Black Gold 440 Futurity Championship(RG3) winner FDP Rock Solid will start in Saturday's $15,000 Ben E. Keith Stakes (R) at Retama Park.

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SELMA, TX—JUNE 22, 2017—A field of seven Texas-bred 3-year-olds, topped by Sarah Huskey’s Fdp Rock Solid, has been entered in Saturday’s 330-yard, $15,000 Ben E. Keith Stakes (R) at Retama Park.

A homebred son of Rock Solid Jess trained by Esteban Rubio, Fdp Rock Solid will be making his second start of the 2017 season. The gelding earned $177,212 from six outs during his 2-year-old season, and his four wins include the 440-yard, $303,000 Black Gold Futurity Championship (RG3) at Will Rogers Downs, and the 350-yard, $112,000 TQHA Sires’ Cup Futurity (RG3) at Retama.

Fdp Rock Solid drew post 6 and will be ridden by Noe Villatoro. His six opponents include Thriving Ivory, a brown daughter of Ivory James trained by Angel Sanchez for owner Agustin Hernandez. Thriving Ivory will be stretching out in distance off of her half-length victory in the 300-yard, $15,000 Sam Houston Distaff Stakes on May 22.

Thriving Ivory drew post 4 and will be ridden by Francisco Calderon.

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

1. Ivory (Luciano Duenez)
2. Tres Seis Fortune (Juan F. Garcia Jr.)
3. Rc Money Nuts (Sergio H. Fuentes)
4. Thriving Ivory (Francisco Calderon)
5. Turbo Bok (Ricardo Garza-Cruz)
6. Fdp Rock Solid (Noe Villatoro)
7. Dm Mighty La Jolla (Dale Beaty).