Two-time futurity winner Jess Curl My Prize (inside) heads Wednesday’s 350-yard John Deere Les Bois Juvenile Challenge trials at Les Bois Park.

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BOISE, ID—JULY 21, 2014—Jess Curl My Prize, an Oklahoma-bred daughter of Spit Curl Jess, is one of 50 2-year-olds entered in Wednesday’s 350-yard John Deere Les Bois Juvenile Challenge trials.

Racing for Denny and Sandy Weigt of Jerome, Idaho, and trained by Monty Arrossa, Jess Curl My Prize has won all five of her starts and has earned $83,167 while being campaigned exclusively in Idaho. The filly’s win streak includes a half-length victory in the 350-yard, $150,000 Bitterroot Futurity (R) on June 27, and a nose win in the 300-yard, $40,000 Knight Transportation Futurity on May 26.

Nikeela Black will ride Jess Curl My Prize from post 2 in the last of five trials.

Steinway Ivory, a gelded son of Ivory James who ran third, a half of a length behind Jess Curl My Prize, in the Bitterroot Futurity, drew post 6 in the first heat. Steinway Ivory has won two of four starts and has banked $21,238 for his owners, Rob Evans and Hanson Racing LLC.

Steinway Ivory is trained by Mark Hanson. Cody Jensen, the reigning AQHA champion jockey, has been named to ride the gelding in Wednesday’s trial.

Betsy Lou Whipple’s Hiko Hellion, a homebred gelding by Desirio trained by Bret Vickery, will be making his first start since April 19, when he scored a half-length win in the 300-yard, $23,000 Dixie Downs Futurity in Utah. Hiko Hellion drew post 5 and will be ridden by Jose Figueroa in the third trial.

The 10 fastest qualifiers from Wednesday’s trials will meet in the August 9, $15,000-added John Deere Les Bois Juvenile Challenge final.