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Challenge Doubleheader Wednesday at Les Bois Park
Ynot Walk is the morning-line favorite for Wednesday’s Adequan Les Bois Park Derby Challenge Stakes.

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Challenge Doubleheader Wednesday at Les Bois Park

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

BOISE, ID—JULY 27, 2015—Ynot Walk, a California-bred son of Walk Thru Fire, is the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Wednesday’s 400-yard, $42,030 Adequan Les Bois Park Derby Challenge Stakes.

The Derby Challenge is one of two stakes to be offered at Les Bois Park on Wednesday. The other, the 870-yard, $27,270 Zoetis Les Bois Park Distance Challenge, has drawn a full field of eight distance specialists.

Ynot Walk is trained by James Hanson for owners RTM Stables LLC and George T. Weldon. The gelding currently boasts a three-race win streak that includes a half-length victory as the 2-1 choice in the 400-yard, $209,000 Los Alamitos Winter Derby (G2).

Ynot Walk drew post 6 and will be ridden by Eddie Aceves. Hanson will also send out fastest qualifier James First Affair, a colt by Ivory James racing for Robin Dunn, Larry Chapple, and RTM Stables LLC. A stakes winner during the current Les Bois meet, James First Affair is coming off of a three-quarter length score in the second of three trials on July 15.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds--

  1. Tsunami Kidd (Eduardo Gutierrez-Sosa), 20-1
  2. James First Affair (Tony Guymon), 7-2
  3. Movin Assets (Jarell James), 4-1
  4. BH Lisas Boy (Robert Burney), 6-1
  5. Hotrod James (Justin Vanderwoude), 15-1
  6. Ynot Walk (Eddie Aceves), 5-2
  7. Steinway Ivory (Nakia Ramirez), 10-1
  8. Heza Shocker (Alex Jimenez), 20-1
  9. Battle Scar (Luis A. Guerrero), 8-1
  10. Getoutofthefastlane (Jose A. Figueroa), 12-1.

Zoetis Les Bois Park Distance Challenge

John G. Johnson’s Hastabealeader, the fastest qualifier and morning-line favorite, drew post 7 for the Zoetis Les Bois Park Distance Challenge.

Trained by Robert Johnson, Hastabealeader has won three of his four starts and has banked $10,549 this season. Eddie Aceves will ride the 5-year-old Hasta Be Fast gelding on Wednesday.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds--

  1. Makinabundle (Jarell James), 10-1
  2. Queens Prince Gol (Eduardo Gutierrez-Sosa), 9-2
  3. Panther Purrfect (Tony Guymon), 8-1
  4. CMB Numero Uno-PT (Jose A. Figueroa), 7-2
  5. Zonic Zoom (Justin Vanderwoude), 4-1
  6. Larryville (Oscar Cervantes), 12-1
  7. Hastabealeader (Eddie Aceves), 5-2
  8. Lil Dip A Nitro (Robert Burney), 15-1.

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All Les Bois Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.