Flying P Stable's Frosted Grace secured his first graded stakes win Monday when he overtook longtime leader Touchuponastar and shook clear in the $400,000 Steve Sexton Mile at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
The 7-year-old Mark Valeski gelding scored by 1½ lengths and covered the eight furlongs in 1:37.99 under Cristian Torres, who landed his third stakes victory on the Memorial Day card at the Grand Prairie, Texas track.
Touchuponastar held on for second, a head in front of third-place finisher Kokokomo.
Torres also won the $300,000 Texas Derby with Dixiana Farms' Hayes Strike and the $100,000 Memorial Day Sprint on Jerry Caroom's Adaline Julia.
Both Frosted Grace and Adaline Julia are trained by Robertino Diodoro.
Relaxed off the early pace in seventh in the 10-horse field, Frosted Grace was angled four wide entering the stretch and closed with determination to wear down Touchuponastar and notch the win. His career record improved to 9-14-6 from 41 starts with lifetime earnings of $750,702.
Frosted Grace was bred in Kentucky by Brereton C. Jones. Produced by the Thunder Gulch mare Class, he was a $10,000 Keeneland September yearling sale purchase in 2017.
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