Im Mighty Fast Returns To Win Column in Magnolia Stakes Saturday
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Ridden by jockey Jose Rodriguez, Im Mighty Fast raced over the 870-yard course in :45.690 seconds to earn a 98-speed index. Trainer Guadalupe Tristan saddled the son of Mighty Corona to his eighth career win for owner Triple C Racing Stables LLC.
Brent Cody Leblanc bred Im Mighty Fast from the Beat The Feet (TB) mare Sheza Fast Doll. The multiple stakes winning 4-year-old gelding has compiled a (21) 8-3-2 record in three seasons at the track and the $15,000 Magnolia winners' purse boosted his total earnings past $88,000.
Coming off a fourth-place finish in the Marathon Stakes last month, Game Own picked up $5,000 for his second-place effort under jockey Hector Santiago. Yoani Abreu conditions the 6-year-old Game Patriot gelding for owner Yaima Grillo. Kenny Fletcher bred the stakes winner from the Six Fortune mare My Own Fortune. He has earned $110,502.
Multiple stakes-placed Rakin In The Jax races for owner/breeder Angela Dowden and trainer Jason Magnon. Lucas Constantin had the riding call aboard the 5-year-old Rakin In The Cash gelding out of Alcohol and Ambiance by Panther Mountain. He earned $2,750 for the effort.
Completing the field were Summer Motion, Shining Presence, Agoutis Snowplow, Sir Lucky Strike and Sir Prize.