By Ray Cotolo, for The Red Mile
LEXINGTON, KY— Week two of the Grand Circuit
meeting at The Red Mile will begin with five divisions of the $288,000
International Stallion Stakes for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings on
Thursday, October 6.
Off a win in the Bluegrass last week, New Jersey
Viking starts in the first division. The colt by Muscle Hill from the Broadway
Hall mare Hall Of Wishes has won four races in seven starts this season,
earning $111,893 for owners Knutsson Trotting Inc. and Little E LLC. Trained
and driven by Ake Svanstedt, he won a $56,250 Bluegrass split going wire to
wire in 1:56.1. He’ll start from post seven.
Also in the first division is Signal Hill, who
tries for redemption after finishing fourth as the even-money favorite in a
$55,250 Bluegrass split. He attempted to trot by his rivals in the stretch, but
lost stride approaching the wire. By Muscle Hill out of the Cantab Hall mare
Special Appeal, Signal Hill has won two races in seven starts and earned
$63,101 for owners Brittany Farms, David Mc Duffee, Marvin Katz, and Adriano
Sorella. The Tony Alagna trainee will start from post three.
Division two attracts Snowstorm Hanover, who won
a $55,250 Bluegrass division going wire to wire in 1:55.3. A winner in three of
eight starts, the colt by Muscle Massive out of the Andover hall mare Snow
Angel Hanover has earned $86,869 for owners Burke Racing Stable, Frank
Baldachino, Phillip Collura and Weaver Bruscemi. Trainer Ron Burke sends him
from post six.
International Moni, by Love You out of the
Speedy Crown mare Moni Maker, competes against Snowstorm Hanover. Winless in
seven starts this season, he enters off a third-place finish to Snowstorm
Hanover in the Bluegrass last week, and was also third in the $266,600 William
Wellwood Memorial at 24-1. He has earned $49,795 this season for owner Moni
Make Stable. The Frank Antonacci trainee starts from post two.
Long Tom, off a 1:55.2 win in a $55,250
Bluegrass division, will start from post two in the third division. Winning
three of his four starts this season and earning $46,875 for owner Amg Stable
Oy and trainer Marcus Melander, Long Tom, by Muscle Hill out of the Windsong’s
Legacy mare Ilia, races against Devious Man, who starts from post four. By Credit
Winner out of the Garland Lobell mare Miss Garland, Devious Man has won six of
ten starts this season, earning $280,233 for owner Story Inc. The Julie Miller
trainee enters off a 1:58 win as the 3-5 favorite in the $225,000 New York
Sires Stakes Final at Yonkers.
Dover Dan, winning a $56,250 Bluegrass division
in 1:55 at 3-1, competes in the fourth division. By Andover Hall out of the
Royal Troubadour mare Cr Kay Suzie, he has won four of eight starts this year,
earning $108,579 for owner William Wiswell, Jean Goehlen and Eugene Shcick.
Trained by John Butenschoen, he starts from post two.
Linda Toscano enters Walner against Dover Dan,
shipping in from the Meadowlands where he won a Kindergarten preliminary in
1:53.4 by six lengths. The colt by Chapter Seven out of the Ken Warkentin mare
Random Destiny has won three out of four starts this year, amassing $50,750 for
owner Kenneth Jacobs. He will start from post five.
Bluegrass-split winners Shake It Off Lindy and
Fly On contest in the final split. Shake It Off Lindy, winning his division in
1:55 after pulling first over to take the lead, will start from post three. By
Crazed out of the Love You mare Nashville Lindy, Shake It Off Lindy, trained by
Frank Antonacci, has won two of six starts, earning $45,250 for owner K R
Breeding LLC.
Fly On, drawing post two after winning his
Bluegrass split off a pocket trip in 1:55, has won six of ten starts this
season, compiling $88,747 in earnings for owners Andy Miller Stable Inc., Arden
Homestead Stable and Gty Stable. The colt by Muscle Hill from the Credit Winner
mare Calchips Finisher is trained by Julie Miller.
First race post for Thursday’s nine-race program
is scheduled for 1:00pm.
