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RACING NEWS
Jose Merced Gómez Orozco Classic
SC BABY JESS
By Luis Prieto Zamudio, translation by Speedhorse
Three weeks before the Jose Merced Gómez Orozco Classic, SC Baby Jess also won
the Revelation Classic, but was disqualified
to eighth place for an infraction committed
on Separate Jets. It was a bad afternoon from which he now recovered by competing at a greater distance and as part of a more competi- tive group of rivals, with better statistics in his record. No doubt he arrived better prepared.
The Jose Merced Gómez Orozco Classic
was held on Oct. 25, 2020, in honor of the late horseman José Merced Gómez Orozco. The race is open to horses three years and older that compete at 400 yards, this time for a prize of $354,800 pesos ($16,816 US approx.). Among the nine entries were Reacher 16, winner of multiple stakes including the 2019 triple crown; JRS Coronas Shadow, winner of the Champion of Champions that year; The Deadline, winner of the Inaugural Classic last February; Temptobthebest, who won the recent AMCCCCM Classic; Hiclass Patriot, who in 2019 won the Gabriel Cue Sacre Classic, to mention a few, among which we must also include SC Mr Sweet Jess, full brother of SC Baby Jess, who won the 2019 Félix Bañuelos Jiménez Classic (after a disqualification from Chocazoom) and placed third in the Derby Las Américas.
The race had its complication at the start
when BP Southern Eagle fell and made the race riderless after Jose Angel Ambrosio Medina was dismounted, affecting Reacher 16 and marking the result of both. The others advanced with a notable leadership of The Deadline (#3) along the inside track, SC Baby Jess (#6) through the center of the track and JRS Coronas Shadow (#1A) on the right side. As they advanced, it was the mighty SC Baby Jess and his rider Rosalino Alcudia who captured first place, leaving JRS Coronas Shadow in second, with the Deadline in third.
Such a result was achieved in :19.36 (SI 98), being the first stakes for the 4-year-old colt, owned by Cuadra Par de Reyes, who was saddled by Gregorio Alberto Razo Parra.
Bred in the United States by Álvaro Sepúlveda, the colt is by One Sweet Jess and out of Built For Fun (by Separatist). In his eight starts he has a record of 3-1(1)-0, this being the first classic, for which he added $177,400 pesos (approx. $8,411 US) to his account. He was a finalist in the Alfredo Castro Rea Classic two years ago.
JRS Coronas Shadow placed second, with Yair Daniel Baez at the helm. The 6-year-old gelding is by Coronas Leaving You and out of Shadow Of Colors (by Dashing Val) owned by Cuadra Los Gavilanes, where he is trained by Ruben Romo Garcia.
In third was the 4-year-old colt The Deadline, which received orders from José Manuel Cisneros. He is by Favorite Cartel and out of Flying Regal (by A Regal Choice), owned by Cuadra Los Arrallanes and saddled by Luis Eduardo Flores Gómez.
The other participants were: SC Mr Sweet Jess (One Sweet Jess-Built For Fun),
Humble Lady (Deefirst-Royal
Native Noblesse), Reacher 16
(Inseperable-Tinys Corona Queen), Temptobthebest (Tempting Dash-Thebest Isyet Tocome), Hiclass Patriot (Jet Black Patriot-Hiclass Quick) and BP Southern Eagle (One Dashing Eagle-BP Shes Southern) who lost the rider.
EN ESPANOL
Tres semanas antes del
Clásico J. Merced Gómez
Orozco, el potro tordillo SC Baby Jess también jugó y llegó primero en el Clásico Revelación, pero fue descalificado hasta el octavo lugar
por una infracción cometida sobre Separate Jets. Fue una mala tarde de la cual se recuperó ahora compitiendo en mayor distancia y como parte de un grupo de rivales más competitivo, con mejores estadísticas en su récord. Sin duda llegó mejor preparado.
El clásico realizado el 25 de octubre de 2020, en honor al extinto caballista José
Merced Gómez Orozco es una carrera abierta, condicionada a ejemplares de tres años y mayores que compiten en 400 yardas, esta vez por un premio de $354,800 pesos ($16,816 US aproximadamente). Entre los nueve inscritos estuvieron Reacher 16, ganadora de múltiples
clásicos y de la triple corona en 2019, JRS Coronas Shadow, ganador del Clásico Campeón de Campeones en ese año, The Deadline, ganador del Clásico Inaugural en febrero pasado, Temptobthebest, que cobró el premio a primer lugar en el reciente Clásico AMCCCCM, Hiclass Patriot, que en 2019 ganó el Clásico Gabriel Cue Sacre, por mencionar algunos, entre
los que tenemos que incluir
también a SC Mr Sweet Jess, hermano completo de SC Baby Jess, que en
2019 se le concedió el Clásico Félix Bañuelos Jiménez (por descalificación de Chocazoom) y se colocó tercero en el Derby Las Américas.
La carrera tuvo su complicación en la salida al caer aparatosamente BP Southern Eagle y hacer carrera sin su jinete, José Ángel Ambrosio Medina, afectando a Reacher 16 y marcando el resultado de ambos en la competencia. Los demás avanzaron con un notorio liderazgo de The Deadline (3) junto al riel interno, SC Baby Jess (6) por el centro de la pista
162 SPEEDHORSE November 2020
Hipodromo de las Americas
$16,816 • 400 yards :19.36 • si 98
Mr Jess Perry
One Sweet Jess
One Sweet Dash
SC Baby Jess, ‘16-c.
Separatist
Built For Fun
Aint It Fun
SC Baby Jess y Rosalino Alcudia easily win the J. Merced Gómez Orozco Classic
Miguel Angel Espinoza Espinosa