This Week: Dan Patch Invitational, Hoosier Park, Anderson, Ind., Currier & Ives, The Meadows, Washington, Pa. and Gold Cup and Saucer trials, Red Shores Racetrack & Casino, Charlottetown, PEI.
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Tuesday's (Aug. 5) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Saratoga Casino and Raceway and Hippodrome 3R. 
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Alacrity and Luck O The Irish each picked an opportune time to score their first lifetime win as they both captured an C$105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold division for 2-year-old trotting colts Tuesday (Aug. 5) at Mohawk. In the first and fastest division, it was Win The Day hitting the first quarter in :28.2. Eddie Green sent favorite Alacrity up to grab control by the :59.1 half. As the field hit the three-quarters in 1:29.1, Trevor Henry had Win The Day on the move again and that colt was neck and neck with Alacrity down the stretch. Alacrity held tough to narrowly win in 1:58. Win The Day and Lets Be Honest, both by Deweycheatumnhowe, completed the ticket. Kristine Green of Ohsweken, Ont., owns the winner, a son of Pilgrims Taj, trained by Eddie Green. This marked the first lifetime win for the colt who finished second in his first two starts, also Gold divisions.
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Piercewave Hanover, who already owned the national season's record for 2-year-old gelding trotters on a five-eighths-mile track, lowered that mark with a facile front-end victory in 1:56.1 in Tuesday's Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) at The Meadows. The $233,008 event, known as the Florida Pro, was contested over four divisions, with Billy Flynn, Lima Pride and Walter White taking the other splits. Dave Palone enjoyed a stake double with Piercewave Hanover and Walter White among his five wins on the 16-race card. Piercewave Hanover established the former mark in a July 15 PASS split at The Meadows, when he was ahead at every call. He duplicated that feat Tuesday, meaning that he never has been behind in his two-race career. Will the son of Donato Hanover-Passionate Glide be as effective off the trot? Palone thinks he will be.
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Bobby's Kitten looks ideally suited for the $200,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (gr. IIT) Friday, Aug. 8, at Saratoga Race Course, where he cuts back in distance and class. Bobby's Kitten is one of seven entered (including main-track only entrant Matterhorn) for the Hall of Fame Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on turf. The race is the ninth on the 10-race card, with an approximate post time of 5:15 EDT. Forwardly placed in the July 5 Belmont Invitational Derby (gr. IT) about 1 1/2 lengths behind two frontrunners, Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred 3-year-old Kitten's Joy colt looked over his head stretching out to 1 1/4 miles as he weakened in the drive, finishing a well-beaten eighth. The effort followed a comfortable win over Global View in the May 31 Penn Mile Stakes.
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Hurricane Shaw blew through this northeastern Pennsylvania city this past Sunday and Monday during the fair harness racing meet, offering $100,000 in purse money, at the Wayne County Fairgrounds here, but the prize that they probably wanted the most eluded them, instead going to the horse that figured to be the one to beat. “Hurricane Shaw” here refers to an owner, 2-year-old Mason Shaw, who before lunchtime Sunday, 3-year-old day, saw his horse earn more than $9,500 and had his stable go 8-5-3-0 over the two days; his father, trainer Jason Shaw (who also trains, quite successfully, for the accounts of other owners), who won five times during the meet; and his uncle, driver Chris, who had six visits to Victory Lane. Chris now sports a 51-48 edge in driving triumphs over Steve Schoeffel, who will wait for fair action to return to his western Pennsylvania part of the state, at Waynesburg; Jason now has a 38-31 edge over the Schoeffel barn on the conditioning side. The win that they probably most wanted, though, was with Tropical Terror in a division of the 2-year-old Fair Sire Stakes filly pace. Tropical Terror, a daughter ofWestern Terror, had been the only horse in any division to go eight-for-eight at the first eight 2014 PA Fair stops, and the Shaws were of course hoping for number nine.
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Even-money choice Iotapa made it consecutive grade I scores with her victory in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Aug. 2 at Del Mar, but was all out to get the job done with jockey Joe Talamo (VIDEO).
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Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella is relishing the prospect of having Bal A Bali (BRZ), winner of the Brazilian Triple Crown in 2013 and already qualified for a spot in the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) Nov. 1, in his barn soon.
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Winchell Thoroughbreds' Tapitureovercame a troubled trip and a lost shoe to gamely defeat a determined Candy Boy at the wire in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby (gr. II) at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort Aug. 2 (VIDEO). It was the fourth graded stakes victory for Taptiture, a 3-year-old colt by Tapit bred by in Kentucky by his owner. With the win, Tapiture edged past the $1 million mark in career earnings. Tapiture has been based at Saratoga Race Course with trainer Steve Asmussen, who shipped the colt to Mountaineer two days before the race with assistant Darren Fleming.
