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Nothin Like You, One Fabulous Boy Headline Grade 1, $250,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship
Nothin Like You is one of the early favorites for Saturday's 440-yard, $250,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1) at Lone Star Park.

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Nothin Like You, One Fabulous Boy Headline Grade 1, $250,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–OCTOBER 19, 2023–Graded stakes winners Nothin Like You and One Fabulous Boy are the early favorites for Saturday's 440-yard, $250,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1) at Lone Star Park.

A homebred son of Favorite Cartel trained by John Hammes for owner Bradbury Racing, Nothin Like You will be stretching out in distance off of his 1 1/2-length victory in the September 29, 400-yard Two Rivers Stakes (G3) at Prairie Meadows. The Colorado-bred gelding has earned $132,515 from six races this year, and his season record includes a second-place finish, two lengths behind winner and 2021 world champion Danjer, in the 440-yard, $275,000 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship (G1) on June 3.

Nothin Like You drew post 5 and will be ridden by Stormy Smith.

One Fabulous Boy races for Paul Wolfe from the barn of trainer Ed Hardy. A 4-year-old son of One Fabulous Eagle, the Oklahoma-bred gelding broke the track record when he won the August 20, 440-yard Bank of America Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge (G2) in :21.020.

One Fabulous Boy drew post 9 and will be ridden by Angel O. Ramirez.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:
  1. A Tres Of Eagle (Francisco Calderon), 4-1
  2. A Famous Ribbon (Victor Urieta Jr.), 6-1
  3. Apolinaria Prize (Cordarelton Benn), 8-1
  4. DF Storm Tales (Nakia Teeter), 15-1
  5. Nothin Like You (Stormy Smith), 3-1
  6. Apollitical Redflash (Jorge Torres), 10-1
  7. Indeed (Francisco Giles), 20-1
  8. DM Moonpie (Froylan Ramirez), 5-1
  9. One Fabulous Boy (Angel O. Ramirez), 7-2
The Bank of America Challenge Championship, and all Lone Star Park races, can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.