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A Legacy Of Tales Puts Win Streak on the Line in Adequan Derby Challenge Championship
A Legacy Of Tales will put his five-race win streak on the line in Saturday's 400-yard, $150,000 Adequan Derby Challenge Championship (G3) for 3-year-olds at Lone Star Park.

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A Legacy Of Tales Puts Win Streak on the Line in Adequan Derby Challenge Championship

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–OCTOBER 19, 2023–Donald Friesen's A Legacy Of Tales, a homebred son of Wagon Tales trained by Stacy Charette-Hill, will put his five-race win streak on the line in Saturday's 400-yard, $150,000 Adequan Derby Challenge Championship (G3) for 3-year-olds at Lone Star Park.

A Legacy Of Tales is coming off of a Prairie Meadows meet during which he won all five of his starts, including the 400-yard, $44,000 Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge on August 18, and the 400-yard, $113,000 Altoona Derby on September 29. The Oklahoma-bred bay gelding drew post 7 and will be ridden by Cristian Esqueda.

Other contenders include Cheri Wardell's Leading Flare, a homebred son of Flare For Ivory trained by Wes Giles. Leading Flare won two of his three starts during the Ruidoso Downs summer meet, including the 400-yard, $65,000 Adequan Ruidoso Derby Challenge on August 19.

Leading Flare drew post 4 and will be ridden by Alan Hernandez.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:
  1. AJ Fast Corona (Jorge Torres), 7-2
  2. O Seeyalater (Fernando Fonseca-Soto), 10-1
  3. DC Ladys Dashn Eagle (Francisco Calderon), 10-1
  4. Leading Flare (Alan Hernandez), 4-1
  5. Fox News (Edwin Escobedo), 3-1
  6. Chilli Red (Noe Villatoro), 30-1
  7. A Legacy Of Tales (Cristian Esqueda), 9-2
  8. Big Dream Baby (Luis Martinez), 6-1
  9. What Else Is New (Agustin Silva), 30-1
  10. A Game Of Corona (Ali Rivera), 30-1
All Lone Star Park races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.