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Rocklamation won Saturday’s (Aug. 2) $177,750 Lady Liberty for older female pacers at Meadowlands Racetrack, outlasting Anndrovette by a neck in a stretch battle to post a 1:49.3 triumph. Driven by Yannick Gingras for trainer Ron Burke, Rocklamation was fourth in the first half of the race as Anndrovette controlled the action through fractions of :26.1 and :54.4. Rocklamation made her move at that point and was second on the outside of Anndrovette as the field reached three-quarters in 1:22.2.
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Favored Sweet Reason registered her third lifetime grade I victory when she came from well off the pace to capture the $500,000 Longines Test Stakes (gr. I)Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course (VIDEO).
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When she is good, she is very good. When she is bad, she has broken stride. Gettingreadytoroll was at her best, putting away a challenge from Act Now in the $100,000 Thomas D’Altrui Miss New Jersey, the third race on Saturday, August 2 at the Meadowlands.
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Lifetime Pursuit and Yannick Gingras pulled from the pylons and sprinted to the lead in the stretch to win the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks Saturday at the Meadowlands in a world record time of 1:50.4. Designed To Be, the 6-5 favorite, closed late for second over Take The Money and Shake It Cerry. The victory gave Gingras his first Oaks win, while trainer Jimmy Takter picked up his fourth.
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Alacrity and Luck O The Irish each picked an opportune time to score their first lifetime win as they both captured a $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold division for 2-year-old trotting colts Tuesday at Mohawk. In the first and fastest division, it was Win The Day hitting the first quarter in :28.2. Eddie Green sent favorite Alacrity up to grab control by the :59.1 half. As the field hit the three-quarters in 1:29.1, Trevor Henry had Win The Day on the move again and that colt was neck and neck with Alacrity down the stretch. Alacrity held tough to narrowly win in 1:58. Win The Day and Lets Be Honest, both by Deweycheatumnhowe, completed the ticket. Kristine Green of Ohsweken, Ont., owns the winner, a son of Pilgrims Taj, trained by Eddie Green. This marked the first lifetime win for the colt who finished second in his first two starts, also Gold divisions.
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Angel Of Terror posted the fastest time among the winners in Pennsylvania Stallion Series action on Tuesday night (Aug. 5) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. There were six $20,000 divisions of the Stallion Series for 2-year-old pacing fillies. Angel Of Terror (Western Terror-Angel Falls), driven by Jason Brewer and trained by Brian Brown, won her split in 1:54:2.
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For the next six weeks, Jay Wolf, Little Brown Jug publicity director, will rank the top 10 eligibles for the Little Brown Jug presented by Fazoli’s.
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It would be easy for trainer Ron Burke to be confident as he prepares Sweet Lou for Friday’s (Aug. 8) $250,000 Dan Patch Invitational at Hoosier Park. After all, his 5-year-old pacer brings an eight-race win streak to the event, with an unprecedented stretch of speedy miles to go with it. But Burke knows Sweet Lou isn’t the only horse streaking into the Dan Patch. Dancin Yankee, the last horse to defeat Sweet Lou, also is among the pacers in the nine-horse field. Dancin Yankee, racing out of the stable of trainer Amber Buter, brings a six-race victory streak to the Dan Patch. It will be the first meeting between the two horses since Dancin Yankee won the Van Rose Memorial Invitational on May 3 at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Sweet Lou finished third, but since then has gone undefeated.
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A field of nine will be sent post-ward in the $250,000 Dan Patch Invitational at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday, Aug. 8. In what may be the most accomplished field ever assembled, the 21st edition of Hoosier Park's signature event will highlight the 14-race program that begins at 5:15 p.m. The race will be part of a special weekend tagged as "Dan Patch Festival Weekend” and will feature extreme entertainment, giveaways, and racing. The evening will also be complimented by Indiana Sires Stakes finals, sending the purse money to be distributed throughout the evening over the $500,000 mark. The 2014 Dan Patch field boasts combined career purse earnings over $10 million and includes four millionaires, three previous Dan Patch winning drivers, two Hall of Fame drivers, and one Hall of Fame trainer. Bettor's Edge, Heston Blue Chip, Sweet Lou, and Thinking Out Loud will make their way to Indiana boasting career earnings over the $1 million mark. Ricky Macomber Jr., who visited the Dan Patch winner's circle in 2000 and 2002, will drive Bettor's Edge from post seven while Peter Wrenn, who won the 2012 installment of the Dan Patch, will start from post three behind Night Pro.
