Apprentice Figueroa guides Bob and Jackie to victory in the Eddie Logan Stakes

ARCADIA, Calif. - The 2-year-old colt Bob and Jackie and apprentice jockey Heriberto Figueroa both won a stakes at Santa Anita for the first time in the $78,435 Eddie Logan Stakes on Friday.

For Bob and Jackie, the Logan Stakes at a mile on turf was his stakes debut and his third start. He won a maiden special weight race at Del Mar on Nov. 18. The Logan Stakes was Figueroa’s second stakes win. He won the Barretts Debutante on Kim K at Los Alamitos in September.

Figueroa rode Bob and Jackie with confidence, guiding toward the front shortly after the start. Bob and Jackie took a one-length lead on the turn and held off a sustained threat from 3-2 favorite Rijeka to win by a length.

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Bob and Jackie and Rijeka are trained by Richard Baltas. Bob and Jackie ($7.80) was timed in 1:35.16 and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 79.

“I had a lot of horse,” said Figueroa, 19. “On the backstretch, I had a [big] hold.”

Rijeka finished 3 1/4 lengths in front of 5-1 More Ice, who was third. Rijeka also was second in the Grade 3 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes at Del Mar on Nov. 25.

The Creep finished fourth, followed by Weekly Call, Sparky Ville and Swamp Souffle. Manhattan Up, who disputed the pace for the first half-mile, faded from contention and did not finish, but was ridden off the track by jockey Tyler Baze.

Bob and Jackie, by Twirling Candy, is owned by breeder Zayat Stables. Bob and Jackie was second in his debut here in October in a maiden special weight race on the hillside turf course and has not lost since. Bob and Jackie has earned $88,240.