Jg Corona Virus Gets First Win Of Season In The Yellow Rose Fillies and Mares Stakes

ELY, NV–AUGUST 17, 2024–Jg Corona Virus, ridden by Carmen Vasquez, makes a solid effort on the inside for a neck victory in the $9,600 Yellow Rose Fillies and Mares Stakes (not black type).

Trained by Israel Juarez, Jg Corona Virus clocked a 92 speed index in :15.662 seconds while running into a 15 mph headwind. The 300-yard victory paid $10.00 on 3-1 odds.

Jg Corona Virus defeated Charm, ridden by Nakia Teeter, who placed second. The two top runners crossed the wire two full lengths ahead of Chianti and rider Hizain Camacho.

Juarez also owns and bred Jg Corona Virus in partnership with Sixto Garcia. The daughter of Glock has three wins and four seconds from nine starts. She placed second in the Beehive Futurity and Iron Horse Overnight Maturity earlier this year at Weber Downs.

The $5,005 payday from today's stakes win boosted the three-year-old filly's lifetime earnings to $33,817. Jg Corona Virus was bred out of the Separatist mare Tat Team USA in Utah.

Owner-trainer Lynn McNeely purchased third-place finisher Charm for $10,000 in the 2021 Heritage Place Yearling Sale for her breeder, Jumonville Farms of Louisiana. The Gary Waite Maiden Stakes Winner, sired by Hez Fast As Cash, has earned $49,766 and is out of Grace Filled Charm by Feature Mr Jess.

Ice In My Veins, La Punsada, Lonely At The Bar Z, Cd Brookstone Boogie and Political Hottie complete the field. Jc Unstopable Spirit was scratched.

Editor's note: A photo of this race will be posted with this article as soon as it is available from the track photographer.