8th-Keeneland, $100,000, Msw, 4-24, 3yo, 7f, 1:27.05, ft, 11 1/4 lengths.
B DAWK (c, 3, Gormley–Mott N Hester, by Super Saver) closed to get up for third debuting at five furlongs on the Del Mar turf Nov. 14 and improved a spot switching to dirt at Santa Anita on New Year's Eve. Bombing at 1-2 when sixth switching to Tapeta at Golden Gate, he ran a distant third behind impressive High Connection (Connect) back on the Arcadia main track Mar. 26 and was dispatched at 44-5 shipping in for this spot. Hustled for position early, the $425,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic buy pressed the pace from a close-up second through a quarter in :22.88. Cruising to the lead three deep entering the turn, the chestnut blew the race open in early stretch, belatedly switched leads just inside the eighth pole and rolled home a sharp 11 1/4-length winner. Favored firster Exact Estimate (Into Mischief) completed the exacta. The victor's dam produced a filly by Classic Empire last season before visiting Tiz the Law. Sales History: $77,000 Ylg '20 KEEJAN; $140,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP; $425,000 2yo '21 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: 5-1-1-2, $88,415. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-West Point Thoroughbreds & Joseph E. Besecker; B-Small Batch Thoroughbreds & Robert Fetkin (KY); T-Doug F. O'Neill.
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