JLS Dashn And Zoomn to Make Sophomore Debut in Billy Montgomery Stakes
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BOSSIER CITY, LA—JANUARY 12, 2015—A full field of 10 state-bred 3-year-olds, including graded stakes winner JLS Dashn And Zoomn, has been entered in Saturday’s 350-yard, $25,000 Billy Montgomery Stakes (R) at Louisiana Downs.
A son of the First Down Dash stallion Sir Runaway Dash, JLS Dashn And Zoomn races for J and Y Racing from the barn of trainer Brenda Foster. The gelding brings a three-race win streak into the Billy Montgomery that includes a half-length victory in the 400-yard, $1-million Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association Futurity (RG1) at Evangeline Downs on November 29.
Raul Ramirez Jr. will ride JLS Dashn And Zoomn from post 5 on Saturday.
Other contenders include Joan Rood’s Zoomin For Bugs, a Zoomin For Bux gelding trained by Randy Hebert. Zoomin For Bugs is coming off of a third-place finish at odds of 30-1 in the 350-yard, $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile Stakes (RG2) at Fair Grounds Racecourse on December 13.
Zoomin For Bugs drew post 9 and will be ridden by Gilbert Ortiz.
Hemps Jumpn Lajolla, a gelded son of Jumpn owned and trained by Miguel Rodriguez, drew post 7 and will be ridden by Randy Edison. Hemps Jumpn Lajolla is coming off of a 2-year-old campaign in which he ran second, a head behind winner Game, in the 350-yard, $646,000 Lee Berwick Louisiana-Bred Futurity (RG1) at Delta Downs.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--
- Dashacrossyourmind (Donald Watson)
- Buzzinga (Lucas Constantin)
- Aint Eye Grey (John Hamilton)
- Jumpn Jesse (Saul Ramirez Jr.)
- JLS Dashn And Zoomn (Raul Ramirez Jr.)
- Wheres Mom (Orlando Baldillez)
- Hemps Jumpn Lajolla (Randy Edison)
- Tough Enuff (David Alvarez)
- Zoomin For Bugs (Gilbert Ortiz)
- Sweet Okey Dokey (Armando Ramirez).