Trouble Calling (Dialed In) became the third full black-type winner for his stakes-winning dam with a narrow victory in Friday's Lafayette Stakes on opening day at Keeneland.No better than the fifth betting choice in a tight wagering affair, the Donamire homebred was content to lag towards the back of the pack as Carson Street (Street Sense) galloped them along through taxing fractions of :21.91 and :44.47. Last to make the three-furlong pole, Trouble Calling jumped into the bridle nearing the stretch, was fanned some six or seven paths wide but remained focused on the task at hand and went on to prevail narrowly, denying new trainer Kinnon LaRose a stakes victory with his first-ever runner at Keeneland in the form of Oscar's Hope (Twirling Candy).“He's always been a horse that had a lot of speed, so we thought we were going to be right there pretty close, but the track was not playing the best for him,” said winning jockey Luis Saez. “It was kind of a little deep, so he took a little while to get going, but when he saw [he was in] the clear at the three-eighths [pole], he started to get going and he finished really strong.”Trouble Calling had placed in four of his first five career starts, including a runner-up effort locally last October and a similar effort at the Fair Grounds Jan. 17 before breaking through by better than six lengths in New Orleans Feb. 14.Trouble Calling is the 35th stakes winner for his sire and is the 45th stakes winner out of a daughter of Into Mischief. His half-brother Troubleshooting (Not This Time), winner of last year's GI Franklin-Simpson Stakes and Keeneland's GIII Bryan Station Stakes, is among the entries for a cracking renewal of the GI Maker's Mark Mile next Friday.A half-sister to the dam of turf Grade I-placed Ah Jeez (Mendelssohn), Trouble Calling is a half-brother to a juvenile filly by Nashville, a yearling colt by the same stallion and Into Trouble was most recently covered by Kantharos. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.LAFAYETTE S., $393,875, Keeneland, 4-3, 3yo, 7f, 1:24.03, sy.1–TROUBLE CALLING, 118, c, 3, by Dialed In1st Dam: Into Trouble (SW, $182,749), by Into Mischief2nd Dam: Smooth Performer, by Benchmark3rd Dam: Smooth Player, by Bertrando1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Donamire Farm (KY); T-Gregory D Foley; J-Luis Saez. $241,800. Lifetime Record: 6-2-2-1, $326,039. *1/2 to Troubleshooting (Not This Time), GISW, $1,737,806; and Big Trouble (Kantharos), SW, $372,243.2–Oscar's Hope, 118, c, 3, Twirling Candy–Hopeful Princess, by Not This Time. ($150,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). O-Michael McLoughlin; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Kinnon LaRose. $78,000.3–Carson Street, 118, c, 3, Street Sense–Miz Kella, by Harlan's Holiday. ($125,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). O-Ike & Dawn Thrash; B-Stonehaven Steadings (KY); T-Brendan P Walsh. $39,000.Margins: HD, 4 1/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 4.70, 6.90, 4.69.Also Ran: Arctic Beast, Star Sweeper, Knock It Off, Comport.The post Dialed In’s Trouble Calling Scores Narrowly In Lafayette appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.