Bluegrass Stakes

The annual fortnight of world-class harness racing at The Red Mile commences this Thursday, Sept. 25 with the opening day of the Grand Circuit meeting featuring seven divisions of freshmen slated to c...

After a break in the 2024 Canadian Trotting Classic, Highland Kismet rebounded strongly on a sloppy Saturday, Sept. 28 at The Red Mile in preparation for a rematch with Hambletonian winner Karl in nex...

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 th...

Fresh from her 1:54 win in the $305,000 USD Jim Doherty Memorial, Champagne Problems treks southward to The Red Mile to compete in the first of six Bluegrass divisions for two-year-old trotting fillie...

After tasting success during a two-year stint in the U.S. a little more than a decade ago, Jim Oscarsson is back stateside and hoping to harness Grand Circuit winners again.

After having her unbeaten record snapped last month 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 Blue...

The top-ranked male and female performers in harness racing, Confederate and Sylvia Hanover did not disappoint as Grand Circuit stakes action continued on a star-studded Saturday, Sept. 30 at The Red ...

Pennsylvania Sires Stakes champion Captain Albano waited to make his attack on even-money favourite Newsroom and mowed him down off a fast clip to end his unbeaten streak with a 1:49.2 win in the $87,...

Ken Hanover is a horse that enjoys his job, and business time arrives again Saturday in the first of three divisions of the Bluegrass Stakes for three-year-old male pacers at Lexington’s Red Mile.

The undefeated Tactical Landing colt Karl rung up his fifth straight victory when coming just a tick of a second off the world record in taking the fifth of five divisions for the $405,100 Bluegrass T...

Life could not have been much better for Cote Keim last week, on and off the track.

The Red Mile will host North America’s best sophomores in competition on Saturday, Sept. 30 in Bluegrass Stakes action, including the sport’s current No. 1 ranked horse Confederate when he starts in r...