Sam Houston Race Park · Friday, January 2, 2026 · Race 1 of 8

Maiden Special Weight

dirt, fastFive And One Half FurlongsPurse $33,0005 ranPost 2026-01-02 18:31:00Final time 1:06.82Pool $6,864

Good for all except 6

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/43/8stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
13Witt's Ten Touch
hustled clear,hld sway
Brayan Pena21111—6.1018B
E1 110 · LP 100
22Onthethirstyside
trk2w,late bid,gain2nd
Stewart Elliott333422¾1.7016B
E1 107 · LP 96
36Texas Hunk
4-3wide, bid 3/8, hung
Rohan Singh542233¼2.908B
E1 105 · LP 95
41Four Jim
stlkd ins,wknd late
Ernesto Valdez-Jiminez424346¾6.306B
E1 107 · LP 89
54Preacherman
close,stdy3/8,no bid
Rene Diaz1555522½2.002B
E1 104 · LP 67

How the race unfolded (position at each call; hover a line to follow one runner)

12345start1/43/8stretchfinish2Onthethirstyside6Texas Hunk1Four Jim4Preacherman3Witt's Ten Touch

Fractional times

Call 122.48
Call 246.31
Call 359.73
Final1:06.82

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)3$4.20—
place ($2)3$4.20—
show ($2)3$2.60—
exacta ($1)3-2$19.50$2,520
place ($2)2$3.20—
show ($2)2$2.10—
trifecta ($0.50)3-2-6$17.45$2,343
show ($2)6$2.40—

Chart notes

WITT'S TEN TOUCH was hustled hard from the start and went a length clear early, maintained that margin through the turn, held clear under steady handling and urging, and was widening a bit in the final yards. ONTHETHIRSTYSIDE was pushed on early, tracked in the middle of the tight pack, never more than a couple of lengths from the front, kept to the two-path throughout, wasn't doing enough in upper stretch but found best stride late and moved up to take down the second prize. TEXAS HUNK was off a step slow, then forced out by PREACHERMAN from the inside, raced four-wide down the backstretch, moved up into contention going into the turn, got to within a length of the leader with a three-wide bid approaching the quarter pole, but flattened out a bit in the stretch and was passed up late for the place. FOUR JIM was under a ride from the break, settled in a stalking position to the inside of WITT'S TEN TOUCH, came under pressure to keep up late on the turn, was still in the mix in mid-stretch, but faded in the final furlong. PREACHERMAN broke outward, then was hustled forward position, was close up in the run down the backstretch, then started to drop back a bit, steadied when cut off by TEXAS HUNK before the three-furlong pole, lost momentum, and was unable to recover.