The Red Mile closes out its Grand Circuit meeting on Sunday afternoon (10/8) with the $450,000 Kentucky Futurity highlighting a 15-race stakes-filled card. Driver Scott Zeron is in the middle of a brilliant year guiding top horses and he'll get the opportunity once again to see the winner's circle in the feature behind Hambletonian winner Tactical Approach. The son of Tactical Landing drew post seven in a field of 11 in race 15. "I gave him a bad drive in the Kentucky Championship," Zeron said in regard to the fourth-place finish in the $400,000 contest at The Red Mile on September 17. "He was very strong last week in the Bluegrass." Tactical Approach put in a career-best 1:50 1/5 effort in capturing a Bluegrass division on September 30 over this strip while on the front-end, and Zeron likes where he stands heading into Sunday’s contest. "He's definitely good on the front-end,” said Zeron, "But I'm not going to push him out of there if I think they're going a 26-second first quarter." A winner in seven of his 14 starts, including the $1 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands in August, Tactical Approach would go over the $1 million mark in career earnings with a victory on Sunday. "I've been fortunate to get put up behind some very talented horses," Zeron said. "They've shown up for the big ones." Tactical Approach is trained by Nancy Takter, who was certainly happy to see her charge in the lead. "It was nice to see him on the front," said Takter regarding the Bluegrass victory. "Post seven will give Scott [Zeron] some options." There are numerous trainer entries for the Futurity, with Marcus Melander sending out four horses in the field, including Crown (post one), Oh Well (post five), Air Power (post six) and Kilmister (post 10) in his quartet. Of that grouping, both Oh Well and Kilmister enter the Futurity following wins in respective Bluegrass divisions on September 30. Air Power, a solid winner in the $275,000 New Jersey Classic final at the Meadowlands on September 8, finished third in his Bluegrass division won by Tactical Approach while racing first-over into a 54-flat final half. Trainer Ron Burke sends out a pair in Celebrity Bambino (post two) and Point Of Perfect (post nine). Celebrity Bambino is making his first start since capturing the Canadian Trotting Classic on September 23 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Trainer Ake Svanstedt put two in the box with Cecil Hanover (post four) and Kierkegaard K (post 11), longshots with a chance. Rounding out the field for the 131st Kentucky Futurity are Ari Ferrari J (post three) and French Wine (post eight). ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter Zeron had high praise for Little Brown Jug winner It's My Show. The sophomore gelding has won 9 of his 13 races this year, with the North America Cup victory over the sport's leading pacer Confederate high on his list of accomplishments. "I thought his last race may have been the best of his year," said Zeron, referring to the Little Brown Jug second and final heat. "I mean he was three-deep through the final turn and came home in 26 and change. That's special." It's My Show will once again duel with Confederate on Sunday afternoon, with the post draw favoring this son of Sweet Lou. It's My Show drew the rail in the nine-horse second Tattersalls division (race 13) with a purse of $236,000 while Confederate drew the outside post nine. Confederate has not been beaten since June when It's My Show cut the pace in the North America Cup and held on in a photo for the triumph. Zeron has changed his driving style behind It's My Show from early in the season and for good reason. "When he was unbeaten earlier in the year, I was very aggressive with him," said Zeron. "Then when I overused him in the Adios and he got beat I decided to race him a little differently." Zeron was hoping there would be horses in between It's My Show and Confederate that could dictate the action in the Tattersalls, but some of the main players in the division, including Seven Colors, Cannibal and Ken Hanover, all drew into the first Tattersalls division (race 11). It's My Show and Confederate have both eclipsed the $1 million mark in seasonal earnings this year. Confederate has paced the fastest mile by a 3-year-old with his 1:46 1/5 effort at The Red Mile on September 4 in the record books. That said, It's My Show's fastest mark also came in Kentucky Championship Series action with a 1:46 4/5 victory over Cannibal on August 14. The first Tattersalls division pits Seven Colors (post one), the Little Brown Jug runner-up, against a solid field, with Ken Hanover (post four) and Cannibal (post seven), both Little Brown Jug first heat winners, also in the mix. Co-featured on Sunday's program is the $320,000 Kentucky Filly Futurity (race 10) that also drew 11 horses. Mommamia Volo (post three) has been razor-sharp over the last month for trainer Carter Pinske and has the post advantage, but the field also includes last year's divisional champion Special Way (post seven), a Walner-sired filly that was scratched from action last week due to sickness. She makes her return with Tim Tetrick listed to drive her for the first time. Trainer Ake Svanstedt also owns Bond in the Filly Futurity field, and thus must drive the Southwind Frank-sired superstar that has captured her last three stakes races after losing the Hambletonian Oaks by just a neck. Bond landed post nine. Older pacers and trotters will be in action as well with four finals of the Allerage Farms Open events on the program. Alarajah One (post one) meets a field of 10 in the $135,000 event for older trotting males (race three). That will put him inside It's Academic (post seven). The two dueled bitterly in last week's Dayton Trotting Derby with neither victorious due to the upset by Hillexotic. Bythemissal (post four) will square off versus Allywag Hanover (post seven) in the $138,500 event for older male pacers. The two were also-rans in Tattoo Artist's blowout victory in last week's Dayton Pacing Derby. This Allerage division goes as race four. M-M's Dream (post one) is the prohibitive favorite in the day's lid-lifter. The 4-year-old daughter of Swan For All has won seven of her 11 starts this year and faces just four rivals in the $57,000 Allerage Mare Trot. Grace Hill (post two) will likely have plenty of support in the five-mare $69,500 Allerage for pacers. The Virgil Morgan Jr.-trained daughter of Always B Miki has won nine of her 12 starts this year, most recently the Dayton Distaff. A rematch between Sylvia Hanover and Twin B Joe Fresh will not take place on Sunday as the prized fillies landed in separate divisions of the $230,000 Glen Garnsey Memorial for 3-year-old pacing fillies. Sylvia Hanover (post five) takes on six rivals in the first division (race eight) while Twin B Joe Fresh (post six) faces six others in the 12th race division. All of the action kicks off at 1 p.m. (EDT) on a card that features a multitude of guaranteed wagers. The first race Pick 6, third race and eighth race Pick 5, and the 12th race Pick 4 feature $10,000 promises. The Pick 4 in race six, as well as the trifecta pools in races 10 and 12, are guaranteed at $20,000.