Strong Poison kills it in $80,000 KYSS

Lexington, KY — Strong Poison (Always B Miki-Flyonce) delivered a powerful punch with her return to the winner’s circle on Tuesday (Aug. 29) at Red Mile in 1:50 in the sole division of $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes action for sophomore trotting fillies. The 12-race harness racing card also featured one $30,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series for 3-year-old pacing females and one $15,000 Goldenrod Series event.

Strong Poison, in line to Yannick Gingras, sat in the garden spot leaving the gate as Cultured (Scott Zeron) set the first fraction of :27.4. Gingras gave the filly her head and allowed her to control the tempo. She clicked off fractions of :56.3 and 1:24.2 and threw down the bid of Charleston (Tim Tetrick) to hit the line in front. Cultured was third.

STRONG POISON REPLAY

She is trained by Ron Burke and owned by Burke Racing Stable, J&T Silva Stables, Knox Services Inc. and Beaty Services LLC.

Strong Poison is the track and stakes record holder at Harrah’s Hoosier Park with a 1:48 victory in the Nadia Lobell at the Anderson oval in her seasonal debut on June 20.

The filly’s resume now stands at 20-7-6-3 and her bankroll is $581,125.

Strong Poison paid $4.24 to win and was bred by Steve Stewart, Charles Nash and Julie Nash.

Horizontal lays it down in Kentucky Commonwealth Series

Horizontal (Zeron, Always B Miki-Geometry) collected her second consecutive victory to improve her lifetime record to 14-5-2-2 in the $30,000 Commonwealth division for 3-year-old filly pacers.

The filly tripped the teletimer in 1:49.1, a new lifetime best, for trainer Linda Toscano.

Horizontal is a half sibling to the undefeated Geocentric and is owned by Determination.

She was bred by Diamond Creek Farms.

Horizontal paid $9.10 to win.

Keep My Secret reveals all in Goldenrod Series

Tony Hall guided Keep My Secret ($5.82, Captaintreacherous) to a neck triumph in the third round of the Goldenrod Series for sophomore filly pacers.

Red Mile offers a rich buffet of wagering items including a 20-cent Pick-6 with 15 percent takeout, a 50-cent Pick-5 with an industry low 12 percent takeout, a Super Hi-5 15 percent takeout, and Pick-4 events, with a $10,000 guaranteed pool in conjunction with the U.S. Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program.

Red Mile races on a Sunday, Monday, Tuesday schedule with a 1 p.m. EDT post time through Oct. 8. Free program pages are available at redmileracing.com in addition to race replays and a daily livestream of each card.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Kimberly French, for Red Mile