saucedo. The $30,000 TQHA Sale graduate out of sakes-winner Lindas Dasher, by Chicks Beduino, will be ridden by Eleazar Hernandez. The sorrel colt is a half-brother to Charger Bar Handicap(G2) winner Tres Of Linda.

CLICK HERE to download a list of starters by race, with owner, trainer, jockey, sire, dam and sale information (if applicable).

Results will be posted on StallioneSearch.com as soon as they become available from the racetrack.

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More 2-year-old training race days are scheduled at Retama Park for Friday, March 2; and Friday, March 16. According to track officials, additional dates will be added if necessary.

Training race overnights are available at 11 a.m. on training race days.

Horses stabled on the grounds are required to pay a $45 fee and ship ins pay $60. A copy of the front and back of the horses' registration certificate must be on file in the racing office to enter and for paddock identification. All fees are required prior to running.

Ship ins are required to have an original 30-day health certificate with verification of Flu/Rhino vaccination for EHV1 within the past six months. All Quarter Horses, Paints and Arabians shipping in must have a current negative coggins and piroplasmosis test.