Stakes placed IRISH HUSTLE wins again

IRISH HUSTLE  (Data Link) broke her maiden in February at the Fair Grounds. After some time off, she ran 2nd in allowance company at Evangeline Downs. Next again at Evangeline and racing a mile, she was unhurried early and then cleared the field for win # 2. Next she has added black type to her pedigree page running third in the Elge Rasberry S. Today she rallied to annex win # 5 – this one an allowance race at the Fair Grounds.

The four -year-old filly is now trained by  Thomas M. Amoss for owner Larry J. Romer. She was a member of the Gallop Group at Fasig Tipton Gulfstream.

2 winners for Kirkwood

RAILSPLITTER , g, 3, Bodemeister–Ghost Flower (MSP, $129,486), by Ghostzapper. graduated at Golden Gate Fields going a mile on the turf  for owner McShane Racing LLC  and trainer Jonathan Wong.  He was consigned and sold by Kirkwood at ’19 OBSMAR for $390,000.

Also winning at Golden Gate Fields was SURFACE (Quality Road) owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and TNIP, LLC and trained by Steve Sherman. She broke her maiden last out and has now won 2 in a row. She was a $130,000 sale also at OBSMAR but in 2018.

2 yo KENNY HAD A NOTION wins the Jamestown S at Laurel

Courtesy of the TDN
JAMESTOWN S., $82,500, Laurel, 10-9, (C), 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:03.62, fm. 1–KENNY HAD A NOTION, 118, g, 2, by Great Notion 1st Dam: Darting, by During 2nd Dam: Dosh, by Victory Gallop 3rd Dam: Duds, by Ack Ack ($25,000 Ylg ’19 FTKJUL; $20,000 Ylg ’19 EASOCT). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN.
O-Louis J. Ulman & H. Neil Glasser
B-Althea Richards(VA); T-Dale Capuano
Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $75,125.

A first-out, determined head winner July 30 at Delaware, Kenny Had a Notion didn’t fare as well when seen again in the Sept. 26 First State Dash S. even after working three straight bullets over Laurel’s main track. He caught a sloppy Delaware surface that day, got bumped, and threw in the towel to finish sixth. Redemption was sweet when switched to the turf for an impressive win in the Jamestown S. Kenny Had a Notion broke on top, but let Cool Enough (Tamarkuz) on his outside take command. Hounding that one through a first quarter of :22.41, the bay moved to the outside himself, tackled Cool Enough coming off the turn as the half slipped by in :45.37, then romped home much the best.

Five-time winner Darting’s last reported foal is a now-yearling colt by Divining Rod, who sold at this week’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale for $20,000 to Julie Davies. Darting’s granddam is a graded stakes-producing mare by Ack Ack, notable as not too many mares by the 1971 Horse of the Year and late Claiborne stallion are remain close up in pedigrees.