Lewis Lakin’s GREATER GOOD (Intidab) hopped at the start of the $100,000
Southwest S. on Saturday at Oaklawn Park, but recouped while racing in last
under jockey John McKee. After trailing through the first half, which
Munificence (Allen’s Prospect) set in :23 2/5, :47 1/5 and 1:12 3/5, Greater
Good started moving up along the outside, swinging five wide on the final turn
and overpowering the long-time leader right before the wire, finishing three
parts of a length in front. Sent off the 1-2 favorite in the seven-horse field,
the Bob Holthus-trained sophomore completed a mile in 1:39 over the wet fast
track, paying
out $3, $2.40 and $2.20.
Munificence easily held second by 1 1/2 lengths, returning $3.20 and $2.20 at
7-2 and ending the $10.40 exacta. Humor at Last (Distorted Humor) came in third
to finish the $29.20 trifecta and was worth $2.20 at 5-1. Copy My Notes
(Souvenir Copy) rounded out the top four and was followed by Major League (Magic
Cat), Silver Haze (Silver Deputy) and My Parade (Parade Ground).
Greater Good captured the Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) and Kentucky Cup
Juvenile S. (G3) last year with a third in the Iroquois S. (G3) thrown in the
mix. From a 6-4-0-1 lifetime mark, the bay colt has now earned $286,275. Out of
the Grade 3-winning Gather the Clan (Ire) (General Assembly), Greater Good has
an unnamed yearling half-sister by Victory Gallop.