(Thursday, November 20, 2008) - Charles Trochta and Sammy Hester’s Make No Shadows headlines the third running of the 350-yard, $70,800 Lone Star Park Paint & Appaloosa Futurity, for eligible two-year-old Paints and Appaloosas, this Saturday at Lone Star Park.

A winner of five of seven career starts for $53,850 in earnings, Make No Shadows enters Saturday’s feature on a three-race winning streak. The Sammy Hester-trainee, who was the fastest qualifier, will have her regular rider Larry Payne aboard.

Standing in Make No Shadow’s Way is the David Drake-trained Flash N B Gone, a winner of four of 10 starts for $122,153, including a near-miss effort in his latest race when he was second to the morning line favorite by a neck in qualifying for the Futurity at Lone Star Park on Nov. 8.

The field from the rail out, with jockey and morning line odds listed in parenthesis, consists of: This Judys a Corona (David Alvarez, 30-1), Make No Shadows (Larry Payne, 8-5), Appsolutely Wicked (Modesto Pina, 15-1), Cuzimfromthecountry (Adalberto Candanosa, 4-1), Awesome Judy (Russel Hadley, 30-1), Lonestar Legend (Cody Smith, 10-1), Flash N B Gone (Cody Worst, 5-2), Pf Chief Runnin Bear (Rodrigo Vallejo, 20-1), Paleface Dale (Kenny Muntz, 12-1), and First Down Hero (Jennifer Schmidt, 20-1).

Scheduled as race 10 on the 11-race program, the Lone Star Park Paint & Appaloosa Futurity has an approximate post time of 10:11 p.m.

Sm Country Snowman, Got Country Grip Face Off Again in Grade 1 Olympia Joe Handicap

The showdown between Sm Country Snowman, owned by Rafter Sm Ranch and trained by Sparky Mullins, and Jimmy Maddux’s Got Country Grip, trained by Brandon Parum, should be the highlight the 11th running of the 400-yard, Grade 1, $20,000 Olympia Joe Paint & Appaloosa Handicap, for three-year-olds and upward, on Saturday night at Lone Star Park.

Sm Country Snowman, a winner of 14 of 19 career starts for $256,461 in earnings, already has a pair of three-quarters-of-a-length stakes wins over Got Country Grip this year. The three-year-old colt enters the Olympia Joe after a six-race winning streak was snapped with a third-place finish at Blue Ribbon Downs behind G I Jana who also shows up in this Grade 1 contest.

Got Country Grip, a winner of 16 of 19 career starts for $274,828 in earnings, seeks to snap a three-race losing streak in returning to Lone Star Park where he’s a perfect three-for-three. The five-year-old gelding, along with entry mate Texas Royal Snow, has been made the 7-5 favorite in track odds maker Rick Lee’s morning line.

The field from the rail out, with jockey and morning line odds listed in parenthesis, consists of: Texas Royal Snow (Jarrod Deschamp, 7-5), G I Jana (Adalberto Candanosa, 10-1), Sm Country Snowman (Stormy Smith, 2-1), Jubious Illusion (Modesto Pina, 10-1), Bust N Moves (Larry Payne, 7-2), Mini Melt (Dewey Smith, 15-1), and Got Country Grip (Kenny Muntz, 7-5). Texas Royal Snow and Got Country Grip will run as an entry.

The Olympia Joe Paint & Appaloosa Handicap, race five on the 11-race program, is scheduled for 8:11 p.m.

Competitive Field of Seven Lined Up for Lone Star Park Distance Championship

Debra Gotovac & Charles Wright’s Vital Winner, trained by Bradley Bolen, has been made the slight favorite at 2-1 in Rick Lee’s morning line for the 11th running of the Lone Star Park Championship, an 870-yard handicap for three-year-olds and up, at Lone Star Park on Saturday night.

Vital Winner, who will be ridden by Richard Vasquez, is 12 for 26 lifetime with career earnings of $239,477, finished sixth in the 2007 Texas Classic Derby in his last appearance at Lone Star Park.

Other contenders include, John Parma’s Heza Marquette Maker, who finished second by a nose in Lone Star Park’s Red River Handicap on Sept. 27 two back, Wood Climber, owned by D. Prewitt, K. Hogan and C. Maze, who has hit the board with five wins in all eight of his 2008 races, and the Henry J. Smith entry of Patriot Arrival and Kels Jeter Lane.

The field from the rail out, with jockey and morning line odds listed in parenthesis, consists of: Patriot Arrival (Adalberto Candanosa, 9-2), Kels Jeter Lane (Adalberto Candanosa, 9-2), Vital Winner (Richard Vasquez, 2-1), A Unforgottenlook (Russel Hadley, 6-1), Heza Marquette Maker (Santos Carrizales, 3-1), Wood Climber (Tad Leggett, 4-1), Blue Ribbon Dash (James Brooks, 10-1), and El Diablo Negro (Luis Ramirez, 15-1). Patriot Arrival and Kels Jeter Lane will run as an entry.

The Lone Star Park Distance Championship is slated as the eighth race with a scheduled post time of 9:23 p.m. on Saturday.

Lone Star Park’s 31-day, 2008 Quarter Horse Fall Meeting of Champions will be held from September 26 to November 29. After the opening weekend on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26-27, racing will be held every Thursday through Saturday in October and each Wednesday through Saturday in November, except Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 26-27 when there will be no live racing due to the Thanksgiving holiday. First post time for all dates will be 6:35 p.m. For more information, visit the track’s Web site at www.lonestarpark.com.