Lexington, KY — Erv Miller pupil Unreasonable emerged from a shuffle with a charge down the center of the track to score an 11-1 upset in the $241,000 Grade 3 Glen Garnsey Memorial, sponsored by Diamond Creek Farm, on Sunday (Oct. 5) at The Red Mile.
Driver Marcus Miller found a stalking seat for Unreasonable behind Champagne Room (driven by Andy McCarthy) in progress to a :27.1 first quarter. Looksgoodinloulou (Yannick Gingras), launching from post 10, ditched a pylon seat and pushed uncovered on the outside with stablemate and 3-5 favorite Rodeo Drive Deo (David Miller) tracking her cover up the backstretch. Rodeo Drive Deo then slid past Looksgoodinloulou through a :53.4 half to take over the lead, at which point Unreasonable sat locked in the pylons towards the middle of the pack.
Rodeo Drive Deo chugged through the last turn to three-quarters in 1:20.1 but hit the ropes as her peers loomed to strike once straightening for home. Looksgoodinloulou darted through a seam at the inside to take the lead while Marcus Miller veered Unreasonable to the center of the track and found clearance nearing the final eighth. Unreasonable gathered momentum and zipped for the finish to clinch a half-length win over Looksgoodinloulou while Found (Todd McCarthy) closed for third and Faze held fourth.
“She’s just a really good horse,” Marcus Miller said after the race. “She hasn’t raced bad once this year, really. She’s got a huge kick turning for home if you don’t have to use her. I didn’t think I’d get away that close going into the first turn, period. There was a big shuffle – I was pretty nervous in the last turn. [But I] got lucky and she was here today.”
Unreasonable, a 3-year-old filly by Huntsville-Roaring To Go, won her seventh race from 12 starts this season and her 10th race from 23 starts in her career, earning $623,367 for owners Ervin Miller Stable Inc. and David J. Miller. She paid $24.26 to win.