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Dauns First Desirio Headlines Arapahoe’s Dash For Speed Stakes
Graded stakes winner Dauns First Desirio, heads a field of six in Sunday’s 330-yard, $15,000 Dash For Speed Stakes at Arapahoe Park.

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Dauns First Desirio Headlines Arapahoe’s Dash For Speed Stakes

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

AURORA, CO—-MAY 23, 2018—Dauns First Desirio, a graded stakes winning son of Desirio owned by Rogelio Carbajal-Santos, heads a field of six in Sunday’s 330-yard, $15,000 Dash For Speed Stakes at Arapahoe Park.

Dauns First Desirio has earned $133,038 from 14 starts, and his five wins include a head victory as the even-money favorite in the 400-yard, $180,000 Adequan Derby Challenge Championship (G3) at Prairie Meadows on October 14. The Texas-bred bay gelding drew post 4 and will be ridden by Daniel Valles.

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

  1. Stormy Red Morning (Jaciel Soto)
  2. Im Beau Brown (Ramiro H. Garcia)
  3. Scholarly (Cerapio Figueroa)
  4. Dauns First Desirio (Daniel Valles)
  5. Hearts Ona Hero (Michael Iammarino)
  6. He Too Looks Hot (Malouly Rodriguez)

The Dash For Speed Stakes, and all Arapahoe Park races, can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.