Eight days after going three-for-three in the Bluegrass Stakes, Diamond Creek Farm and their racing operation swept the $236,000 Tattersalls Pace showdowns for 3-year-old colts and geldings at The Red Mile, with Confederate and Cannibal prevailing. Confederate (Tim Tetrick) was in the second flight, and after floating out from post nine, he elected to drive on to challenge Bugaboo Lou (David Miller) for the top spot beyond the 26 4/5 opening quarter. Bugaboo Lou was extremely fired up, though, and despite Miller see-sawing on him, he was unable to release Confederate until beyond the 53 3/5 half. Miller couldn't hold Bugaboo Lou in the pocket either, and immediately moved back to the outside, giving a perfect second-over trip to Little Brown Jug champion It's My Show (Scott Zeron). Despite the duel and quick fractions for the conditions, Confederate still had plenty left in the lane and opened up as It's My Show came up empty. Confederate was unchallenged to the wire, keeping two lengths clear from a late-closing For Once Inmy Life (Andy McCarthy) in a 1:48 2/5 mile. Hungry Angel Boy (Todd McCarthy) stalked the pace after firing out from post eight and grabbed a third-place check. "(Bugaboo Lou) was just really grabby. We went a big half, for today especially. The track really hasn't been playing all front-end til the last couple," Tetrick offered. "Good horses overcome the struggles and the problems that they come up with. This horse just keeps proving it every day. "I knew there were some nice horses back there, but my horse still felt really strong. I touched him once and he just came out of his skin. I felt pretty confident. I freakin' love him. He's one of my favorite horses in the world, that's for sure." Trained by Brett Pelling, the victorious Sweet Lou colt has 15 wins, two seconds and a third from 18 career starts, has banked $1,676,129 and paid $2.32 to win. "Two probably three. Definitely two - we've got eliminations and the final of the Breeders Crown, and if there's one after that, there's one after that," Pelling said about Confederate's remaining schedule. Pelling added that Confederate didn't have a smooth lead-up to this event, making his performance even more impressive. The biggest doubter is probably myself. We didn't have a great week. We had a little hiccup there earlier in the week," he remarked. "God bless him. I raced him today because he's a great horse and great horses come through. That's what he did. I'm very proud of him. "He had a little blemish. He had a little laceration on his knee. We had to staple it and everything and it caused a little bit of a flare-up. Great horses come through; I said that, and it's a long way from his heart. Hopefully he'll be fine." ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter Back in the first division, Admiral Hill (Doug McNair) hit the quarter in 27 1/5 and then was overtaken by a pocket-popping Seven Colors (Dexter Dunn) after that marker. Seven Colors would then reach the half in 55 2/5 with Ken Hanover (Miller) going first-up from third, tracked by Cannibal. Seven Colors led the lead to three-quarters in 1:23 1/5 but weakened in the stretch, with Cannibal rallying off cover into the lead. The race was far from over as several other horses tried to close in, notably El Rey (Zeron) along the cones, but, despite a 25 4/5 last quarter, he came up a neck short to Cannibal in the 1:50 mile. Combustion (T. McCarthy) knifed between horses and got third. "He's just a beautiful horse. That's what makes him the horse he is, he's so handy. I've left with him ten weeks in-a-row, and then today I figured the strategy would be a little bit different," offered Gingras. "I stuffed him in the four-hole, and he couldn't care less. He's just so easy-going. He's got all the attributes, but his handiness is what's making him the horse he is." A colt by Sweet Lou, Cannibal is trained by Nancy Takter. He has a record of 14-3-1 from 22 career starts, has now earned $632,978 and returned $5.44 to win.