Selfie Queen heads for big stakes events

Lexington, KY — Gordon Waterstone for the USTA reports that the Nancy Takter-trained 2-year-old filly trotter Selfie Queen will be headed shortly to Woodbine Mohawk Park for the Sept. 25 Mohawk Million, but first she has a start on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 19) in the $250,000 Kentucky Sires Stakes Championship final at The Red Mile.

The race is one of eight KYSS Championship Series finals to be contested on the 10-race card (first post 1 p.m.), with the other two events being $50,000 KYSS Commonwealth Series finals. The remaining six Commonwealth finals will be raced on Monday afternoon (Sept. 20).

In addition to Selfie Queen, who will be driven by Dexter Dunn from post three (race seven), Takter will also send out American Beauty from post seven with driver Yannick Gingras in the KYSS final for freshman filly trotters.

One noticeable absence from the race is the undefeated Venerable, who won her lone KYSS appearance but earned enough points to rank fourth and secure a spot behind the starting gate. However, Venerable also will start in the Mohawk Million, and trainer Nifty Norman elected to skip the KYSS final and keep the filly in Ontario after she won the Peaceful Way last Saturday night (Sept. 11) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

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