Shipping in from Canada, Metro Pace winner Lost In Time and Shes A Great Lady champ Youaremycandygirl will compete in their respective divisions of the International Stallion Stakes on Saturday, October 7 at the Red Mile during a program that will also feature aged competition with the $136,000 Allerage Open Trot and $119,000 Allerage Open Pace.
By A Rocknroll Dance and from the Artiscape mare Summer Mystery, Lost In Time will start from Post 2 in the fourth of four divisions of the Captaintreacherous ISS Two-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Pace, sponsored by the Captaintreacherous Syndicate and Hanover Shoe Farms. Trained by Jim Mulinix, Lost In Time, who is a winner of two races from four starts, has earned $346,555. He recorded a 1:50.l win in the $816,000 Metro Pace for owners A Rocknroll Dance Racing, Denny Miller, and William Rufenacht, and Team S Racing Stable. Scott Zeron will be aboard.
Having wired the field in the $500,000 Shes A Great Lady final, Youaremycandygirl, by American Ideal and from the Somebeachsomewhere mare Sweet Lady Jane, will contest the second of three divisions of the ISS Two-Year-Old Filly Pace, which is sponsored by the Woodbine Entertainment Group. Against Pennsylvania Sires Stakes champ and 9-5 morning line favourite Rainbow Room, as well as Bluegrass-split winner Bye Hanover, the Ron Burke trainee will compete from Post 4 with Yannick Gingras driving the winner of four of six stars. She has earned $284,045 so far this season for owner William Donovan.
Metro Pace runner-up Hayden Hanover will race in the first division of the ISS colt pace and will start from Post 5. A winner of one race from nine starts, the Somebeachsomewhere colt, from the Western Hanover mare Hana Hanover, has accrued $259,092 in earnings for owners Pinske Stable and James Simpson. Trained by Julie Miller, Andy Miller will be in the sulky.
Points North, who will enter his Saturday tilt off of five consecutive wins – including a 1:52.4 performance in a Bluegrass split – will compete in the second division of the ISS colt pace. The Richard ‘Nifty’ Norman-trained gelding by Somebeachsomewhere, out of the Western Hanover mare Northwest Hanover, has earned $75,030 so far this season for owner Pinske Stables. Andrew McCarthy will sit behind the 2-1 morning line favorite.
Having bested the favoured Closing Statement in a lifetime-best 1:50.3 in their Bluegrass division, Nutcracker Sweet has been listed as the even-money morning line favourite for the third ISS split. Conditioned by Jimmy Takter, the Bettors Delight colt, from the Falcons Future mare Sweet Future, has won three of his eight starts this season and has compiled $85,116 in earnings for owners Howard Taylor, Order By Stables, and Richard Lombardo. Tim Tetrick will drive from Post 8.
Having finished third to to Kissin In The Sand and Rainbow Room in the Bluegrass, Majorsspeciallady has been listed as the 8-5 morning line choice in the opening division of the ISS filly pace. She has drawn Post 5. The daughter of Somebeachsomewhere is out of the Art Major mare See Major. She has two wins to her credit from nine outings. She has earned $146,880 for owners Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, and Jerry and Theresa Silva Stables. She is trained by Ron Burke. Yannick Gingras will drive.
Kissin In The Sand will race in the final division of the ISS filly pace. Owned by Marvin Katz and Hatfield Stables, the Nancy Johansson trainee has notched four wins from nine races and has earned $116,748. She recorded her 1:51 career-best mile in the Bluegrass Stakes. Yannick Gingras will pilot the Somebeachsomewhere filly, out of the Real Artist mare Kiss Me Kate, from Post 6.
Set to face the boys once again, star trotting mare Hannelore Hanover will start from Post 3 in the $136,000 My MVP Allerage Farms Trot, which is sponsored by Jeff and Paula Gural. Hannelore Hanover is the 2-1 morning line favourite. By Swan For All and out of the Dream Vacation mare High Sobriety, Hannelore Hanover is coming into the race off of a seventh-place effort – due to a first-over trip – in the $167,000 Dayton Trotting Derby. She has earned over $2-million and has recorded 32 victories in 53 starts. The Maple Leaf Trot champion is trained by Ron Burke and competes for owners Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, Frank Baldachino, and Jerry and Theresa Silva Stables. Yannick Gingras will drive.
Also competing in the Allerage Open Trot are millionaires Crazy Wow (who will start from Post 1 for trainer Ron Burke and driver Matt Kakaley), Pinkman, (the Jimmy Takter trainee and the 2015 Hambletonian winner that will start from Post 2 with Brian Sears), JL Cruze (world champion trainee for Eric Ell who will start from Post 4 with David Miller driving), and Homicide Hunter (the Chris Oakes trainee who crossed the $1-million threshold by beating Hannelore Hanover in the $240,000 Centaur Trotting Classic).
With nearly $3-million in earnings, All Bets Off, a six-year-old son of Bettors Delight from the Dexter Nukes mare Armbro Penelope, will race from Post 10 in the $119,000 Mister Big Allerage Farms Open Pace, sponsored by Muscara Standardbreds. He is coming into the race off of a 1:49 win in the $160,000 Hoosier Park Pacing Derby. The Ron Burke trainee races for owners Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, Frank Baldachino, and Panhellenic Stable Corp. Matt Kakaley will drive.
Also set to race in the Allerage Open Pace are millionaires McWicked (the six-year-old Casie Coleman trainee that will start from Post 6 with Brian Sears), Boston Red Rocks (who is winless in 16 starts this season and will start from Post 7 with Scott Zeron driving for trainer Steve Elliot), Check Six (the second entry for trainer Ron Burke who will start from Post 8 with Yannick Gingras in the bike), and Wakizashi Hanover (the Jim King Jr. trainee and 2015 North America Cup champ that will start from Post 9 with Tim Tetrick driving).
First-race post time for the 11-race program is set for 1:00 p.m. EDT.
(With files form the Red Mile)