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More good news for connections of Moreno and his fans: In recent years, winners of the Whitney Handicap (gr. I) have enjoyed more Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) success than the winners of any other race conducted after June 1. Southern Equine Stable's Moreno ensured himself a spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic with his victory in the $1.5 million Whitney at Saratoga Race Course, one of two Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" races conducted Aug. 2. As a 3-year-old, Moreno finished off the board in last year's Classic. Since 2006 three Whitney winners have gone on to win the Breeders' Cup Classic in Invasor (2006), Blame (2010), and Fort Larned (2012). Since 2006, no other race conducted after June 1 on the calendar has had as many of its winners go on to win the Classic in the same year. In fact, both of the past two Whitney winners to start in the Breeders' Cup Classic won the race: Blame and Fort Larned. Last year's Whitney winner Cross Traffic and 2010 winner Tizway didn't start in the Classic.
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Ken and Sarah Ramsey's two-time grade I winner Big Blue Kitten was guided out of a pocket in the stretch and completed a last-to-first rally in the $100,000 Lure Stakes in his 2014 debut Aug. 2 atSaratoga Race Course (VIDEO). A consistent runner with a 10-3-4 from 20 career starts, the homebred son ofKitten's Joy won last year's Sword Dancer Invitational (gr. IT) and the 2011 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (gr. IIT) in his two previous starts at the upstate New York track. His record also includes a win in last year's United Nations Stakes (gr. IT) at Monmouth Park. Breaking ninth and last in the Lure Stakes in his first start since finishing eighth in the Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park, 7-10 favorite Big Blue Kitten was settled into a relaxed tempo asPlainview laid down a solid pace with Bio Pro stalking from second on the inner turf course.
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Carve made his sixth start of the year Aug. 2 and came away with his fourth victory of 2014 in the $200,000 West Virginia Governor's Stakes atMountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort(VIDEO). Ridden by Jesus Castanon, Carve survived a stretch-long duel with front-running Adirondack King to win the 1 1/16-mile test by a neck in 1:44.44 on a fast track. Favored Mylute was two lengths back in third. Brad Cox took over the training of Carve for this year, and the results have been very good. The Mike Langford-owned 4-year-old gelding byFirst Samurai won the Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (gr. III) in his last start, finished a close third in the Oaklawn Handicap (gr. II), and won two allowance races.
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Juddmonte Farms' Filimbi collared pacesetter Dayatthespa in the stretch and outfought that tenacious rival for her first U.S. stakes win Aug. 2 in the $100,000 Fasig-Tipton De La Rose atSaratoga Race Course (VIDEO). Making her third U.S. start for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, the 4-year-oldMizzen Mast filly rallied smartly from midpack with Joel Rosario in the De La Rose. Filimbi engaged slight 2-1 favorite Dayatthespa and jockey Javier Castellano at the eighth pole and then shook free of that rival with a sixteenth remaining. She coasted across the finish line under a hand ride to post a 1 3/4-length triumph. The winner covered one mile on the firm inner turf course in 1:34.42 for her fifth victory from 10 starts.
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Eric Guillot attended the post-position draw for the $1.5 million Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I) wearing a shirt that said "I Got Haters Everywhere," but those who bet Moreno loved the Cajun trainer after his speedster stole the show Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course. Southern Equine Stables' 10-1 shot went wire-to-wire in the 1 1/8-mile Whitney, easily holding off Itsmyluckyday and Will Take Charge to finish 1 1/4 lengths clear for jockey Junior Alvarado (VIDEO).Palace Malice, the 3-5 favorite in the field of nine older horses, came up empty in the drive and finished sixth. Last summer at Saratoga, Moreno ran third in the Jim Dandy (gr. II) behind 2013 Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Palace Malice and Will Take Charge. The Ghostzapper gelding then attempted to carry his speed in the Travers Stakes (gr. I) at 31-1, but was caught by eventual 3-year-old champion Will Take Charge by a nose.
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Trixton and Hall of Fame trainer Jimmy Takter overtook stablemate Nuncio and fellow Hall of Famer John Campbell in the stretch to win the $1 million Hambletonian in 1:50.3. The victory was Takter’s third in harness racing’s biggest event and his first as a driver. Harper Blue Chip raced a distant third. Father Patrick, the favorite and third horse from the Takter Stable in the race, made a break at the start and was never in contention, finishing last.
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New York-bred Palace, formerly a $20,000 claimer, earned his first grade I victory for owner Antonino Miuccio and trainer Linda Rice in the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt (gr. I) Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course (VIDEO). Reeling in 8-5 favorite Happy My Way in the final sixteenth of the six-furlong test after that rival set the pace throughout, Palace closed from second on a fast track to finish six furlongs over a fast track in 1:08.56 under jockey Cornelio Velasquez. Palace topped $1 million in career earnings with the victory. Velasquez gave Palace a ground-saving trip from post 1 behind Happy My Way's quarter in :22.13 and a half in :44.49, then shifted outside to grind down the center of the track with the tiring front-runner in his sights. Five-eighths went in :56.15 as the 5-year-old son of City Zip trailed by two lengths, but Palace surged in deep stretch to carry him past by one length.
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