By Ray Cotolo, for The Red Mile
LEXINGTON,
KY— The fields for the 125th renewal of the Kentucky Futurity were
drawn during the racing program Thursday, October 5 at The Red Mile, with 17
glamour boy trotters total competing in two $90,000 eliminations and the top
five from each progressing to the $600,000 final later on the card.
Of
the 17 entrants, Enterprise and Yes Mickey supplemented to compete in the final
leg of trotting’s Triple Crown. Enterprise, from the Marcus Melander barn, goes
in the first elimination with Yes Mickey, racing for Ake Svanstedt.
Also
highlighting the Futurity entrants are Canadian Trotting Classic winner What
The Hill and Hambletonian winner Perfect Spirit, who match up for the first
time since the Hambletonian final.
Below
are the fields for the two eliminations of the Kentucky Futurity first heat:
Race 9 -- $90,000 Kentucky Futurity Elimination
PP-Horse-Trainer
1-Dover
Dan-John Butenschoen
2-Yes
Mickey-Ake Svanstedt
3-Sortie-Noel
Daley
4-Jake-Luc
Blais
5-Devious
Man-Julie Miller
6-Enterprise-Marcus
Melander
7-Lindy
The Great-Frank Antonacci
8-What The Hill-Ron Burke
Race 10 -- $90,000 Kentucky Futurity Elimination
PP-Horse-Trainer
1-Stealth
Hanover-Francisco Del Cid
2-King
On The Hill-Jimmy Takter
3-Long
Tom-Marcus Melander
4-Di
Oggi-Archie Kohr
5-Snowstorm
Hanover-Ron Burke
6-International
Moni-Frank Antonacci
7-Bill’s
Man-John Butenschoen
8-Perfect
Spirit-Ake Svanstedt
9-Giveitgasandgo-John
Butenschoen
