GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Touchuponastar, who has won his last five starts with triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures, and Komorebino Omoide and Heroic Move, who have won the last two runnings of the Grade 3, $400,000 Steve Sexton Mile at Lone Star Park, lead a deep cast for the race’s renewal on Monday. “It’s a quality field to say the least,” said Jake Delhomme, the owner of Touchuponastar. “A lot of good horses – so many to look at.” The group of nine is completed by last year’s runner-up, This Is Uscar; $1.4 million earner Gigante; the Grade 1-placed Publisher; stakes winners Neoequos and Will Take It; and ratings handicap winner Heavenville. The Sexton Mile anchors the annual Lone Star Million Day card of six stakes worth $1.2 million. The local signal will be limited to tracks in Texas and international sites due to an ongoing impasse between the Texas Racing Commission and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority. Touchuponastar, an earner of $2 million, will be making his fourth appearance in the Sexton. He has been second in the race twice, and enters Monday’s edition off a win at Fair Grounds on March 21 in the Grade 2 New Orleans Classic for which he earned a Beyer of 106. The Jeff Delhomme trainee will break from post 2 in the Sexton under Timothy Thornton. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. “It’s crazy to think that we’ll be attempting it again – and also that he still has been at this level,” said Jake Delhomme. “Very excited. “We kind of went with the same approach the last three years. This year, we kind of did something different. We didn’t run in the Evangeline race, the EVD Classic. I decided to kind of skip it, just to come with a really fresh horse. He ran his eyeballs out in New Orleans.” In his first Sexton appearance in 2023, Touchuponastar was second to Frosted Grace. “We were drawn, I think, widest that day,” Jake Delhomme recalled. “We were going to have to break and go. It’s such a short run [to the first turn]. Touch ran great that day. He had to put a lot of the dirty work in, but that’s what happens sometimes.” The following year, Touchuponastar was second by a neck to Heroic Move. “We were right there,” Delhomme said. “And Touch fought back and ran his tail off again.” Last year, Touchuponastar ran fifth to Komorebino Omoide. “It was just one of those days, it was torrential rain,” Delhomme recalled. “He didn’t like [the track]. He’s run on a sealed track and a wet track before and he’s relished it, but that one was a little different. It rained from the middle of the night to all day.” Delhomme is hoping the fourth time is the charm Monday. “He looks the part and he’s doing well,” he said. “We’ll give it our best shot.” Trainer Robertino Diodoro has saddled the winners of the last three runnings of the Sexton Mile – with all of them based at Lone Star. “Anytime you can run out of your own stall and not have to ship it’s always a plus, especially at this time of year when the weather throughout the South is starting get to warm,” Diodoro said. “It’s kind of nice when you don’t have to put them in a trailer. Leading them over to the paddock from their own stalls is definitely a plus.” Komorebino Omoide enters off a third-place finish in the $100,000 Bosselman/Gus Fonner on April 25 at Fonner Park. “He’s come back and he’s had a couple of very, very strong works,” Diodoro said. “I think he’ll run a big race on Monday.” Heroic Move closed for fifth in the Sunland Park Stakes on April 5 in his first start since winning the Zia Park Championship last November. “We had a minor issue with him this winter,” Diodoro said. “He ran decent in Sunland, but he wasn’t 100 percent cranked up. He probably could have used another work or two going into that race, but he’s ready to go now.” :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  Ramon Vazquez has the mount on Komorebino Omoide from post 5. Geovanni Franco will ride Heroic Move, who starts from post 9. “You know the old saying, the race is run on dirt and not paper, but on paper it definitely looks like there’s a little bit of speed,” Diodoro said. “Heroic Move is just going to do his thing. Komo, we’ll have him very close to the lead.” Publisher could get an ideal stalking trip one start after finishing fourth in the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap won by White Abarrio. Erik Asmussen has the mount for his father, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen. The Sexton goes as the final race on a 12-race card that begins at 1:35 p.m. Central. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.