Gweneeee J makes career
debut Friday, April 3 at The Meadowlands
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (April 1, 2015) – After reaching the sport’s highest level
in 2012 with champion three-year-old pacer Heston Blue Chip, owner Ken Jacobs
is looking to strike again, this time with Gweneeee J, a full-sister to his
earner of more than $1.7 million.
The three-year-old daughter of the mare
Shot Togo Bluechip makes her first career start Friday night (April 3) in Race
3 at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment. Jacobs purchased Gweneeee J for
$145,000 at the 2013 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale. She was the most
expensive yearling at the sale by the top stallion American Ideal.
“She was a very good looking yearling,”
said Jacobs, a Central New York native. “She looked so much like Heston and
since I had so much success with him, I figured I’d take a shot.”
Jacobs says Gweneeee J did not race as a
two-year-old because “she wasn’t up to it” and he didn’t want to push her too
hard. Instead, she was turned out and prepared for her three-year-old season.
“We already know she’ll make a very good
broodmare, but we’ll find out a little more on Friday if she’ll be a good
racehorse,” explained Jacobs. “You never know until you put them on the track
to race, but we just want to take it cautiously and see what happens.”
Jacobs is a longtime owner and breeder who
is best known as the owner of top horses Kenneth J, Heston Blue Chip, and He’s
Gorgeous. He also likes to name many of his horses after family members and
friends.
“I named this one after my grandson’s
girlfriend and added the “E’s” at the end because I thought it would be fun for
the track announcers to yell ‘Gweneeee’ down the stretch,” said Jacobs. “I’ve
run out of kids and grandkids to name horses after so I’ve moved on to the
girlfriends of my grandkids.”
Gweneeee J won a qualifier at the
Meadowlands last Friday in a sharp 1:54.3. She’s trained by Linda Toscano and
will be driven in Friday’s race by Hall of Famer John Campbell.
Friday’s 12-race program includes a
carryover of $64,065 in the Jackpot Super High 5 in the fifth race. Post time
is 7:15 p.m.
