Lone Star Park · Friday, May 15, 2026 · Race 2 of 8

Claiming

dirt, fastSix FurlongsPurse $15,0005 ranPost 2026-05-15 19:05:00Final time 1:11.26Pool $7,324

Good for all except 2

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
14Essay
stalk 3p,drew off
Lane Luzzi22211—11.1077B
E1 107 · LP 112
21Hezakoolkat
pace 2p,no match
Rodolfo Guerra111225½3.5055B
E1 112 · LP 102
36Team Gormley
trck 4p,needed more
Floyd Wethey Jr.344338½0.8085B
E1 105 · LP 104
43Vietnam Victory
saved ground,no bid
Ernesto Valdez-Jiminez4334411¾1.9081B
E1 105 · LP 98
52Carbon Stryker
hopped st,trailed
Santos Rivera5555523¼22.5040B
E1 101 · LP 87

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

12345start1/41/2stretchfinish1Hezakoolkat6Team Gormley3Vietnam Victory2Carbon Stryker4Essay

Fractional times

Call 122.58
Call 245.83
Call 358.49
Final1:11.26

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)4$4.20—
place ($2)4$5.60—
show ($2)4$2.60—
daily double ($2)6-4$40.60$611
place ($2)1$4.40—
show ($2)1$2.80—
exacta ($2)4-1$107.20$3,447
show ($2)6$2.20—
trifecta ($0.50)4-1-6$32.15$3,149

Chart notes

ESSAY close up to the early pace, stalked from the three path into the turn, took command past the quarter marker, shook free of HEZAKOOLKAT to upper stretch then kicked clear into the final furlong, drew off into the final sixteenth, ridden out late to win as much the best. HEZAKOOLKAT sent for the early lead, assumed command then set the pace from off of the rail heading into the turn, carved out moderate fractions nearing the quarter marker, overtaken by ESSAY into the stretch, was no match for the winner into the final sixteenth but bested the rest. TEAM GORMLEY forwardly placed early on, tracked the moderate pace from the four path into the turn, needed more into the stretch drive, could not keep pace with the leading pair into the final furlong but was clear in the end for third. VIETNAM VICTORY close up to the early pace then took back, well placed while saving ground into the turn, kept an inside path to the stretch, no late response. CARBON STRYKER hopped at the start and spotted the field to begin, trailed to the turn, lacked a response into upper stretch, no factor late.