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On Tuesday (Aug. 14), Red Mile conducted 10 sire stakes events for freshman and sophomore male and female of both gaits on a 16-race card. Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach made his return to the Bluegrass a triumphant one with a win in 1:51.3 in the $80,000 second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Series for male sophomore trotters.
Lexington, KY --- On Tuesday (Aug. 15) Red Mile conducted 10 sire stakes harness racing events for freshman and sophomore male and female of both gaits on a 16-race card. Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach (Tactical Landing) made his return to the Bluegrass a triumphant one with a win in 1:51.3 in the $80,000 second round leg
Tactical Approach, a son of Tactical Landing, posted a major harness racing upset at 12-1, capturing the 98th edition of the $1 million Hambletonian for driver Scott Zeron in 1:50.3 Saturday (Aug. 5) at the Meadowlands. Trained by Nancy Takter for Robert Leblanc, John Fielding, Joe Sbrocco, and Jef Racing, Tactical Approach was brought up
"I’ve trained a lot of horses in my life, and he is a fast horse. He’s a nice horse. I’ve never had one that could really trot like him."
Harness racing driver Scott Zeron is only 34, but he already has two wins in the $1 million Hambletonian Stakes to his credit. On Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack, he will try to add a third. Zeron, who won the Hambletonian in 2016 with Marion Marauder and 2018 with the filly Atlanta, would join elite