ALTOONA, Iowa – Ecleto Red, a 5-year-old gelding trained here by Lynn Chleborad, began his ascent through the class ranks last August. Most recently, he proved a tough nut for the classy Todd Pletcher-trained Golden Lad to crack when second in the Grade 3 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap on June 27.On Saturday night, Ecleto Red will be favored to lead all the way in the $50,000 Prairie Meadows Handicap, a 1 1/16-mile stakes that drew five experienced runners.Hazards of Love and Street Spice head the opposition to Ecleto Red, and both have good credentials. Hazards of Love, who has been plying his trade in Kentucky in recent months, is a winner of 24 races and is as good as ever as an 8-year-old. Street Spice, although not as consistent as Ecleto Red and Hazards of Love, possesses a solid finishing kick and is graded stakes-placed.The Prairie Meadows Handicap, with Ecleto Red as its highweight carrying 118 pounds, is scheduled for 9:37 p.m. Central.KEY CONTENDERSEcleto Red (Last 3 Beyers: 98-90-91)Handed a straightforward task as the lone speed from rail under regular rider Alex Birzer.Birzer, Chleborad’s preferred rider here, has won 21 percent of his 158 mounts for her stable in 2014-15.Hazards of Love (Last 3 Beyers: 89-92-85)Thoroughly professional Tom Amoss trainee aims to stalk and pounce under new pilot Ramon Vazquez. Vazquez, a winner of 69 of his 290 local mounts, has bounded clear in a once-close race in the jockeys’ standings.Street Spice (Last 3 Beyers: 89-70-86)In his lone 2015 try, he closed ground determinedly for a neck win in a Feb. 1 Fair Grounds allowance route.Since June 20, he shows a string of five weekly workouts over Arlington’s Polytrack in preparation for this return.