STYLISH JESS BR Third Fastest In $1,202,700 Golden State Million Trials
LOS ALAMITOS, CA - OCTOBER 19, 2007 - It's been a good week at Los Alamitos for Benny Rosset's stable. Last Saturday night, Rosset's Strength In Numbers defeated some of the best older horses in the nation to win the $200,000 Los Alamitos Invitational Championship. On Friday night, his talented 2-year-old filly Stylish Jess Br posted one of the fastest qualifying times to the $1,202,700 Golden State Million Futurity on the way to recording her fourth win in a row.
The filly by FEATURE MR JESS, who sired last year's Golden State Million winner Jess You And I, was running at Los Alamitos for the first time since narrowly missing out a spot in the All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs. She sizzled in her return bow, as she lead every step of the way en route to a 3/4 length victory over Thinking First in a time of :19.58.
"She trained well and ran well at Ruidoso," said trainer Paul Jones. "She came back great after running there and she ran a good race tonight."
Stylish Jess Br's only loss in her career came in her first ever start. "She ran second and in my opinion she was unlucky to lose," added the trainer. "She should have won that one. She's the type of filly that loves distance. She had something like the 11th fastest time for the All American Futurity and you can see in these trials that she liked the extra 50 yards since her last start at Los Alamitos."
These ten fastest qualifiers will return in the Golden State Million finalist on November 2: My Lady First (Aceves, Rodrigo), 19.505; Fighter On Fire (Aceves, Rodrigo), 19.525; Stylish Jess Br (Jensen, Cody), 19.580; Early Morning Bite (Thompson, Samuel), 19.650; Really a First (Ramirez, Jr., Raul), 19.665; Carters Cartel (Ramirez, J.), 19.670; Eye for Corona (Sanchez, Ramon), 19.710; Thinking First (Ramirez, Jr., Raul), 19.715; Short Czech (Andrade, Juan), 19.725; and Jess Another Habit (DeAlba, Cesar), 19.760
FEATURE MR JESS Sires Two Finalist T0 Rich $818,650 Super Derby
LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA - OCTOBER 20, 2007 - Two top three-year-old gelded sons of FEATURE MR JESS were among the qualifiers to the 400-yard Grade 1 $818,850 Los Alamitos Super Derby, which is Quarter Horse racing's richest derby, Saturday night at Los Alamitos Race Course.
Feature Me Liquidity racing for Felix Gonzalez posted the fourth fastest time in the three trial races. Out of the First Down Dash mare Miss Liquidity, the gelding is trained by Adan Farias and was ridden by Rodrigo Aceves.
Jess You And I, the two-year-old champion gelding of 2006, was the sixth fastest qualifier of the night. The home-bred racing for Double Bar S Ranch, LLC is out of Gold Daze by Tolltac. A grade 1 winner of more than $665,000, Jess You And I is trained by Jaime Gomez and ridden by J.R. Ramirez.
The Super Derby final will be run on November 10 with the winner earning an invitation to the $1 million Champion of Champions.
