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RACING NEWS
Altoona Derby
JESS GIVE MEA REASON
Jby Michael Cusortelli
ess Give Mea Reason, racing for owner/breeder
Michael A. Pohl and trainer Stacy Charette-Hill, rallied to win the $113,840 Altoona Derby at Prairie Meadows on Sept. 30.
Ridden by Cristian Esqueda and sent to post as the 4-1 second choice, Jess Give Mea Reason covered 400 yards in :19.605, earning a 102 speed index. Her margin of victory was a nose from 36-1 longshot Jess Candy Wagon. Jess Give Mea Reason earned her first career stakes win and the $51,228 winner’s share of the purse.
Jess Give Mea Reason recorded the second-fastest qualifying time from her neck victory in the first of three trials on Sept. 16. Campaigned in two states, including Oklahoma, the filly has won five of nine races and four out of those five wins were at the 400- yard trip. She has banked $120,548 in her career.
The filly was bred in Oklahoma by Michael Pohl, and she is out of Send Me This Wagon, a stakes-winning homebred PYC Paint Your Wagon mare who ran second in the 2017 Charger Bar Handicap-G1 at Los Alamitos.
Erik Esqueda rode runner-up Jess Candy Wagon (Jess Louisiana Blue-Send Me This Wagon), a half sister to Jess Give Mea Reason. The bay filly is owned by M.C. Stucks and trained by Stacy Charette-Hill.
Fastest qualifier Nothin Like You (Favorite Cartel-Whos Kissin Carter) ran third under jockey Stormy Smith. The Colorado-bred gelding is owned by Bradbury Racing and trained by John Hammes.
NSM Parks Candy Girl (Jess Good Candy- Corona With Ice), Jess Southard (One Sweet Jess-Southard Cartel), One Fabulous Boy (One Fabulous Eagle-Check Out Kaelie), Waitin On Eight (Valiant Hero-Midnight Sunlight), Nouveaux (Duponte-Shescheckinumout), Hard Rock Candy (Corona Cartel-Rock This Candy Tree), and Saints New Weapon (Corona Cartel-Louisana Cartel) completed the order of finish.
Polk County Derby
SFS ALICE STRIKES
Wby Tracy Gantz
hile SFS Alice Strikes may not always win her
trials, she usually is right there for the final, which was the case in the $112,560 Polk County Derby at Prairie Meadows on Oct. 1.
In her trial, on a sloppy and sealed track, SFS Alice Strikes encountered trouble and finished sixth. For the final, she broke on top with jockey Cristian Esqueda aboard but slipped into third by the first call. She rallied and came up to reach the wire with a 1/2-length lead, stopping the time in :20.137 and posting an 87 speed index. The $50,652 winner’s share of the purse raised her earnings to $182,091.
Stacy Charette-Hill trains SFS Alice Strikes for breeder/owner Sunflower Stables LLC. SFS Alice Strikes won this year’s Cyclone Derby and the 2021 Jim Bader Futurity. Her race record now stands at 11-4-2-2.
Sunflower Stables LLC bred SFS Alice Strikes in Iowa from the stakes-placed mare So Striking, who has produced four winners from six starters. The second dam, Marys Moo Vin First, won the 1995 Ventura Handicap at Los Alamitos.
Rakin In Mo (Lil Kool Wagon-Bullota Blue),
the fastest qualifier, finished second under jockey Erik Esqueda for owner Lisa Baumeister and trainer Wayne Garner. The filly ran second in the 2021 Jim Bader Futurity and third in the 2022 Cyclone Derby.
Humberto Rivera’s homebred Lil Pete El Soruyo (Lil Kool Wagon-Pistolpaknprincess) ran third for trainer Stacy Belt. Andrew Samaniego piloted the gelding.
Completing the field were Colies Kiss (Lil Kool Wagon-Easy Sailin Kiss), Vals Sizzling Lips (Valiant Hero-Miss Jess Lips V), Candy And Corona (Jess Good Candy-Cartels Belle), Tell Her Hes Candy (Jess Good Candy-Tell Her Shes Queen), Lil Pistol Pete (Lil Kool Wagon-Chargin To The Lead), Kool Aid Wagon (Lil Kool Wagon-Shesa Eye Of Rose), and Famous Coronado (Coronado Cartel-One Famous Hawkeye).
Future Of Iowa Stakes
STREAKIN JESSZEE
Tby Tracy Gantz
rainer Alex Wessels came close to saddling all four
horses in the Superfecta for the Future of Iowa Stakes at Prairie Meadows on Oct. 1. He had four entries, and they finished in first, second, third, and fifth.
TRS Amazing Gracie went off as a very narrow favorite over Streakin Jesszee. With jockey Stormy Smith aboard, Streakin Jesszee veered in slightly at the start and then came on strongly to triumph by a 1/2-length in :17.890 posting an 87 speed index. She banked the $24,000 winner’s share of the $50,000 purse for owner Jeff State.
This was Streakin Jesszee’s third year in a row
to win the Future of Iowa Stakes, having taken the race in 2020 and 2021. She also finished third in the 2018 Jim Bader Futurity and 2020 CY-Hawk Stakes. The six-year-old mare has earnings of $132,499.
Joe B. Allen and Dallas Blakley bred Streakin Jesszee in Iowa from Golly Zee, winner of the 2011 Texas Twister Stakes-Division 1. Golly Zee has produced six winners from nine starters with earnings of $295,771.
Kays Dynasty (FDD Dynasty-Real Royal Down) placed second under jockey Jonathan Dominguez for breeder/owner Kay Sage. Kays Dynasty has run second in all three of Streakin Jesszee’s Future of Iowa wins.
B/B Wessels LLC owns third-placed Louisiana Wagon (Jess Louisiana Blue-Tygers Painted Girl), and Cristian Esqueda rode the 4-year-old filly. Louisiana Wagon was coming off back-to-back allowance victories at Prairie Meadows.
The remaining order of finish was TRS Amazing Gracie (Just Amazing Jess-Determinedly) in fourth, followed by Apollitical Queen (Apollitical Jess-Heros Queen), Rmlilkoolprincess (Lil Kool Wagon-Cornish Bar), and Mr Kool Rancherita (Lil Kool Wagon-Pistolpaknprincess). Vals Sizzling Lips was scratched.
Prairie Meadows • $113,840
400 yards • :19.605 • si 102
Favorite Trick TB
Good Reason SA
JESS GIVE MEA REASON, ‘19-f.
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Send Me This Wagon
Queen Of Appeals
Jess Send Candy
Prairie Meadows • $112,560
400 yards • :20.137 • si 87
Mr Jess Perry
Apollitical Jess
SFS ALICE STRIKES, ‘19-f. So Striking
Apollitical Time Corona Cartel
Marys Moo Vin First
Prairie Meadows • $50,000
350 yards • :17.890 • si 87
Streakin La Jolla
Scoopie Fein
STREAKIN JESSZEE, ‘16-m. Gol
Golly Zee
Mr Jess Perry
Zee Ann
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