Hit The Road Rallies To Win the Kilroe Mile

[Wandering Eyes]

HIT THE ROAD (c, 4, More Than Ready–Highway Mary, by U S Ranger) struck a blow for the locals, parlaying a perfect trip into a stirring short-neck victory in Saturday's GI F. E. Kilroe Mile S. at Santa Anita. Drawn gate two with the visiting Florent Geroux in the irons, Hit the Road found the perfect spot in the box seat, as Flying Scotsman (English Channel) sped across from his outside barrier to supplant favored Smooth Like Strait (Midnight Lute). The pace was sensible through the middle stages, with positions largely unchanged, and Hit the Road appeared to be in some bother nearing the quarter pole, as Flavius (War Front) kept him in for a time. Smooth Like Strait had first run and the race was there for the taking if good enough, but Hit the Road sliced through at the rail and fought on bravely to post a narrow victory. Count Again (Awesome Again) came from a share of last to be third with a flying finish. Hit the Road, the first Grade I in the career of trainer Dan Blacker, is the 26th worldwide top-level winner for the sensational dual-hemisphere stallion More Than Ready and 12th Grade I winner in North America. Hit the Road is bred on the wildly successful cross over Danzig-line mares–predominantly through Danehill–that has been responsible for the likes of top-level scorers Sebring (Aus), Prized Icon (Aus), Perfectly Ready (Aus), More Than Sacred (Aus) in Australia, to name only a few, and Uni (GB) in the United States. Sales history: $200,000 RNA Ylg '18 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 9-6-0-0. O-DK Racing LLC, Radley Equine Inc, Taste of Victory Stables, Rick Gold & Dave Odmark; B-Fred W Hertrich (KY); T-Dan Blacker.

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