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Racing toward the Fair
Main, News
August 14, 2024
Racing toward the Fair

Above, horses and their riders at the start of the third race on Saturday at the Gillespie County Race Meet at the fair grounds track when anything is possible. Rider No. 7 Noe Villatoro won the race atop Cr Fire Belle, Viking Cartel ridden by Victor Manuel Urieta, Jr., No. 9 was second and Separate Ribbon ridden by No. 5 Joel Leyva was third. At right, Jockey Noe Villatoro atop Flashin Pyc, after winning the second race at Gillespie County Fair Grounds race track on Saturday, gets a congratulatory hand shake from owner Gustavo Guevara, of Brazoria. Gillespie County Fair Duchesses Jayecee Treibs and Laura Nielsen awarded Villatoro the first place plaque. – Standard-Radio Post/Christine Granados

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