The Red Mile is set to showcase their final night session of the season on Sunday (Sept. 15) featuring $3.4 million in purses and a rare 20-cent Pick-8 wager covering all eight $400,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series finals (races 3-10).
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It’s My Show returns in style, Hers Hungry upsets at Red Mile
On Tuesday (Sept. 10), at the Red Mile, Canadian Pacing Derby and 2023 Little Brown Jug winner It’s My Show used a blistering final quarter mile to defeat El Rey in 1:49.2 in the $35,000 third leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) series for 4-year-old male pacers. Hers Hungry hit the line a neck in front of favored Strong Poison to capture the $35,000 division for 4-year-old pacing mares.
Louprint outfoots Sippinonsearoc, Luna Lovegood demonstrates class at the Red Mile
Louprint and Luna Lovegood won their respective $80,000 fourth-round Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series events on Tuesday (Sept. 3) at the Red Mile.
Asweetbeachhere glides home, Luna wins six at Red Mile
On Tuesday (Aug. 27) at the Red Mile, Asweetbeachhere set a new lifetime mark of 1:49.2, fending off Direction by a neck to claim victory by tossing down a :25.4 final panel in the third $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series (KYSS) leg for 3-year-pacing fillies, while Marvin Luna continued to sizzle by reining six horses home over the red clay.
Dancin Champion lights up the board; Date Night Hanover dominates in KYSS
Dancin Champion and Date Night Hanover captured their respective $80,000 third-round legs of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series on Tuesday (Aug. 20) at the Red Mile.
It’s A Love Thing notches fourth straight, wins KYSS
On Tuesday (Aug. 6), It’s A Love Thing made her first visit to the Bluegrass State a victorious one, posting a 1:49.4 triumph in the first $80,000 leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series for 3-year-old filly pacers at the Red Mile and recording her fourth consecutive pari-mutuel win.
Fannie Lipkowitz, Looksgoodinloulou score in Red Mile stakes
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.
Stakes, carryovers headline upcoming Red Mile week
A total of 54 races comprise the trio of programs this week at the Red Mile, highlighted by a solid menu of stakes races plus a betting buffet to satisfy the many tastes of the “Send It In Army.”