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Scooter Prize Shoots For Hat Trick in Mr Jess Perry Stakes


Scooter Prize will be looking for third consecutive stakes victory in Saturday's Mr Jess Perry Stakes at Louisiana Downs.

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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

BOSSIER CITY, LA—FEBRUARY 22, 2015—Scooter Prize, the lone distaffer in a field of 10 aged state-breds, will be gunning for her third consecutive victory in Saturday’s $25,000 Mr Jess Perry Stakes (R) at Louisiana Downs.

Racing for Ana M. Alvidrez from the barn of Martin Trejo, Scooter Prize is coming off of a three-quarter length victory against Louisiana-bred fillies and mares in the 350-yard, $25,000 Party Girl Stakes (R) on January 31. The 4-year-old daughter of First Prize Perry ended her sophomore campaign with a nose win in the 400-yard, $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Derby (RG2) at Fair Grounds Racecourse on December 13.

Scooter Prize will be ridden by David Alvarez in the Mr Jess Perry. Alvidrez and Trejo will also be represented by T Boy G, a gray 4-year-old son of Sir Runaway Dash. T Boy G is coming off of a second-place finish to The Lizzard King in the 350-yard, $15,000 Swift Stakes at Louisiana Downs on January 31.

Alvarez has also been named to ride T Boy G in the Mr Jess Perry. The complete lineup, in program-number order order including jockey assignments--

  1. 1--T Boy G (David Alvarez)
  2. 1A--Scooter Prize (David Alvarez)
  3. 2--Heza Fast Rogue (Donald Watson)
  4. 3--Blue Louisiana Jolla (Zacharie Kelsey)
  5. 4--Jethro Almitey (Raul Ramirez Jr.)
  6. 5--Open Me A Corona (Saul Ramirez Jr.)
  7. 6--LD Streakin N Leavin (John Hamilton)
  8. 7--JJs Black Lace (Randy Edison)
  9. 8--Heasablackmagic (Armando Ramirez)
  10. 9--Rumbulling Knight (Jorge Linares).

All Louisiana Downs races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.


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