Red Mile: Its A Love Thing delivers in Kentucky Championship Series

Its A Love Thing posted a 1:49 4/5 win in Tuesday afternoon's lone $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series race for 3-year-old pacing fillies at The Red Mile.

The 1-9 favorite, Its A Love Thing (James MacDonald) was third at the 28 second opening quarter and then made her way to the front prior to the 55 3/5 half. Its A Love Thing continued to lead through three-quarters in 1:23 and would sprint a 26 4/5 final quarter to win by three-quarters of a length. Direction (Todd McCarthy) tipped out of the pocket turning for home and had the length of the stretch to go by, but she had to settle for second and Bath Bomb (Yannick Gingras) finished third after an inside trip in the pocket and then the three-hole.

A Bettor's Delight filly bred by Marvin and Lynn Katz and Al Libfeld, Its A Love Thing is trained by Dave Menary for owners Eric Good, Thomas Biederman, Josh Green and Rich Lombardo Racing LLC. This was her 12th lifetime victory, she has put away $840,001 and paid $2.24 to win.

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Capytreach, driven by Andy Miller for trainer Tony Dinges, won the single $30,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series event in 1:50 1/5. The daughter of Captaintreacherous was bred by Buckstone Land Livestock, is owned by Eric Good, West Wins Stable and Mark Dumain and returned $38.12 to win.

There were also a pair of $15,000 Kentucky Golden Rod Series flights taken by Blazing Belle (by Bettor's Delight and bred by owner Jim Avritt Sr., paid $2.78 to win) in 1:51 for driver Dexter Dunn and trainer Gregg McNair and Beautiful Roz (by Always B Miki and bred by Avritt Sr., paid $3.90 to win) in 1:51 3/5 for driver Andy McCarthy, trainer Brett Pelling and owners Mel Segal, Kentuckiana Racing Stable and Bud Hatfield.