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LEXINGTON, Ky.— Chapter Seven gelding Secret Agent Man posted the swiftest mile of the three harness racing divisions for the $256,900 Greenshoe Bluegrass Stakes, for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters, stopping the clock from a front-stepping effort in 1:53.2. Driver Andy Miller crossed over from post 6 to take the lead with Secret Agent Man […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Steely Knife (Always B Miki) and Better Is Nice (Bettor’s Wish) both powered first over and persevered to win in their respective harness racing divisions of the $197,000 Captaintreacherous Bluegrass Stakes, for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings, on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 28) at The Red Mile. Steely Knife (driven by Dexter Dunn) built […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Trainer Brett Pelling denied a pair of harness racing favorites with Rocket Deo (Captaintreacherous) and Disney (Always B Miki) to cash the lion’s share of the total $170,000 purse in the Papi Rob Hanover Bluegrass Stakes, for 3-year-old pacing fillies, on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 28) at The Red Mile. Rocket Deo ditched cover […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Lucas Wallin trainee Maximus Mearas S (Chapter Seven) made a successful leap into Grand Circuit harness racing company with a facile come-from-behind score in 1:54 to take the second of five divisions of the $387,500 Bluegrass 2-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot at The Red Mile on Thursday afternoon (Sep 26). Maximus Mearas S […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Steve Carter trainee Papi Grad (Papi Rob Hanover), in the face of a far-turn blitz, remained resolute and rebuffed first-over challenger Looksgoodinloulou to coast to a 1:51 harness racing victory in the second of four divisions of the $387,500 Bluegrass 2-Year-Old Filly Pace on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 26) at The Red Mile. Leaving […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— T C I (Cantab Hall), winner of last year’s Mohawk Million and himself a millionaire, returns to the site where he nailed eventual Hambletonian winner Karl when he starts from post 8 in the first harness racing division of the $256,900 Greenshoe Bluegrass Stakes – for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings – on […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— After having her unbeaten record snapped one month ago and thrice a runner-up since, Papi Grad (Papi Rob Hanover) will head to The Red Mile as the 3-2 morning line choice in the second of four $77,500 harness racing divisions of the Bluegrass Stakes, for 2-year-old pacing fillies, on Thursday afternoon (Sep 26). […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Off a tough-luck trip in the Kentucky Sires Stakes final, Hambletonian winner Tactical Approach (Tactical Landing) left nothing to chance and forged a front-stepping harness racing victory under minimal encouragement to clock a 1:50.1 mile in the second of three divisions for the $234,000 Greenshoe Bluegrass Stakes, for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings, […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Harness racing’s current No. 1-ranked horse Confederate (Sweet Lou) seized the lead midway through the race and plowed home to a 1:47.3 victory in the opening division of three for the $219,000 Captaintreacherous Bluegrass Stakes, for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings, on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 30) at The Red Mile. Confederate cleared control […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Kentucky Sires Stakes champion Mommamia Volo (Tactical Landing) notched another Lexington victory with a vicious final-quarter charge when taking the second division of three for the $234,000 King Of The North Bluegrass Stakes, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, in 1:51 on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 30) at The Red Mile. Driver Todd McCarthy floated Mommamia […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Canada’s star harness racing filly Sylvia Hanover (Always B Miki) exacted revenge on her 2-5 rival Twin B Joe Fresh in the second of two divisions for the $159,000 Papi Rob Hanover Bluegrass Stakes, getting the jump and outkicking her foe to the finish of a 1:48.1 mile on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 30) […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Pennsylvania Sires Stakes harness racing champion Captain Albano (Captaintreacherous) waited to make his attack on even-money favorite Newsroom and mowed him down off a fast clip to end his unbeaten streak with a 1:49.2 win in the $87,000 Arlene Siegel Memorial, part of the $348,000 Bluegrass 2-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Pace, on Friday […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Ake Svanstedt pupil Warrawee Michelle (Walner) and Dustin Jones trainee Draw The Line (Cantab Hall) recorded the fastest miles of the five divisions for the $429,000 Norman Woolworth Memorial Bluegrass Stakes, for 2-year-old trotting fillies, with 1:53.2 clockings in their respective harness racing divisions on Friday (Sept. 29) at The Red Mile. Warrawee […]
Ken Hanover (Captaintreacherous-KJ’s Justine) is a horse that enjoys his job, and business time arrives again Saturday (Sept. 30) in the first of three divisions of the Bluegrass Stakes for 3-year-old male pacers at Lexington’s Red Mile. The start will come nine days after the colt won his elimination of the Little Brown Jug with […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— The undefeated Tactical Landing colt Karl rung up his fifth straight harness racing victory when coming just a tick of a second off the world record in taking the fifth of five divisions for the $405,100 Bluegrass 2-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot at The Red Mile on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 28). Driver Yannick […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Driver Tim Tetrick worked steady early fractions for Lyons Legend (Stay Hungry) to force her main competitor, 1-5 favorite Blue Pacific, to claw forward in a final-quarter sprint, and the tactics paid off to give the 5-2 second choice a 1:52.1 harness racing victory in the third of three divisions for the $290,100 […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— The Red Mile will host North America’s best harness racing sophomores in competition on Saturday (Sept. 30) in Bluegrass action, including the sport’s current No. 1 horse Confederate (Sweet Lou) when he starts in Race 6, the first division of Bluegrass for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings. Confederate cruises into his racing twilight […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Nancy Takter’s unbeaten harness racing colt Karl (Tactical Landing) makes his move out of Kentucky Sires Stakes domination onto the Grand Circuit, where he will put his four-race win streak on the line in the fifth of five divisions for $405,100 Bluegrass Stakes – for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings – on a […]
Trot Insider has learned that sophomore pacer Beach Glass (Somebeachsomewhere – Im With Her) was sent for surgery after his fourth-place finish on Saturday (Oct. 1) in stakes action at The Red Mile. Trainer and co-owner Brent MacGrath told Trot Insider that Beach Glass was transported to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. after Saturday’s race […]
LEXINGTON, KY— Jiggy Jog S (Walner) ground into the race and jetted away to a 1:50.1 harness racing victory in the second of three divisions for the $242,300 Bar Hopping Bluegrass Stakes on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 1) at The Red Mile. Manon motored to the lead after a :27.3 first quarter and rolled toward a […]
LEXINGTON, KY— Last season’s Dan Patch champ in her division Niki Hill (Always B Miki) returned to her stakes-winning form off a late-spring racing injury to best her sophomore harness racing pacing filly peers in the $150,000 Papi Rob Hanover Bluegrass Stakes on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 1) at The Red Mile. Boudoir Hanover bounded for […]
The father-and-son team of Tom and Scott Dillon recently retired millionaire female pacer Blue Diamond Eyes, but the longtime harness racing owners still have a stakes-winning filly to keep their eyes on. Hungry For Love (Stay Hungry-Lover Of Art), who on Sept. 19 captured the Kentucky Commonwealth Series championship for 2-year-old filly pacers at Lexington’s […]
LEXINGTON, KY— The last of the week’s Grand Circuit stakes action for freshman Standardbreds is set to go to post on the Friday (Sept. 30) harness racing card at The Red Mile with pacing colts and geldings and trotting fillies in competition in a total of six Bluegrass Stakes divisions. Freshman pacing colts and geldings […]
LEXINGTON, KY— Harness racing’s best will return to The Red Mile beginning on Thursday afternoon (Sep. 29) with the first of its six-day stakes meeting. Freshman trotting colts and geldings and freshman pacing fillies take center stage Thursday in a total of five Bluegrass Stakes divisions. Trotting colts and geldings take the first swing in […]
