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By My Standards, C Z Rocket Face Off In Monday’s Steve Sexton Mile

Monday, Memorial Day, May 31 is Lone Star Million Day at Lone Star Park. Five stakes worth a total of $1.1 million will be up for grabs, with the Grade 3, $400,000 Steve Sexton Mile headlining the card.

The one-mile dirt contest drew a field of eight and is scheduled as the 11th and final race of the evening.

Multiple Grade 2 winner By My Standards drew post three for trainer Bret Calhoun, and will make the Sexton his second start of 2021. In April, the 5-year-old son of Goldencents won the $400,000 Oaklawn Mile by a game nose over Rushie, the latter expected to target the Met Mile on the Belmont Stakes undercard. Gabriel Saez retains the mount.

C Z Rocket, the 7-year-old gelding trained by Peter Miller, has already won two races this season. He defeated reigning Breedesr' Cup Sprint champion Whitmore in both the Hot Springs Stakes and the G3 Count Fleet Sprint, and will be stretching out to a mile under the hands of jockey Florent Geroux.

The 5-year-old gelding Sherriff Brown enters the starting gate off three straight wins in allowance company for trainer Todd Fincher. Out of the champion New Mexico-bred Rose's Desert (15-10-5-0, $$626,035) and sired by Curlin, Sherriff Brown is a half-brother to graded stakes winner Runaway Ghost (15-8-3-0, $783,509) and stakes winner Senor Buscador (3-2-0-0, $145,247).

Here is the field in post position order with jockey and trainer.

1) Silver Prospector, Ricardo Santana, Jr.,Steven M. Asmussen
2) Sheriff Brown, Ty Kennedy, Todd W. Fincher
3) By My Standards, Gabriel Saez, W. Bret Calhoun
4) Warrior's Charge, Joel Rosario, Brad H. Cox
5) Hunka Burning Love, David Cabrera, Karl Broberg
6) Harvey Wallbanger, Danny Sorenson, Danny Pish
7) Mo Mosa, Ramon Vazquez, Michael J. Maker
8) C Z Rocket, Florent Geroux, Peter Miller

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Lone Star Announces 48-Day 2021 Schedule With 20 Stakes

Lone Star Park’s Thoroughbred Racing Season will begin Thursday, April 22, 2021 and have an increased 48 days of racing before concluding July 11, the track announced Tuesday. The calendar features live racing every Friday, Saturday & Sunday at 2:35 p.m., select Thursdays at 6:35 p.m. and select Mondays at 2:35 p.m. Special Triple Crown post times of 1:35 p.m. and a July 4 twilight post time of 5:00 p.m. will round out the schedule.

Lone Star’s 2021 stakes schedule will run a total of 20 stakes worth a combined total of $2,225,000. At the top of the schedule is the $400,000 GIII Steve Sexton Mile for 3-year-olds and up, the new $300,000 Texas Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles (plus up to $100,000 for Texas-breds) and the $200,000 Ouija Board Distaff on turf. Those stakes, plus several other six-figure events, are all to take place on Memorial Day, May 31 as the track revives Lone Star Million Day, which was last held in 2011.

Purse levels will average an estimated $252,000 per day with maiden races at an estimated $36,000. Find the entire stakes schedule on Lone Star’s website here.

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Lone Star Park Releases 2021 Stakes Schedule Worth $2.2 Million

After coming off of the highest average Thoroughbred export handle per day in its history in 2020, Grand Prairie, Lone Star Park is looking forward to 2021.

The Thoroughbred Racing Season at the Grand Prairie, Tx. will begin Thursday, April 22, 2021, will have more live racing days with 48 when compared with the 41 in 2018, the 44 in the 2019 season and the 37 in 2020. The meeting will conclude July 11. The calendar features live racing every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2:35 p.m., select Thursdays at 6:35 p.m. and select Mondays at 2:35 p.m. Special Triple Crown post times of 1:35 p.m. and a July 4 twilight post time of 5:00 p.m. will round out the schedule.

The 2021 Thoroughbred Racing Season Stakes Schedule will run a total of 20 stakes worth a combined total of $2,225,000. At the top of the schedule is the Grade 3, $400,000 guaranteed Steve Sexton Mile, for 3-yr-olds & up at one mile, the New $300,000 guaranteed Texas Derby for 3-yr-olds at one and one sixteenth miles (plus up to $100,000 for Texas-breds), The $200,000 guaranteed Ouija Board Distaff for fillies & mares, 3-yr-olds & up at one mile on turf, the New Chamberlain Bridge Stakes at a guaranteed $100,000 for 3-yr-olds & up going five furlongs on the turf, and the New Memorial Day Sprint for fillies & mares, 3-yr-olds & up at six furlongs worth a guaranteed $100,000. The above mentioned stakes are all to take place on Memorial Day, May 31 as we revive Lone Star Million Day, which was last held in 2011.

Other than the $75,000 Bluebonnet Stakes which kicks off the season on Opening Night all other stakes will be held on one of four dates. They are:

  • Lone Star Million Day, Monday, May 31 – five stakes worth a total of $1,100,000
  • Lone Star Showcase Day, Sunday, June 13 – five stakes worth a total of $350,000
  • New Summer Turf Festival, Sunday, June 27 – four stakes worth a total of $300,000
  • Stars of Texas Day, Saturday, July 10 – five stakes worth a total of $400,000.

The 2021 Thoroughbred Racing Season Stakes Schedule can be found at: https://www.lonestarpark.com/stakes-schedule/

Purse levels will average an estimated $252,000 per day with maiden races at an estimated $36,000. The daily purses with added stakes should attract more well-known horsemen with top-notch stables.

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