Red Mile hosts Venerable in KSS action

LEXINGTON, KY — On Sunday afternoon (Aug. 14) Red Mile will host two $80,000 second round legs of the Kentucky Championship series, three $30,000 second legs of the Kentucky Commonwealth series and six $15,000 second round legs of the Kentucky Golden Rod series for freshman and sophomore filly trotters and pacers on the 14-race harness racing card.

Champion Venerable (Walner-Jolene Jolene) seeks to return to her winning ways after an eighth-place finish in the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks on Aug. 6 in the second Championship series leg for trotting fillies.

Venerable, driven by David Miller, will leave from post position six in a field of 10 in race 12. The filly captured her elimination over Oaks winner Fashion Schooner. The filly, however, committed a costly break in the final as the public’s second choice.

Trained by Nifty Norman, Venerable is 7-2 on the morning line. The filly is owned by David McDuffee, Melvin Hartman, Paul Bordogna and Steven Arnold. Her record stands at 18-12-2-1 and she has banked $1.12 million.

The three Commonwealth divisions consist of two legs for 2-year-old pacing fillies and one leg for 3-year-old trotting fillies.

The six Golden Rod divisions are comprised of three legs for 2-year-old pacing fillies and three legs for 3-year-old filly trotters.

Sunday’s card will also offer a $10,000 guaranteed Pick-4 beginning in the seventh race and a $40,000 guaranteed Super High-Five on the 14th race in conjunction with the U.S. Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering program.

For entries for the entire Sunday card, please click here.

First post at Red Mile is 1 p.m. EST.

Sire stakes action continues Monday (Aug. 15) with nine races and Tuesday (Aug. 16) with nine races.

For complete race entries, click here.

by Kimberly French, for the Red Mile