In Our Time delivers Resolute Racing's first Keeneland graded win

John Stewart’s Resolute Racing finally got the Keeneland payoff it had been chasing, and In Our Time delivered it with a polished, 1 3/4-length victory in the Giant’s Causeway Stakes on April 12. The win gave Resolute Racing its first graded stakes triumph at Keeneland and turned a long-brewing mare into a racehorse with a genuine spring résumé in the turf sprint division.

In Our Time handled the 29th running of the $393,475 Giant’s Causeway Stakes Presented by Keeneland Select in 1:02.17 over 5 1/2 furlongs on firm turf. Sent out by Saffie Joseph Jr. and ridden by Flavien Prat, the 5-year-old daughter of Not This Time tracked the pace along the rail, saved ground throughout and kicked clear when Prat asked her to go. She returned $12.88 to win and lifted her record to 17 starts with five wins, six seconds and two thirds, pushing her earnings to $926,492 with the $229,400 winner’s share.

The result also fit the profile of a mare whose value has been built more through persistence than a single breakout race. In Our Time sold for $325,000 at the 2022 Keeneland September yearling sale, RNA’d for just $9,000 at the 2024 January sale and debuted for a $12,500 tag before later moving into the Resolute Racing and Miller Racing orbit. She had already won a stakes in November 2024 and had shown she belonged against better company with a third in the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf and a runner-up finish in the Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar.

Shining Star, the 9-5 favorite from Brad Cox’s barn with Jose Ortiz aboard, went to the front and set fractions of 21.62 and 44.52 seconds before fading late. Creed’s Gold chased home the winner in second, with Movin’ On Up third, while In Our Time made the decisive move from a stalking trip and never looked back.

For Stewart, the race mattered beyond a single trophy. He began his large-scale Keeneland buying push at the 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and this was the sort of graded return that validates that approach in the most visible way possible at Lexington. It also arrives during a strong run for Joseph, who won the Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park with Claret Beret on April 11. If In Our Time stays sound and keeps finding spots that suit her sharp, tactical style, Resolute Racing may have more than one Keeneland headline ahead.