$80,000 KYSS won in Unreasonable fashion

Lexington, KY — On Monday (Aug. 19) Unreasonable (Huntsville-Roaring To Go) captured the sole $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes third round division for 2-year-old harness racing filly pacers at The Red Mile in a lifetime best 1:50.4.

Trainer Erv Miller was warranted in spotting the filly in deeper waters after a third place finish in a $30,000 second leg of the Kentucky Commonwealth Series on Aug. 11.

With Scott Zeron holding the lines, Unreasonable commenced her journey from post position eight in the field of eight and maintained that spot while Treacheryinthedark (Dexter Dunn) controlled the first split of :27. Sweet Ballad, however, had her mind set on how she was going to compete. As she and driver Yannick Gingras, cut the half in :55 and three-quarters in 1:23.2.

Unreasonable closed from seventh with a :25.4 final panel to best Sweet Ballad and favored Duration (Todd McCarthy).

Owned by her conditioner and David Miller, Unreasonable was bred by Steve Stewart and Frank Chick.

UNREASONABLE REPLAY

The filly’s dam collected $431,999 on the racetrack. Unreasonable is her third foal and most prolific. She sold for $55,000 at last year’s Standardbred Horse Sale.

Roaring To Go is a half-sibling to Queen Of The Pride (McArdle, $787,211).

Unreasonable paid $8.48 to win and improved her record to 4-2-0-1 with a bankroll of $46,600.

Miki And Minnie (Always B Miki-That’s The Ticket) with driver Peter Wrenn broke her maiden in the lone $30,000 third leg of the Kentucky Commonwealth Series for freshman filly pacers. Accede (Gingras) was second and favorite Three Times Bettor (Andrew McCarthy) was third.

Chris Ryder conditions the filly who competes as a homebred for Craig Henderson, Robert Mondillo and Lawrence Minowitz.

Miki And Minnie’s final time was 1:50.4. The filly sat in the pocket after leaving post position five in the field of 10 as the public’s third selection.

She paid $6.76 to win and her resume now stands at 4-2-0-1 with a bankroll of $46,600.

The filly is the third foal out of dam who earned $268,521 during her career and is a half-sister to Bigtown Hero (American Ideal, $486,142).

Miki And Minnie’s granddam, Art Account (Artsplace) produced five winners of $100,000 or more from 14 foals.

MIKI AND MINNIE REPLAY

Racing continues at The Red Mile on Tuesday (Aug. 20). First post is 1 p.m.

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by Kimberly French, for The Red Mile