Stephen Foster Handicap next for Honorable Duty
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DARRS Inc.’s Honorable Duty, most recently runner-up in the Alysheba (Grade II) on the May 5 Kentucky Oaks undercard, will test his hand in the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (GI) on Saturday, June 17.
“He’s been fantastic this year,” trainer Brendan Walsh said. “He really hasn’t done anything wrong.”
The 5-year-old gelding by Distorted Humor capped off his 2016 campaign with a three-quarter-length victory at Fair Grounds in the Tenacious Stakes. Honorable Duty continued his winning ways in the Big Easy to start the year with a half-length triumph in the Mineshaft Handicap (GIII) and a neck victory in the New Orleans Handicap (GII). In the Alysheba, Honorable Duty closed ground late but finished 1 ½ lengths behind Bird Song.
“He ran a super race in the Alysheba,” Walsh said. “That was really solid second to Bird Song, who is a very nice horse for Ian (Wilkes). We’ve been taking it easy on him since that race but he’s doing really well.”
The Stephen Foster Handicap is expected to attract Dubai World Cup (GI) runner-up Gun Runner, as well as Alysheba winner Bird Song. Nominations close June 3.
Source: Churchill Downs
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