World Gone Wild best in $65,000 Starter Handicap at Parx

World Gone Wild passed the $100,000 mark in career earnings yesterday with a hard-fought victory in the $65,000 Villanova Starter Handicap at Parx Racing.

The 4-year-old daughter of Gone Astray added $39,000 to her bank account, increasing her career total to $135,810. The often-claimed filly bred by Dr. Myron R. Wilson sports a record of 5-3-0 in 17 starts, and she gave Gone Astray his 11th winner of 2022. She’s won two of her last three.

World Gone Wild was away quickly with Ruben Silvera, and immediately went after pacesetter Midtown Rose as they reached the quarter in :23.13. The order never changed for the entire length of the 6-furlong trip, except when World Gone Wild nailed Midtown Rose in the final yards. She went on to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:12.98, and it was nearly nine lengths back to the third-place finisher.

World Gone Wild has proven to be a veritable bargain; she sold for $3,000 as a yearling at the 2019 OBS October sale.