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Valley Junction Futurity
JESS WILD FOR YOU
by Michael Compton
Jess Wild For You earned the first stakes vic- tory of her career on Oct. 15, taking the top prize in the $230,310 Valley Junction Futurity at Prairie Meadows.
Jess Wild For You won her Oct. 1 trial heat by a neck and took the sixth fastest qualifying spot. In the finals, Jess Wild For You broke mid-pack from the 3-gate and raced in third position early for jockey
Berkley Packer.
The filly finished strongly in the lane and defeated Kates Carter, the longest shot in the field, by a neck, stop- ping the timer in :18.016 for 350 yards over a good track for an 81 speed index.
William Harris trains the sorrel filly for owner Thomas J. Scheckel.
“We thought we’d give her a chance in there,” Scheckel said. “I never thought she
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would win, though. There were some good horses in there. She ran her heart out. She’s not a big horse, but she gave it her all.”
A $22,000 acquisition at last year’s Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale, the filly has now won two of six lifetime starts and has earnings of $98,804.
Bred in Oklahoma by Lee & Sherwood Racing LLC and Mineer, Jess
Wild For You is produced from two-time Grade 1 winner Wild Six. Victorious in the 2007 West Texas Futurity-G1 and that year’s Rainbow Futurity-G1, Wild Six won 7 of 11 lifetime starts and earned $601,632 during her racing career, in which she was also a finalist in the All American Futurity-G1 and Derby-G1. Wild Six is the dam of nine winners from 13 starters, and while Jess Wild
For You is her first stakes winner, she is also represented by stakes-placers Wild And Game and top earner Wild Sixes Cartel.
Kates Carter (Carters Cartel-Pretty Girl
Kate) was 2nd under David Pinion for owner J K Running Horses LLC & trainer Kenny Laymon. The Real Deahl (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Only The Wicked) & jockey Stormy Smith finished in
a dead heat for 3rd with Corona Springs (Corona Cartel-Aquafina) & rider Brayan Velazquez. The Real Deahl is owned by Thomas Lepic & trained by Kasey Willis. Corona Springs is owned by Thomas J. Scheckel & trained by Jason Olmstead. Followed by Kates Wagon (PYC Paint Your Wagon- Pretty Girl Kate) Crazy At The Top (Prospect To The Top-Stel Crazy), Mary Paintyourwagon (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Marys Southernpolicy) & Two Timin Suzy (One Dashing Eagle-Suzy Cartel). Bold Ruller & Favorite Moment scratched.
Prairie Meadows $230,310 • 350 yards :18.016 • si 81
Streakin La Jolla
Mr Jess Perry
Scoopie Fein
JESS WILD FOR YOU, ’14-f.
Tres Seis
Wild Six
Wild Vines
FAST N FAMOUS JEANS/CR GAME CHANGER
by Dillon Hamilton
Rainy conditions and a 15 mph head wind couldn’t dampen the excitement around Prairie Meadows for the $157,288 Jim Bader
Futurity on Oct. 15. CR Game Changer and Fast N Famous Jeans finished in a dead heat for both of their first stakes wins. Much to his owner’s surprise, Fast N Famous Jeans held the lead for most of the race.
“I thought we wouldn’t come close to Tobin and his horse,” Tom Scheckel said. “I even bet on CR Game Changer.”
Scheckel praised his colt’s ability to hold off CR Game Changer until the wire. “There were some really good horses and I would have been happy with a 4th or 5th place finish.”
Fast N Famous Jeans & rider David Pinon clocked the 350-yards in :18.062. The $44,827 winner’s share takes
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his bank to $63,115. “The colt is nice to handle and has come along nicely in the past year,” said trainer, Manuel Campos. “The whole
time I’ve worked with Tom has been one of the greatest things to happen to me.”
Fresh Water Farms bred the colt out of 2-time graded stakes-placed winner Fast Jeans. The colt joins Joezoom as the mare’s 2nd stakes win- ner out of 7 starters.
CR Game Changer rallied strongly under jockey Brayan Velazquez. Owner Dick Tobin, who owns the filly with his brother Curt, was elated by the filly’s strong rally.
“She always comes on strong at the end,” he said. “She keeps getting better and better. I hope it continues.”
Trainer Jason Olmstead, impressed with the filly’s late
charge, couldn’t believe the result. “She made up a world of ground and kept getting bigger and better down the track,” he said.
The purse brought the filly’s winnings to $111,749. The homebred filly is out of graded stakes placed winner LW Evening Lajolla. The filly her first stakes winner.
In 3rd was Special Lee Fast (Corona Cartel-West Crest Dance) under jockey Oscar Delgado for owner Paul Tonderum & trainer Alex Wessels. Followed by Shot Of Southern (Foose-Cartels Belle), WRS Against The
Wind (Red Storm Cat-WRS Quick Sister), Bfourquikgotready (Freighttrain B-MLS Class Caliente), Real Wagon (PYC Paint Your Wagon- Real Royal Down), Crusin The Lake (Talkalota Bull-Lil Puddle), R Slick Talker (Talkalota Bull-Special Bold Chick) and Racy Rockette (Coronas Leaving You-Dashin Vike).
Prairie Meadows $157,288 • 350 yards :18.062 • si 80
Mr Jess Perry
One Famous Eagle
One Famous Lady
FAST N FAMOUS JEANS, ’14-c.
Strawflyin Buds
Fast Jeans
Pleezum
Chicks Beduino
Game Patriot
Fire and Nice
CR GAME CHANGER, ’14-f.
Streakin La Jolla
LW Evening Lajolla
Evening Meeting
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