Doug Assisted Lael Stables on the purchase.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before but trainer Wesley Ward debuted a speedy new youngster at Keeneland Saturday as Heartily (Complexity) romped to become a new ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ in the nightcap.
The 4-5 favorite faced a field of largely inexperienced runners who saw little but this OBS April grad’s heels as he rocketed out to lead from an inside draw under John Velazquez. The only rival to keep pace early was Telecaster (Kantharos) as this group got strung out in dramatic fashion into the far turn. Heartily was keen to go on with it and, as Telecaster yielded at the quarter pole, it was a one-man show with Velazquez putting the bow on a five-win day as the favorite opened up at will to graduate by 6 1/2 lengths in the end.
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