Cumberland Run: Zeron & Pinske, Dunn & Burke divvy up Kentucky Sire Stakes splits

Kentucky Sire Stakes action returned to Cumberland Run on Sunday afternoon with $50,000 contests for each gait and sex of 4-year-olds.

Driver Scott Zeron swept the trots with Carter Pinske trainees, guiding mare Grand Reserve (by Walner and bred by Black Horse Racing, paid $10.80 to win) to a 16 3/4 length triumph in 1:53 2/5 for owner Hudson Standrdbrd Stb Inc. and gelding Go Dog Go (by Greenshoe and bred by co-owner Wiesman Farms LLC., paid $3.88 to win) to a 1:51 4/5 score off a three-hole trip. Al Libfeld co-owns Go Dog Go.

It was the Dexter Dunn and Ron Burke show in the pacing events. In the race for males, Captain Arturovico and Dunn took the lead before the 55 second half-mile marker and went on to tally by two lengths in 1:50 2/5 and in the tilt for mares Sweet Ballad and Dunn landed on the point passing the 27 1/5 quarter and stayed in front from there to a 1:50 4/5 victory, scoring by a head over stablemate Aintnothingucando (Yannick Gingras).

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Captain Arturovico, who paid $2.14 to win, is a Captaintreacherous gelding owned by Burke Racing Stable LLC., Weaver Bruscemi LLC., Larry Karr and Phil Collura, while Sweet Ballad, a daughter of Sweet Lou, is a homebred for Burke Racing Stable LLC., Weaver Bruscemi LLC. and Phil Collura. She returned $5.38 to win.

Cumberland Run also hosts the final Kentucky Sire Stakes prelims for 3-year-old pacers on Monday and sophomore trotters on Tuesday. All the Kentucky Sire Stakes finals are scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 10.