Swift Flyer closed the pace maker down in the final furlong to get up on the wire to win The KY Jockey Club in a photo by a nose from Thunder Kruz with Prime Time Opus a further length back in third.
Race #3 13:20 KY Jockey Club – Grade II [KYD]
1 1/16 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Open 2 Year Olds.
Swift Flyer wins The KY Jockey Club going close up racing in second then started to make headway in the home stretch to get up on the wire to win in a photo by only a nose from Thunder Kruz with Prime Time Opus a further length back in third. The winner is owned by M.b.o. Racing Stable.
Time: :234 :474 1:122 1:452
Race returns.
$2 Mutuel Prices:
| 10 – Swift Flyer | 7.60 | 4.50 | 3.10 |
| 5 – Thunder Kruz | 19.70 | 16.60 | |
| 8 – Prime Time Opus | 4.90 |
$1 Exacta: 10 – 5 Paid 76.60
$1 Trifecta: 10 – 5 – 8 Paid 776.00
How they ran.
Swift Flyer finished strongly getting up on the wire to win by a nose.
Thunder Kruz lead from the off racing two lengths clear of the field closed down the final furlong to be caught on the wire to finish second, unlucky.
Prime Time Opus stalked the leaders six lengths off the pace then finished strongly to finish third beaten by a length.
Wild Broomstick settled near the rear ran on strongly fourth best.
Air Show settled and raced in third then did not have the finish of the ones that beat him to drop back to fifth.
Blue Eight started in ninth and ran on strongly making up four lengths on the leaders but no better than sixth to be beaten by three lengths.
Swinging Doors broke in fourth then went backwards to finish dead heating seventh.
The Maze Runner broke in fifth made a position taking fourth and finished one pace to drop back through the field to finish dead heating seventh..
Shark Force started and raced in seventh past in the home stretch to drop back and finish ninth.
Viking Charley never in race started last of the ten runners and finish there.
Congratulations to M.b.o. Racing Stable.
The Englishman.
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