By J.N. Campbell
9th-Keeneland, $120,000, Alw (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($125,000), 10-10, 3yo, 6f, 1:10.30, ft, neck.
WORLD RECORD (c, 3, Gun Runner–Marwa {GB}, by Exceed And Excel {Aus}) broke his maiden at second asking at Churchill Downs May 27, which earned him a 'TDN Rising Star' badge. The bay finished third over the same surface in the Maxfield Stakes June 30, but rebounded with a signature score in the GII Amsterdam Stakes at the Spa July 26. Well-beaten in the GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes upstate a month later, the colt was well-backed at 33 cents on the dollar here. The favorite closely shadowed a trio of pacesetters up the backstretch. On hold around the far turn, World Record shifted to the three path at the top of the lane and uncorked at the eighth pole. Under strong encouragement, the 'Rising Star' got to the wire first ahead of the charging Agoo (Munnings). A half-sister to MGSW Sir Cherokee (Cherokee Run) and MGSW Miss Isella (Silver Charm), the winner's dam is responsible for a 2-year-old filly in-training named Everloving (Violence) and a yearling filly by Maxfield, who AMO Racing took home for $425,000 at last month's Keeneland September Sale. Marwa was bred to Tacitus for next season. Sales History: $410,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV. Lifetime Record: GSW, 6-3-0-2, $279,860. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Siena Farm LLC and WinStar Farm LLC; B-Runnymede Farm LLC, Falguieres Bloodstock, Gestut Zur Kuste AG, et (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset.
#2 WORLD RECORD ($2.66) holds on to win the 9th race at @Keeneland. The three-year-old colt by @Three_Chimneys' Gun Runner was piloted by Flavien Prat for trainer @BrissetRodolphe and owners @WinStarFarm and @SienaFarmKY.
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