Lexington, KY — On Monday (Sept. 1), Carve collected her first career victory in the fourth-round leg of the $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series for freshman filly trotters in 1:52.3 at The Red Mile. The 12-race holiday card included fourth round divisions of the $30,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series, the $15,000 Kentucky Golden Rod Series and the $10,000 Wildcat Series with 2-year-old filly trotters at the forefront.
Carve breaks her maiden in Championship Series
For Carve (Andrew McCarthy) it was the seventh time that was a charm, as the daughter of Captain Corey-Alpine made her first appearance in the winner’s circle. Longshot Country Glide (David Miller, 58-1) was second and another horse dismissed by the majority of the public, Naked And Famous (Todd McCarthy, 33-1) completed a very healthy trifecta.
Trained by Noel Daley, Carve had four consecutive seconds after her debut prior to finishing third last week in this series behind Leading Lady (Yannick Gingras) and Jailbird Jog (Tim Tetrick). All her efforts were strong but simply not enough to hit the line in front.
Today, she enjoyed a garden trip to place that elusive first win in the column.
Leaving from post position five, Carve and her reinsman sat in second for most of the mile as Country Glide assumed command immediately upon leaving the gate. That foe established splits of :27.4, :56.1 and 1:24.3 with McCarthy waiting for the right moment to pop the pocket which naturally was as the field was heading home.
Bred by Diamond Creek Farm, Carve’s owners/lessee(s) are Patricia Stable, L A Express Stable and Sjoblom Racing.
The filly was originally purchased for $170,000 by Kemppi Stables Oy Inc at the 2024 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale.
Carve’s third dam is champion Pizza Dolce. This is the family of champion Bella Bellini.
Selected as the public’s third choice, Carve paid $10.48 to win.
She has banked $107,166.
Creator, Zaheera annex their first career wins in Commonwealth Series
After snaring the show spot in all three of her previous starts, Creator and Dexter Dunn hit the line in front in 1:54 for trainer Marcus Melander in their fourth pari-mutuel engagement. Alberta V (Yannick Gingras) was second and Pub Party (Tetrick) was third. Heavy favorite Lainey W broke stride and finished last in the field of eight.
Bred by Diamond Creek Farm and Order By Stable the daughter of Walner and the French mare Hanna Bourbon went through last year’s Lexington Selected Yearling Sale ring for $190,000. She is owned by Creator Stable.
The filly provided $14.78 at the windows as the second betting choice. She has earned $37,500 in purse money.
Zaheera (A. McCarthy) held true to the theme of the day, breaking her maiden in her fifth trip to the post after being second best in four miles in 1:54.4. Lindy In My Dreams (Dunn) was second and Heart For Two (Gingras) was third.
Like Carve, Zaheera is conditioned by Daley. The daughter of Gimpanzee-Tiffany Dany It was bred by Lina Alm and selected privately by Allister Stables, Harbor Racing Stable, her trainer and Sjoblom Racing.
The filly paid $3.62 to those who supported her and has amassed $40,125 in purse money.
Zeron and Miller double up in Golden Rod and Wildcat Series
Scott Zeron steered R Zee ($7.88) to his first stakes win in 1:56.2 for trainer John Butenschoen in the first division of the Wildcat Series. His second score came with Antebellum ($36.58) in the fourth division of the Golden Rod Series in 1:55 for Gregg McNair.
A. Miller’s first visit to the winner’s circle came with Julie Palema ($13.54) in 1:56 for his wife Julie in the second division of the Golden Rod. He was right back in the same position in the following race with Clemency ($60.58) for trainer Carter Pinkse in 1:55 in the third division of the same series.
Out The Window ($12.20) was one of three stakes winners on the day for A. McCarthy in 1:56.1 in the first division of the Golden Rod Series.
Favored Respect And Honor was guided to the line in 1:56.2 by T. McCarthy for Richard “Nifty” Norman in the second Wildcat Series division.
Racing will continue through Sunday (Oct. 5), following a Sunday through Wednesday schedule. Fans and horsemen can look forward to 5:05 p.m. post times on Sundays, and 1:00 p.m. post times on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays throughout the meet.
The Red Mile will once again feature industry low takeout on the pari-mutuel side of things while offering fans a full buffet of wagering options including bookend daily double wagering exacta and trifecta wagering, 20 cent superfectas, Pick-3, Pick-4, Pick-5 and Pick-6 offerings and the Super Hi-5.
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