Separate Kisses Fastest Qualifier For Five Livestock Company / Rod Mills Memorial Derby

JEROME ID–JUNE 2, 2024–Malad Futurity winner Separate Kisses defeated Carlo Rossie by a neck on Sunday while posting the top qualifying mark for the Five Livestock Company / Rod Mills Memorial Derby at the Jerome Fair.

The eight fastest qualifiers from three trials races contested over 350 yards will return on Sunday, June 16th, to vie for the winner's share of the $16,000-est. purse.

Separate Kisses was a game-winner under jockey Oscar Villa while stopping the timer in 17.820 seconds, a 97-speed index into a 10 mph crosswind. It was the fifth career win for the daughter of champion sire Separatist.

Ramiro Fregoso trains the Idaho homebred for owner-breeder Five Livestock Company LLC. Separate Kisses placed fourth in the Roche Equine Veterinary Services Futurity last season and has earned $15,261. She is out of the Jr Dynasty Mountain mare Kiss A Kardashian.

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