Emoticon Legacy and driver Louis-Philippe Roy overcame post ten, as well as some pressure getting control, but in the end, they were dominant in capturing Sunday's $500,000 Grade 1 Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile in a 1:49 2/5 clocking, giving the son of Walner back-to-back sub-1:50 victories. Luc Blais trains the homebred sophomore son of Walner. With an outside draw, as well as half of his ten rivals coming from a single stable, the odds appeared stacked against Emoticon Legacy before the gate opened. Despite incredible recent form, Emoticon Legacy ceded favoritism to Super Chapter, a colt that barely defeated him this summer in the Beal at Pocono. The two were once again prominent in Sunday's contest, both leaving the gate quickly but losing the early skirmish as Happy Jack B and Ake Svanstedt went to control quickly after the outset. Super Chapter ranged to the front for driver Dexter Dunn shortly following the 27 1/5 opening quarter, and Roy and Emoticon Legacy were tracking his movements closely. Emoticon Legacy needed to work hard in the second quarter but did gain control before the half that was reached a snappy 53 3/5. Go Dog Go was heavily-backed in the field as well, and driver Todd McCarthy, after getting early position, was on the move first-over to challenge for the lead, giving cover to Onajetplane with Maryland third-over in the outer tier flow. Roy and Emoticon Legacy had company as they reached three-quarters in 1:21 4/5 with Super Chapter along the pylons waiting for room and Maryland with Yannick Gingras rallying off his cover with solid speed. ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter Super Chapter found the path he was looking for to reach the flank of Emoticon Legacy, but there was no quit in the leader, and he fought gallantly to the wire. Maryland rallied well to make it close on the wire but had to settle for second ahead of stablemate Super Chapter. Happy Jack B, the early leader, held on to fourth with Meshuggah fifth across the wire. "This horse is so good," said Roy in the winner's circle. "He's efficient in his gait." Owned and bred by Determination, Emoticon Legacy has now won seven of his 10 starts this year. Today, he followed up a winning performance in the Canadian Trotting Classic two weeks ago at Woodbine Mohawk Park in a Canadian-record mile with an epic effort that came within a fifth of a second of Six Pack's world and Kentucky Futurity record. "He makes my job easy," said Blais with a smile. Blais also conditioned the dam Emoticon Legacy and sees similarities. "She gave her heart to her babies."  The Breeders Crown is next for Emoticon Legacy, with Blais suggesting he'll likely return to race as a 4-year-old in 2026. Mr Mouton and Dexter Dunn easily captured the $50,000 Kentucky Futurity consolation, again tying the world record for sophomore trotting geldings with his second 1:50 1/5 effort at The Red Mile. The Chapter Seven-sired gelding is owned by Knutsson Trotting, Little E LLC., Stoltz-Geiger and Jorgen Sparredal Inc.