Ake Svanstedt trainee Mr Mouton, who spoiled the 27-race win streak of On To Norway in a Graduate Series division this summer, torched the track at The Red Mile on the undercard of the 134th Kentucky Futurity to clock a track record for 4-year-old trotting geldings with a 1:49.3 mile in the $20,000 Walner Syndicate Open Trot on Saturday (Oct. 3).
Author: by Ray Cotolo, for The Red Mile
Super Chapter ties world record, breaks track record in Dayton Derby
Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway hosted four $250,000 Dayton Derby graded stakes and eight $80,000 divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series Finals as part of a 14-race, $1.745 million card on Saturday (Oct. 3).
Let Them Gossip wins feature at Vernon
Let Them Gossip (Chris Long) pulled off an upset victory in the $7,500 Featured Fillies & Mares Pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday night (Oct. 3).
It was bombs away for Thunder Country in Batavia Downs Open
A perfect storm that occurred early in the race, helped the seriously overlooked Thunder Country to strike late at 36-1 and win the featured $13,500 Open Handicap pace at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Oct. 3) night.
Closers dominate Saturday at Pocono
An atypical backstretch headwind combined with an atypical number of front-end duels resulting in wild fractions, leading to many come-from-behind horses posting upsets during most of the Saturday afternoon (Oct. 3) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Beau Jangles, Brandon Blvd score in Bluegrass Colt Pace
Last season’s Horse of the Year Beau Jangles and this season’s North American earnings leader Brandon Blvd both uncorked front-stepping 1:47.2 efforts to win their respective $79,000 divisions of the Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile.
Nix Nacken upsets in 134th Kentucky Futurity
Marcus Melander trainee Nix Nacken collected back-to-back Grade 1 victories following a win over 2026 Hambletonian winner Apex in the Canadian Trotting Classic when he sprung from a ground-saving trip and collared leg-weary rivals to win the $575,000 Grade 1 134th Kentucky Futurity—sponsored by Hunterton Farms—in a world-record equaling 1:50 mile.
Hope Hill upsets Miss Jum Jabber in Bluegrass Filly Pace
Hope Hill turned the tables after a 3-1/2 length defeat to Brett Pelling’s star sophomore pacing filly Miss Jum Jabber in the Kentucky Championship Series final when she overpowered her late in the stretch for a 1:49 victory in the second of the cohort’s $151,000 Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes on Saturday (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile.
She’s Moni wins 61st Kentucky Filly Futurity
Trainer Nancy Takter snagged the top two finishing spots of the $300,000 Grade 1 61st Kentucky Filly Futurity when her trainee She’s Moni overcame a second-tier draw to seize the front and never look back for a lifetime-best equaling 1:50.1 victory over stablemate Madam Cheval on Saturday (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile.
Little Road and Shemightbetheone shine in Keystone Classic Finale
Three-year-old trotting fillies brought down the curtain on Hollywood Casino at The Meadows’ stakes season with two $24,775 Keystone Classic divisions Friday afternoon (Oct. 2).