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 Tommie
Morelos / Coady Photography/ story by Ty Wyant for SureBet
Jam’n Jackson Rallies In KLAQ
Handicap
Sunland Park, NM - Dec. 10, 2011 - Harold and
Pamela Tillema’s Jam’n Jackson benefitted from every fast early
fractions set by City Stage to rally and score an 8-1 upset win in
the $50,000 KLAQ Handicap at Sunland Park on Saturday afternoon.
City Sage burst to the lead and went the first quarter mile in
:21.02 and the first half mile in :43.41 while Jam’n Jackson under
Alejandro Medellin comfortably raced in third position. Jam’n
Jackson then made a three-wide move on the turn and prevailed
through the stretch to win by one-half length in 1:02.71 for the
five-and-one-half furlongs.
City Sage held a clear lead entering the stretch and held on for
second while 6-5 favorite Ducky Drake, winner of last year’s KLAQ,
finished third in the field of eight of the fastest sprinters in the
Southwest.
Jam’n Jackson scored his first stakes win in his sixth start for
trainer Henry Dominguez. The gelding came into the KLAQ with three
wins, including two allowance wins this fall. In one of those
allowance race’s he zipped six furlongs in 1:08.32.
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