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Ten Entered in Grants Pass Downs’ Rogue River Handicap
Grants Pass will host the $11,000 Rogue River Handicap (not blacktype) on Monday's race card.

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Ten Entered in Grants Pass Downs’ Rogue River Handicap

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRANTS PASS, OR—OCTOBER 29, 2020—Ten sprinters are entered in Monday’s 400-yard, $11,000 Rogue River Handicap (not blacktype) at Grants Pass Downs.

Mertello Baird’s DF Storm Tales, a 3-year-old son of the Pyc Paint Your Wagon stallion Wagon Tales trained by Kyndra McKinney, is coming off of a third-place finish, a head behind winner Fooses Flyer, in the 400-yard, $26,000 Autumn Derby at Grants Pass Downs on October 12. One of only two sophomores in the race, the gelding has won two of five races and has earned $10,567 this year.

DF Storm Tales drew post 7 and will be ridden by Nakia Ramirez.

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

  • Heza Gamer (Ron Beverly Jr.)
  • Shesa Dashair (Jose B. Lopez)
  • Cotton Cartel (Michael Ybarra)
  • Favorite Bling (Eduardo Gutierrez-Sosa)
  • El Rayo Amarillo (David A. Martin)
  • JL Rebel (Jaime E. Lopez)
  • DF Storm Tales (Nakia Ramirez)
  • BP Fling Your Paint (Jose A. Figueroa)
  • Shez Sneakin Fast (Joree Scriver)
  • High Flier (Jose C. Guerrero)

    All Grants Pass Downs races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.