Jackpot Farm’s undefeated True Temper will be in search of his first stakes victory when he faces 10 rivals in Saturday’s 24th running of the $125,000 Holiday Cheer Stakes at Turfway Park.

Run at six furlongs for three-year-olds and older, the Holiday Cheer will go as the featured seventh race at 8:55 p.m. (ET). First post is 5:55 p.m. Saturday will be the closing day of the Holiday Meet and will offer mandatory payouts in all wagers.

Trained by Mark Casse, True Temper has a perfect record from three starts with all his wins coming on the synthetic surface at Woodbine. The three-year-old son of Maclean’s Music, who will be making his stakes debut, debuted in late April where he comfortably defeated six rivals by a widening 1¾ lengths in a maiden special weight contest. After nearly six months on the sidelines, True Temper returned in a first-level allowance contest and gamely defeated City Fever, who won his next start at Laurel Park. Earlier this month, True Temper won his third start in a conditioned allowance contest while earning a solid 90 Brisnet Speed Rating. The Minshall Farms Ontario-bred will be ridden by leading jockey Luan Machado out of post No. 6.

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