4th-Churchill Downs, $95,009, Msw, 6-28, 2yo, 6f, 1:11.04, ft.
NOOSE (c, 2, More Than Ready–Cowgirl Mally {GSP}, by Gone West) was a tenacious debut winner beneath the Twin Spires Friday. The chestnut worked four furlongs in :48 1/5 (6/68) June 21 and was off at 4-1 odds. He tucked in along the rail beneath Corey Lanerie just behind the pacesetters in fifth through a :22.29 opening quarter. Locked and loaded on the turn for home, the Joseph Sutton homebred shot through an opening along the inside in the stretch and punched home nicely to register a five-length score over favored Elusive d'Oro (Elusive Quality). Kowalski (Will Take Charge) rallied smartly after a slow start to complete the trifecta. Cowgirl Mally, third in the 2009 GIII Schuylerville S. for these same connections, was a $170,000 KEESEP yearling purchase. Noose hails from the family of notable sire General Meeting (Seattle Slew) and Grade I winner Teddy's Promise (Salt Lake). Sales history: $190,000 RNA Ylg '18 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $54,848. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Joseph W. Sutton (KY); T-Eddie Kenneally.
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