Cloned Mule Idaho Gem Breaks Maiden

Idaho Gem won in his second start today at Stockton. I spoke with Gem's trainer Ruby Thomas after the race and she said the day was as drama filled as ever, absent a drunken jockey. Also, C R Villalobos had the mount and got his first win of his career in the previous race. Winning aboard Gem notched lifetime win number two and gave him the early double. Idaho Star, the slightly younger clone with the identical genetic makeup finished off the board was scratched after balking at the gate and throwing his rider.