by Tom White, for The Red Mile
Lexington, KY — Mutineer and Mr Muscleman won $10,000 Open Trot eliminations for next Saturday’s $200,000 Allerage Farms Final at The Red Mile. Mutineer, driven by David Miller, won the first elim in 1:54.4 over Elegant Man, Mighty Moses and Son of Grace. The fifth place finisher, Center Field, also qualified. Last year’s Kentucky Futurity champion Mr Muscleman took the second elimination in 1:53.4 over HP Paque, I Am A Fool and Abbey Road C. The Swedish trotter Revenue S, who won the $300,000 Nat Ray Invitational on August 7th at The Meadowlands, will also race in the Final. Boulder Creek charged past the early leaders in mid-stretch to win the Allerage Farms Open Pace elimination for next Saturday’s $200,000 Final in 1:50.2. The $552,500 Breeders Crown champion defeated early leader Quality Western, Coastocoastyankee and Royal Mattjesty.