Will Call emerges from the pack to take Twin Spires Turf Sprint

Klein Racing’s Will Call emerged from a tight pack in deep stretch to win the 24th running of the $200,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade III) by 1 ¼ lengths over Kid Perfect.

Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Shaun Brigmohan, Will Call covered the five furlongs on a firm Matt Winn Turf Course in :56.68.

Latent Revenge, Riser and Restless Rambler engaged in a three-way scramble for the lead in the :21.92. Latent Revenge wrested control in upper stretch but was soon overhauled by the closers with Will Call finishing fastest of all.

Will Call’s first stakes victory was worth $117,800 and boosted his earnings to $232,521 with a record of 9-5-1-1. Will Call is a 4-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Country Day out of the More Than Ready mare Vote Early.

“He was training extremely well and I had a lot of confidence in him going into that Keeneland race (the Shakertown GII on April 7 in which he was ninth)," said victorious trainer Brad Cox. "For whatever reason, it just didn’t work out that day. But, he really showed up today. I really liked him coming into the race. His two works over this course have been fantastic. He broke off, settled and fired home, just like he did today. It was a huge effort.”

Will Call returned $15.60, $7.20 and $4.20. Kid Perfect, ridden by Florent Geroux, returned $13.40 and $7 and finished a neck in front of Bucchero, who paid $3.80 to show under Fernando De La Cruz.

Delectation (GB) finished another head back in fourth and was followed in order by Frisky Magician, Vision Perfect, Sonic Boom, Riser, Latent Revenge and Restless Rambler.