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C l i v e C o h e n P h o t o g r a p h y
JULY 21, 2021
Ajax Downs • $15,685 220 yards • :11.747 • si 108
First Down Dash
Sweet First Down
Sweet Bye Bye
JESS A SWEET SUPRIZE, ‘16-m.
Spit Curl Jess
Jess Curl My Prize
First Prize Joy
QROOI Sprint Series #2
JESS A SWEET SUPRIZE
by Michael Compton
It should come as little surprise that Jess A Sweet Suprize took down top prize in the $15,685 QROOI Sprint
Series #2 Stakes at Ajax Downs on July 21. It was the second straight victory in the “Sprint Series” for the 5-year-old bay mare, who captured the QROOI Sprint Series #1 in her previous start on June 16.
Under regular rider Cory Spataro, Jess A Sweet Suprize set out to the front at the start of the 220-yard dash, the second in the series.
She maintained a clear advantage through the lane and won wire- to-wire by 3/4-length at the finish over Carneros, stopping the timer in :11.747, lowering the previous track
record of :11.780 set by the runner- up (Carneros) in 2019. The final clocking earned a 108 speed index.
Owned and trained by Craig Spada, Jess A Sweet Suprize improved her career mark to 23-6-4-5 with
the victory and the winner’s share
of the purse increased her bankroll
to $52,878. Bred in Iowa by Pattie Marshall and Erin Goings, Jess A Sweet Suprize is produced from the multiple stakes-winning Spit Curl Jess mare Jess Curl My Prize.
Stakes winner Carneros (Prospect To The Top-Cakebread And Thou) finished a game second under Ismael Mosqueira. The previous track-record holder is owned by Milena Kwiecien
and is conditioned by Jason Pascoe. Night Fishn (Sugarman Perry-
Fisher Lines) & jockey Ramiro Castillo finished third for owner Mary Schrama & trainer Dan Giles.
Silken Siri (Desirio-Silken Memories), Arctic Fame (Dash
To The Arctic-Magic Ta Fame), Chicksdigmymoneybags (Chicks Regard-Aaneta), Shes Sizzling (Sizzlin Cartel-Shenandoah Special), and Zoxtobeyou (Pappasito-A Leading Memory) followed, while heavy favorite and former Horse of the Year Country Boy 123 (Country Chicks-Very Dashin 123) lunged at the start and finished last.
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