Goodlookinjustice looks good in Dunham Overnight Handicap at Horseshoe Indianapolis

It was a good looking performance by Goodlookinjustice Wednesday in the second running of the Don Dunham Overnight Handicap.

The race is named in honor of longtime Shelbyville, Ind. resident Don Dunham and longtime member of the racing security staff at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Goodlookinjustice got a good look out of the gate for jockey Sammy Bermudez and put a head in front during the six-furlong event. He was joined early on by Latigo and Joe Ramos to his immediate outside with last year’s Dunham winner, Molly’s Town and Emmanuel Esquivel, tracking closely on the inside.

The order never changed heading into the single turn of the race and when the field emerged into the stretch, Goodlookinjustice was in full command.

A few shakes of the reins from Bermudez was the signal Goodlookinjustice needed to accelerate, moving out to a three and one-half length advantage at the wire for the win, his third in five starts for 2025. Latigo finished second over Molly’s Town. Time of the sprint was 1:09.08.

“We were hoping for a good break today,” noted Bermudez, who has ridden Goodlookinjustice in all 15 of his career starts. “He didn’t have a good break in several of his races this year. But once we got to the lead, I knew he was going to do well.”

Goodlookinjustice was sent out of the gate as the race favorite, paying $3.80 for the win. The four-year-old son of Street Boss is a homebred, owned and raised by Justice Farm. Aaron West handles the conditioning of the colt, who now has eight career wins and more than $325,000 in earnings.

It was his second premier racing win of his career, adding the Dunham Overnight Handicap to the Hoosier Breeders Sophomore Handicap win last year.

Don Dunham was trackside with his wife, Sandy, and other family members for the trophy presentation. Dunham has been a security guard in the grandstand area for more than a decade. Prior to joining the staff, he was a farmer and also worked as a lineman for Rush-Shelby Energy. He was joined by several staff members of the security team showing their support of Dunham for the race named in his honor.

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