Red Mile: Leading Lady doubles up in Kentucky Championship Series

Leading Lady won for the second straight time in the Kentucky Championship Series after she captured Wednesday's $80,000 flight for 2-year-old filly trotters at The Red Mile.

Carve (Andy McCarthy) cut fractions of 28 4/5, 58 2/5 and 1:27, but Leading Lady (Yannick Gingras), who got away fifth and then followed Days Away (Jason Bartlett) from second-over, rallied with a 26 3/5 final kicker, which was good enough to both get by Carve and hold off a charging Jailbird Jog (Tim Tetrick) by a neck in 1:54. Carve was third.

A daughter of Walner, Leading Lady is trained by Nancy Takter for Black Horse Racing, Marvin Katz and Herb Liverman. Bred by Marvin and Lynn Katz with Al Libfeld, Leading Lady has three wins from four starts, has earned $92,500 and paid $3.92 to win.

Three $30,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series splits took place on Monday's card, and the winners were:

--Lindy In My Dreams (by Ready For Moni and bred by owner Lindy Farms, paid $2.94 to win) in 1:56 for driver Dexter Dunn and trainer Domenico Cecere;

--Lainey W (by Bar Hopping and bred by Kentuckiana Farms and Perry Soderberg, paid $3.20 to win) in 1:53 4/5 for driver Scott Zeron, trainer Marcus Melander and owners Brittany Farms and Marvin and Lynn Katz;

--Cher Hill (by Muscle Mass and bred by owner Tom Hill, paid $9.20 to win) in 1:54 1/5 for driver Scott Zeron and trainer Gregg McNair.

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Five $15,000 Kentucky Golden Rod Series contests also went behind the starting gate, and the victories went to:

--Goya (by Gimpanzee and bred by Order By Stable, paid $7.68 to win) in 1:56 4/5 for driver Tim Tetrick, co-owner/trainer Anette Lorentzon and co-owner Acl Stuteri Ab;

--Out The Window (by Googoo Gaagaa and bred by Coyote Wynd Farms, paid $49.02 to win) in 1:56 for driver Andy McCarthy, trainer Carter Pinske and owners Pinske Stables and Andray Farm;

--Indeed Bi (by Muscle Hill and bred by M Biasuzzi Stable Inc., paid $4.94 to win) in 1:55 3/5 for co-owner/driver Andy Miller, trainer Julie Miller and co-owners Michael Anderson, Coyote Wynd Farms and Lava Java Stable;

--Iconic Beauty (by Gimpanzee and bred by M Biasuzzi Stable Inc., paid $89.54 to win) in 1:57 for driver Todd McCarthy, co-owner/trainer Andrew Harris and co-owners William Pollock and Bruce Areman;

--Che Bella (by Bar Hopping and bred by Al Libfeld, paid $4.66 to win) in 1:56 for driver Yannick Gingras, co-owner/trainer Andrew Harris and co-owners William Pollock and Bruce Areman.