Not This Time’s Troubleshooting Gets Up in Ainsworth Franklin-Simpson

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Donamire Farm homebred Troubleshooting (c, 3, Not This Time–Into Trouble, by Into Mischief), a smart winner of the Dade Park Dash S. at Ellis Park July 4, got up to post a narrow victory in Saturday's GI Ainsworth Franklin-Simpson S. at Kentucky Downs. He becomes the eighth Grade I winner for leading young sire Not This Time.

Of at odds of 5-1, he raced within striking distance in fifth and came charging on the outside to defeat Golden Afternoon (Goldencents) by a neck. Governor Sam (Improbable) was third.

The final time for 6 1/2 furlongs was 1:14.33.

Troubleshooting entered off a narrow second-place finish in an allowance sprinting on grass at Ellis Park Aug. 4.

Troubleshooting becomes the third Grade I winner for broodmare sire Into Mischief, joining White Abarrio (Race Day) and Alva Starr (Lord Nelson). Into Mischief is also the broodmare sire of 'TDN Rising Star' Shisospicy (Mitole), who won the GII Ags Music City S. one race earlier on the same card.

The stakes-winning Into Trouble, a $180,000 KEESEP yearling purchase by the Ball family's operation, is also responsible for the multiple stakes-placed Big Trouble (Kantharos), the unraced 2-year-old colt Trouble Calling (Dialed In), a yearling filly by Nashville and a colt by Nashville of this year. Into Trouble was bred back to Kantharos.

Lifetime Record: 9-3-3-0

O/B-Donamire Farm (KY); T-Gregory D. Foley.

Troubleshooting takes the G1 Franklin-Simpson at @kydownsracing at 5/1 for trainer @foley_racing with @tyler_gaff aboard!

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— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) September 6, 2025

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