By Ray Cotolo, for The Red Mile
LEXINGTON,
KY—The Saturday, Oct. 5 card at The Red Mile—the second to last program of the
Grand Circuit meet—draws four divisions of the $275,000 Betting Line
International Stallion Stakes for two-year-old pacing colts, a single
soph-filly pace dash for the $216,000 Glen Garnsey Memorial and the $186,000
Mister Big Allerage Farms Open Pace.
Off
a third-place performance in the $562,500 Metro Pace, Capt Midnight returns to
the track in the first division of the Betting Line, sponsored by the Betting
Line Syndicate and Hanover Shoe Farms. The Tony Alagna-trained
Captaintreacherous colt rode a five-race win streak entering the Metro Final,
but brushed prematurely to the front through quick fractions and faltered
through the lane as the odds-on favorite. The winner of $221,464 starts from
post 4 with Andrew McCarthy in the bike for owners Marvin Katz, Kenneth Jacobs,
Brad Grant and Capt Midnight Racing.
Roll
With JR starts directly left of Capt Midnight after winning an $81,950
Bluegrass division going wire to wire in 1:50.4. The Roll With Joe colt, who
finished second in the Kentucky Sires Stakes championship, has accrued $142,891
in earnings for Pollack Racing LLC and trainer Jeff Cullipher. Doug McNair will
again drive the Roll With Joe colt.
Cattlewash
tops the second Betting Line split off a 1:50.3 victory in an $80,950 division
of Bluegrass. The Ron Burke-trained Somebeachsomewhere colt has four wins,
which came in Pennsylvania Sires Stakes, from eight starts and $141,502 earned
for owner William Donovan. Yannick Gingras sits in the bike from post 4 for
trainer Ron Burke.
Metro
Pace winner Tall Dark Stranger enters the third Betting Line division
undefeated. In six starts, the Bettor’s Delight colt has amassed $376,890 in
earnings for owners Crawford Farms Racing, Marvin Katz, Caviart Farms and
Howard Taylor. The Nancy Johansson trainee makes his third start on the Grand
Circuit and will have Yannick Gingras in the sulky from post 1.
Another
undefeated pacer, Elver Hanover, leads the fourth Betting Line split. The
Yankee Cruiser gelding broke the two-year-old pacing world record set by stable
mate Warrawee Ubeaut last year when popping pocket to a 1:48.3 victory in an
$80,950 division of Bluegrass. The Ron Burke trainee—owned by Burke Racing
Stable, Bridgette Jablonsky, Jason Melillo and J&T Silva-Purnel &
Libby—has Chris Page in the bike as he tries to stay unbeaten from nine starts.
The
top sophomore pacing fillies in the country meet in the Glen Garnsey Memorial
Tattersalls Pace, sponsored by the Sweet Lou Syndicate and Diamond Creek Farms.
World-champion
Warrawee Ubeaut rides a five-race win streak, including blowouts in both heats
of the Jugette. The Ron Burke-trained daughter of Sweet Lou has over $1.1
million earned for Burke Racing Stable, Phillip Collura, J&T Silva-Purnel
& Libby and Weaver Bruscemi and will have Yannick Gingras driving from post
3.
Fan
Hanover champion Treacherous Reign starts from post 9 off a 1:49.4 far-turn
swoop in a $163,100 division of Bluegrass. The Tony Alagna-trained
Captaintreacherous filly finished third in her start prior to Warrawee Ubeaut
in the second heat of the Jugette after winning in her first-heat elimination.
Dexter Dunn steers the winner of $686,187 for owners Alagna Racing, Big Als Stables,
Let It Ride Stables and Mr. Dana Parham.
Stonebridge
Soul, who rose to prominence among the sophomore pacing filly ranks when
winning the James Lynch Memorial and Mistletoe Shalee, will have to overcome
post 10. The Chris Ryder-trained Somebeachsomewhere filly ships from a
fifth-place finish in the Jugette Final after finishing second to Warrawee
Ubeaut in her elimination. Tim Tetrick drives the winner of $530,301 for owners
Henderson Farms and Robert Mondillo.
In
the $186,000 Mister Big Allerage Farms Open Pace, sponsored by Muscara
Standardbreds, Mcwicked—the richest stallion in harness racing history—will try
to add to his record-setting bankroll. Earning over $4.6 million, the
eight-year-old McArdle stallion has four wins from 13 starts this season and
enters off a second-place finish in the $151,750 Dayton Pacing Derby. Casie
Coleman trains Mcwicked for owner S S G Stables and will have Brian Sears
driving.
Free-for-all trotters also race on the Saturday card in the $145,000 Cantab Hall Allerage Farms Open, sponsored by Jeff & Paula Gural.
Kentucky
Futurity winner Six Pack, starting from post 7, returns to the scene of his
1:49.1 world record. The four-year-old son of Muscle Mass makes his second
start in a month, with his return to the track coming with a fourth-place
finish in the $230,000 Caesars Trotting Classic at Hoosier Park. With $1.5
million earned from 32 starts, Six Pack will have trainer and co-owner Ake
Svanstedt in the sulky for partners Little E LLC, Knutsson Trotting, Stall Kalmar
and Lawrence Berg.
Crystal
Fashion, who finished fourth as the 9-5 favorite in the $450,000 Maple Leaf
Trot, starts from post 3. The four-year-old Cantab Hall gelding approaches $2
million in earnings for owner Fashion Farms LLC thanks to victories this season
in the Hambletonian Maturity and John Cashman Memorial along with a
million-dollar sophomore campaign. David Miller guides the Jim Campbell trainee
from post 3.
The
10-race program Saturday also features two late-closing events for freshman
pacing colts and a sole late-closing event for trotting fillies and mares.
Racing gets underway Saturday with first-race post at 1:00 p.m. (EDT).
