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JESS GOOD REASON si 96, $421,934
Champion Aged Mare
Breeders: Preston & Karen Cloud Owner: Cina & John Sperry
Trainer: Paul Jones
Jockeys: Oscar Peinado & Jesus Rio Avala
2017 Record: 6-2(2)-1(1)-0, $137,082, Charger Bar H.-G1, Z Wayne Griffin Invit., 2nd Mildred N. Vessels Mem. H.-G1, 4th Champ. Of Champ.-G1, fnl. Los Alamitos Distaff Chal.-G2
That Jess Good Reason received the Champion Aged Mare title is fitting because her owners, the late John and Cina Sperry, were stalwarts of the Quarter Horse racing industry, especially at Los Alamitos.
“I’ve loved horses all my life,” John Sperry once said. “When I was younger, I would always try to sneak in to Los Alamitos.”
Later on, he had no reason to sneak in, as
he and his wife were more often than not in
the winner’s circle. Even after Cina died, John Sperry raced horses in both their names. He was able to experience much of Jess Good Reason’s championship season in 2017 before he passed away at age 81 on Dec. 7.
Sperry bought Jess Good Reason at the side of her dam, Jess Call Me Tieing, with the help of multiple Champion trainer Paul Jones, who conditions Jess Good Reason. Preston and Karen Cloud bred Jess Good Reason in Oklahoma.
Jess Good Reason has spent her entire career at Los Alamitos, becoming a stakes winner at two in 2015 and adding to those laurels the following year. In her initial start of 2017, the Jan. 8 Charger Bar Handicap-G1, Jess Good Reason flew out of the gate perfectly to win by 1/2-length under jockey Oscar Peinado.
A hematoma on her hip that became infected compromised the middle of her season.
“We just had some problems with it,” said Jones. “It made her sick.”
However, Jones and his crew took good care of Jess Good Reason, who finished second by just a nose in the Sept. 24 Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap-G1 and then qualified for the Champion of Champions-G1 in the Nov. 19 Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Invitational. Ridden by Peinado in the first division of the
Z. Wayne Griffin, Jess Good Reason not only won the race, she posted the fastest time of both divisions, getting the 400 yards in :19.686.
Sperry died before Jess Good Reason competed in the Champion of Champions. She finished a good fourth and has since been purchased by Paragon Farms, headed by Tom Lipar of Conroe, Texas.
Charger Bar Handicap-G1
Phone Trick Favorite Trick TB
Clever Trick
Over The Phone Medieval Man Distinctive Elaine Dash For Cash First Prize Rose Tolltac
Azures Marge
Streakin La Jolla Scoopie Fein Truckle Feature Brenda Beauty TB Call Me Dash Together At Last White Tie
Quik
Icecapade Kankakee Miss Finnegan Prattle
Noholme II Peaceful Sky Distinctive Jackie Dare Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet Rose Bug Beduino TB Little Smoothie A Zure Request Dynamo Watch
Streakin Six Bottom’s Up Sinn Fein
Legs La Scoop Truly Truckle TB Feature That Cornish Prince Lyvette
Dash For Cash Callmemyoh Streakin Six Justanold Love Beduino TB Topless Dancer Sir Winsalot Loretta Bar
Nearctic Shenanigans Better Bee Golden Beach Royal Charger Last Wave Mr. Busher Tsumani
Star Kingdom Oceana TimTam
Curly Sky Never Bend Precious Lady Prince Dare Jacoenda Rocket Bar TB Go Galla Go To Market Hide And Seek Jet Deck
Leo Jewel
Lady Bug’s Moon Casco Rose Romany Royal Jo-Ann-Cat Smooth Move Marilyn Mae Azure Te TB Parr’s Request Tiny Watch Dynamo Miss
Easy Six
Miss Assured
Raise Your Glass TB La Jolla
Three Oh’s Vansarita Too Scooper Chick
La Ferne
Fair Truckle
Fair Sister
That’s For Sure Feature Wagon Bold Ruler
Teleran
To Market
Clinker
Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB
Go Man Go Callmecutie
Easy Six
Miss Assured
Dash For Cash Callmecutie Romany Royal Jo-Ann-Cat
Texas Dancer TB Miss Jelly Roll
Tiny Charger
Four Forty Queen Lucky Bar TB Lucky Split
Good Reason SA
Evil Elaine
First Down Dash
Queen Of Appeals
Totally Illegal
JESS GOOD REASON, ’13, F. Mr Jess Perry
Feature Mr Jess
Jess Call Me Tieing
Brenda Feature
Call Me Together
Call Me Tieing
Tie Quik
48 SPEEDHORSE, February 2018
Los Alamitos