By Ray Cotolo, for The Red Mile
LEXINGTON,
KY— Winning all nine of her starts this season, Manchego goes to extend her
unbeaten record from post eight in the second of five divisions of the $289,000
Muscle Hill International Stallion Stakes (ISS) Two-Year-Old Filly Trot,
sponsored by Southwind Farms, at The Red Mile on Friday, October 6.
Taking
her Bluegrass division by seven lengths in 1:56.1, Manchego, by Muscle Hill
from the Cantab Hall mare Secret Magic, has earned $534,948 for owners Black
Horse Racing, John Fielding, and Herb Liverman with wins including in the
$307,500 Peaceful Way, $252,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) Championship,
and the $330,800 Jim Doherty Memorial. Yannick Gingras will steer for trainer
Jimmy Takter.
Second
to the Kentucky Sires Stakes Champ Top Expectations, Lily Stride starts from
post three in the opening division of the ISS. The odds-on favorite in the
Bluegrass last week, Lily Stride, by Muscle Hill from the Donato Hanover mare
Sterling Volo, has hit the board in all eight of her starts this season,
including four wins and $183,652 in earnings for owners Emilio and Maria
Rosati. Conditioned by Mark Harder, Tim Tetrick will drive.
Hey
Blondie, runner-up to Manchego in the PASS Championship, competes against Lily
Stride, starting from post seven. Owned by Steve Jones, Mary Kinsey Arnold,
Paul Bordogna, and David Mc Duffee, Hey Blondie, by Cantab Hall out of the
Muscles Yankee mare Winbak Blondie, has won three races in eight starts this
season, compiling $139,848 in earnings. The Chuck Sylvester trainee enters off
a third-place finish in the $240,000 Kentuckiana Stakes, and will be driven by
Andrew McCarthy.
Bluegrass
winners Seviyorum, winning her division in 1:56.2, and Seven Karats, trotting
in 1:56.3, go against Basquiat, a Jimmy Takter-trained filly by Cantab Hall from
the Windsong’s Legacy mare Thatsnotmyname, in the third ISS split. A winner of
five races in seven starts including the $240,000 Kentuckiana Stakes, Basquiat,
earning $165,151 for owner Order By Stable, starts from post seven with Yannick
Gingras in the bike.
Ohio
Sires Stakes-star Looking For Zelda makes her second start on the Grand Circuit
in the fourth ISS division, entering off an eight-and-a-quarter length
lifetime-best victory in a $30,000 division of the Simpson Stakes at Harrah’s
Philadelphia, trotting in 1:56.1. Trained by Norm Parker for owner Rob Key,
Looking For Zelda, second as the 1-9 favorite in the $250,000 Ohio Sires Stakes
Championship, has six wins to her credit in eight starts, earning $192,675.
Starting from post two, Tony Hall will drive.
Julie
Miller-trainee Strawberry Hanover neighbors Looking For Zelda, starting from
post three. Owned by Marvin Katz and Al Libfeld, the winner of one race in four
starts this season exits a swift qualifier at The Red Mile, trotting a 1:52.2
mile following a break in the PASS Championship. Earning $33,654 so far this
season, Andy Miller will drive.
Sevenbuyeleven
and Top Expectations, winning their Bluegrass divisions in 1:55.1 and 1:56.1
respectively, occupy the outer posts in the final ISS division, starting from
posts seven and eight respectively.
Sevenbuyeleven,
a Linda Toscano-trained filly by Chapter Seven from the Muscles Yankee mare
Musclelini, has earned $59,267 over seven starts, winning two, for owner
Kenneth Jacobs, and Tim Tetrick will be in the sulky.
A
winner of three races in nine starts, Top Expectations, by Cantab Hall from the
Kadabra mare Exceed Expectation, races for owner Daniel Plouffe. Earning
$201,378 over nine starts this season, including three wins, Marcus Miller
pilots for trainer Erv Miller.
First-race
post for the Friday, October 6 program is set for 1:00p.m. EDT.
