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.
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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.
Wall Of Fame Stays Undefeated with Bluegrass Stake Victory
Wall Of Fame remained resolute under intense homestretch pressure from pocket-popping Gabriela Beatriz S to keep her perfect record intact with a 1:54.3 effort over an off track in the $94,000 second Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes division – the Norman Woolworth Memorial sponsored by Arden Homestead Stable – for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday afternoon (Oct. 2) at The Red Mile.
Lifetime Dreamer romps in Bluegrass rookie trot
World champion Lifetime Dreamer, who set the global mark for 2-year-old trotting geldings with a 1:51.1 victory on Hambletonian Day at the Meadowlands, returned to the winner’s circle with an open-length victory on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 1) in the first $91,000 Bluegrass division – sponsored by the Captain Corey Syndicate and Hanover Shoe Farms – of four splits for 2-year-old trotting males at the Red Mile.
Seaside Ubeaut bounds to Bluegrass victory
Odds-on chalk Seaside Ubeaut vaulted off a picturesque covered trip and equaled her career best with a 1:49.2 victory in the second of two divisions of the $236,480 Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 1) at the Red Mile.
Wall Of Fame puts undefeated record on the line in Friday Bluegrass Stakes
Andy and Julie Miller’s star freshman trotting filly Wall Of Fame aims to up her record from nine wins in nine starts when she competes as the even-money morning line chalk in the second of four divisions of the $377,000 Bluegrass Stakes for her cohort on Friday afternoon (Oct. 2) at The Red Mile.
Command Center seeks rebound on Grand Circuit Opening Day at Red Mile
Marcus Melander trainee Command Center, a Gimpanzee three-quarter brother to 2026 Hambletonian champion Apex, aims to get back on track when he starts as the 9-5 morning-line chalk in the second of four $91,000 divisions of the Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for 2-year-old trotting males on opening day of the Grand Circuit meeting at The Red Mile this Thursday (Oct. 1).
Maximus Mearas S stays unbeaten with Bluegrass win
Lucas Wallin trainee Maximus Mearas S made a successful leap into Grand Circuit company with a facile come-from-behind score in 1:54 to take the second of five divisions of the $387,500 Bluegrass 2-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot at the Red Mile on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 26).
Papi Grad grand in Bluegrass
Steve Carter trainee Papi Grad, in the face of a far-turn blitz, remained resolute and rebuffed first-over challenger Looksgoodinloulou to coast to a 1:51 victory in the second of four divisions of the $387,500 Bluegrass 2-Year-Old Filly Pace on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 26) at the Red Mile.
Papi Grad aims for rebound in Bluegrass
After having her unbeaten record snapped one month ago and thrice a runner-up since, Papi Grad will head to the Red Mile as the 3-2 morning line choice in the second of four $77,500 divisions of the Bluegrass Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 26).