17 Stakes Races Worth $2.5 Million Highlight
2011 Fall Meeting of Champions Stakes Schedule
26-Day Meeting Topped By $1 Million Texas Classic Futurity Saturday,
November 12
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (July 18, 2011) - Lone Star Park's 2011 Fall Meeting of
Champions for American Quarter Horses will be highlighted by the 19th running of
the Grade 1, $1 million-estimated, Texas Classic Futurity, the richest horse
race in Texas, Saturday, Nov. 12.
A total of 17 stakes worth an estimated $2.5 million, including four Grade 1
races and one Grade 2, will be run during Lone Star Park's Fall Meeting of
Champions. The 26-day meeting will be conducted from Friday, September 16
through Saturday, November 12 with racing every Thursday, Friday and Saturday
night after opening weekend.
In addition to the Texas Classic Futurity, other Grade 1 stakes include, the
$100,000 Refrigerator Handicap, Saturday, October 1, the $500,000-estimated Dash
For Cash Futurity, Saturday, October 8 and the $400,000-estimated Texas Classic
Derby, Saturday, November 12, the same night as the Texas Classic Futurity. The
Grade 2, $175,000-estimated Dash for Cash Derby will be run the same night as
the Dash For Cash Futurity, Saturday, Oct. 8.
The $1,000,000 Texas Classic Futurity - the richest horse race in Texas - for
two-year-olds and the $400,000-estimated Texas Classic Derby, for
three-year-olds, are scheduled for closing night Saturday, Nov. 12. The fields
for the finals will be determined by the 10 fastest times during trials held
Friday, Oct. 21 for the Texas Classic Derby and Saturday, Oct. 22 for the Texas
Classic Futurity.
Saturday, October 8, Lone Star Park will host the $500,000-estimated Dash For
Cash Futurity, the $175,000-estimated Dash For Cash Derby, as well as the
$40,000-estimated Dash for Cash Juvenile Stakes. Trials for the Dash For Cash
Derby are set for Friday, Sept. 23 while the Dash for Cash Futurity and Juvenile
Stakes trials are scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24.
In addition to Quarter Horse races, there will be stakes events for Paints &
Appaloosas and Arabians. The sixth running of the $60,000-estimated Lone Star
Park Paint & Appaloosa Futurity is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 4, with trials to
be held on Thursday, Oct. 20 and the $20,000 Olympia Joe Lone Star Paint &
Appaloosa Handicap is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 4.
On Saturday, Nov. 5, Lone Star Park will host two divisions of the $20,000
Arabian Stallion Stakes - one for colts & geldings, the other for fillies &
mares.
Following is Lone Star Park's 2011 Fall Meeting of Champions Stakes
Schedule:
|
Date |
Stakes |
Sex & Age |
Distance |
Purse |
Friday
Sept. 16 |
CLASSIC CHEVROLET HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA HANDICAP RG3 (TX) |
3 & UP
|
350 YARDS |
$25,000 G |
Friday
Sept. 30 |
RED CELL DISTANCE CHALLENGE
|
3 & UP
|
870 YARDS
|
$30,000 G |
Saturday
Oct. 1 |
REFRIGERATOR HANDICAP GRADE I
|
3 & UP |
440 YARDS
|
$100,000 G |
Saturday
Oct. 1 |
MERIAL DISTAFF CHALLENGE F& M,
|
3 & UP
|
350 YARDS
|
$30,000 G |
Saturday
Oct. 8 |
DASH FOR CASH DERBY GRADE II
|
3 YO
|
440 YARDS |
$175,000 E |
Saturday
Oct. 8 |
DASH FOR CASH FUTURITY GRADE I
|
2 YO
|
400 YARDS
|
$500,000 E |
Saturday
Oct. 8 |
DASH FOR CASH JUVENILE
|
2 YO |
400 YARDS |
$40,000 E |
Saturday
Oct. 29 |
B. F. PHILLIPS HANDICAP RG3 (TX)
|
3 & UP |
400 YARDS
|
$25,000 G
|
Friday
Nov. 4
|
LONE STAR PAINT & APPALOOSA FUTURITY
|
2 YO
|
350 YARDS |
$60,000 E |
Friday
Nov. 4 |
OLYMPIA JOE LONE PAINT & APPALOOSA HANDICAP
|
3 & UP
|
400 YARDS |
$20,000 G |
Saturday
Nov. 5 |
Arabian Stallion Stakes F & M,
|
3 & UP
|
7 FURLONGS
|
$20,000 E |
Saturday
Nov. 5 |
Arabian Stallion Stakes C & G,
|
3 & UP
|
7 FURLONGS
|
$20,000 E |
Friday
Nov. 11 |
Arabian Texas Lone Star Futurities Fillies,
|
3 YO
|
6 FURLONGS
|
$10,000 E |
Friday
Nov. 11 |
Arabian Texas Lone Star Futurities C & G,
|
3 YO |
6 FURLONGS
|
$10,000 E |
Saturday
Nov. 12
|
TEXAS CLASSIC DERBY GRADE I
|
3 YO
|
440 YARDS
|
$400,000 E |
Saturday
Nov. 12 |
TEXAS CLASSIC FUTURITY GRADE I
|
2 YO |
400 YARDS
|
$1,000,000 E |
Saturday
Nov. 12 |
TEXAS CLASSIC FUTURITY CONSOLATION
|
2 YO
|
400 YARDS |
$80,000 E |
Following is Lone Star Park’s 2011 Fall Meeting of Champions Trials
Schedule:
|
Date |
Trials |
Sex & Age |
Distance |
|
Friday, Sept. 16 |
RED CELL DISTANCE CHALLENGE TRIALS
|
3 & UP |
870 YARDS
|
|
Saturday, Sept. 17 |
MERIAL DISTAFF CHALLENGE TRIALS F & M,
|
3 & UP |
350 YARDS |
|
Friday, Sept. 23 |
DASH FOR CASH DERBY TRIALS
|
3YO
|
440 YARDS
|
|
Saturday, Sept. 24 |
DASH FOR CASH FUTURITY TRIALS
|
2 YO |
400 YARDS |
|
Thurs. Oct. 20 |
LONE STAR PAINT & APP. TRIALS
|
2 YO
|
350 YARDS |
|
Friday, Oct. 21 |
TEXAS CLASSIC DERBY TRIALS
|
3 YO
|
440 YARDS |
|
Saturday, Oct. 22 |
TEXAS CLASSIC FUTURITY TRIALS
|
2 YO
|
400 YARDS |
Lone Star Park’s 26-day, 2011 Fall Meeting of Champions for American Quarter
Horses will be held from Sept. 16 to Nov. 12. For more information on Lone Star
Park visit LoneStarPark.com.