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Miss Sam Houston Stakes AQRA Presidents Spring Derby
KITTYKATGALOREB JUSTIFIED
Sunburst Stakes
PRINCESS JESSE
by Danny Camp
Arivalry stirs the competitiveness in all athletes. Teana Fay beat Princess Jesse by a head in the New Mexico HBA Stakes-RG2 in February, but it was Princess Jesse who was the best in the Sunburst Stakes at Sunland Park on April 3.
Three-year-old sorrel filly Princess Jesse rose to the occasion in the Sunburst Stakes. She stepped away from the 7-post in second place under jockey Alejandro Medellin. They quickly lost the lead and raced in 7th early, but Medellin encouraged his mount and they won with authority, crossing the line a neck in front. They stopped the clock at :17.462
for the 350-yard contest, earning a speed index of 87 and the $51,000 winner’s share. Princess Jesse’s earn- ings now total $115,860, and her race record is three wins from seven starts, with a 2nd in the above- mentioned New Mexico HBA Stakes-RG2 and a 4th in the New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity-RG3.
Princess Jesse is bred/owned by Vance Mikkelson and trained by Eric Mikkelson. The filly is out of 6-time winner and multiple stakes placer Total Miracle, who has produced four winners from five starters. Princess Jesse is her mare’s first stakes winner and is a 1/2-sister to multiple stakes placed runner Kaydns Krusader.
Odds on favorite Teana Fay (Winners Version- Thirty Fourth Street) was able to hold on to 2nd for owners Jimmy Negrete and Jimmy Vasquez. Juan Gonzales is the conditioner and L. Martinez was in
the saddle. Msferrari Edition (First Prize Boston- Flirtacious Woman) was 3rd under Jose Ortiz for owner Evaristo M. Sanchez and trainer Mario Sanchez. Followed by Jj Jessies Girl (Jess A Chicks-Sugar Bee Banks), Serena James (Jesse James Jr-Serena Morena), Carson City Girl (Woodbridge-Racetrack Barbie
TB), Rf Jessies Girl (Jesse James Jr-Rfjabbasir), Shes A Blazin Winner (Winners Version-Shes So Blazin) & Ms Blu Moon (First Moonflash-Chickie Blu).
by Michael Compton
Returning to her home state of Texas following a pair of runner-up efforts in allowance company at Hialeah Park in Florida, Kitty Kat Galore B
scored the second stakes win of her career in the Miss Sam Houston Stakes at Sam Houston Race Park on April 1.
Ridden by Rodrigo Vallejo, Kitty Kat Galore B broke fourth and raced in fourth position early in the 330-yard dash. She dueled boldly through the lane, however, and out finished My Glory Dash by a neck at the wire, stopping the timer in :16.644. The final clocking, just ticks off of Kiss My Hocks’ 2014 track record of :16.433, earned a speed index of 101.
Sent off as the post-time favorite for owner Bryon Gardner, Kitty Kat Galore B increased her lifetime bankroll to $70,368 with the addition of this $12,000 winner’s share. The four-year-old filly’s previous stakes win came in the 2014 Texas Classic Juvenile Invitational at Lone Star Park.
Bred in Texas by Bielau Oaks, Kitty Kat Galore B is produced from the unraced Oak Tree Special mare Fast Prize Ginger.
Runner-up My Glory Dash (Shazooms Glory Dash-Eye Can Flirt), who was in search of her third straight victory, was outfinished and settled for the place spot. Piloted by Donald Guynes, the five-year- old mare is trained by J. Plunkett and races in the colors of Mary Lou Zoeller.
Dee Dee Do Run Run (Ivory James-Runaway Dee Dee) showed the way early in the contest under Francisco Calderon and held on to take third for owner/trainer Jorge Haddad.
Followed by Pool Diva (Pool-Fast Prize Ginger), Shakem Valentine (Royal Shake Em-Relagation), Cartel Arrangement (Carters Cartel-Hawks Dancing Straw), Shiner Blond (Make It Anywhere-Blond Cartel) and Vital Temp (Tempting Dash-Vital Time). Riskee Chic was scratched.
by Danny Camp
Footing is always an issue, and more so if the track is sloppy, sealed and it’s drizzling rain. Such was the case at Turf Paradise for the $45,790
AQRA Presidents Open Spring Derby on April 10. Justified qualified to the contest with a 2nd place
finish in the March 26 trials for the third-fastest qual- ifying position. Justified left the 9-post near the back of the pack for the finals. Chase Clark, who qualified the gelding, was in the saddle again. The jockey went to work and Jusstified kept the pace up until the very end of the 350-yard contest. The work paid off and they crossed the wire on top. The winning effort earned a trip to the winner’s circle as they finished a head in front and stopped the timer at :17.625 for a
97 speed index. With the $22,895 first place check, Justified now has a total bankroll of $25,967.
Justified, a 3-year-old bay colt, is owned by Tim Holdaway & David Perry and is trained by Chad Ferguson. Bred by Lucas Racing Inc. & Vaughn Cook in Texas, Justified is out of multiple winner Special Wave. The mare has produced 5 winners/ ROM earners from 6 starters. Although Justified is her first stakes winner, stakes placed IZ Special James is her top money earner with over $65,000 banked.
Heza A Royal Jess (Mr Jess Perry-Im Royal Satin) finished 2nd under jockey Albert Medrano for owner H & E Ranch Inc. and trainer Pedro Hernandez- Sandoval. May Be Fantastic SA (Fantastic Corona Jr-Darlin Treis) finished 3rd under Martin Osuna
for owner Orlando Guerrero and trainer Ubaldo Guerrero. Followed by Domaine (Dominyun-All
N The Jeans), Jess Call Me Fancy (Jess Give It Em-Monique Quick Cash), Extra Ordinary Perry (Carters Cartel-Juliette Perry), Docs Famous
Eagle (One Famous Eagle-The Shawnee Lady),
La China Maluca (One Sweet Jess-Priscilla Ione), Kedahuerfana (Heza Motor Scooter-Kedacorona) & Im Flyin (First Class Sign-Fly Hawkish Fly).
Sam Houston Race Park $20,000 330 yards :16.644 si 101
First Down Dash Dinastia Toll Brz
Oak Tree Special
Fast Prize Ginger
FDD Dynasty KITTY KAT GALORE B, ‘12-f.
Fast First Prize
Turf Paradise $45,790 350 yards :17.625 si 97
Foose JUSTIFIED, ’13-c.
Special Wave
Stel Corona Summertime Quickie Special Leader Runaway Wave
Sunland Park $85,000 350 yards :17.462 si 87
Mr Jess Perry
Jesse James Jr
PRINCESS JESSE, ‘13-f. Total Miracle
Loose Lips Dean Miracle
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