After a 1:54.4 victory in the Bluegrass Stakes last week, You Know You Do will return to the Red Mile as the 8-5 morning-line favourite for the fifth of five divisions of the $300,000 Trixton International Stallion Stakes (ISS), presented by Deo Volente Farms, on Thursday, October 5.
Owned by Howard Taylor, Order By Stables, Bud Hatfield, Marvin Katz, Al Libfeld, and Sam Goldband, You Know You Do, a Muscle Hill colt from the Credit Winner mare You Want Me, has five wins to his credit over nine starts and earnings $362,574. The Jimmy Takter trainee will again be driven by Yannick Gingras from Post 4.
Also fresh off of a win in the Bluegrass, Fashionwoodchopper will compete against You Know You Do from Post 1. Fashionwoodchopper won his Bluegrass division in a lifetime-best 1:53.1. The Jim Campbell-trained son of Donato Hanover, from the Muscles Yankee mare Woodshopper, has four wins on his seven-race record, including his $252,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Championship, and has earned $204,618 for owner Fashion Farms LLC. David Miller will drive.
Seven Iron, who upset at odds of 12-1 in a division of the Bluegrass last week, will face Patent Leather, the 6-5 morning line favourite whom he bested by a nose, in the opening division of the ISS. Owned by Kenneth Jacobs, the colt by Chapter Seven, from the Cantab Hall mare Beyond Blue, has won two races over nine starts. His 1:55.3 victory in the Bluegrass went down as his lifetime best. Linda Toscano conditions the 3-1 morning-line choice and Tim Tetrick will drive from Post 1.
Wolfgang, the 9-5 morning-line favourite, will face off against Seven Iron and will start from Post 2. Wolfgang is heading into the race off of a second-place finish in the $250,000 Kentucky Sires Stakes. The Jimmy Takter-trained colt by My MVP, from the Mr Vic mare Summer Savory, has accrued $100,000 in earnings with two wins over five starts for owners Brixton Medical Inc., Goran Falk, Hatfield Stables, and Fair Island Farm Inc.
Crystal Fashion, a Cantab Hall gelding out of the Tagliabue mare Window Willow, leads the second ISS division off of a 1:53.2 win as the 7-5 favourite in a division of the Bluegrass. Trained by Jim Campbell, the winner of three of nine starts has earned $130,442 for owner Fashion Farms LLC, and will start from Post 2 with David Miller in the bike.
Maxus, who will come into the race off of a 1:54 career-best victory in the Bluegrass, will start from Post 4 against Crystal Fashion. Conditioned by Jimmy Takter, the Muscle Hill colt, out of the Enjoy Lavec mare Gerris Joy, has won three of his ten starts and has earned $162,836 for owners Christina Takter and Brixton Medical Inc. Tim Tetrick will be in the sulky.
After having finished fourth to You Know You Do in the Bluegrass, Keystone Apache, an Explosive Matter colt from the Duke Of York mare Found An Angel, has been listed as the 2-1 morning line favourite for the third ISS division. He will start from Post 2 for trainer Erv Miller and driver Marcus Miller. The winner of three races from 10 starts, including a division of the Standardbred Stakes at Delaware, Ohio in 1:56.2, has amassed $71,367 in earnings for owners Ervin Miler Stable Inc., Tangie Massey, and Louis Willinger.
Mets Hall, who was sent postward as the odds-on favourite in his Bluegrass division, has drawn Post 3 for the fourth ISS division and has been installed as the 8-5 morning line favourite. A winner of four of his seven races, the Cantab Hall colt, from the Mutineer mare Mets Inn, has earned $96,935 for owners Stroy Inc. and Andy Miller Stable Inc. Julie Miller trains and Andy Miller will drive.
First-race post time for the Thursday program is slated for 1:00 p.m. (EDT).
(Red Mile)