Louisana Corona - br.c. Jess Louisiana Blue-Corona Cash by First Down Dash
Race Record: 7-3-1-2 $41,554
Qualifying time: :21.253
With G.R. Carter Jr. in the irons for Luis Villafranco, Louisana Corona clocked :21.253 while defeating Derby qualifier Feature Hero by a head in the seventh trial. Louisana Corona came into the Derby trials after a layoff extending to her a third-place finish to Llano Cartel in the $54,750 Jack Brooks Stakes (RG3) on May 26 at Remington Park.
Louisana Corona is bred by Henry E. Brown of Gilbert, Arizona. Since breeding his first named American Quarter Horse in 1986, Brown bred champions Tiny First Effort ($445,393) and Okey Dokey Dale ($250,567), world record setter Crash Thru Traffic ($140,595), 25 other stakes winners, 205 other winners and the earners of more than $9.17 million.
Louisana Corona is one of 186 winners from 302 starters by champion Jess Louisiana Blue, a 15-year-old son of champion Mr Jess Perry out of the stakes-placed Louisiana Slew (TB) mare The Louisiana Girl. An earner of $170,682, Jess Louisiana Blue set a Delta Downs track record while winning the 2002 AQHA East Championship Challenge (G2). Jess Louisiana Blue has sired 24 stakes winners and the earners of more than $8.3 million.
Louisana Corona is out of champion and All American Futurity (G1) winner Corona Cash ($1,542,880). The daughter of all-time leading sire First Down Dash has produced two stakes winners,13 other winners and the earners of more than $701,000 from 25 starters. |