Smooth Jazz's Mean Sax Takes Mecke Stakes
05/24/10
Mean Sax, a five-year-old gelding by Smooth Jazz, used early speed to control the pace of the Mecke Stakes at Calder Race Course, then easily held off the favored Black Scorpion to earn his first stakes win at 1-1/8th mile on the turf. Bred by Curtis Mikkelson and Patricia Horth out of the Bold Ruckus mare Bold And Stormy, Mean Sax has been a consistently honest horse. Bettors recognized the form and made him the second choice in the race. Mean Sax joins millionaire Smooth Air as stakes winners from the first crop of Smooth Jazz. See race chart
Smooth Jazz also had two other maiden winning 3-year olds in the last few days: On May 18th, L J's Way, a colt out of Native Gold Dancer (Fountain of Gold), bred in Florida by McLaughlin Family Limited Partnership broke his maiden going 1 Mile and 70 yards on the dirt of Indiana Downs. On May 22nd, Sweet and Jazzy, a three-year-old filly out of Sweet Mia (High Brite), ran 6-1/2 furlongs on the synthetic surface of Hollywood Park in 1:17 2/5ths to earn her maiden win. Sweet and Jazzy was bred in Florida by Gary Mahon and Jackie Diamond.
Smooth Jazz stands in Pennsylvania at Ghost Ridge Farm for $3,500.
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