1st-Keeneland, $82,854, Msw, 4-7, 2yo, 4 1/2f, :52.56, gd, 7 1/2 lengths.
PINKY FINGER (f, 2, Army Mule–Bird Map, by Liam's Map), the lone filly in the field, was sent off at even money and never gave her backers any doubts. The bay shot out to the early lead and had a clear advantage in a matter of strides. She was some three lengths in front at the top of the stretch after a quarter in :22.10 and, with jockey Joel Rosario glancing back for challengers more than once, extended her advantage down the lane without being asked and crossed the line geared down and 7 1/2 lengths in front. Happyhappyboy (Runhappy) was second. Pinky Finger was a $90,000 KEENOV weanling. Bird Map, who sold for $40,000 while carrying the winner at the 2022 Keeneland November sale, sold for that same price while in foal to Aloha West at that auction in 2023. She produced a filly last year and was bred back to Hard Spun. The mare is a half-sister to the dam of graded winner Pretty Birdie (Bird Song), who sold for $700,000 at this year's Keeneland January sale. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $50,918.
O/T-Wesley A. Ward; B-SpearmaCo (KY).
The filly, #8 PINKY FINGER ($4.16) by Army Mule was way too fast for the boys in the opener at @keenelandracing. That is another 2-year-old debut winner trained by Wesley Ward as @JRosarioJockey was in the irons.
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