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.
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Kentucky Futurity to broadcast nationally Saturday on FS2
The 134th edition of the $575,000 Grade 1 Kentucky Futurity, the final jewel of the Trotting Triple Crown, will receive national airtime on Fox Sports 2 (FS2) Saturday afternoon (Oct. 2) for the final race of the 13-race card.
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.
Field set for 134th Kentucky Futurity
The Red Mile drew the fields for its marquee events taking place on Saturday (Oct. 3), the 134th Kentucky Futurity and the 61st Kentucky Filly Futurity.
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.
Nix Nacken foils Apex in Canadian Trotting Classic
Nix Nacken overpowered his stablemate, Hambletonian champion Apex, in the closing strides of a 1:51.1 mile to snatch victory in the C$590,000 Grade 1 Canadian Trotting Classic final, for trotting sophomores, on Saturday night (Sept. 26) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Jersey Bulldog braves gutsy ‘Great Lady’ victory
Jersey Bulldog never saw a pylon and never relented in a hearty 1:49.4 score to snag the C$510,000 Grade 1 Shes A Great Lady final, for 2-year-old pacing fillies, on Saturday night (Sept. 26) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Dunn strikes grand slam in KY Golden Rod finals
Dexter Dunn, the leading driver of the 2026 meeting at the Red Mile by a sizeable margin, added four more victories to his holster inside of the eight $50,000 Kentucky Golden Rod Series finals contested on the Tuesday (Sept. 22) card.
Whiskey Wow, Grand Reserve win Kentucky Sire Stakes splits
Whiskey Wow and Grand Reserve each registered a victory in their respective $35,000 third-preliminary divisions of the Kentucky Sire Stakes for trotting 4-year-olds on Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 15) at the Red Mile.