PRINEVILLE, OR—JULY 14, 2018—Multiple stakes winner For Sweet Jess broke sharp under jockey Robert Burney then held off Mals First Down by a head to win the $13,700 Jack Rhoden Memorial Bonus Challenge (not black type) Saturday night at the Crooked River Roundup in Prineville, Oregon.

Trainer Jose Sanguino saddled the son of leading sire One Sweet Jess to his 11th career win in 23 starts. The gray gelding completed the 250 yards in :13.236 seconds, to earn a 103 speed index. The $7,535 winner's purse boosted For Sweet Jess' earnings mark to $95,968.

Sanguino Racing LLC owns the 5-year-old past winner of the John Deere Grande Prairie Juvenile Challenge, the Portland Meadows Winter Derby, and Sun Downs Derby Challenge. K & R Allred Ranch LLC bred For Sweet Jess in Arizona from the Chicks Beduino mare For Some Cash.

Also a multiple stakes winner, runner-up Mals First Down races for owner-trainer Jose Ariel Lozano. Eric Garcia rode the $79,836 earner by Shazoom from the First Down Dash mare First A Princess. Bill Robbins bred the 10-time winner in Oklahoma. He earned $2,740 for finishing second.

Stakes winner Gone Fast finished a neck back in blanket finish to pick up $1,370 for third. Robert Lawrence conditions the 5-year-old daughter of Meter Me Lucky for owner Sharon Mueller. Phoenix Farms bred the mare in Idaho from the Hawkinson mare Beautiful Ashlee. She has earned $24,657. Jose Figueroa had the riding assignment.

The Cartel Hawk, Lebron 7, Cm Woody Blue, Augie Meyer and Jb Corona Heart completed the field. I Aint Callin was scratched.