9th-Fair Grounds, $55,000, Alw (NW3$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 3-6, 4yo/up, 1mT, 1:39.39, fm, 1/2 length.
DONEGAL MOMENTUM (c, 4, Uncle Mo–Moon Dash {SP}, by Malibu Moon) was named a 'TDN Rising Star' at the beginning of a 3-year-old campaign which saw him win the Gio Ponti Stakes in October and finish out his season with a third, just one length off winner Formidable Man (City of Light) who took last week's GI Frank E. Kilroe Mile, in the GI Hollywood Derby at Del Mar Nov. 30. Cutting back to the mile for his 4-year-old debut Thursday, the 1-2 favorite got outrun for the lead from his outside gate and had to rate third behind pacesetter Swiftsure (Uncle Mo) and Wonderful Justice (GB) (Justify) through the opening half in :49.04. Pushed along on the outside of that pair around the far turn, he quickly drew past but had to keep finding as Out of Deductions (Nyquist) challenged late, ultimately coming up a half-length short of Donegal Momentum on the line. Moon Dash, who was herself a $650,000 2-year-old at OBS April in 2017, reported a Corniche filly this year. Sales History: $375,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: SW/GISP, 7-4-1-1, $285,250. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Donegal Racing; B-Speedway Stable (KY); T-Thomas Morley.
Donegal Momentum hangs in to win R9 at @fairgroundsnola as the betting favorite! 💪@jjcjockey came in town to ride and @morley_racing trains.
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