(Grand Prairie, Texas - Thursday, October 3, 2018) - Saturday, October 13 features the 22nd running of the $75,000 Refrigerator Stakes (G1) for three-year-olds & up at 440 yards. The Refrigerator Stakes is named for AQHA Supreme Racehorse and Racing World Champion, Refrigerator. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. First race post time 6:05 p.m. The Refrigerator Stakes is the scheduled 11th race on the 12-race card and will go at 10:25 p.m.

Campaigned by Jim Helzer during his storied career that lasted from 1992 to 1995, Refrigerator, by Rare Jet, won the Champion of Champions (G1) a record three times from 1992-94 and was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2000. 

Saturday's field includes Eye N Capo, a four-year-old gelding by Capo de Capi. He began his career at Lone Star Park in 2016, winning his trial to the Dash For Cash Futurity and the Grade 2, $373,076 final. He also won the $312,170 Evangeline Downs Futurity that year.

He only raced once in 2017, winning a trial to the Remington Park Oklahoma Bred Derby.

This year, Eye N Capo has won three of five starts, including the Sam Houston Classic (G2) in May and the Miss Polly Classic Stakes (G3) at Delta Downs in July. He is owned by Ruben Montemayor and trained by Josue Ponce. Jessie Levario will ride.

Paragon Farms' Apollitical Scout has won her last three starts coming into this. The four-year-old mare by Apollitical Jess won the Junos Request Stakes (G2) at Remington Park in June, and her most recent win was the Balloon City Stakes at Albuquerque Downs last month. She is trained by Jimmy Padgett and will be ridden by Jose Alvarez.

This meet's Nevill Stakes winner, Sf Hot Pass, will also try his luck in the Refrigerator. Prior to his win in the Nevill, he won the TQHA Classic Stakes (G2) at Retama Park. Leon Bard trains the five-year-old gelded son of Ivory James for owner Stormy Fisher. Francisco Calderon has the riding assignment.

The field for the 22nd edition of the $75,000 Refrigerator Stakes (G1), with jockey and morning line odds, is:

1. Super Sonic Patriot (Mario Trujillo, 10-1)
2. Fdp Rock Solid (Antonio Alberto, 20-1)
3. Sf Hot Pass (Francisco Calderon, 3-1)
4. Valiant Rogue (Rodrigo Vallejo, 12-1)
5. Kowboy Jim (Cody Jensen, 15-1)
6. Apollitical Scout (Jose Alvarez, 5-2)
7. Lightmeupwithcharm (J. R. Ramirez, 12-1)
8. Eye N Capo (Jesse Levario, 9-5)
9. Financial Top (Victor Urieta, Jr., 30-1)
10. Apollitical Cyclone (Luis Vivanco, 20-1)