More Cold Cash For Mr. Money In Indiana Derby

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The 4-5 post-time favorite to add to previous victories in the GIII Pat Day Mile and in the GIII Matt Winn S., MR. MONEY (c, 3, Goldencents–Plenty O’Toole, by Tiznow) continued his winning ways with a convincing three-length victory in the $500,000 GIII Indiana Derby Saturday evening. Outposted in gate 11, Mr. Money hit the ground running and managed to secure a good stalking position from third as Maryland raider Alwaysmining (Stay Thirsty) and Long Range Toddy (Take Charge Indy) eyeballed one another on the front end. The front-runners were forced to deal with a bit of in-race adversity in the form of longshot Eskenforit (Eskendereya), who dumped jockey Julien Leparoux a couple of strides away from the gate and ran a fair bit of interference, particularly in the final half-mile. Mr. Money traveled in the slipstream of the loose horse around the turn and into the stretch and, with Eskenforit lapped on his outside, raced away to the victory. Gray Magician (Graydar) capitalized on a cozy inside trip to grab second, while Math Wizard (Algorithms) proved that his runner-up effort in the GIII Ohio Derby was no fluke, closing from near the back of the pack to finish a game third despite being hampered by Eskenforit in upper stretch. Mr. Money covered the mile and a sixteenth in 1:41.80. O-Allied Racing Stable; B-Spruce Lane Farm (KY); T-Bret Calhoun.

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