Multiple stakes-placed Mystical Jess will be looking for her first stakes victory in Friday's 25,000 Miss Sam Houston Stakes (R) at Sam Houston Race Park.

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HOUSTON, TX—APRIL 23, 2019—A full field of 10 Texas-bred fillies and mares has been entered in Friday’s 330-yard, $25,000 Miss Sam Houston Stakes (R) at Sam Houston Race Park.

Juan M. Lozano Jr.’s Mystical Jess, a 4-year-old daughter of world champion Apollitical Jess trained by Josue Ponce, drew post 3 and will be ridden by Jesse Levario. Mystical Jess has earned $44,488 from 16 starts, and the mare’s stakes resume includes second-place finishes in last year’s 400-yard, $46,000 AQHA Retama Derby Challenge Stakes and 400-yard, $39,000 AQHA Lone Star Distaff Challenge Stakes.

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

1. Classy Seis (Nestor Duran)
2. Gianni Moons U (Julio A. Rodriguez)
3. Mystical Jess (Jesse Levario)
4. Shake Em Rocks (Ramon A. Huerta)
5. First Lady Eleanor (Ricardo Garza-Cruz)
6. Lilac (Luis F. Ruiz)
7. Runaway Heroine (Jose I. Martinez)
8. Saved By Jesus JM (Ubaldo Luna)
9. Shapeshifer (Claudio P. Aguilar)
10. Alinas War Princess (Francisco A. Mendez)

All Sam Houston Race Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.