Runhappy Gets Back to Work
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James McIngvale’s Runhappy, champion sprint male of 2015, made his first recorded work of the year a little after 5:30 a.m. Aug. 25 at Keeneland. For trainer Laura Wohlers the 4-year-old son of Super Saver went three furlongs in :34 4/5, a half-mile in :46, and five furlongs in :59 after shipping across town from his base at the Kentucky Training Center.
Runhappy, who tore through the NYRA.com King’s Bishop Stakes (gr. I), the Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (gr. III), TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I), and Malibu Stakes (gr. I) last year has been slowed this year, most recently by a bone bruise on his right front cannon bone.
HAMMONDS: RUNHAPPY ON THE SHELF FOR 60 DAYS
The drill was the first recorded work for Runhappy since he went seven furlongs in 1:25 2/5 in preparation last Dec. 15 for the Malibu. Following that race he was turned out at McIngvale's farm in Texas for some time before returning to Kentucky.
Bred by Wayne, Gray, and Bryan Lyster, Runhappy is out of the Broken Vow mare Bella Jolie. Runhappy, a $200,000 Keeneland September sale yearling, is 7-0-0 in eight starts and has earned $1,481,300.
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