Jessica Is Back Heads Sugar Swirl

Photo: Eclipse Sportswire

Jessica Is Back, winner of the Princess Rooney (gr. I) at Calder last summer, tops a well-balanced field of 10 fillies and mares entered in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) Jan. 15 at Gulfstream Park.

Jessica Is Back is one of two mares making their first start in the six-furlong race since finishing unplaced in the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I). Jessica Is Back and Moontune Missy finished ninth and 12th, respectively, behind Dubai Majestyin the Nov. 5 Filly & Mare Sprint.

Trained by Marty Wolfson for Farnsworth Stables, Jessica Is Back has won 12 of 46 lifetime starts, with 17 placings and earnings of $796,765. In addition to the Princess Rooney, the 7-year-old daughter of Put It Back   also won the state-bred restricted Ocala Stakes at Gulfstream last season.

Jessica Is Back, who will have Elvis Trujillo aboard, is one of three mares top-weighted at 123 pounds. The other two are grade II winners Tar Heel Mom and Hilda's Passion.

Read More

First Look: Ragtime headlines Churchill's Chilukki
The fall meets wind down but the graded stakes keep coming, with Churchill Downs hosting Saturday's Grade 3...
Prospect Watch: First foal of Venetian Harbor debuts for Cox
This week's Prospect Watch showcases young horses with elite bloodlines making their racing debuts and early career starts....
Nevada Beach gets right back to work after Breeders' Cup
Nevada Beach returned to the work tab Monday, just nine days after finishing seventh in the Breeders' Cup...
Del Mar stakes winner Grand Slam Smile leads fastest horses
Grand Slam Smile posted Sunday's highest Horse Racing Nation speed figure with a 142 at Del Mar in...
Report: Sweet Azteca, Ag Bullet will return to racing in 2026
Sweet Azteca and Ag Bullet will return to racing in 2026 as 6-year-olds, trainer Richard Baltas told Daily...