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Santa Anita · 06.03.21
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Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes
1stHit The Road4yo by More Than Ready × Highway MaryUS$ 252,001
2ndSmooth Like Strait4yo by Midnight Lute × Smooth As UsualUS$ 80,000
3rdCount Again6yo by Awesome Again × Count To ThreeUS$ 40,000
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PurseUS$ 400,001
To the winnerUS$ 252,001
Distance1609 metres
SurfaceTurf · Firm
Conditions4-year-olds and up
Runners10

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Result

10 runners · prize money to 4th place
PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stHit The Road4yo colt by More Than Ready × Highway MaryFlorent GerouxDan BlackerUS$ 252,001
2ndSmooth Like Strait4yo colt by Midnight Lute × Smooth As UsualUmberto RispoliMichael McCarthyUS$ 80,000
3rdCount Again6yo gelding by Awesome Again × Count To ThreeJuan HernandezPhilip D'AmatoUS$ 40,000
4thFlavius6yo colt by War Front × StarformerFlavien PratChad C BrownUS$ 28,000
–Social Paranoia5yo colt by Street Boss × ShutterbugAbel CedilloTodd Pletcher
–Royal Ship5yo gelding by Midshipman × Bela ValMike E SmithRichard E. Mandella
–Spirit Animal5yo gelding by Lemon Drop Kid × Iconic SpiritJoel RosarioChad C Brown
–Casa Creed5yo colt by Jimmy Creed × AchalayaJohn R VelazquezWilliam Mott
–Ride A Comet6yo colt by Candy Ride × Appealing ZophieDrayden Van DykeMark Casse
–Flying Scotsman5yo gelding by English Channel × PadmoreTyler BazeJ Sisterson

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 06.03.21
Hit The Road
More Than ReadySire
Highway MaryDamby U S Ranger
DamHighway Mary

Hit The Road is the first foal of the unraced Highway Mary (U S Ranger).

Second damWandering Star

Second dam Wandering Star (Red Ransom) was a Grade 2 winner. She is the dam of War Command (War Front), winner of the Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes, the Group 3 winner Naval Officer (Tale of the Cat) and Wonder Woman (Storm Cat), who has produced two black-type winners and four black-type performers.

Third damBeautiful Bedouin

Third dam Beautiful Bedouin (His Majesty).

Next generation

Highway Mary's next foal, a filly by Quality Road, died, and she was barren the following season. She then produced a filly by Arrogate in 2020 and has a filly foal by American Pharoah.

Connections
JockeyFlorent Geroux
TrainerDan Blacker
OwnerD K Racing, Llc, Radley Equine, Inc , Taste Of Victory Stables, Gold, Rick, Maslowski, Tony E And Odmark, Dave
BreederFred Hertrich III

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