Lexington, KY — Fannie Lipkowitz and Looksgoodinloulou entered the winner’s circle after their $80,000 first-round Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series events for sophomore filly trotters and freshman filly pacers, respectively, on an 18-race Tuesday (July 30) card at the Red Mile.
Fannie Lipkowitz (Tim Tetrick) rewarded her supporters with a healthy $31.26 payout as the 3-year-old daughter of Greenshoe-Ma Was Right defeated favorite Woman Of Passion (Scott Zeron) by a neck in a lifetime best 1:53.4. Tove Palema (Andy Miller) was third.
Leaving from post position seven in the field of seven, Fannie Lipkowitz gradually improved from last to fourth at the top of the stretch as Woman Of Passion showed the way through fractions of :26.4, :55.4 and 1:25.4 with Tove Palema positioned in second.
Known for her closing kick, Fannie Lipkowitz did not disappoint as the Lucas Wallin trainee made the most of the long advance to the wire to best her rivals with a :27.1 final quarter mile.
Bred by Kentuckiana Farms and All Laid Out Stables, the filly is owned by Shermay Stables and Wallin Racing Stable Inc. Fannie Lipkowitz’s victory was her first in 2024 and improved her lifetime record to 16-3-4-2. She has earned $100,150.
Looksgoodinloulou (Yannick Gingras) demonstrated she takes after her world champion dam by pacing a :25.3 final panel to capture the 2-year-old pacing filly division as the favorite in her first pari-mutuel engagement. Sweet Ballad (David Miller) was second and Champagne Room (Papi Rob Hanover) was third.
Sweet Ballad went straight to the front with Looksgoodinloulou right behind in second. Sweet Ballad led the field of eight through splits of :28.4, :58 and 1:26. As the fillies were set down for their drive to the wire, Looksgoodinloulou simply out-finished her stablemate to hit the finish line in 1:52.1.
Looksgoodinloulou, a daughter of Sweet Lou and is the first foal out of Looksgoodinaromper, competes as a homebred for Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi. Trainer Ron Burke conditions both this filly and Sweet Ballad.
Third-place finisher Champagne Room is out of world champion and dual Dan Patch Award winner See You At Peelers. She is a half-sibling to Geometry (Somebeachsomewhere), who foaled 2023 Dan Patch Award winner Geocentric.
Looksgoodinloulou paid $4.62 for her first win.
Gingras and Burke team for two Commonwealth Series triumphs
Fresh off his 9,000th career driving victory, Gingras held no prisoners in his return to action. He steered two winners of the two $30,000 Commonwealth Series legs for 2-year-old filly pacers in Accede (Tall Dark Stranger-Triple V Hanover) and Rose (Sweet Lou-Rosemary Rose) for Burke.
Accede paid $13.46; Rose paid $3.06.
Pisco Sour (Tetrick) and Drawing Rights (Dexter Dunn) took the two legs for 3-year-old filly trotters.
Pisco Sour, trained by Åke Svanstedt, paid $22.34 for the victory. Drawing Rights, managed by Chris Ryder, paid $29.22 for the victory.
Racing continues at the Red Mile on Sunday (Aug. 4) with first post at 5:05 p.m. Free program pages are available at redmileky.com. The Red Mile has handled $2.2 million in the last 72 hours, which is more than 30 percent of the record amount placed through the windows in 2023.