Red Mile offers richest card in history with Sunday’s Sires Stakes finals
At 0h51, on September 18, 2022 • By THE RED MILE
On Sunday (Sept. 18) The Red Mile will host eight Kentucky Championship finals worth $3.2 million for freshman and sophomore male and female trotters and pacers and two $100,000 Kentucky Commonwealth series finals for 3-year-old filly trotters and 2-year-old male pacers. The total purse value of $3.4 million on the 10-race card is the most lucrative in the history of the Lexington oval and places the Bluegrass State at the top of the heap when it comes to available money in sire stakes programs.
There are storylines galore as the fields vie for Kentucky crowns, but what follows are some of the highlights of Sunday’s action.
Boudoir Hanover, I Did It Myway seek fourth consecutive victories in sophomore pacing finals.
Boudoir Hanover and pilot Todd McCarthy will attempt to extend the filly’s three-race winning streak in the $400,000 final for 3-year-old female pacers with all three coming in this series.
The daughter of Captaintreacherous-Bedroomconfessions will leave from post position five in the field of six. She is 5-2 on the morning line in the first race.
Boudoir Hanover was bred by Riverview Breeding and Visionary Breeding. She is owned by Riverview Racing, Alagna Racing, Caviart Farms, D. Plouffe and S. Head. Trained by Tony Alagna, Boudoir Hanover has now earned $503,001. Her record stands at 21-7-5-2.
I Did Myway will face North America Cup winner and defending Kentucky champion Pebble Beach in the $400,000 event for 3-year-old male pacers. Pebble Beach won the first meeting between the two in the first leg of this series on Aug. 7, but I Did It Myway has now defeated his rival in the following three legs.
Andrew McCarthy and I Did It Myway will begin pacing from post position four in the field of eight. He is 5-2 on the morning line in the fifth race.
Trained by Alagna, the son of Captaintreacherous-Flyme To The Moon has now earned $378,658 from a record of 20-10-1-3.
The colt was bred by Joe Sbrocco and is owned by Country Club Acres, Sbrocco, Don Latore and Alagna and Fodera Racing.
Pebble Beach will be steered by the younger McCarthy brother and was assigned post position four. Trained by Noel Daley, the son of Downbytheseaside-Santa Rosa is 2-1 on the morning line.
Pebble Beach has a record of 21-12-6-3 and has earned $957,650.
The colt was bred by Brittany Farms and is owned by Patricia Stable, Joe Sbrocco, County Club Acres and Laexpressfoderadeovolente.
First post is 1 p.m.
