Old South Derby Headlines Friday Stakes Doubleheader at Delta Downs
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VINTON, LA—MAY 8, 2018—David L. Martinez’s Jess Adalida, a graded stakes winning daughter of champion Jess Louisiana Blue, drew post 5 for Friday’s 350-yard, $69,552 Old South Derby at Delta Downs.
Trained by Rodolfo Sanchez, Jess Adalida made her season debut with a three-quarter length victory as the 9-10 favorite in one of five Old South Derby trials on April 20. The filly has won five of nine starts, including last year’s 350-yard, $70,000 John Deere Retama Juvenile Challenge (G3), and she has earned $75,033. She ended her juvenile campaign with a fifth-place finish, a half of a length behind winner Three Bar Cartel, in the 400-yard, $354,000 Dash For Cash Futurity (G1) at Lone Star Park.
Jess Adalida drew post 5 and will be ridden by Luciano Duenez.
Fastest qualifier Droff, a homebred son of champion FDD Dynasty trained by Salvador Flores for owner Jorge Haddad, drew post 10 and will be ridden by Luis Vivanco. Droff outran his 16-1 odds to win the third of five Old South Derby trials against a field that included stakes winner and 2017 Firecracker Futurity (G2) finalist Sr Shambles.
. The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments:
- Mighty B Grateful (Everardo Rodriguez)
- Sr Shambles (Jorge Linares)
- Down N Cruzin (Jose I. Martinez)
- Mystical Jess (Damian Martinez)
- Jess Adalida (Luciano Duenez)
- Sunset Run (Raul Ramirez Jr.)
- Stone Cold Leader (Rolando Pina)
- Vella Buena (Jose Davila)
- The Carter II (John Hamilton)
- Droff (Luis Vivanco)
Trainer Larry Kopycinski will send out Southern Temptation, a three-time winner at the distance, for owner P & J Racing Ltd. A 6-year-old gelded son of champion Tempting Dash, Southern Temptation is coming off of a neck victory as the even-money favorite in the 550-yard, $20,000 Harris County Stakes at Sam Houston Race Park on March 31.
Southern Temptation drew post 3 and will be ridden by Francisco Calderon.
The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments:
- No Politics Here (Noe Castaneda)
- Gone Cartel (Damian Martinez)
- Southern Temptation (Francisco Calderon)
- Ldn Jessasaltydog (Everardo Rodriguez)
- Agoutis Snowplow (Juan D. Marquez)
- Whosgonegirl (Julio A. Rodriguez)
- Let Em Fly (Donald Watson)
- Buds World (Gilbert Ortiz)
- Super Sonic Patriot (Mario Trujillo Jr.)
- Sixes Flash (Jose A. Rodriguez)
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