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Iowa-Bred Stakes Dominate Saturday's Closing-Day Card at Prairie Meadows
TS Perry Kool drew post 8 in Saturday's $60,000 Terrace Hill Stakes at Prairie Meadows.

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Iowa-Bred Stakes Dominate Saturday's Closing-Day Card at Prairie Meadows

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALTOONA, IA–SEPTEMBER 28, 2023–Prairie Meadows Racetrack near Des Moines, Iowa, will end its 2023 live race meet with a 14-race program on Saturday. Post time for the first race is set for 4 p.m. (CDT).

Saturday's card will feature four stakes restricted to state-bred Quarter Horses. The 400-yard, $60,000 Terrace Hill Stakes (R) has drawn eight aged runners, led by early favorite TS Perry Kool. A gelded son of Lil Kool Wagon trained by Tony Jones for owner Casey Veach, TS Perry Kool has earned $28,745 from five starts during the Prairie Meadows meet, and he scored an upset victory at odds of 12-1 in the 350-yard, $25,000 Cy-Hawk Stakes (R) on August 5.

TS Perry Kool drew post 8 and will be ridden by Stormy Smith.

Ten Iowa-bred 3-year-olds are entered back in Saturday's 400-yard, $97,360 Polk County Derby (R).

Ruben Mojica's EC Wagon, a stakes winner during the current Prairie Meadows meet, drew post 9 and will be ridden by Alfredo Triana for trainer Manuel Mojica Campos. A homebred son of EC Jet One, the gelding has banked $28,604 from three outs during the meet, and he scored a three-quarter length win at odds of nearly 19-1 in the 350-yard, $55,000 Cyclone Derby (R) on July 9.

Kay J. Sage's Dashin Davey Crocket set the fastest qualifying time with his half-length victory in the second of two trials on September 11. Alex Wessels trains the Lil Kool Wagon gelding.

Dashin Davey Crocket drew post 7 and will be ridden by Angel O. Ramirez.

Famous Jeanscarnitas will seek her first stakes win against older runners in Saturday's 400-yard, $60,000 Future of Iowa Stakes (R) for state-bred fillies and mares.

A homebred 3-year-old daughter of the One Famous Eagle stallion Fast N Famous Jeans, Famous Jeanscarnitas is trained by Manuel Mojica Campos for owner Brijido Guajardo Vega. The bay filly opened her sophomore campaign with a three-quarter length victory in the 400-yard, $59,000 Iowa Stallion Derby (R) on August 19.

Famous Jeanscarnitas drew post 5 and will be ridden by Juan Pulido.

Christine A. Hovey's Five Bar Phi will put his undefeated record on the line in Saturday's 350-yard, $165,880 Jim Bader Futurity (R) for Iowa-bred juveniles.

A gelded son of the Corona Cartel stallion Five Bar Cartel, Five Bar Phi is the seventh-fastest qualifier from four trials contested on September 9. However, Five Bar Phi has won all four of his starts -- including the 330-yard, $88,000 Hawkeye Futurity (R) on July 8 -- and he has earned $65,712.

Five Bar Phi drew post 7 and will be ridden by Angel O. Ramirez for trainer Ed Hardy.

Fastest qualifier AB Boogie broke his maiden with a half-length victory in the second Jim Bader Futurity trial. Manuel Mojica Campos trains the homebred Apollitical Blood gelding for owner Ruben Mojica.

AB Boogie drew post 4 and will be ridden by Alfredo Triana Jr.

All Prairie Meadows races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.