Hotstepper, the winner of the All American Derby last month at Ruidoso Downs, will headline the Grade 1, $376,810 Texas Classic Derby at Lone Star Park. He qualified for the Nov. 10 finale on Friday night. Below is the complete field for the race, with times from the 440-yard trials run on a sloppy track, as distributed by Lone Star:
Curls Happy Wagon, 21.41; Hes Limitless, 21.43; Serendipity Rocks, 21.46; This Is a Deal Too, 21.47; Three Bar Cartel, 21.50; Intense Fire, 21.50; Hotstepper, 21.53; Df Aj Freen Leaves, 21.54; Another Shot, 21.58; and Dash For Stone, 21.58.