G Munning seeking first stakes win in $100K Rego Park
At 0h54, on January 9, 2022 • By AQUEDUCT
Flanagan Racing’s G Munning will make his stakes debut in his first start against winners when he contests Sunday’s $100,000 Rego Park for New York-bred sophomores sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs over the main track at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Trained by John Kimmel, G Munning was a $275,000 purchase at the Fasig-Tipton Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training last March after he posted a furlong at the under-tack show in 10.1 seconds.
Eight months later, the son of Munnings made a winning debut for Kimmel in a state-bred maiden special weight going six furlongs on November 19 at Aqueduct.
“I took my time with him as he had some minor developmental issues,” said Kimmel. “I gave him the summer to prepare and just let him go easy.”
Ridden by Jose Ortiz in his debut, the chestnut colt was bumped at the start and broke fourth in the field of nine. Ortiz guided G Munning along the rail and quickly asked him to hustle to the front, opening a length on Built to Last in second and leading the field through an opening quarter-mile in 22.75 and a half-mile in 47.04.
Rounding the turn, G Munning went a bit wide and was met with a challenge from eventual runner-up Bold Journey, matching strides down the lane and making G Munning dig in under strong urging from Ortiz. Coming down to the sixteenth pole, G Munning drew away, breaking his maiden by a length in determined fashion.
G Munning, bred in New York by Clark Brewster and Gold Square, earned a 78 Beyer Speed Figure for his maiden score.
