Sippinonsearoc, Karl back at The Red Mile Sunday

Lexington, KY — On Sunday (Aug. 25) Sippinonsearoc (Downbytheseaside-Queen Anne M), the fastest freshman in history and Karl(Tactical Landing-Avalicious), the sport’s second ranked horse, promise to commence another action-packed week of harness racing in the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series (KYSS) for their respective ages, gaits and genders under the lights at The Red Mile.

Sippinonsearoc (Yannick Gingras) places his hooves first upon the red clay in the evening’s first race. He and rising star seeks to improve his unblemished record to five-for-five in the third $80,000 leg of the KYSS for freshman male pacers.

Conditioned by Ron Burke, the colt enters this event off his 1:48.2 world record clocking on Aug. 13. He will leave from post position three in the field of seven and is the 6-5 morning line favorite.

Sippinonsearoc is owned by Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, R A S Racing and Knox Services. The colt was bred by Trent Stohler Stable and Alesha Binkley. He has earned $110,000.

His chief rival appears to be stablemate Louprint (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.). The son of Sweet Lou-Rockin Racer has only been defeated once in four contests. That was by a neck to Sippinonsearoc as the favorite in the first leg of this series on Aug. 4.

Louprint will begin to pace from post position five and is 3-1 on the morning line.

The colt competes as a homebred for his trainer’s racing operation, Weaver Bruscemi and Phillip Collura.

While Sippinonsearoc has shone brightly, superstar Karl will seize the spotlight when he and Gingras begin their KYSS event from post position three in the sixth race which is the $80,000 third round leg for 3-year-old male trotters.

Karl is a Dan Patch Award winner, a Breeders Crown victor and triumphed in the 99th edition of the Hambletonian on Aug. 4. The frontrunner for Horse of the Year honors is the 7-5 morning line favorite in the field of seven for trainer Nancy Takter. who is the first person since her Hall of Fame father, Jimmy, to win consecutive Hambletonian’s. She is also the first female to do so.

Karl will face familiar foes Secret Agent Man (Andy Miller) who leaves right beside him in post position four and is 4-1 on the morning line. Dame Good Time (Scott Zeron) drew the rail and is 9-2 on the morning line.

Karl, however, has demonstrated his ability over his division on multiple occasions and set his previous lifetime mark over this surface. If the conditions are right, will he trot another historic mile?

Bred by Crawford Farms, the colt is co-owned by his breeder, his trainer and her mother Christina, Black Horse Racing and Bender Sweden.

Karl has annexed $1.83 million from a resume of 18-16-1-1.

On Monday (Aug. 26) 2-year-old trotting fillies square off in the sole division of the $80,000 third round of the KYSS. The previously undefeated Yo Tillie (Verlin Yoder) looks to avenge her neck loss to Aperfect Annie (Todd McCarthy) in the second round of this series.

Yo Tillie is a daughter of Tactical Landing-Consolidator and will leave from post position seven in the field of 10 in the fifth race.

Aperfect Annie is 7-2 on the morning line and will begin trotting from post position three. The Carter Pinske pupil is a daughter of Googoo Gaagaa-Asixpakfromperfect.

Both young ladies will have to contend with Divine Thing (David Miller). The daughter of Greenshoe-A Thing Goin On was third in the first leg of this series, but the Steve Carter trainee has won two straight.

The filly is on the rail and is 7-2 on the morning line.

On Tuesday (Aug. 27) the $80,000 third round leg of the KYSS features the red-hot Direction (T. McCarthy). The filly enters this race off a lifetime best 1:50.1 victory in the second leg of this series for sophomore filly pacers.

The daughter of Always B Miki-Blood Red is trained by Brett Pelling will leave from post position two in the sixth race.

The Red Mile will offer 30 stakes this week worth more than $800,000. First post on Sunday is 5:05 p.m. while first post on Monday and Tuesday at 1 p.m.

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by Kimberly French, for The Red Mile