Jim and Susan Hill’s Freeway Robber was only a half size wanting graded stakes glory Sept. 7 within the Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes (G2T) at Kentucky Downs. However his relentless late rally wouldn’t be denied Oct. 11, because the Exhausting Spun  gelding simply bought up on the wire to nostril out Godolphin’s defending race winner Daring Act  and land his first graded win within the $289,500 Sycamore Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland.
Despatched off as the favourite at $2.59-1, Freeway Robber raced in ninth early beneath rider Tyler Gaffalione, with second selection Daring Act simply forward of him in seventh. Entrance-runner Cathkin Peak set robust early fractions of :23.16, :46.51, and 1:11.02 within the 1 1/2-mile turf race earlier than fading after a mile in 1:36.66.Freeway Robber, ch, 4/g
Exhausting Spun — Yabba, by Lemon Drop Child
Proprietor: Susan and Jim Hill
Breeder: Foxpointe Thoroughbreds (KY)
Coach: Brian A. Lynch
Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione
Info supplied by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Exhausting Spun stands at Darley for $35,000 (2024).
Sale Historical past
OBSAPR2022 • $30,000 • Consignor: Vickers Racing • Purchaser: Jim & Susan Hill.
KEESEP2021 • ($65,000 RNA) • Consignor: Pope McLean.
Popping out of the ultimate flip, Daring Act bought the soar on Freeway Robber, who was caught behind a wall of horses. Swung outdoors by Gaffalione within the stretch, Freeway Robber bore down on the Godolphin runner, and the 2 battled to the wire in a head-bobbing end. Freeway Robber prevailed by a nostril in a track-record time of two:26.08 on the agency course.
“It was very a lot a tactical jockeys’ race, wasn’t it?” coach Brian Lynch mentioned. “That turns every little thing round, whenever you get them going so fast in entrance like that … we simply needed to pray the site visitors opened up and he may get by means of when he bought by means of.”
Bred in Kentucky by Foxpointe Thoroughbreds, Freeway Robber was bought by the Hills for $30,000 on the 2022 Ocala Breeders’ Gross sales Spring Sale of 2-12 months-Olds in Coaching. The 4-year-old now holds a 5-2-1 report in 11 begins with earnings of $1,001,063. Join BloodHorse Day by day
“He is nonetheless solely a really calmly raced horse,” Lynch added. “We actually look ahead to him subsequent 12 months as a 5-year-old.”
Video: Sycamore S. (G3T)
