Endurance seeks to maintain win streak at The Red Mile

On Wednesday (Aug. 6), Endurance will seek to claim his fourth consecutive race in the sole $80,000 second-round division of the Kentucky Championship Series at The Red Mile.

The 14-race card will also provide three $30,000 second-round legs of the Kentucky Commonwealth Series, three $15,000 second-round divisions of the Golden Rod Series and two $10,000 second-round contests of Kentucky Wildcat Series. All events are for freshman male trotters.

Endurance holds a strong hand in Kentucky Championship Series

The Christopher Beaver-trained Endurance (Andrew McCarthy) is 2-1 on the morning line in a field of nine youngsters. The son of Captain Corey-Love Session was the winner of the $100,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Final for his age, sex and gait at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel on July 14.

The colt set his lifetime mark of 1:52.3 in the first round of this series on July 28 over this oval and was nearly a full second swifter than second-place finisher It Could Be Worse (Scott Zeron), who is also in this field. That rival is 9-2 on the morning line and leaves from post six for trainer Linda Toscano.

Silverstein (David Miller) also will provide some serious opposition despite leaving from post position nine. The son of Chapter Seven-Shining Brightly broke his maiden in 1:53.2 in a division of this series on July 28.

He is trained by Matthew Burkholder and is 7-2 on the morning line.

Back to the favorite, however, Endurance is the third foal out his dam. By Muscle Massive, Love Session earned $28,643 on the racetrack. The mare is out of Ens Tag Session (Tagliabue, $94,668). Love Session is a half-sister to Triumphant Caviar (SJ’s Caviar, $796,794), Prayer Session (Like A Prayer, $775,605), Theatrical Session (Broadway Hall, $192,620) and Centurion ATM (SJ’s Caviar, $728,894).

Endurance was a $14,000 Standardbred Horse Sale purchase for his trainer, Bill Manes, Leo Fleming and Mark Moger. The colt was bred by Steve Stewart and Martti Ala-Seppala.