{"id":178330,"date":"2025-10-04T02:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T02:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/178330\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T02:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T02:59:16","slug":"outfielder-tries-the-dirt-at-keeneland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/178330\/","title":{"rendered":"Outfielder Tries the Dirt at Keeneland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Outfielder_Keeneland_7-7-24_print_Katie-Petrunyak.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Outfielder | Katie Petrunyak<\/p>\n<p>By Alan Carasso<\/p>\n<p>3rd-KEE, $120k, Alw (N2L), 2yo, 6f, post time: 2:04 p.m. ET<br \/>Amo Racing USA, Wesley Ward and Two Eight Racing&#8217;s OUTFIELDER (Speightstown) was scratched out of Friday&#8217;s GIII Futurity Stakes in favor of trying the main track for the first time in a two-lifetime allowance at Keeneland. The $850,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga graduate was named a &#8216;TDN Rising Star&#8217; presented by Hagyard at first asking when streaking away by better than a half-dozen lengths sprinting on the grass at Churchill in May, but was forced to skip Royal Ascot and was last seen finishing a close fourth in the G1 Prix Morny at Deauville Aug. 24. The bay, who sheds the blinkers for the stateside return, breezed a bullet five furlongs in 1:01 1\/5 (1\/8) over the local dirt Sept. 25. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equibase.com\/tdn\/pastperformance.cfm?tk=KEE&amp;cy=USA&amp;rd=2025-10-04&amp;rn=3&amp;de=D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TJCIS PPs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2nd-KEE, $110k, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 1:32 p.m. ET<br \/>LOCAL KNOWLEGE (Yaupon) fetched a respectable $260,000 at the 2024 Keeneland September Sale and was hammered down to Spendthrift Farm\u2013where this sire holds court\u2013for $625,000 following a quarter-mile breeze that was timed in <a href=\"https:\/\/obscatalog.com\/2025\/144\/875.mp4?v=1752527236\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">:20 2\/5<\/a> at this year&#8217;s OBS April Sale. A May 1 foal, the bay is out of a winning Scat Daddy half-sister to the popular and successful New York-bred Saratoga Snacks (Tale of the Cat) and to the dam of MSW Split Time (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winstarfarm.com\/horses\/take-charge-indy-4578.html&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Take Charge Indy<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Commandment (Into Mischief), a son of 2018 GI Spinaway Stakes upsetter Sippican Harbor (Orb), was bought back as a weanling at FTKNOV ($485,000) and again as an FTSAUG yearling ($475,000) before changing hands for $500,000 at KEESEP. Second dam Blossomed (Deputy Minister) is also responsible for three-time Japanese stakes winner Awesome Result (<a href=\"https:\/\/coolmore.com\/farms\/america\/stallions\/justify&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Justify<\/a>), Crudo (<a href=\"https:\/\/coolmore.com\/farms\/america\/stallions\/justify&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Justify<\/a>), wide-margin winner of this year&#8217;s Sir Barton Stakes at Pimlico, and Saayedd (Malibu Moon), a listed winner in the United Arab Emirates over the winter.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Gallivant (Into Mischief) is a half-brother to 2024 GII Remsen Stakes third Tux (<a href=\"https:\/\/gainesway.com\/stallions\/tapit\/&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tapit<\/a>) and is set to become the third starter for Fancy Dress Party (<a href=\"https:\/\/coolmore.com\/farms\/america\/stallions\/munnings&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Munnings<\/a>), a full-sister to SW Will <a href=\"https:\/\/coolmore.com\/farms\/america\/stallions\/munnings&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Munnings<\/a>, and whose biggest career success came in this venue&#8217;s GIII Beaumont Stakes in 2019. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equibase.com\/tdn\/pastperformance.cfm?tk=KEE&amp;cy=USA&amp;rd=2025-10-04&amp;rn=2&amp;de=D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TJCIS PPs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10th-BAQ, $85k, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 4:55 p.m. ET<br \/>DOUBLE ACT (Into Mischief), an $850,000 purchase by Wathnan Racing out of last year&#8217;s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, is the second starter from dam Golden Award (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darleyamerica.com\/stallions\/our-stallions\/medaglia-doro&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Medaglia d&#8217;Oro<\/a>), winner of the GIII Shuvee Stakes and GIII Turnback the Alarm Stakes on this circuit. The May 17 foal is a granddaughter of Arch&#8217;s Gal Edith (Arch), the dam of dual Classic-winning champion I&#8217;ll Have Another (Flower Alley), and of the unraced Gloria S (<a href=\"https:\/\/gainesway.com\/stallions\/tapit\/&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tapit<\/a>), whose six winners from six to race include GSW &amp; GI Preakness and Haskell Stakes runner-up Gosger (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darleyamerica.com\/stallions\/our-stallions\/nyquist&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nyquist<\/a>) and GISW Harvey&#8217;s Lil Goil (<a href=\"https:\/\/coolmore.com\/farms\/america\/stallions\/american-pharoah&#013;\" class=\"horse-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">American Pharoah<\/a>). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equibase.com\/tdn\/pastperformance.cfm?tk=BAQ&amp;cy=USA&amp;rd=2025-10-04&amp;rn=10&amp;de=D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TJCIS PPs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin?v=001emHU8ZhrsEajJ7wAchg-Q0BVk4IZqcgudN44sPgrKIw215QhAC5sOZpiX2mrUIPZV0h_h2A4HEEvukxvIEvpdYgT6ykDs9chd4YAtYY2nZzhd0K6eEyx2zOnhVYTOI5e5sP3SaMDOnutKM6JHYKayGwukK-TLM2vL2HpHR34Q_n7wQDJg1T7y03OUFUnvNn_vWUsgwpBZ_I%3D\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #D3132F;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/saturday-insights-outfielder-tries-the-dirt-at-keeneland\/\" id=\"copyLink\" onclick=\"copyToClipboard(event)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Copy Article Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-tags\">\n              This story was posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/category\/shared-news\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shared News<\/a> and tagged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/aqueduct\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aqueduct<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/double-act\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Double Act<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/fasig-tipton-saratoga\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fasig-Tipton Saratoga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/golden-award\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Award<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/insights\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">insights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/keeneland\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keeneland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/keeneland-september\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keeneland September<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/local-knowlege\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local Knowlege<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/obs-april\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OBS April<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/outfielder\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Outfielder<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/speightstown\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speightstown<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/tdn-rising-star\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TDN Rising Star<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/wathnan-racing\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wathnan Racing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/yaupon\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yaupon<\/a>.            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Outfielder | Katie Petrunyak By Alan Carasso 3rd-KEE, $120k, Alw (N2L), 2yo, 6f, post time: 2:04 p.m. ETAmo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[77864,79290,79291,79292,5390,22884,66830,79293,79294,79295,3004,79296,101,15322,56,54,55,19019,79297],"class_list":["post-178330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-aqueduct","tag-double-act","tag-fasig-tipton-saratoga","tag-golden-award","tag-insights","tag-keeneland","tag-keeneland-september","tag-local-knowlege","tag-obs-april","tag-outfielder","tag-racing","tag-speightstown","tag-sports","tag-tdn-rising-star","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wathnan-racing","tag-yaupon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}