LAUREL, MD. 09-05-12---Owner trainer Edwin Merryman’s Jazzy Idea swept past the leaders in deep stretch and won going away in the $100,000 Jameela Stakes, the opening day feature of the Laurel Park fall meeting. In doing so, she set a new course record.

Ridden by Luis Garcia and sent to post at even money against eight other Maryland-bred fillies and mares, Jazzy Idea completed the distance over the firm turf in 1:07.45 to better the mark set by Chasin Tiger in 2007.

“I knew we got a really nice horse so there isn’t any reason to get in trouble so I just let the speed go and asked her from the three-sixteenths until the end,” said Garcia. “I never thought she would run that 1:07. This was fun. I have ridden a lot of good horses but this filly is something else. When I asked her she was as strong as any I have been aboard.”

Jazzy Idea paid $4.20 and won by three lengths. Colony Club took second and Queen Chatanika finished third.

This was the third stakes win over the turf this year for the daughter of Great Notion. Previously she had won the Thirty Flags (May 2) at Belmont Park and the Crank It Up (June 9) at Monmouth Park. The 3-year-old now has six wins and five second place finishes in 15 career starts with earnings of $295,730. She spent the summer at Saratoga with respectable finishes in the Grade 1 Prioress and Grade 1 Test.

“Never disappoints, even at Saratoga. I wish Luis was on her up there,” Merryman said. “She’s just something else.  I believe she’s as good on the dirt as she is on the grass.”

Merryman indicated Jazzy Idea will make her next start on Jim McKay Maryland Million Day here Saturday, Oct. 6. She is expected to be nominated to the Sprint, Distaff and Oaks.

About Laurel Park

Laurel Park is a Stronach Group company, North America’s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida and is one of North America's top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation. The Stronach Group is one of the world's largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; Xpressbet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. The Stronach Group is also a major producer of televised horse racing programming through its HRTV cable and satellite network and is North America's premier supplier of virtual online horse racing games, as well as a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry.