Rotknee A New Stake Winner for Runhappy in Damon Runyon
Advancement Rotknee (Runhappy) lifted his current winning streak to three, overtaking easy winner Damon Runyon S. Sunday at Big A.
Stretched the most in a field of the five, the home hybrid showed the best early speed and leaned over the fence in the opening game, forcing the odds Best idea (Honor code) to be tested in half stride. Going strong into the engine underneath Manny Franco, Rotknee turned them into a couple of beneficial lengths and kept betting to be the seventh stake winner for his second crop (by Super Saver) .
Runner-up in his Belmont mudslide debut on July 9, the Butler hybrid has been a mainstay for his graduation in Saratoga the following month before hitting shelves. Dark skies have begun from where he left off with a three-year defeat against an entry-level state-breeding subsidized enemy on February 11.
William Butler acquired Rotknee’s second dam for $65,000 at the OBS April Sale in 2005 and raced her to six wins and a pair of hybrid shares in New York for nearly $241,000 in earnings. Mama Theresa was bred by former TDN publishers Barry Weisbord and Peggy Santulli and is the daughter of Nothing Special, stake winner and Grade II-rated galloper for Weisbord, who also produced GI Jockey Club Gold Cup and many heroes of Empire Classic S. Haynesfield (Sightstown).
In Spite of Mama is the dam of Mama’s Gold (Bolt d’Oro), Rotknee’s 2-year-old half-brother, coveted by Can be heard and most recently bred with War of Wills. Click to view Equibase.com chart or VIDEO sponsored by TVG.
DAMON RUNYON S.$97,000, Aqueduct, 3-13, (S), 3yo, 7f, 1:27.06, ft.
first-ROTKNEE, 122, c, 3, by Runhappy
First beat: Instead of Mama, by Sightstown
2nd dam: Mama Theresa, by Carson City
3rd dam: Nothing special, by Tejabo
WIN THE BLACK 1ST. O/B-William J Butler (NY); T-Michael J Maker; J-Manuel Franco. $55,000. Lifetime record: 4-3-1-0, $156,350.
2-Agile, nimble120, c, 3, Realistic jokes–Singing Doe, by Running Stag. ($160,000 Wlg ’19 FTNMIX). Purebred O-Parkland; B-Hidden Lake Farm LLC, 3C Thoroughbreds, West Point Thoroughreds, et al (NY); T-Jorge R Abreu. $20,000.
3–G Munning120, c, 3, Munnings–To the Nines, by Super Saver. ($50,000 Wlg ’19 KEENOV; $90,000 Ylg ’20 FTKSEL; $275,000 2yo ’21 FTFMAR). TYPE 1 BLACK. Racing O-Flanagan; B-Clark Brewster & Gold Square LLC (NY); T-John C Kimmel. 12,000 dollars.
Margins: 2 3/4, 5 3/4, NO. Odds: 2.30, 5.40, 13.40.
Also Ran: Best idea, Mister Larry.