Goodwalkspoiled Notches Kentucky Championship Series Upset

Goodwalkspoiled

Pebble Beach-Play Nice filly Goodwalkspoiled played the role of spoiler when she converted a pocket ride off fast fractions to a 1:51 victory in the $109,589 Kentucky Championship Series third preliminary for two-year-old pacing fillies on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at The Red Mile.

Driver Kyle Husted pushed from the pylon post with Goodwalkspoiled to take the lead into a :27.1 first quarter, but relinquished control up the backstretch as 9-5 favourite My Taylors Swift (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) marched out of fourth to snag the top. My Taylors Swift cleared to command to a :53.4 half and rolled steadily through the last turn to clock three-quarters in 1:21.4, at which point Jk Simcha (Yannick Gingras) loomed first up and prompted Husted to angle from the pocket for the stretch drive. Goodwalkspoiled set her sights on My Taylors Swift and dug into that weary leader as they drifted through the stretch in an eight-wide charge to the line. Goodwalkspoiled landed the winning blow in the final strides to edge to a half-length victory over My Taylors Swift. Longshot Carly Shay (Scott Zeron) weaved through traffic to zip up an inside seam for third.

Amy Husted trains Goodwalkspoiled for owners Husted Racing LLC and John Schwarz Jr. The filly, a $38,028 purchase as a yearling at the 2025 Midwest Standardbred Sale, collected her third win from four starts and has now banked $97,049 in her career. She paid $34.72 to win.

The Red Mile also hosted $47,945 divisions of Kentucky Sire Stakes for trotting four-year-olds of each sex. The victory of R Dutchess in the event for mares headlined a five-win day for driver Tim Tetrick. She swept to the lead past a :28.4 first quarter and cut a quick clip of :55.2 and 1:22.3 through the mid-fractions to notch a lifetime-best 1:50.2 win by two lengths over pocket-chaser Winnpanzee (Yannick Gingras). Best Friends Girl (Todd McCarthy) was third.

R Dutchess, a daughter of Father Patrick-The Ice Dutchess, is now 10-for-38 lifetime with $927,295 in earnings. John Butenschoen trains her for M&L of Delaware/Armitage Farm. The win price was $3.32.

Tetrick also won with rookie pacing fillies Heart ($6.68) in 1:53.4 and Cello Beach ($7.66) in 1:54.3 in the Kentucky Wildcat Series, and Mbt The Tanks ($6.82) and Express Train ($4.12) in overnights. The reinsman has won 314 races through 1,426 starts this season.

Gimpanzee Dancer (Andy McCarthy) won the division for trotting males after following tempo-setter Whiskey Wow (Todd McCarthy) through splits of :28, :55 and 1:23.1. He pounced in the stretch and rolled under wraps for a 1:50.4 win by three lengths. Big Shoes (Yannick Gingras) was third. Chris Beaver conditions Gimpanzee Dancer, a Gimpanzee-Weslynn Dancer stallion with 14 wins from 43 starts and $904,412 earned, and co-owns him with Carolina Ortiz Acosta and Derek Ivany. Gimpanzee Dancer returned $2.80.

Haven (Andy McCarthy, 1:51.3; $33.06) topped the pair of $41,096 Kentucky Commonwealth Series divisions when she ground uncovered after leader Sister Girl Blues (Dexter Dunn) in the last turn and then held off pocket-rallying Sweet As Silk (Todd McCarthy) to win by a neck. Sister Girl Blues was third. Lindy Believer (Yannick Gingras, 1:51.4; $28.36) ripped from a second-over trip to upset in the other division by a half-length, collaring pacesetter Holy (Dexter Dunn) at the line with first-up Ryan Station (Atlee Bender) giving chase in third.

Noah Stanley of Buckinghamshire, England scored his first U.S. training win during the Tuesday card. Stanley sent Whispering Angel, driven by his son Noah Stanley Jr., to the track and scored a 1:55.1 victory. The Captaintreacherous-Angel On Earth filly bolted from last to first in the final quarter to prevail by 3-1/2 lengths. The win was also the first stateside this year for Stanley Jr., who debuted in America at Oak Grove in 2025 and won a total of three races from 13 drives before heading back to England.

Bordeaux Station (1:51, $4.06) and Odds On Fearless (1:52.3; $8.72) won the Kentucky Goldenrod Series divisions for two-year-old pacing fillies.

After Tetrick swept the first two splits, Wordplay (1:55.3; $48.96) took the remaining Wildcat Series event.

Live harness racing at The Red Mile resumes Wednesday with a 15-race card headlined by the $80,000 USD Kentucky Championship Series third preliminary for two-year-old trotting fillies. First-race post time is 1 p.m. (EDT).

(With files from The Red Mile)

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