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Iowa Stallion Derby
RAKIN IN JO
by John Moorehouse
Nearly one year to the day after scoring her first stakes victory, Rakin In Jo returned to Prairie Meadows to score a dominant win in the $65,624
Iowa Stallion Derby on Sept. 2.
Under Cody Smith, Rakin In Jo broke on top
from the inside gate, led by 1-length at the first call, doubled that advantage going into the stretch and coasted to win by that same margin.
The filly completed the 400-yard event in wire- to-wire fashion in :19.885, earning a career-best 90 speed index. The $29,531 winner’s share of the purse pushed Rakin In Jo’s lifetime bankroll to $79,253. Lisa Baumeister owns her and Wayne Garner does the conditioning.
The filly entered the finals as the fastest qualifier after an impressive 3 1/2-length win in the Aug. 19 trials. She earned black type on Sept. 2 of last year when she won the Iowa Stallion Futurity.
Garner bred Rakin In Jo out of placed Chargin To The Lead. The mare has produced 100% winners from three starters, including Bettor Times, who was third in the 2014 Jim Bader Futurity. Rakin In Jo is her first stakes winner and top earner.
Boogie Wagon (Lil Kool Wagon-Boogie N Bull) and Bonifacio Quiroz were second for owner Juan Dedios Mojica and trainer Manuel Campos.
Lil Black Wagon (Lil Kool Wagon-RU Special) finished third under Jorge Torres for owners Michael Pohl & Bob Urich and trainer Stacy Charette-Hill.
Sweet Twisted Tea (Sweet First Down-Dashing On The Moon), Let Bull Fly (Talkalota Bull-Sixy
De Strawfly), Aubreys Dream (Talkalota Bull-Indian Dream TB), Shake It For Deb (Just Amazing Jess- Shake Yor Moneymaker), Sweet Little Brother (Sweet First Down-NCC Sunshine), BM Lil Kool Cash (Lil Kool Wagon-Some Easy Cash) and Levi On The Run (Sweet First Down-Jonah Coronas Sister) completed the order of finish.
John Deere PRM Juv. Chal.
AQUA FLASH
by Michael Cusortelli
Fastest qualifier from the Sept. 1 trials, Aqua Flash overcame a less-than-perfect start to win the $62,190 John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile
Challenge on Sept. 15.
Racing for Thomas J. Scheckel, Aqua Flash cov-
ered 350 yards in :17.744, and the gray filly’s margin of victory was a neck over Maghelene. Roberto Valero rode Aqua Flash for trainer Shawna Manriquez.
Campaigned in Oklahoma and Iowa, Aqua Flash has won four of five races and has banked $103,252, including the $28,607 winner’s share of this purse. The filly’s resume includes a sixth-place finish in the 350-yard $1,024,840 Heritage Place Futurity-G1 at Remington Park.
McColee Land and Livestock LLC bred Aqua Flash out of 2011 Los Alamitos Derby Challenge win- ner Aquafina. She has produced 100% money earners from 10 starters, including Corona Springs, who won the Canterbury Distaff Challenge earlier this year, and Aqua Girl, who ran third in last year’s Texas Classic Juvenile. Aqua Flash is the second stakes winner of the brood and was an $8,700 purchase by Scheckel at last year’s Heritage Place Yearling Sale. Maghelene (One Famous Eagle-Belle Helene) and Cristian Esqueda were second for owner Thomas Scheckel and trainer Jason Olmstead.
Jose Antonio Mora’s Beduino Painted Dash (Painted Dash-Queen Jiggly) finished third under Jesus Salazar for owner Jose Antonio Mora and trainer Jeff Rutland.
Jess My Joy (Mr Jess Perry-First Prize Joy), SW Bullet Proof (Second Painted Sign-Jazzin Shabby Chic), Dowhatigotta (Whathaveigottado-Principal Chick), Fancy As It Gets (Pyc First Fancy Lee- Vanil On Ice), Ima JJ Junior (Jesse James Jr-Race Track Chick) and Chicken Lips (Jess Lips-Chicks A Flying) completed the order of finish. Maybe Painted scratched.
Adequan PRM Derby Chal.
PAINTED DYNASTY
by John Moorehouse
Painted Dynasty secured her first stakes victory in the $54,270 Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge on Sept. 15.
Owner Thomas Scheckel, whose stable also
includes the top two finishers in the John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge on the same card, banked a $24,964 payday for the victory by Painted Dynasty, whose lifetime bankroll swelled to $84,399.
Trained by Jason Olmstead, the filly broke on top from 2-post and opened a 1/2-length lead by the time she reached the first call. Painted Dynasty doubled that separation as she entered the stretch, and she held on to win by 1-length, finishing her 400-yard journey in :19.777, posting a 93 speed index.
Cristian Esqueda was aboard Painted Dynasty, whose 19-6(1)-4(1)-3(1) record includes a runner- up performance in the Gopher State Derby at Canterbury Park earlier this year.
Michael Teel bred Painted Dynasty out of winner Tygers Painted Girl, who was a finalist in the 2013 version of the Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge-G3 before becoming a brood mare. She has produced 100% winners from two starters. Painted Dynasty is her first stakes winner and top earner.
High Valley Girl (Valiant Hero-Huckleberry Mojito) and Roberto Valero were second for owner Webb Ranch, LLC and trainer Robert Don Johnson.
Vallerro (Valiant Hero-Perrys Queen Bug) placed third under Alfredo Triana Jr. for owner George Seward and trainer John Hammes.
Apollitical Approach (Apollitical Jess-Panther Not A Kitty) and Hott Link (Ivory James-Achieve A Link) dead-heated for fourth and were followed by Paint Me Southern (PYC Paint Your Wagon-BP Southern Policy), Olivias Jett (Desirio-Hollie Jollie) and NSM Favorite Zoomer (Favorite Cartel- Golden Zoomer). Jesse Justice and The Fiscal Storm were scratched.
Prairie Meadows $65,624 400 yards :19.885 si 90
Lil Kool Wagon RAKIN IN JO, ‘15-f.
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Little Kool Barbie
Special Leader
Chargin To The Lead
VCR Copper Penny
Prairie Meadows $62,190 350 yards :17.744 si 92
First To Flash
First Moonflash
AQUA FLASH, ‘16-f. Aquafina
Nagano Moon First Down Dash Runaway Wave
Prairie Meadows $54,270 400 yards :19.777 si 93
FDD Dynasty PAINTED DYNASTY, ‘15-f.
First Down Dash
Dinastia Toll BRZ
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Tygers Painted Girl
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