Red Mile: Asweetbeachhere stars in Kentucky Championship Series
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Asweetbeachhere rallied off cover to a 1:49 2/5 victory in Tuesday afternoon's $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series contest for 3-year-old pacing fillies at The Red Mile.
Direction (Todd McCarthy), coming off a victory in the Championship Series on August 18, cut fractions of 26 4/5, 55 1/5 and 1:23 1/5, but Asweeetbeachhere (Dexter Dunn) rallied three-wide after tracking Geocentric (Tim Tetrick) from second-over, and her 25 4/5 final kicker got her by Direction to tally by a neck. Geocentric collected third.
By Sweet Lou, Asweetbeachhere was bred by Courant AB and is co-owned by trainer Andrew Harris in partnership with William Pollock and Bruce Areman. She has a summary of 6-4-4 from 20 outings, has put away $305,532 and paid $9.36 to win as the 7-2 third choice.
Yannick Gingras had three victories in other Kentucky Sires Stakes races on the program. He swept the $35,000 splits for 4-year-old pacers with mare Strong Poison (by Always B Miki, bred by Steve Stewart, Cotton Nash and Julie Nash, paid $2.64 to win) in 1:50 4/5 for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and owners Let It Ride Stables Inc. and Odds On Racing and gelding Admiral Hill (by Sweet Lou and bred by Tom Hill, paid $2.66 to win) in 1:49 1/5 for trainer Per Engblom and owner Morrison Racing Stables, and also captured the lone non-wagering $30,000 Commonwealth Series showdown for sophomore filly pacers with Real Deal Lindy (by Huntsville and bred by Lindy Farms) in 1:50 4/5 for trainer Erv Miller and Doug Overhiser.
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There were also a pair of $15,000 Golden Rod Series divisions for 3-year-old filly pacers held, and they were taken by Disney (by Always B Miki, bred by Diamond Creek Farm and retained by their racing operation, paid $2.78 to win) in 1:50 2/5 for driver Todd McCarthy and trainer Brett Pelling and Blazing Belle (by Bettor's Delight, bred by owner Jim Avritt Sr., paid $4.38 to win) in 1:51 4/5 for driver Dexter Dunn and trainer Gregg McNair.