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
The top-ranked male and female performers in harness racing, Confederate and Sylvia Hanover did not disappoint as Grand Circuit stakes action continued on a star-studded Saturday, Sept. 30 at The Red Mile.
Two of the sport’s brightest stars, Confederate and Geocentric, sparkled on a superb 10-race card which offered $3.4 million in prize money and included eight $400,000 Kentucky Championship finals and two $100,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series finals for freshman and sophomore trotters and pacers on Sunday (Sept. 17) at Red Mile.
Confederate (Sweet Lou) became the fastest three-year-old harness racing pacer of all time, setting a world record in winning an $80,000 leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Labor Day Monday, September 4 at The Red Mile. The 10th race co-feature saw For Once Inmy Life (Andy McCarthy) first on the lead with Command (Todd McCarthy)
On Monday (Aug. 14) Red Mile hosted 11 second round sire stakes divisions for freshman and sophomore colts and fillies of both gaits. Its My Show returned to his winning ways in style in the $80,000 second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Series for three-year-old male pacers with a world record equaling mile in 1:46.4.