Contribution A Debut Winner For Resolute At Horseshoe Indy

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1st-Horseshoe Indianapolis, $32,000, Msw, 10-29, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:46.54, gd, 2 3/4 lengths.
CONTRIBUTION (c, 3, Constitution–Gifting {SP}, by Street Cry {Ire}) broke as the narrow 2-1 second choice as the only first-time starter facing a field of far more experienced rivals in the mud Wednesday. Shifting sideways from the outside gate, he lacked any early speed and had only one runner beat around the clubhouse turn and into the backstretch while well off the pace through fractions of :24.24 and :48.37. Forced back and wider still behind race favorite Start to Win (Upstart) at the half-mile pole, Contribution re-rallied with an eye-catching move to circle the field around the far turn. On the lead as he straightened for home, he kept safely clear of the favorite to graduate by 2 3/4 lengths. An $850,000 yearling purchase for Resolute's John Stewart at Keeneland September in 2023, Contribution is out of a winning half-sister to GISW Streaming (Smart Stike) and to the dams of Canadian champion older dirt male Tyson (Tapit), MGSW Cezanne (Curlin) and MGISW and champion 3-year-old colt Arcangelo (Arrogate). This is the family of Better Than Honour, a prolific $14,000,000 FTKNOV broodmare responsible for another champion 3-year-old in MGISW Rags to Riches (A.P. Indy), GSW/G1SP Casino Drive (Mineshaft) and GI Belmont Stakes winner Jazil (Seeking the Gold). Gifting has a 2-year-old Charlatan colt who was exported to Ireland last year and reported a colt by Army Mule this year before returning to Army Mule for 2026. Sales History: $850,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart
O-Resolute Racing; B-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc & Stretch Run Ventures, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

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