Five in for Joe River (GB) Memorial

The tenth race on the card this week in Utah is The Joe River (GB) Memorial, a mile and three sixteenths race on the turf for all horses, three years of age and up. It will be a small field on Saturday, of only five horses.

Breaking from the rail will be Mokele Mbembe (Forty Niner x Septieme Ciel x Darby Creek Road) owned and trained by reems11 . This six year old horse has been doing greatly. In his career he has won six races our of twenty-three starts, about half his finishes have been in the top three. In his last five starts, this horse has not finished worse than third. His last start The Warm Town Bonanza resulted in a second place finish. The horse’s last win, The Admiral A.P. Memorial was in August of this year. reems11 is hoping Mokele Mbembe will run big on Saturday, such as the mythical namesake of the horse suggests.

In the second slot will be Sadler Mambo (Sadler’s Wells x Kingmambo x Affirmed) trained and owned by y2k . This five year old horse has over one million in career earnings to date and has also been running decently lately. The horses last win was in The Our Theaters Special. In his last five starts he has finished out of the money only once in the grade three Brown Fields Handicap where he finished tenth. In Saturday’s race the big muscled horse will be going off at even odds, with jockey A. Knott riding.

Next will be Counting Coup (Cryptoclearance x Private Account x Baldski) trained by isabella19 . This four year old colt has also finished in the money in about half of his total twenty-six career starts. He has not finsihed out of the money in his last fourteen starts. His last win was in a starter allowance earlier in the year. His most recent race resulted in a second place finish in The Old Carnival (IRE) Stakes. Counting Coup will will riddin by jockey M. Fletcher and go off at odds of 6:1.

Folling in the next gate is Gold Medal (IRE) (El Prado (IRE) x Bailjumper x Silent Screen). This is owner’s reems11 second entry into this race. This three year old roan colt has also been doing very well, though with not as many career starts as the other horses in this race. That colt as not finished out the money in his last 10 races, and has only done once since his racing career began. His last start was a fifth place finish in an allowance race at California. Jockey for the colt will be S. Weber.

Last in the field and breaking from the far outside post will be Adagio Fragrance (Cozzene x Caerleon x Kris S.) owned and trained by cream .This is the only filly in this race. However the four year old grey filly has been doing well. Her last start was in the Grade I Yellow Submarine Steaks where she finished third by 1 3/4 lengths. Her last win was just the race before that in The Burden Buster (GB) Challenge. This filly has not finshed out of the money in her last five starts. She will be going off at odds of 3:1 with jockey O. Osbourne in the saddle.