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Grade 3 Keokuk Stakes Draws 12 Sprinters
Recent Bradford Stakes winner Woop Dee Doo is one of a dozen sprinters entered in Saturday’s 400-yard, $45,000 Keokuk Stakes (G3) at Prairie Meadows.

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Grade 3 Keokuk Stakes Draws 12 Sprinters

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALTOONA, IA—SEPTEMBER 13, 2018—Woop Dee Doo, a 5-year-old Good Reason SA gelding owned and trained by Ricardo Martinez, is one of a dozen sprinters entered in Saturday’s 400-yard, $45,000 Keokuk Stakes (G3) at Prairie Meadows.

Woop Dee Doo ships in from Indiana Grand, where the gelding won both of his starts, including the 400-yard, $40,000 Bradford Stakes on July 7. Woop Dee Doo drew post 10 and will be ridden by Yordanis Amaro.

Other contenders include John G. Johnson’s Faster Than Hasta, a 4-year-old son of the Pritzi Dash stallion Hasta Be Fast trained by Bob Johnson. Faster Than Hasta is coming off of a neck victory in the 400-yard, $20,000 Rocky Mountain Championship at Arapahoe Park on August 12, but the gelding has won four of his five starts at Prairie Meadows, including last year’s $46,000 Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge.

Faster Than Hasta drew post 9 and will be ridden by Alfredo Triana Jr.

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

  1. NSM Skydancer (Nakia Ramirez)
  2. Corona Springs (Cristian Esqueda)
  3. Ferrari James (Jonathan Dominguez)
  4. Scholarly (Eddie Aceves)
  5. Bout Tree Fiddy (Bonifacio Quiroz)
  6. Tommy The Train (Jesus Salazar)
  7. A Jordon Reed (Berkley Packer)
  8. Damn Strait (David E. Brown)
  9. Faster Than Hasta (Alfredo Triana Jr.)
  10. Woop Dee Doo (Yordanis Amaro)
  11. Bye Byefreighttrain (Roberto Valero)
  12. Walk Off (James Flores)

The Keokuk Stakes, and all Prairie Meadows races, can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.