Rebuff continues quest for a Kentucky Championship

Lexington, KY — On Sunday (Sept. 11) the Red Mile will host two $80,000 fourth round legs of the Kentucky championship series, two $30,000 fourth round of the Kentucky Commonwealth series and two $15,000 fourth round legs of the Golden Rod series for sophomore male and female harness racing trotters and pacers.

Rebuff (Muscle Hill–Meucci Madness), last year’s male 2-year-old trotting champion, will attempt to collect his second consecutive victory in Championship series action. Boudoir Hanover (Captaintreacherous-Bedroomconfessions) will pace toward her third consecutive victory in her respective division for 3-year-old fillies.

Rebuff returned to action on Aug. 28 after a sixth-place finish in the $1 million Hambletonian on Aug. 6 as the favorite. He hit the wire in 1:51.4 defeating Keg Stand (Andrew McCarthy) by a nose. Keg Stand just lost by a head to Pour Mea Double (Tim Tetrick in the $253,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes final on Sept. 3 at The Meadows and is not entered on Sunday.

Trained by Lucas Wallin, Rebuff will be steered by regular driver Tim Tetrick in the second race on the Sunday card. He will leave from post position two and is 2-1 on the morning line in the field of seven.

Rebuff equaled the track record at The Meadowlands for his age, sex and gait when he captured the first of two $125,000 Stanley Dancer Memorial divisions on July 16 in 1:49.4.

Bred by Steve Stewart and Michael Andrew, the colt was a $200,000 2020 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale purchase by his trainer, Kjell Anderson and Peter Delis.

Rebuff is a half-sibling to New York Sire Stakes Champion Non Stick (Lucky Chucky, $587,890). He now sports a resume of 16-8-2-1 and a bankroll of $623,270.

He was second in the Championship series final last year to Double Deceiver (David Miller, post position four, 4-1), who is also in this field.

Boudoir Hanover and pilot Todd McCarthy will begin their mile from post position four in a field of six and are 9-5 on the morning line. She has racked up two wins in this series on Aug. 21 in 1:50.3 and Aug. 30 in 1:51.1 after a fifth-place finish in the $92,200 Shady Daisy at The Meadowlands on Aug. 6.

Trained by Tony Alagna, Boudoir Hanover won her last race over the Lexington red clay by a head over Always Gonna B You (David Miller, post position three, 5-1) and outslugged a game Msdinosis Blugrass in the second round of this series. Msdinosis Blugrass leaves from post position five on Sunday with Dexter Dunn holding the lines. She is 9-2 on the morning line.

Boudoir Hanover is owned by Riverview Racing, Alagna Racing, Caviart Farms, D. Plouffe and S. Head, and was a $200,000 purchase at the 2020 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale.

Bred by Riverview Racing and Visionary Breeders, Boudoir Hanover has now earned $463,001 and has a record of 20-6-5-2.

The two Commonwealth series contests and two Golden Rod series events are for male and female sophomore pacers and trotters.

The Red Mile will also offer a $10,000 guaranteed Pick-4 (races six through nine) in conjunction with the U.S. Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering program.

Sire stakes action continues at Red Mile on Sept. 18 with the Kentucky Championship series finals.

First post is 1 p.m. EDT.

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by Kimberly French, for The Red Mile