BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Far back and ahead of only two horses heading into the final turn, Rosie Jeeks made a big run in the stretch to win the $102,000 Goldwood by a length-and-a-quarter at Monmouth Park Saturday. It was the first career stakes victory for the Florida-bred daughter of World of Trouble as she defeated six other fillies and mares going five-and-a-half furlongs on the grass.

Trained by Chad Brown, Rosie Jeeks looked sharp in making her first start in 15 months in her last race at Monmouth Park on May 25, winning a first condition allowance race by three-quarters of a length going five-and-a-half furlongs on the grass.

“She came out very good after the last race, you can see she was very happy, so I think it was a good race and came at the right time,” assistant trainer Luis Cabrera said.

Although she pressed the pace in her return, Camacho was more patient with the 4-year-old filly Saturday, racing in fifth on the rail and about four lengths behind Florida-bred Etrurian during the early going.

“Well, Chad [Brown’s] instructions were that way,” Cabrera said. “When there’s a lot of speed outside and you draw inside, let them go. Sitting behind the speed worked out perfectly.”

Etrurian and jockey Samuel Marin maintained a clear lead on Florida-bred Epona’s Hope, the odds-on favorite, in second approaching the half-mile marker. Rosie Jeeks saved ground around the turn but was still four lengths behind Etrurian at the top of the stretch as Epona’s Hope failed to make up ground in second. Camacho shifted Rosie Jeeks to the outside where she quickly accelerated inside the final sixteenth to win in 1:02.74 on the firm turf. Drifaros ran on late from the inside to take second, a half-length in front of Epona’s Hope in third. Bel Pensiero was fourth followed by Etrurian, Up for It and Bingo’s Birkin. Florida-bred Call Me Spicy was scratched.

“Her last race I think I was chasing the leader a little bit. I put too much pressure on her in the beginning because the favorite was in front, so I didn’t want to be too far back,” Camacho said. “But today, this race had more speed, so she was more relaxed and when I swung her outside early in the stretch she exploded and won.”

Rosie Jeeks paid $10.80 to win.

A three-and-a-quarter-length debut winner going six furlongs on the turf during the Belmont at Big A meet in September of 2023 at Aqueduct, Rosie Jeeks then finished off the board in $120,000 Stewart Manor at Aqueduct two months later. She had one start as a 3-year-old, finishing ninth in a first condition, $75,000 optional claiming going seven-and-a-half furlongs on the grass in February of 2024. That was her last race before the aforementioned allowance at Monmouth.

She earned $60,000 in the Goldwood for owners Team Hanley and Thirty Year Farm to increase her lifetime revenues to $140,820 from three wins in five starts.

Bred in Florida by Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck, Rosie Jeeks is out of Remington Rose by Take Charge Indy.

Remington Rose has two winners from three starters including Florida-bred Balpool, winner of the 2023 Memories of Silver Stakes. She also has an unraced 2-year-old colt, Police Officer, that was purchased for $26,000 out of the Blas Perez consignment at this year’s OBS March Sale of 2-year-olds in training; an unnamed yearling colt by Nashville, that sold for $35,000 to Ramiro Salazar out of the Summerfield consignment at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Sale; and an unnamed weanling filly by Arcangelo.

The Vanlangendoncks sold Rosie Jeeks out of their Summerfield consignment for $62,000 to Brandon and Ali Rice’s RiceHorse as agent at the 2022 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company October Yearling Sale. Her current owners purchased her for $240,000 out of the RiceHorse Stable consignment at the 2023 OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in training.

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