(Grand Prairie, Texas - Saturday, September 18, 2010) - Gerardo Luna’s Miss Kips Streakin, trained by Erika Huitron and ridden by Santos Carrizales, was the fastest of 10 qualifiers in Saturday night’s trials for The $30,000 Merial Distaff Challenge for fillies & mares, three years old and up, which will be run at Lone Star Park on Saturday, Oct. 2.

In the second of the two trials, Miss Kips Streakin covered the 400-yard distance in 19.912 seconds to earn a Speed Index of 90. Jorge Haddad’s La Jolla Suspect, who finished a head behind the fastest qualifier in their heat, was the second fastest with a time of 19.936 seconds.

The winner of the first trial, Randy & Sandy Coleman’s Ms Athenas Dividend qualified with the third-fastest time overall, 19.953 seconds.

Following are 10 qualifiers for the $30,000 Merial Distaff Challenge (in order with time, jockey and trainer in parenthesis):

Miss Kips Streakin (19.912, Santos Carrizales, Ericka Huitron)

La Jolla Suspect (19.936, Francisco Ramirez, Jordge Haddad)

Ms Athenas Dividend (19.953, Ricky Ramirez, Trey Wood)

Lethal Star (19.985, Gaspar Garcia, Guy Hopkins)

Little Surfer (20.048, Jerry Yoakum, Dwayne Gilbreath)

Six It Up (20.070, Russel Hadley, John Buchanan)

Lookin Good Lou (20.090, Ricky Ramirez, Trey Wood)

Surviving Success (20.138, Eleazar Hernandez, Juan Saucedo)

Feature Miss Jesse (20.213, Gaspar Garcia, Guy Hopkins)

Million Maid (20.327, Julian Cantu, Jonathan Castaneda)