The Friday, October 7 program of live racing at the Red Mile will feature juvenile trotting fillies competing in four divisions of the International Stallion Stakes on the latter half of the seven-race program.
The first ISS split is slated for Race 4. Thats All Moni and Treviso will both enter off wins in the Bluegrass last week, as they trotted in 1:54.4 and 1:54.1, respectively.
Starting from Post 2, Thats All Moni, by Cantab Hall and out of the Pine Chip mare Moms Millionaire, races for owners Brittany Farms, Marvin Katz and Al Libfeld. Trained by Jimmy Takter, she has won four of eight starts this year and has earned $203,123.
Conditioner Charlie Norris will send Treviso from Post 7. By Muscle Massive out of the Taurus Dream mare Valbonela, she has won four of eight starts this year and has earned $112,694 for owners Kils Brothers Stable and Carrie Norris.
Dominating the trotting filly division so far this year, Ariana G will race from Post 7 in the second division of the ISS. She has won seven out of eight starts this year, including the $100,000 New Jersey Sires Stakes Final, $306,500 Jim Doherty Memorial, $84,030 Champlain division and the $275,880 Peaceful Way Stakes. Having earned $407,092 so far this season for owners Marvin Katz and Al Libfeld, the Jimmy Takter trainee will enter the race off a break at Hoosier Park in the $250,000 Kentuckiana, which resulted in her tenth-place finish as the 1-9 favourite.
Off a 23-1 win in the Bluegrass, Overdraft Volo will return for the third split. A winner of two of her seven starts, Overdraft Volo, by Yankee Glide and out of the Tagliabue mare Bank Of Newport, has earned $47,097 for owners Pinske Stables and Kentuckiana Racing Stables. Trained by Julie Miller, she’ll race from Post 2 against Onda Su, the Muscle Massive filly from the Andover Hall mare Upfront OBs Janet who also won a Bluegrass division last week. Onda Su, a winner of three in nine starts, has earned $55,981 for owners Frederick and Shirley Schwartz and Onda Racing Stable. The Jim Campbell starter will race from Post 4.
The final group will feature Fine Tuned Lady, who is coming into the race off of a second-place finish as the 1-5 favourite in the Bluegrass. Starting from Post 1, the John Butenschoen trainee has won four of nine starts and has compiled $341,390 in earnings for owners William Wiswell and M&L Of Delaware LLC. Her latest wins came in the $252,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Championship and in the Kentuckiana Stakes, where she won in 1:55.3 and 1:56.2, respectively.
Broadway Idole, who finished second as the 2-5 favourite in her Bluegrass division, will race against Fine Tuned Lady from Post 3. Jim Campbell trains the filly by Broadway Hall, from the Promising Catch mare Idole Normand. She has won one race in nine starts this year and has earned $112,329 for owner Fashion Farms LLC.
Post time for Friday’s program is slated for 1:00 p.m.
Futurity draw scheduled for Thursday
The draw for the first heat of the Kentucky Futurity, which is scheduled to be raced on Sunday, October 9, will take place after the replay of the second race on the Thursday, October 6 card. Note that the entry box for Sunday’s card will close at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday.
(Red Mile)