Red Mile: Brittany Farms, Alagna enjoy productive Kentucky Commonwealth Series finals

Brittany Farms and Tony Alagna had plenty of success in the $100,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series finals for rookies and sophmores on Monday at The Red Mile, with Brittany Farms being the winning breeder for four of the champions, and Alagna registering a training hat trick.

Alagna swept the 3-year-old paces with filly Queen Of Success (Andy McCarthy, 1:50 2/5) and gelding Taurasi (Devon Tharps, 1:49 1/5) and also connected in the sophomore filly trot with Yes Please (Tim Tetrick, 1:53 4/5).

Yes Please, a daughter of Father Patrick, is a Brittany Farms homebred, Taurasi competes for owners/breeders M T Pockets Stables and Victoria Howard and is by Racing Hill, and Queen Of Success, a Captaintreacherous filly, was bred by Brittany Farms and Marvin Katz and is owned by Alagna Racing LLC., Caviart Farms, and Robert Leblanc.

Hungry For Love (David Miller) posted her fourth straight victory in the 2-year-old filly pace final, scoring in 1:51 2/5 for trainer Ron Burke and owners Thomas and Scott Dillon. By Stay Hungry, Hungry For Love was another winner bred by Brittany Farms.

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Iwon't Backdown As (Tony Hall) found room in the lane after racing on the inside in third and fourth and captured the 3-year-old colt and gelding trot final in 1:51 2/5. A Lionhunter gelding, Iwon't Backdown As is trained by Anette Lorentzon for co-owner/breeder ACL Stuteri AB and co-owner Kjell Johansson.

Espresso (Andy Miller) got up from the pocket and annexed the 2-year-old male trot final in 1:53 3/5. Julie Miller trains Espresso, a gelded son of Chapter Seven bred by Brittany Farms, and Andy also co-owns him with Lou Willinger, Mortgage Boys Stable, and L Berg Inc.