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Shuka bested five other group I winners to get a repeat win in the Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (NZ-I) Dec. 6 at Trentham. The 6-year-old Bachelor Duke gelding won last year's edition by a head and exerted a mighty effort to score by a desperate neck in this year's renewal. Puccini started as the favorite, but in a near blanket finish could only dead-heat for second with Nashville.
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Only six of the eight who started in last week’s Progress Pace Prevue answered the call for Sunday’s $301,650 Progress Pace Final. Also on the top Dec. 7 card is the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Male Pace Final. Post time is 5:30 p.m. for the 15-race program
In the big one, McWicked, thanks to a $25,000 supplemental payment made by Ed James’ SSG Stable, scored an impressive 1:48.4 wire-to-wire victory with fellow millionaire JK Endofanera second and Matron upset winner Big Boy Dreams third in the Prevue.
All three return Sunday meeting fast rivals, All Bets Off, Somewhere In LA and National Debt.
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Yonkers Raceway’s soggy Friday night $35,000 featured Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace was won by a down-the-road Sayitall BB (George Brennan, $3.80).
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Prominent jockey Cornelio Velasquez was taken to a hospital and two horses died from injuries sustained in a midstretch accident in the eighth race over the inner track at Aqueduct Racetrack Dec 5. Velasquez was transported from the track by ambulance Friday to North Shore University Hospital for an evaluation after complaining of shoulder pain following the $59,000 allowance/optional claiming race at six furlongs. He was unseated when his mount, Laila's Jazz, fell as the result of a spill involving two other horses, but the jockey apparently escaped a more serious injury.
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In her last five races for former owner and trainer Tom Harmer, Pertty Music’s best performance was a sixth place finish, but it appears all this mare required was a change of scenery as she only failed to hit the board once in her first 12 appearances for new trainer and now owner Ed Hensley. “Tom and I are friends and he wasn’t doing that well with her and asked me if I would try her,” Hensley said. “She fit into my program and has done really well for us. She is all class and I was very fortunate I received the opportunity to buy her.” Hensley has trained the mare since the end of July and purchased her from Harmer on Nov. 5.
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Sunday’s (Dec. 7) program at Cal Expo features the Alan Kirschenbaum Series consolation and a $10,000 California Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies. A 12-race card is on tap with first post set for 4:40 p.m. (PST). The Alan Kirschenbaum is the fifth event on the evening, while the Sire Stakes occupies the eighth-race slot on the program. The Alan Kirschenbaum Series is named for the longtime owner and breeder and past president of the California Harness Horsemen’s Association. He died in October 2012.
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Jason Bartlett, putting the finishing touches on another Yonkers Raceway driving title, worked his way to eight wins Thursday night. Bartlett, who drove in all 12 races, saw the first six of victories come with wagering favorites. Chronologically, they were: $9,000, 1st race pace—Bestnotlie Hanover ($2.90 in 1:54.3);
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Pender Harbour will attempt to go farther than he ever has before when he lines up against an expected eight opponents in the $150,000 Valedictory Stakes (Can-III) on closing day of the 2014 Woodbine meet Dec. 7.
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Standardbred Canada has reported that the trotting mare Maven will leave for France on Dec. 18 and is scheduled to compete at the Vincennes track in Paris on Dec. 28. Herb Liverman, who bought Maven for $750,000 at last month's Harrisburg mixed sale, said trainer Jimmy Takter has a schedule of four races planned for Maven, with the last the Prix d'Amerique on Jan. 25. Takter won the 1999 Prix d'Amerique with Moni Maker. This will be the second trip to Europe this year for Maven. She competed in the Elitlopp in Stockholm in late May, finishing third in an elimination heat and sixth in the final, with Timoko winning both races. Yannick Gingras drove Maven in Sweden and has been her regular driver in the US, but Takter is planning to use a French driver for the races in Paris.
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The first California Sire Stakes of the Cal Expo meeting saw King Of The Crop picking up right where he left off during the spring, posing for pictures as he added another trophy to the mantle for his owner/breeder Frank Nevarez. The 3-year-old pacing son of Little Steven, who is now conditioned by Gordie Graham, was driven for the first time in evening action by Bruce Clarke and got the job done in game, first-over fashion despite making his initial start since late June at Balmoral Park. “I got King Of The Crop at the end of August,” Graham informed. “He’s a nice, quiet and laid back horse with a touch of class. I was able to get two qualifiers into him and then he was going to make a start before the stakes, but he had a little mucus and we had to scratch.”
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The French trotting star Ready Cash will return to action Saturday afternoon (Dec. 6) at Vincennes after a 10 month leave. Actually Ready Cash was officially retired from racing back in February this year, but his main owner, Philippe Allaire, who is one of the leading trainers in France, decided to put him back in training. Ready Cash will be aimed for another shot at the Prix d’Amerique, to be raced in late January 2015. However, at present Ready Cash is not eligible to race in the Prix d’Amerique, as he has not won 31,000 Euro or $38,000 dollars this year. On Saturday Ready Cash, with regular driver Franck Nivard, will trail the field by 25 meters in the Prix du Bourbonnais, which is the second test race leading up to the Prix d’Amerique. It is not an impossible mission for Ready Cash on Saturday afternoon, as he has won the race twice and holds the race record of 1:56.3 (mile rate).
