—Mar 10— Next Shares followed his decisive 2018 debut victory in the Grade 3 Thunder Road Stakes with another easy win, chasing down World Approval at the halfway mark and drawing out to win the Grade I Frank E. Kilroe Mile by two-and-a-quarter lengths.
The place and show horses both shipped from Florida.
World Approval, who finished second, entered the race after finishing third in the Tampa Bay Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on February 10.
Meanwhile, Bill Mott’s Channel Maker was coming off a third place finish in the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf Stakes. He was previously second in the W. L. McKnight Handicap in his debut. Both of those efforts were at longer distances.
Retro Horse Racing Game 