Leslie Young had two winners at the Radnor Hunt Races

Details: May 19, 2025; By SARA CAVANAGH

MALVERN, Pa.--Leslie Young saddled two winners, including Project Two (Ire) in the Allowance Timber, at the Radnor Hunt Races on Saturday, May 17.

Project Two takes jump last in 2nd 2 Project Two ridden by Jordon Canavan (Photo by Tod Marks)Project Two, owned by Michael A. Smith, trained by Young and ridden by Jordon Canavan, won the $25,000, 31/4 mile Allowance Timber race by 4 3/4 lengths in 7:21 4/5 over Track and Trace (Ire), trained by Mark Beecher, and Imperial Assassin (Ire), trained by Kathy Neilson.

"Project Two was still a maiden when he started at Radnor," said Young. "Jordan gave him a great ride. He'd won over hurdles, then he had a tendon injury, so we gave him time, and then we brought him back over timber."

Project Two had previously had two thirds and a second in timber races before winning at Radnor.

Young also saddled Sharon E.Sheppard and Beverly (Peggy) Steinman's Mooney Love (Ire). ridden by Luke Carberry, to win the $30,000, 2 1/8 mile Maiden Hurdle by 1 1/2 lengths in 4:14 4/5 over Bold Look, trained by Barry Foley, and British Royalty (On) , trained by Neilson.

"MOONEY LOVE had been a nice flat horse," said Young. "Peggy and Sharon had him then as part of Team Valor International. He won an allowance race at Saratoga in 2922. Then he had a slight injury. Peggy and Sharon got him and gave him time off."

Mooney Love had run as a 2-and 3-year-old in Italy before being imported and running twice on the flat in this country in 2022.

Tom Garner saddled Irv Naylor's Sultan Pierji (Fr), ridden by Evan Dwan, to win the $35,000 Allowance Hurdle by 5 3/4 lengths in 4:08 4/5 over Auction Kingdom, trained by Neil Morris, and Travesuras, trained by Cyril Murphy.

Murphy saddled Alison Farwell Jr.'s Final Opportunity, ridden by Dwan, to win the first of two $15,000 Optional Maiden Starter/Maiden Claiming Hurdle races by 1 length in 4:16 4/5 over Holey Moley, trained by Foley, and Hashtag No Wonder, trained by Morris.

Kate Dalton saddled Joseph F. Fowler Jr.'s Scoop the Pot, ridden by Bernie Dalton, to win the second $15,000 Optional Maiden Starter. Maiden Claiming Hurdle by 1 1/2 lengths in 4:08 3/5 over Tea with Edgar, trained by Neilson, and Star Force, trained by Ricky Hendriks.