Rosie Brings Home Zeb in Sunday Feature

John Eaton and Steve Laymon’s Zeb responded to the urgings of defending jockey champion and current leader rider Rosie Napravnik and captured Sunday’s Fair Grounds’ feature, an allowance optional $35,000 claiming sprint contested at about 5 1/ 2-furlongs over the firm Stall-Wilson turf course, by a 3 1/2-length margin.

Trained by Greg Foley, Zeb gained the advantage in the lane of the $51,000 test, accomplished the distance in 1:03.96, increased his career earnings to $96,034 with his third win in 10 lifetime starts and paid mutuels of $11.80, $5.20 and $3.20.

John Stavropoulos’ Trelawny pressed the pace, gained the advantage briefly, could not withstand the winner when challenged but gamely held the place by a half-length from Louie Roussel III’s Santa, who cut out fractions of 22.34 and 46.40 before weakening late.

Trelawny paid $4.60 and $4 and Santa returned $5.60 to show.