Bluegrass Stakes

Harness racing at The Red Mile

Red Mile Adjusts Grand Circuit Dates

The Red Mile announced today that the racing dates for the first week of the Grand Circuit meet have been moved up one day to begin on Thursday, Sept. 28, which includes the Bluegrass Stakes for two-y...

Justice, Niki Hill, Joviality S and I Did It Myway

Sophomores Shine At The Red Mile

October 01, 2022

Beach Glass’s speed job fell through off the final turn while driver Andrew McCarthy poised Kentucky Championship winner I Did It Myway on his preferred second-over perch and pounced to a 1:48.2 victo...

Special Way

Special Way All The Way; Boys Blowout In Bluegrass

September 30, 2022

Ake Svanstedt pupil Special Way defended her Kentucky Championship crown on the high stage to decimate her competition in the third of three divisions for the $354,000 Norman Woolworth Memorial Bluegr...

Twin B Joe Fresh winning at The Red Mile

Bluegrass Stakes Begin At Red Mile

September 29, 2022

A negative show plunge proved a positive return on Twin B Joe Fresh, who strolled into the stretch without a doubt the winner in the first of two divisions of the $283,000 McWicked Bluegrass Stakes fo...

Sophomore Stakes Blitz Set For Saturday At Red Mile

September 28, 2022

The opening week's stakes action at The Red Mile will conclude on Saturday (Oct. 1) with a slew of eight sophomore splits of Bluegrass action on the 13-race card.

Hungry For Love winning at The Red Mile

Looking For ‘Love’ In The Bluegrass

September 27, 2022

The father-and-son team of Tom and Scott Dillon recently retired millionaire female pacer Blue Diamond Eyes, but the longtime owners still have a stakes-winning filly to keep their eyes on.

Special Way winning at The Red Mile

Freshmen Set For Friday's Bluegrass Stakes

September 27, 2022

The last of the week’s stakes action for freshman Standardbreds is set to go to post on the Friday (Sept. 30) card at The Red Mile with pacing colts and geldings and trotting fillies in competition in...

Red Mile's Grand Circuit Meet Kicks Off Thursday

September 26, 2022

Harness racing’s best will return to The Red Mile beginning on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 29) with the first of its six-day stakes meeting. Freshman trotting colts and geldings and freshman pacing fill...

Charlie May Bests Perfect Sting In Bluegrass

October 03, 2021

Brett Miller made sure the ball was in Charlie May’s court with a backside swoop to the lead, forcing Perfect Sting to charge after him in a sprint to the finish. The move proved a winning one, with t...

Date Night Just Misses World Record

October 02, 2021

A wicked tempo set by Missy Trix laid the groundwork for 1-2 favourite Date Night to lunge into the collapsing pace and power through to finish a sizzling mile in the second of five divisions for the ...

Sea Silk Still Perfect In Nine

October 01, 2021

Ohio champion Sea Silk brought her talents out of her native state to The Red Mile on Friday (Oct. 1), where the Ron Burke pupil punched her unbeaten card with a ninth victory when taking the second o...

Star Sophomores Sunday At The Red Mile

October 01, 2021

Bluegrass action is set to conclude on Sunday (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile with a nine-division extravaganza that features some of harness racing's top three-year-olds on a 14-race card.

Freshmen Featured Saturday In Bluegrass

September 30, 2021

Saturday’s stakes slate at The Red Mile is stacked with freshmen contests spanned through five divisions of the $390,000 Norman Woolworth Memorial Bluegrass Two-Year-Old Filly Pace and three splits of...