Cannibal upsets It’s My Show at Red Mile

Cannibal (Sweet Lou) and It’s My Show renewed their harness racing rivalry Tuesday (Aug. 22) at the Red Mile in the $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes third leg for three-year-old colt and gelding pacers.

The 1^st race co-feature saw race favorite It’s My Show (Scott Zeron) get out to the early lead only to have Cannibal and driver Yannick Gingras come on the outside to take the lead past the opening quarter mile in :27.1.

Cannibal then cut fractions of :56 and 1:23.2 with It’s My Show in the pocket-seat and no one else pulling on the right line to attempt to challenge.

At the top of the stretch, Cannibal had a one length lead and then It’s My Show started to come after him, but Cannibal kicked in a :25.2 last quarter mile and held off It’s My Show (whose last quarter was :25.1) to win by a half a length in 1:48.4. It’s My Show was second with A Cool Moment (Joey Putnam) finishing third.

CANNIBAL REPLAY

It was the seventh win in just nine starts this year for Cannibal. He is trained by Nancy Takter for Diamond Creek Racing. The colt was bred by Diamond Creek Farm and paid $6.16 to win.

Last week when the two top three-year-olds met, It’s My Show scored a 1:46.4 mile to tie the world record as the fastest three-year-old ever.

The co-feature was the 6^th race $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes 3^rd leg for three-year-old trotting fillies that saw Mambacita (Tactical Landing) and driver Scott Zeron go wire-to-wire in 1:51.

Zeron left with Mambacita and went right to the lead with Walner Payton (Dexter Dunn) getting the two-hole trip to the opening quarter mile in :27.4. Mambacita then went unchallenged past the half mile in :56.1.

That was when Railee Something, the race favorite, and driver Yannick Gingras started up first-over from fifth place and they were able to flush Caviart Gwen (Andy McCarthy) first-over as they went by the three-quarters in 1:24.2.

Fanning out four-across at the top of the stretch, Mambacita was still the one to beat and she held her lead all the way to the wire by three-quarters of a length over Walner Payton second and Caviart Gwen third.

MAMBACITA REPLAY

It was the second straight win and fifth victory of the season for Mambacita. She is trained by Tony Alagna for Alagna Racing, Crawford Farms Racing and Pryde Stables, paying $6.16 to win.

Admiral Hill wins three straight in Commonwealth Series

Admiral Hill (Sweet Lou, Dunn) was victorious in the first division for 3-year-old male pacers. It was the gelding’s third consecutive win over this surface and was in a lifetime best 1:53. Admiral Hill is trained by Chris Ryder and competes as a homebred for Tom Hill.

He paid $11.66 to win.

Combustion (Captaintreacherous, T. McCarthy) scored his second win of the year with a 1:49.4 triumph in the second division for male pacers. Brett Pelling is responsible for the conditioning duties. The colt was bred by Brittany Farms and is owned by Diamond Creek Racing, Thomas and Scott Dillion and Cooper Silva Stables.

Combustion paid $3.44 to win.

Believe U Me (Muscle Mass, Gingras) won the only $30,000 third round leg of the Kentucky Commonwealth Series for 3-year-old filly trotters in lifetime best 1:53. Trained by Ron Burke, the filly was bred by Wiseman Farms and is owned by William Donovan.

Believe U Me paid $17.52 to win.

McCarthy wins two of four Goldenrod Series divisions

Cyberspace (Tim Tetrick) and Chulada (A. McCarthy) won the two $15,000 Goldenrod Series divisions for sophomore trotting fillies.

Kaptain Karlos (A. McCarthy) took the first division of the Goldenrod Series for 3-year-old male pacers. Cant Stop Lou and Gingras captured the second division.

Gingras led all drivers with three stakes victories on the 16-race card.

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 Steve Wolf, for Harnesslink