Historic Bluegrass treble for Tactical Landing

Tactical Landing had a red-letter day at The Red Mile on Saturday (September 30) siring three $78,000 divisional winners of the prestigious Bluegrass Stakes for three-year-olds.

Tactical Approach, America’s richest three-year-old trotter this season, made a one-act affair of the second division cutting the mile in a new lifetime mark of 1:50.2.

The colt carved out fractions of 28, 28.2, 27.4 and 26.6 on his way to a 1-1/4 lengths win.

TACTICAL APPROACH REPLAY

He has won seven of his 14 starts this year for $752,489 in stakes.

The Tactical Landing three-year-old fillies Mommamia Volo (1:51) and Mambacita (1:51.6) won their respective Bluegrass divisions.

Mommamia Volo unleashed a stunning 25.8 final quarter to win her division by 3-1/4 lengths, while Mambacita led for the last half and held on gamely to prevail by a neck.

Mommamia Volo, the fastest of her age, sex and gait in 2023 with a record of 1:50, has won three races and $314,182 this year.Mambacita, who holds a mark of 1:50.8, has won 10 races and earned $762,918 lifetime.

Tactical Landing is ranked third on the American three-year-old table with $2.8million.

Closer to home, the Trixton gelding Constantinople notched his second feature race win at Menangle in consecutive weeks when he led throughout in the $30,000 McGrath Trotters Cup.

One week earlier the gelding took out the NSW Carousel. He is undefeated in five starts at the Sydney headquarters track.

by Peter Wharton, for Harnesslink