Graded stakes winner Ojd Jess A Bug is one of 53 juveniles entered in Saturday's Sweetwater Downs Futurity trials.

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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ROCK SPRINGS, WY--AUGUST 22, 2024--Fifty-three 2-year-olds, led by graded stakes winner OJD Jess A Bug, are entered in Saturday's 350-yard Sweetwater Downs Futurity trials at Sweetwater Downs.

The ten fastest qualifiers will meet in the September 7, $50,000-added final.

A homebred son of One Sweet Jess racing for Karla Diaz Gomez and Oscar Jaime Diaz, OJD Jess A Bug will be making his first start in Wyoming off of his two-length victory in the 350-yard, $100,000 Bitterroot Futurity (RG3) at Pocatello Downs in Idaho on July 26. Javier Fuentes trains the bay gelding.

OJD Jess A Bug drew post-eight and will be ridden by Jorge J. Garcia in the second of seven trials.

Michael K. McKell's Notin Missing Here, a stakes-winning daughter of champion KVN Corona, is coming off of a third-place finish in the Bitterroot Futurity. The filly has earned $30,205 from six races in Idaho and Utah, and her three wins include a three-quarter length victory in the 300-yard, $37,000 Pocatello Downs Spring Futurity on May 25.

Notin Missing Here drew post two and will be ridden by Jesus Canales for trainer Sergio Canales in the fourth heat.

All Sweetwater Downs races can be seen at Q-Racing Video.com.