Lexington, KY — Trainer/driver Ake Svanstedt darted Six Pack to the lead moving to the final turn and raced the clock to a 1:49.2 world-record victory in the $145,000 Cantab Hall Allerage Farms Open Trot, sponsored by Jeff & Paula Gural, on Saturday (Oct. 5) at Red Mile.

Six Pack trots another world record mile at Red Mile. USTA/Mark Hall photo.

Following two recalls caused by equipment issues with Trolley the starting gate sent the field to race. Eurobond left for the lead from post position four and took the field past a :27 first quarter while Lindy The Great raced second and Crystal Fashion sat third. Svanstedt sent Six Pack from fourth nearing a :54.2 and dashed to the front rounding the final turn, opening his lead towards three-quarters in 1:21.3. Through the stretch Svanstedt urged Six Pack as the 4-year-old Muscle Mass colt won by open lengths over Lindy The Great with Mission Accepted finishing third.

“He had been sick for about a month but [his] last race was good—he came home fast,” said Svanstedt of his previous start in the Caesars Trotting Classic.

The 1:49.2 mile bests the previous record for a 4-year-old trotting stallion of 1:50.1 set by Chapter Seven in 2012 and equaled by Eurobond and Southwind Chrome.

“Today I thought we were going to break the record [but] he needed a little bit of help,” Svanstedt said. “It was a little bit slow but he came home good. He’s a little lazy when he’s on the front [but] I tried.”

Co-owned by Svanstedt with Little E LLC, Knutsson Trotting, Stall Kalmar and Lawrence Berg, Six Pack won his 18th race from 33 starts, earning $1,658,105.

“It was a little nerve-racking with the recalls to tell you the truth,” said Jeff Gural, who co-owns Six Pack through Little E LLC. “I’ve actually dreamed of giving myself a trophy because I’ve never done it. I’ve given the Hambletonian trophy the last five, six years and the trophy for this race so it’s a real thrill. This horse has had a lot of bad posts and he’s cut most of the miles where he got beat—he got beat at the wire. He did all the work but then somebody else gets a record. So I was really happy for him today.”

Six Pack paid $5.00 to win.

Grand Circuit action concludes at Red Mile on Sunday (Oct. 6) with the 127th renewal of the Kentucky Futurity, which goes as a single heat with a field of 12 for $450,000. The 54th Kentucky Filly Futurity also goes as a single dash with an 11-horse draw for $267,000. Two divisions of the $540,000 Tattersalls Pace, the $69,500 Allerage Farms Fillies and Mares Trot and $87,000 Allerage Farms Fillies and Mares Pace will also go on the eight-race card.

Racing gets underway for the season finale with first-race post at 1 p.m.

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