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Fresh from a big win in Louisiana,Yahilwa returns to Southern California in search of her third consecutive victory in the $200,000 Bayakoa Stakes (gr. II) Dec. 6 at Los Alamitos.
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Eighttofasttocatch was the first horse trainer Tim Keefe bought for longtime owners Arnold and Sylvia Heft. On Dec. 6, the 8-year-old will make his final career start in the $125,000 Jennings Handicap at Laurel Park, a race he has won three consecutive years. "It is bittersweet, not only that it is his last race but it is the last connection I have to Arnold and the Heft stable," Keefe said. "That is probably the most significant thing. That will make it a little more emotional. "I always gave Arnold most of the credit for this horse staying sound because he didn't put pressure on me to run. He let the horse dictate when he was ready to run. He was also a great guy to talk to. He was a wealth of knowledge, especially sports. He was like another father/grandfather figure to me. There has been a big void since he passed away in March."
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Owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey, trainer Chad Brown, and jockey Javier Castellano finished atop the standings in the inaugural Penn Gaming Racing Challenge, which concluded Nov. 29. The Challenge series linked 2014 stakes held at racetracks owned by Penn National Gaming Inc. Each of the winners earned a paid trip to the PNGI-owned M Resort in Las Vegas. In addition, any horse the Ramseys or Brown run in an unrestricted stakes race at a PNGI-owned track in 2015 will be entitled to a refund of all fees paid upon the horse starting.
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On a cold and rainy night at The Meadowlands, Tim Tetrick and Yannick Gingras ran the show. Tetrick was the early star on Friday night winning three of the first four races and four of the first six, but he passed the baton to Gingras who would go on to win three in a row in races 9 through 11, totaling four on the card himself.
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Friday's (Dec. 5) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Yonkers Raceway, The Meadows, Batavia Downs and Saratoga Casino and Raceway.
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There will be a sense of normalcy, with no neighborhood competition from Calder Casino & Race Course, and a scent of some still-fresh paint Dec. 6 when Gulfstream Park opens its 2014-15 "Championship Meet." There also willl be a national spotlight Saturday because the Hallandale Beach, Fla., oval's 10-race opening day card includes the annual Claiming Crown, eight stakes races worth a combined $1 million.
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Eight races that carried listed status in 2014 will be upgraded to grade III status in 2015, highlighting a relatively stable review of graded and listed stakes races for the U.S. completed by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. The committee announced its results Dec. 5 after conducting a grading session two days earlier of 750 unrestricted U.S. stakes races with a purse of at least $75,000. The committee assigned graded status to 463 of those races, which thanks to the eight races moving from listed to grade III, is eight more than last year.
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With the final three cards of the 2014 racing season being held Friday (Dec. 5) and Saturday (Dec. 6) at Batavia Downs, the top horsemen of the meet have been named by the Upstate New York Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association. Kevin Cummings was named the driver of the meet, J.D. Perrin was the trainer of the meet and Mike Caprio was awarded as the Comeback Driver of the Year.
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Thursday's (Dec. 4) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Dover Downs, Harrah's Philadelphia and Saratoga Casino and Raceway.
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The latest edition of HarnessRacing Weekend Preview is now available for download, and if you thought it was a quiet weekend for the racing world, you might want to reconsider. First, the Meadowlands has big cards on Friday and Saturday, with warrior Golden Receiver set to compete Saturday night. Second, Dover Downs plays host to the Progress Pace for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Sunday, and it appears that McWicked and JK Endofanera will be battling for the win.
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Apprentice jockey Alexandra Jara suffered a broken collarbone Dec. 3 in a scary spill in which her mount, Princes On Thelake, died in a race at Aqueduct Racetrack. Jara was riding Princes On Thelake for trainer Eduardo Jones in the fifth race Dec. 3 at Aqueduct when the 4-year-old Here's Zealous filly broke down and fell nearing the quarter pole. Mr Rico Is Valid, with Manuel Franco up, fell over the fallen rival. Jara reported her injury on her Facebook page and thanked the staff of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for her treatment there. Jara, of Panama, has seven wins, eight seconds, and 25 thirds and purse earnings of $153,563 from 148 mounts this season, which is her first riding in the U.S. She is the sister of Belmont Stakes (gr. I)-winning rider Fernando Jara.
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As the 2014 racing season winds to a close at Batavia Downs, the Upstate New York Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association would like to recognize the top equine athletes who competed there this year. BZ Glide was named Trotter of the Meet, Fireyourguns was the Pacer of the Meet and Bazooka Terror was named the Outstanding Distaff Performer of either gait.
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Wednesday's (Dec. 3) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Dover Downs and The Meadows.
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A two-time stakes winner this year, Page McKenney will try for the day's top prize in the $200,000 Jewel Stakes Dec. 6 atGulfstream Park, one of eight races in the $1 million Claiming Crown. Current and former claiming horses will have the spotlight Saturday in the 16th Claiming Crown, which highlights opening day of the Gulfstream Park winter/spring meeting. The Claiming Crown will air on the Horse Racing Radio Network, beginning at 3 p.m. ET with the Glass Slipper, Canterbury, Rapid Transit, Emerald, and Jewel stakes. In addition, the Iron Horse, Express, and Tiara stakes will be presented on taped delay. Listeners can tune in on SiriusXM channel 92 as well as on select terrestrial affiliates across the country and online at www.horseracingradio.net.
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