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HIT THE ROAD

Hit the Road Thunder Road Stakes

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Hit the Road
Hit the Road at Pegasus World Cup

Hit the Road was our stable star. This gorgeous Kentucky-bred was a Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf participant in 2019. He won his first graded stakes in '21 when he captured the Thunder Road Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita. He wasn't satisfied with that, so exactly one month later he soared home to victory in the Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1). Hit the Road is now retired and will become a stallion in South Africa!

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Pedigree: More than Ready - Highway Mary, U.S. Ranger

Trainer: Dan Blacker

Owners: D K Racing LLC, Radley Equine, Taste of Victory Stables, Rick Gold,

Tony Maslowski, and Dave Odmark 

Breeder: Fred W. Hertrich III (KY)

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Photos: Lisa Bruin (top), Ernie Belmonte (left)

RACE RECORD

19

STARTS

6

WINS

0

2ND

2

3RD

A TRAINER'S FIRST

Hit the Road's win in the Thunder Road Stakes (G3) was the first graded stakes win for Dan Blacker. One month later, Blacker and Hit the Road teamed up for their first Grade 1 win: the Frank E. Kilroe Mile.

HIGH CLASS

Hit the Road has participated in some of the premier turf events in the United States: Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, Maker's Mark Mile, and Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational.

SIRED BY THE BEST

Hit the Road is sired by world renowned stallion More Than Ready. More Than Ready has more winners than any other stallion in the world: 2,051.

HIGH EARNER

Hit the Road has earned $588,751 in his career. For comparison, he was purchased for just $160k by Boomer Bloodstock and Radley Equine as a yearling. 

Hit the Road wins the Grade 3 Thunder Road Stakes on February 6th,2021 at Santa Anita Park.
Hit the Road wins Runhappy Oceanside Stakes race 9 at Del Mar 7/10/20
Zuma Beach Stakes - October 6, 2019
Hit the Road Wins Race 6 at Del Mar 07/28/19
Hong Kong Harry wins Race 10 on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Santa Anita Park.
Du Jour wins the Wickerr Stakes race 9 at Del Mar 7/23/23.

DAN BLACKER, TRAINER (BLOODHORSE)

"He's the complete package of a racehorse. He's got a great mind. I think when people talk about a precocious horse, they think about how they look and what that physical body type, what a forward type-looking horse will look like. But for him it was all the mental aspect. Raul Reyes from King's Equine broke him in Ocala, Fla., and he kind of flew under Raul's radar there because he didn't show a lot of speed. When he came to me at the track he was always very smart and precocious mentally. He learned and did everything very easily. And he got ready to run very quickly."
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