Page 163 - August2020.indd

Dolls Prodigy Stakes
JESS UN SIES MAS
by Michael Compton
In the initial start of Jess Un Sies Mas’ 2020 campaign, the speedy 4-year-old gelding added to his already impressive resume at the Colorado track with a game
victory in the $15,000 Dolls Prodigy Stakes on June 30. A Colorado homebred for Hugo Barron-Sierra,
Jess Un Sies Mas raced in third position early. With Alejandro Luna riding for trainer Jose Barron, Jess Un Sies Mas hit his best stride in the lane and made a strong mid-race move toward the leaders. He poked his head in front and held on in determined fashion to defeat Kooler Wagon by a head at the finish. Jess Un Sies Mas stopped the timer for the 350 yards in :17.799, earning a 90 speed index.
Last summer, Jess Un Sies Mas annexed the Rocky Mountain Derby and Lucille Rowe Derby, both at Arapahoe, and now, all told, he has seven wins in 13 career starts. The $9,000 winner’s share of this purse increased his bankroll to $79,090.
Barron-Sierra bred Jess Un Sies Mas out of winner Seis Star Glitter, who was runner-up in the 2010 Mile High Derby at Arapahoe. She has produced 100% money earners from seven starters. Jess Un Sies Mas is her third stakes winner and top earner.
Kooler Wagon (Desirio-Beaus Wagon), making her stakes debut, jumped out to the early lead under jockey Jose Meza and just missed in a game effort for owner Alma Olivas and trainer Uriel Delgado. Multiple stakes-placed El Oh El (Apollitical Jess- Cute Ivory Girl), with Uriel Cervantes up, pressed the leaders throughout and finished third for owner George L. Seward and trainer Robert Johnson. DG Favorite (Favorite Cartel-Iza Sugar N Spice), Perkin Desire (Desirio-Fols Perky Cat), Jessinourbodgit (Jess Valentine-Barelyinourbodgit-TB), and Turbo Boost (Shining First Dash-Eyes A Cutie) completed the order of finish. Toshi Yoshi (Pool-Mairis Money Maker) was disqualified from 6th to 8th after break- ing in sharply after the start.
Adequan POD Derby Chal.
DR TOOL
by Danny Camp
Owner Luis Gonzalez took over the training
of Dr Tool last May, and handed the riding assignment to Jesus Valenzuela. Since then, that team
has won three in a row. The latest being the $39,740 Adequan Pocatello Downs Derby Challenge.
The gelding broke from the 9-post and quickly grabbed a 1/2-length. Calida put up a good effort, dueling throughout the 400 yards, but Dr Tool held on to cross the wire 3/4-length in front.
Dr Tool stopped the clock in :19.828 to earn a 102 speed index, and the $18,280 winner’s share of the purse boosted his total lifetime earnings to $78,230. Dr Tool was coming off a victory in the Weber Downs Derby Challenge in May.
Andy R. Caulo bred Dr Tool out of lightly raced Where Eagles Soar. She has produced 100% money earners from three starters. Dr Tool is her first stakes winner.
Calida (FDD Dynasty-The Fire Fly) ran second under Eric Ayala for owner Lex Fabrizio and trainer Monty Arrossa. The filly won last year’s Roche Equine Futurity.
Brilliant Cut Cartel (Coronado Cartel-Azoom Diamond) came in third for owner’s RTM Stables LLC, and Robin & Kevin Dunn. The Mark Hanson trainee had Fransisco Rubio aboard. The gelding was a runner-up in last year’s Pocatello Downs Juvenile Challenge.
Shidacious (Bodacious Dash-Shi D Anna) was fourth and was followed by Thrill Of The Cartel (Favorite Cartel-License To Thrill), Sables Dashin (FDD Dynasty-Painted Sable) and Meghans Feature Sign (Second Painted Sign-PT Feature Dash). El Rayo Amarillo (Ma Ma My Corona-No Yellow Snow) and DF Mr Corona (Mr Eye Opener- Coco Corona) dead heated for eigth place and were followed by Hez Our Joy (Hez Our Secret-First Prize Joy).
QROOI Sprint Stakes Series 1
CARNEROS
by Michael Cusortelli
Making his fourth start of the 2020 Ajax Downs meet, Carneros broke sharply and on top from the 2-post and sped to a 1/2-length
victory in the $15,787 QROOI Sprint Series Stakes 1 on July 22.
Carneros covered 110 yards in :6.950 while aided by a reported 11-mph tail wind. Conditioner Jason Pascoe traines the five-year-old Prospect To The Top gelding for owner Milena Kwiecien of Burlington, Ontario.
Carneros was shortening in distance off of a wire-to-wire 2-length victory in a 300-yard speed index race (75 and under) on July 15.
Raced in four states and provinces, including Michigan, Iowa and Oklahoma, Carneros has won 10 of 28 career outs, and the $6,718 winner’s share of the purse from his first stakes score boosted his earnings to $78,776. The gelding’s resume includes second-place finishes in the 2017 John Deere Ajax Downs Juvenile Challenge and 2018 Picov Derby, both at Ajax Downs.
Also, Carneros holds Ajax Downs’ 110-yard track record of :6.77, which he set in an allowance dash on June 16, 2019.
Stone Chase Stables LLC bred Carneros out of winner Cakebread And Thou, who is a half-sister to Sam Houston Derby-G2 winner Bens Coasting, a runner-up in the Heritage Place Derby-G1 and Quicksilver Stakes; and Heritage Place Futurity-G1 winner Coastal Memories, a finalist in the Classic Chevrolet Heartbeat of America Handicap-RG3. Carneros is Cakebread And Thou’s first foal. The gelding’s second dam is winner Bicoastal.
Jess A Sweet Suprize (Sweet First Down-Jess Curl My Prize), the even-money favorite in the seven-horse field, pocketed $3,359 for his runner- up effort. Cory Spataro rode the 4-year-old bay mare for owner/trainer Craig Spada.The filly was a finalist in the 2018 Alex Picov Memorial Futurity as well as the 2019 Alex Picov Memorial Derby.
Zoxtobeyou (Pappasito-A Leading Memory) finished third, a nose behind the runner-up, for owner Steve Hunter. Regan Knowles rode the homebred 6-year-old gelding for trainer Janet Grice. The gelding was a finalist in the 2017 Picov Derby.
Arctic Fame (Dash To The Arctic-Magic Ta Fame) ran fourth. In a deadheat for fifth were Queens Award (Winners Award-Copper State Queen) and Countrys Comin Bac (Country Chicks Man-Bac To Center), followed by Eye Am Potato (Teller Cartel-Double Two Stepper).
RACING NEWS
Arapahoe Park • $15,000 350 yards • :17.799 • si 90
Mr Jess Perry
Apollitical Jess
Apollitical Time Tres Seis
JESS UN SIES MAS, ‘16-g. Seis Star Glitter
The Glitter
Pocatello Downs • $39,740 400 yards • :19.828 • si 102
Tempting Dash
Romancing Mary
One Famous Eagle
Kiss My Hocks
DR TOOL, ‘17-g.
Where Eagles Soar
Sixy Thru Traffic
Ajax Downs • $15,787 110 yards • :6.950 • si 96
Coronas Prospect
Prospect To The Top
CARNEROS, ‘15-g.
Cream To The Top
Valiant Hero
Cakebread And Thou
Bicoastal
SPEEDHORSE August 2020 161
Coady Photography
Kira Cook