Louisiana-Breds in Spotlight in Fair Grounds Saturday Stakes Tripleheader

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

NEW ORLEANS, LA—AUGUST 16, 2016—The first Saturday program of Fair Grounds’ short summer meet will feature three stakes, topped by a pair of stakes restricted to Louisiana-bred sprinters.

Saturday’s $50,000 Treme Stakes (RG3), a 350-yard race for state-bred sophomores, has drawn a field of seven, topped by Bobby D. Cox’s Jessa Louisiana Zoom. A graded stakes winning daughter of champion Jess Louisiana Blue trained by Kenneth Roberts Sr., the filly is coming off of a second-place finish in the 400-yard, $244,000 Delta Downs Derby (RG2) on July 9.

Jessa Louisiana Zoom has won five of nine outs and has earned $575,107. The filly drew post 7 and will be ridden by Donald Watson.

The complete lineup for the Treme, in post position order including jockey assignments--

1. Zoominforgrady (Juan D. Marquez)
2. Magic Black Jack (David Alvarez)
3. Jet Black Rogue (Joe Badilla Jr.)
4. Corona Together (Rolando Cabrera)
5. Super Sonic Patriot (Mario A. Trujillo)
6. Miss Mallard Struts (Damian Martinez)
7. Jessa Louisiana Zoom (Donald Watson).

Also on Saturday, a field of eight Louisiana-bred distaffers will go postward in the 350-yard, $50,000 Audubon Stakes (R).

Trainer Kenneth Roberts Sr. will send out Telarosa for the 3-year-old filly’s first start against older runners. A sorrel daughter of Jet Black Patriot campaigned by Douglas O. Traylor, Telarosa was a stakes winner during the recently concluded Delta Downs meet, and her two wins in three outs over this track include a nose victory as the 8-5 favorite in last year’s 350-yard, $204,000 Louisiana QHBA Sale Futurity (RG1).

Telarosa drew post 8 and will be ridden by Lucas Constantin.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--

1. Scooter Prize (David Alvarez)
2. Rbd Jessaswingin (Alfonso Lujan)
3. First Corona Down (John Hamilton)
4. Jet Black Rogue (Joe Badilla Jr.)
5. Oak Hill Streak (Gilbert Ortiz)
6. Heza No Bay (Donald Watson)
7. Corona And Jewels (Damian Martinez)
8. Telarosa (Lucas Constantin).

Saturday’s stakes tripleheader at Fair Grounds will conclude with the 250-yard, $30,000 Gentilly Dash Stakes. The likely favorite and defending champion, Joel Galindo’s Scoopies Leaving You, drew post 5 and will be ridden by Donald Watson for trainer Kevin Broussard. The 5-year-old Coronas Leaving You stallion is coming off of a nose victory in the 250-yard, $50,000 Flying Breed Stakes (R) at Delta Downs on July 9.

All Fair Grounds races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.