Game Winner Colt Will To Prepare Causes Debut Upset at Keeneland

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7th-Keeneland, $110,000, Msw, 4-25, 3yo, 6f, 1:10.74, sy, 3/4 length.
WILL TO PREPARE (c, 3, Game Winner–Hessie's Girl, by Giant's Causeway), a $185,000 Keeneland September purchase, was dismissed at 21-1 in what looked a fairly hot maiden on paper, including the $800,000 KEESEP grad Il Cavallino (Into Mischief), a half to MSW Botanical (Medaglia d'Oro), and Lifes Reward (Into Mischief), a homebred full-brother to MGISW 'TDN Rising Star' Life Is Good. The chestnut colt was beaten for speed and dropped out to race near the back of the pack early on, with only the slow-starting, but patiently ridden Lifes Reward behind him. Working his way into the race nicely approaching the stretch, Will To Prepare came five or six wide into the lane and was joined in the final furlong by Lifes Reward, who came with a barnstorming run of his own even wider out. The two may have brushed lightly with a sixteenth of a mile to run, but Will To Prepare managed to hold off the 12-5 second favorite by three-parts of a length. Il Cavallino argued the early fractions while down inside, but weakened to finish sixth at odds of 37-10. A half to Fearless Soldier (City of Light), SP, $288,003, Will To Prepare is related to nine winners from 12 to race, including GISW Bullsbay (Tiznow) and GSW Our Khrysty (Newfoundland), herself the dam of GISW Grace Adler (Curlin) and GSW & MGISP Pyrenees (Into Mischief). Hessie's Girl is represented by the 2-year-old filly Chambersburg (Charlatan) and most recently visited Flightline and Quality Road. Sales history: $185,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $65,643. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Belladonna Racing LLC, Twin Brook Stables, Griffin Thoroughbred Stables, Woodford Racing LLC, BCWT Ltd & Taylor Creek; B-Farfellow Farms Ltd (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux.

 

#6 WILL TO PREPARE ($44) rallies between horses to win race 7 at @keenelandracing. The son of Game Winner (@LanesEndFarms) was ridden by @Jose93_Ortiz and is trained by @reredevaux.

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