After a blockbuster card on Sunday (Sept. 17) the Bluegrass State still had plenty to offer with six $100,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series finals for freshman and sophomore filly trotters and pacers. Hungry For Love and Prince Of Honor captured their respective divisions while Flawless also glistened at Red Mile on Monday (Sept. 18).
Kentucky champion French Wine outfooted Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach at odds of 28-1 in his respective division and Better Is Nice demonstrated the same blazing speed as the favourite in his $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes leg at The Red Mile.
On Tuesday (Aug. 14), Red Mile conducted 10 sire stakes events for freshman and sophomore male and female of both gaits on a 16-race card. Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach made his return to the Bluegrass a triumphant one with a win in 1:51.3 in the $80,000 second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Series for male sophomore trotters.
Lexington, KY - On Tuesday (Aug. 15) Red Mile conducted 10 sire stakes harness racing events for freshman and sophomore male and female of both gaits on a 16-race card. Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach (Tactical Landing) made his return to the Bluegrass a triumphant one with a win in 1:51.3 in the $80,000 second round leg
The harness racing father/son duo of trainer Brett Pelling and driver Jack Pelling teamed up with Earthwindfire (American Ideal) and Southwind Bella (Huntsville) to win both $84,000 New York Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday night (August 3) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Earthwindfire, who won the Park MGM Pace at Yonkers earlier this