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Blazin Mr Jess Earns Second Stake Win in $37,300 KC Carden Wyoming Bred Derby at Wyoming Downs
Blazin Mr Jess (#2) gets her nose ahead of Bodacious Denali (#9) to win the $37,300 KC Carden Wyoming Bred Derby at Wyoming Downs Saturday.

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Blazin Mr Jess Earns Second Stake Win in $37,300 KC Carden Wyoming Bred Derby at Wyoming Downs

EVANSTON, WY—JULY 31, 2021—The second fastest qualifier from four trials on July 17, Blazin Mr Jess returned to win the feature race of the day at Wyoming Downs, the $37,300 KC Carden Wyoming Bred Derby.

Jesus Valenzuela rode Blazin Mr Jess ($7.40) in her trial and returned to ride her in the final. The pair broke sharply and won gate-to-wire, finishing a nose in front of Bodacious Denali.

The final time for the 350-yard stake was :17.614; the top two finishers each earned a 95 speed index.

Blazin Mr Jess was one of three qualifiers for Riley Moosman, who also trained the third-place finisher, Handsome Patrick. The filly is owned and bred by Pedro Mena, by Dashin Mr Jess and out of the First Moonflash mare Blazin Mean.

Blazin Mr Jess earned her first stakes win in her start before the trial, the Powder River Vet Derby in Gillette. She broke her maiden in her 2-year-old debut to qualify for the Hadley/Giles Futurity at Weber and is three for six lifetime with $31,009 earned.

Bodacious Denali and Uriel Dominguez were a half-length ahead of Handsome Patrick and Gerardo Vera at the wire. Jordan Hadley trains Bodacious Denali for owner Trent Woods. The daughter of Bodacious Dash was bred by Brooke Black, out of Denali Deception, by Teller Cartel.

Bodacious Denali was the ninth fastest qualifier after finishing fourth in a particularly fast trial that produced both fastest qualifier One Famous Vern and the winner of the final, Blazin Mr Jess. She is the winner of the Rock Springs Wyoming Bred Futurity last year; earlier this summer, she qualified to the Wyoming Bred Derby in Gillette.

She is three for eight in her career with $37,543 earned.

Handsome Patrick finished second in his trial as the fourth fastest qualifier. The One Handsome Man gelding is a homebred for Bud and Toni Pendleton, out of Leading the Chase, by Chase This Leader.

Handsome Patrick broke his maiden in Rock Springs last summer and qualified to the Wyoming Bred Derby in June.

Completing the field were Bigg Brown, Eyesa Special Digger, Eyesa Special Hachet, Eyesa Special Beddy, One Famous Vern, Separate Creeks and Als Dynasty.