Sent off the 2-5 favorite for his return to stakes competition in Saturday's City of Laurel S., 'TDN Rising Star' Honest Mischief (Into Mischief) had to work for it, but he gutted it out in the end to become the 61st stakes winner for his sire. He is also the 225th stakes winner produced by a daughter of the legendary Seattle Slew
Perhaps a half-step slow to begin, the homebred raced behind a leading trio for the opening five furlongs and was locked away in need of running room when push came to shove. Trevor McCarthy angled the immaculately bred bay into the four path and into the clear at the furlong marker and he dug down deep to claw back Chilly In Charge (Take Charge Indy) in the shadow of the wire. Hall Pass (Freedom Child) was third.
Accorded 'Rising Star' status off an eight-length maiden gallop at Keeneland in April, Honest Mischief was sixth as the choice in the GI Woody Stephens S. June 8 and a distant third to Shancelot (Shanghai Bobby) in the GII Amsterdam S. at Saratoga July 28. He returned to winning ways with a four-length allowance tally back at Keeneland Oct. 9.
Honest Mischief is half-brother to three full stakes winners, including GISW First Defence (Unbridled's Song), and his second dam Toussaud needs no introduction, as she is the dam of additional Grade I winners Empire Maker (Unbridled), Chester House (Mr. Prospector) and Chiselling (Woodman) in addition to GSW/GISP Decarchy (Distant View). Toussaud's GSW full-sister Navarra was responsible for GSW/GISP Indygo Shiner (A.P. Indy). Juddmonte also campaigns fellow 'TDN Rising Star' Taraz, by Into Mischief and out of a mare by the aforementioned Empire Maker. Honest Mischief is kin to the 2-year-old filly Annual (Noble Mission {GB}).
FORCE THE PASS CITY OF LAUREL S., $100,000, Laurel, 11-30, 3yo, 7f, 1:23.06, ft.
1–HONEST MISCHIEF, 120, c, 3, by Into Mischief
1st Dam: Honest Lady (GISW, $894,168), by Seattle Slew
2nd Dam: Toussaud, by El Gran Senor
3rd Dam: Image of Reality, by In Reality
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Chad C Brown; J-Trevor McCarthy. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-1, $191,800. *1/2 to Phantom Rose (Danzig), SW-Fr; First Defence (Unbridled's Song), GISW, $580,534; and Honest Quality (Elusive Quality), SW-Eng;
2–Chilly in Charge, 120, c, 3, Take Charge Indy–Holiday Chills, by Harlan's Holiday. ($170,000 2yo '18 OBSOPN). O-Newtown Anner Stud; B-Horseshoe Valley Equine Center (PA); T-Miguel Vera. $20,000.
3–Hall Pass, 120, g, 3, Freedom Child–G G's Dolly, by Comic Strip. ($12,000 Ylg '17 EASOCT). O-Mens Grille Racing; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (MD); T-Hamilton A Smith. $10,000.
Margins: NK, 2, 1. Odds: 0.40, 8.90, 19.00.
Also Ran: Hanalei's Houdini, Rohrbacher, Amundson.
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