(Grand Prairie, Texas - Thursday, October 3, 2019) - It's a stakes double-header Friday at Lone Star Park as the 12-race card features the $20,000 Nevil Stakes and the $17,500 ARC Distaff Challenge. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. First race post time 6:05 p.m.

Race 3 on the schedule is the $20,000 Nevill Stakes for Texas-bred Quarter Horses, three-year-olds & up going 350 yards. Last year's winner, Sf Hot Pass, has returned to defend his title. The six-year-old gelding by Ivory James also won the Refrigerator Stakes (G1) and the B. F. Phillips, Jr. Stakes (RG3) here last year, which earned him the 2019 Season Champion Honor.

Sf Hot Pass, owned by Stormy Fisher and trained by Leon Bard, has drawn the rail. Regular rider Francisco Calderon has the mount.

The field for the Nevill Stakes by post position with jockey and morning line odds is:

1. Sf Hot Pass (Francisco Calderon) 9-5

2. Shake Em Rocks (Roman Huerta) 12-1

3. Mighty Corona Jr (Victor Urieta Jr.) 5-2

4. Acadillac (James Flores) 15-1

5. Dm La Jolla (Jorge Garcia) 6-1

6. This Is a Deal Too (Ricky Ramirez) 5-1

7. Krash Course (Eleazar Hernandez) 9-2

Post time is scheduled for 7:01 p.m.

Arc Distaff Challenge

The $17,500 ARC Distaff Challenge for fillies and mares going 400 yards is the final regional distaff challenge race for the 2019 Bank of America Challenge Championships. The winner will receive an automatic berth to Bank of America Challenge Championships Distaff Challenge on October 26.  The Championships will be hosted at The Downs at Albuquerque in New Mexico.

Morning line favorite, Jess Adalida, a four-yea-old mare by Jess Louisiana Blue, is coming off of back-to-back stakes wins inthe Selma Stakes at Retama Park in July and the French Quarter Stakes last month at Fair Grounds.

Jess Adalida is owned by Ruben Garcia Montemayor and trained by Josue Ponce. Victor Urieta Jr. will ride.

The field for the ARC Distaff Challenge, scheduled as race 11 is:

1. Rvaliant Chick (Martin Felix) 5-2

2. Lj Moonrise (Francisco Calderon) 5-1

3. Classy Seis (Francisco Mendez) 20-1

4. Jass Adalida (Victor Urieta Jr.) 8-5

5. Pamplonna (Ricky Ramirez) 8-1

6. Alinas War Princess (Noe Villatoro) 12-1

7. Ym Valentine (James Flores) 15-1

8. Enid Girl (Nestor Duran) 6-1

9. Saved by Jesus Jm (Alejandro Zuniga) 20-1

Post time is 10:45 p.m.

The stakes action continues Saturday as Lone Star Park hosts the $344,050 Dash for Cash Futurity (G2) and the $204,600 Dash for Cash Derby (G2). Gates open at 5 p.m. First race post time is 6:05 p.m.