KENTUCKY SIRE STAKES 3 YO COLTS 3RD LEG 090830

RACE 1 - The Red Mile - KY - August 30, 2022 Conditions: KENTUCKY SIRE STAKES 3 YO COLTS 3RD LEG Gait: Trot Purse: $15,000 Class: KYSS3RDLG Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: FT Temp-Allow: 72-0 Off Time: 6:33 PM HN Horse PP Finish Actual LQ Odds Driver Trainer 1 Kibbutz Dream 1 1/2 1:57.1 28.3 *0.50 Jean Dubois Marie Ortolan Bar 5 Like A Hush 5 2/2 1:57.3 28.3 7.20 Rick Farrington Steve Waller 4 Alliance Hall 4 3/7H 1:58.3 29.2 19.40 Peter Wrenn Fred Grant 6 Pray To Dream 6 4/7T 1:58.4 29.1 24.70 Charlie Norris Charlie Norris 3 Sensational Prayer 3 5/9T 1:59.1 30.3 2.00 Matt Kakaley C Kevin Thomas 2 Clear The Air X2 6/76 2:12.2 19.40 Trace Tetrick C Kevin Thomas 1st Kibbutz Dream (3, G Like A Prayer - Fill Josselyn - Supergill) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Reve Avec Moi Dreamwithme - PQ Breeder(s): Dream With Me Stable - PQ 2nd Like A Hush (3, H Like A Prayer - Body Elegance - Conway Hall) Registered Owner(s): Richard Rader - KY Breeder(s): Erin Rader - KY, Richard Rader - KY 3rd Alliance Hall (3, G Like A Prayer - Annabel Lobell - Speedy Somolli) Registered Owner(s): Walnut Hall Limited - KY Breeder(s): Walnut Hall Limited - KY

RACE 2 - The Red Mile - KY - August 30, 2022 Conditions: KENTUCKY SIRE STAKES 3 YO COLTS 3RD LEG Gait: Trot Purse: $15,000 Class: KYSS3RDLG Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: FT Temp-Allow: 72-0 Off Time: 6:51 PM HN Horse PP Finish Actual LQ Odds Driver Trainer 4 Touchdown Franco 4 1/NK 1:57.2 28.0 19.20 Brad Hanners Jeff Smith 1 Civil Cause 1 2/NK 1:57.2 28.2 36.10 Trace Tetrick C Kevin Thomas 3 Up Front Prayer 3 3/T 1:57.3 28.3 *0.20 Dan Noble Jim Arledge Jr 5 Wonderful Race 5 4/1H 1:57.3 29.0 22.40 Jeff Nisonger C Kevin Thomas 6 Mystical Prayer 6 5/4H 1:58.1 28.3 18.40 Matt Kakaley Dirk Simpson 7 King Solomon 7 6/14T 2:00.2g 32.1 45.10 Dan Shetler Dan Shetler 2 Motor Inn 2 7/46Q 2:06.3g 36.4 3.10 Peter Wrenn Bobby Brower 1st Touchdown Franco (3, H Like A Prayer - Atouchtomuch - Meadowbranch Jerzy) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Terry Kinsley - OH, Cynthia Kinsley - OH Breeder(s): Steve Waller - KY 2nd Civil Cause (3, H Like A Prayer - Donna Eligancia - Donerail) Registered Owner(s): Bulletproof Enterprises - FL Breeder(s): Perfect World Enterprises - NY 3rd Up Front Prayer (3, G Like A Prayer - Banshee Hall - Conway Hall) Registered Owner(s): C Mullinax - OH Breeder(s): Walnut Hall Limited - KY, Hilary Lyman - KY

Kentucky-sired sophomores took to the track on Sunday, August 30 at the Red Mile for the third and final preliminary leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes before next Sunday night�s $2.4 million �Night of Champions.�

Three-year-old trotting colts and geldings were the only sex and gait requiring multiple races, as 13 dropped in the box and were split into two $15,000 divisions.

The first division went according to plan, as 1-2 favourite Kibbutz Dream (driven by Jean Dubois) used a pocket trip to dart by down the lane and easily hold off its rivals with a two-length score in 1:57.1, a lifetime best. The gelded son of Like A Prayer--Fill Josselyn is trained by Marie Ortolan Bar for the Reve Avec Moi Dreamwithme Stables. Kibbutz Dream now has a first, second, and third in the opening legs of the KYSS, heading into next week�s $300,000 final. Like A Hush (Rick Farrington) was able to secure second, while Alliance Hall (Peter Wrenn) was third.

The second $15,000 KYSS division looked like it could go much the same, as Up Front Prayer (Dan Noble) was looking for a three-leg sweep as the prohibitive 1-5 favourite. However, it turned into a wide open affair down the stretch after King Solomon (Dan Shetler) set the opening fractions and faltered in the stretch, setting up a scintillating stretch drive as four horses finished within a length and a half on the wire. Touchdown Franco (Brad Hanners) emerged victorious on the outside, as it unleashed a furious four-wide rally, ripping off a 28-second final quarter to nail Civil Cause (Trace Tetrick) by a short nose. Up Front Prayer was only three-quarters of a length back in third. Touchdown Franco, a son of Like A Prayer--Atouchtomuch, is trained by Jeff Smith for Terry and Cynthia Kinsley. Touchdown Franco added the win to its resume after back-to-back second-place efforts in the opening legs of the KYSS.