Lexington
KY - The Kindergarten Classic series came to Kentucky on Thursday night with a
mixed bag results-wise.
Fillies
began the stakes with Jimmy Takter steering the unbeaten Donato Hanover lass
Haughty to an as easy as can be 1:54.1 win.
Takter
moved Haughty to the front on the backstretch and widened at will in a very
impressive outing. Southwind Adele was second and Sweet Ashley T third.
The
winner is owned by Al Libfeld, Marvin Katz and Sam Goldband who paid $80,000 at
the Lexington Select sale last fall.
Jan
Johnson steered I'm Volo to a 1:58 win for owner and breeder Jorgen Jahre at
17-1 in the second division. Johnson put the Yankee Glide filly in play early,
accepted cover then angled out late to rally past Earn Your Wings and Coco
Truffles late.
The
tote board exploded in the first of two colt divisions when Dave Palone and
Hollywood Highway closed from well back to win in 1:56.1 at odds of 43-1.
With
1-9 favorite Jack Vernon eliminated by a break in the final turn, Palone found
clear sailing wide from last and guided the Muscle Massive colt to his first
victory for trainer Staffan Lind and owners Marvin Katz and Al Libfeld, who
have $50,000 for this fella at the Lexington yearling sale and had a pretty
good night.
Sigmund
came second and Mavens Way third.
Palone
completed a driving triple on the night with a front end score aboard Southwind
Flash in 1:55.2 for trainer Ronnie Burke. The striking Muscle Hill colt took to
the clay beautifully for his first win in six outings.
Honor
Above All went beautifully in his very first career start tracking the winner
and actually gaining late for driver Nicolas Roussel with Brownie Hanover
third.
The
winner is another Lexington Select sale grad costing Burke Racing, Weaver
Bruscemi, Phil Collura and Jack Piatt lll $85,000 last fall.
Racing
returns to The Red Mile on Saturday and the Kindergarten returns for leg four
next Thursday.
