Hambletonian winner Tactical Approach takes center stage as the The Red Mile summer championship meeting moves into its fourth week with a Sunday-Monday-Tuesday schedule.
Tactical Approach will be in action on Tuesday (Aug. 15) in the second leg of the $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings and has drawn the inside one post. Trained by Nancy Takter for owners Robert Leblanc, John Fielding, Joe Sbrocco and JAF Racing, the Tactical Landing colt will once again have Scott Zeron in the sulky.
Also in the event is Point Of Perfect (by Walner), a Hambletonian elimination winner and fifth in the final. Yannick Gingras will handle the lines for trainer Ron Burke and his Burke Racing Stable, Hatfield Stables, Knox Services and Jerry and Theresa Silva.
The nine-horse field also includes Brodeur (by Tactical Landing) and Ari Ferrari J (by Walner), both with strong credentials coming into the action.
The week will feature 30 Kentucky stakes, highlighted by six $80,000 Sire Stakes Championship events for two and three-year-olds.
On Sunday (Aug. 13), the 15-race program includes the second leg of the Kentucky Sires Stakes Championship Series with two-year-old pacing fillies and three-year-old trotting fillies in the summer sunlight followed by two-year-old trotting fillies and three-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Monday’s (Aug. 14) 16-race program.
Sunday’s program features harness racing’s only sub-1:50 two-year-old performer this season—the filly Geocentric (by Sweet Lou) as this filly turned the Red Mile oval in 1:49.4 for Tim Tetrick, who was in the bike for trainer Brian Brown and owners Milton Leeman, Alan Keith, James Stambaugh and Joe Sbrocco. Geocentric is undefeated in three lifetime starts in this young semester and is facing four foes in her $80,000 second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series.
The Red Mile will continue to offer a rich buffet of wagering items including a 20 cent Pick-6 (with a low 15 per cent takeout), a 50 cent Pick-5 with an industry low 12 per cent takeout, a Super Hi-5 (15 per cent takeout), and a pair of Pick-4 events, the first one beginning in Race 6 with a 12 per cent takeout and a $10,000 guaranteed pool.
Courtesy of Roberts Communications, The Red Mile will continue to offer live streaming of the races, as well as race replays on The Red Mile website. Free program pages are also available.
The Red Mile meeting goes on through Oct. 8.
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