Two Turns the Ticket for Well-Bred Gun Runner Colt

Wandering Eyes · August 13, 2021

6th-Ellis, $51,000, Msw, 8-13, 2yo, 1m, 1:35.96, ft, 4 1/4 lengths.
GUNTOWN (c, 2, Gun Runner–Fun House {Broodmare Of The Year, GSW, $432,922}, by Prized) added to his freshman sire (by Candy Ride {Arg})'s red-hot run, becoming Gun Runner's 10th winner right on the heels of a pair of graded stakes wins for the Three Chimneys inmate last weekend and a strong showing at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale earlier in the week. A $750,000 buyback last September, Guntown rallied for third after a rough start going seven furlongs here July 11. He was 5-2 stretching out to two turns, but made that price look like a gift. The bay chased fellow second timer Ignitis (Nyquist) through easily splits of :24.29 and :48.31 and put 4 1/4 lenfths on that foe in the stretch while appearing to relish the added real estate. The well-bred winner is half to Untapable (Tapit), Ch. 3-year-old Filly, MGISW, $3,926,625; and Paddy O'Prado (El Prado (IRE)), GISW, $1,721,297. He is the final listed foal for the 2014 Broodmare of the Year. Sales history: $750,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $35,700. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O/B-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.