Filly rockets home in $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes

Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe) used an amazing :25.4 last quarter blast to score a lifetime mark of 1:48.2 in capturing the $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Tuesday (Aug. 8) at The Red Mile.

The 6^th race feature for three-year-old pacing fillies saw Always B Naughty (David Miller) go right to the early lead with Strong Poison (Yannick Gingras) grab the two-hole spot as they raced to the opening quarter mile in :27.1.

The field remained in single file to the half mile in :54.4 before the action began to heat up. In the backstretch, Gringras came out of the two-hole to go first-over and carry with them second-over was the race favorite, Twin B Joe Fresh and driver Dexter Dunn. Always B Naughty was still in command of the race when they passed the three-quarters in 1:22.1, but began to fade as Strong Poison took over the lead.

By the top of the stretch, Dunn unleashed Twin B Joe Fresh, who took over the lead and held off Strong Poison with her :25.4 last quarter mile to win by one and three-quarter lengths. Cultured (Scott Zeron) was third.

TWIN BE JOE FRESH REPLAY

The time of 1:48.2 was a lifetime mark for Twin B Joe Fresh and her second straight win. She now sports four win in seven starts this season for trainer Chris Ryder, who co-owns the filly with Dexter Dunn, Peter Trebotica and Barry Spak. She paid $2.70 to win.

Darby Creek upsets in Commonwealth Series

It required every inch of the red clay oval for 47-1 shot Darby Creek to get her head in front of Diamondsnpearls (Dunn, Takter), but the daughter of Downbytheseaside and driver Austin Hanners did exactly that to stop the clock in 1:51.3.

Hungry For Love (D. Miller, Ron Burke) was another head back in third for a rousing finish to the line.

Darby Creek, trained by Brian Brown, is owned by Donald Robinson, Michael Robinson, Robert Mondillo and Rich Lombardo racing. The filly is the sixth foal of out Moonlit Dragon who collected $385,902 on the racetrack. She was a $35,000 purchase at the 2021 Lexington Selected Sale.

The filly was bred by Steve Stewart and co-owners D. Robinson and M. Robinson.

Darby Creek paid $97.78 to win with Diamondsnpearls paying $6.24 and Hungry For Love rounding out the trifecta at $3.44.

Favored Keep My Secret and Freshen Up take Goldenrod Series Divisions

Keep My Secret and Tony Hall rebounded from a dull fifth place effort at Eldorado Scioto Downs to score in a new lifetime best of 1:50.3 in the first of two divisions of the Goldenrod Series for trainer Anette Lorentzon.

Freshen Up provided Dunn and Ryder with one of two victories on the 13-race card. The daughter of Bettor’s Delight paid $3.98 to win for her 1:51.3 triumph.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Steve Wolf, for Harnesslink