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ALTOONA, IA—AUGUST 17, 2024—The fourth time was the charm for Rockin The Train (32-1), who raced to his first career win Saturday in the $72,182 John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge.
Bouncing off a fourth-place finish in the July 29 trials, Rockin The Train and jockey Francisco Giles posted a three-quarter length victory in the final, clocking 17.447 seconds, equaling a 97-speed index.
Bradley Bolen trains Rockin The Train for owner-breeder Debra M. Gotovac. The Texas-bred son of multiple stakes sire Bp Wagon Tran earned $33,204 for the effort.
The brown colt also picked up an invite to the $140,000-est. John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship(G2) on Bank of America Racing Challenge Championship Night, October 26 at The Downs at Albuquerque.
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Gotovac bred Rockin The Train from the Rock Solid Jess mare Rock Solid Jet. He has earned $34,614 in four starts.
Runner-up Kvn Good One and jockey Jorge Torres earned $14,436 for finishing second. Fernando Manriquez-Garay trains the son of leading third-crop sire Kvn Corona for owner Wee Race LLC. H & H Ranch, Inc. bred the bay gelding in Arizona from the First Down Dash mare Eyesa Good One. Kvn Good One nearly doubled his earnings to $30,335.
Another Kvn Corona gelding, I Know You Know, made a steady effort to finish a head back in third to earn $7,218. Stormy Smith had the riding call for trainer John Hammes. Hammes is co-owner and breeder of the gray gelding with Bradbury Racing. Bred from the One Famous Eagle mare Who You Know by Tom Bradbury and Hammes, I Know You Know has earned $20,321.
Rockin The Train returned $67.80 to win, $16 to place, and $12.40 to show.
Happy Wagon, Valiant Candy Tree, Anna Bele, Jrs Queen, Hondo Hocks, Flyn Agree, and Isle B Bac completed the field.