Fresh off a 1:52.4 triumph in the $136,986 Kentucky Sire Stakes final for four-year-old trotting mares on May 13, Mambacita has drawn the pole in the first step toward defending her title: a $50,000 USD Kentucky Sire Stakes summer series preliminary on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 at Oak Grove.
Mambacita completed a series sweep with a track record-equaling performance in the $100,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes final for three-year-old trotting fillies on Tuesday (July 4) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, while Charleston, Allegiant and Tip Top Cat all broke divisional track records in their respective finals on a blockbuster Independence Day card.
When you have 31 horses in on a card, you figure to have a good night, and trainer Tony Alagna did just that Friday (July 15) at The Meadowlands, winning four of the 11 $20,000 divisions of the first leg of the Kindergarten Series for two-year-olds.