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May 20, 2014 10:25 AM
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Two-time Pacer of the Year Captaintreacherous made his first appearance on the racetrack in more than five months on Friday morning, scoring a 1:51.3 qualifying victory at the Meadowlands. Tim Tetrick drove the 4-year-old son of Somebeachsomewhere for trainer Tony Alagna. (A link to the video of the race can be found below) Taking on five rivals, Captaintreacherous left from post 5 and clicked off first-half fractions of :28.2 and :57.3. The pace then picked up considerably as The Captain reached the three-quarters in 1:25.2. He then secured the victory with a final quarter of :26.1, pacing his back half in :54. The 2013 Adios winner Sunfire Blue Chip, driven by Yannick Gingras, finished three-quarters of a length behind in second. "He was very good," Captaintreacherous Racing's Myron Bell told harnessracing.com. "There was a very strong wind in their face going up the backside. He did it very easy and Timmy said he was very good. We're very happy and very excited.
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May 15, 2014 10:15 AM
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State-bred trotting colts were back in action on Wednesday (May 14) as a field of seven diagonally gaited specialists gathered at Balmoral Park for a $10,000 Betzotic Stake.
After a tough luck loss in his last appearance, Mike Brink and Loren Tournear’s Tour Hall returned to his winning ways as he gutted out a nose decision over Bobby B Breeze in 1:58.1 over a track listed as “good.”
After battling the hard leaving Bobby B Breeze (Todd Warren) through an opening quarter in :29.3, driver-trainer Mike Brink worked the give and go to perfection, reclaiming the top spot as the field raced by the half-mile mark in 1:00.2.
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May 15, 2014 10:15 AM
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US IMPORT Verrazano, a dual Grade 1 winner across the Atlantic, is set for his first European start after being one of eight horses declared for Saturday's Group 1 JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.
Verrazano, who was fourth in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile last November and ran eight times (winning four) in Graded-level races last year, has joined Aidan O'Brien from the yard of top US trainer Todd Pletcher.
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May 15, 2014 10:14 AM
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Making his second start for new owner/trainer David Jocobson, multiple grade II winner Slim Shadey looks to end a long dry spell in the $100,000 Red Bank (gr. IIIT) May 17, the first graded stakes of the season at Monmouth Park.
Ten were entered for the one-mile grass event, with three others part of the field for the main track only. The Red Bank is race 11 on the Saturday Preakness program at Monmouth, with a 6 p.m. EDT scheduled post.
The British-bred Slim Shadey, formerly raced by his breeder, Phil Cunningham, and trained in Southern California by Simon Callaghan, has lost eight in a row dating back to the San Marcos Stakes (gr. IIT) in February 2013. Typically a front-runner at longer trips, he is winless in seven tries at the one-mile distance. He gets some class relief here.
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May 15, 2014 10:13 AM
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Wednesday's (May 14) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from The Meadows, Harrington Raceway and Buffalo Raceway.
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May 15, 2014 10:12 AM
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On Saturday (May 17) join Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment at the fifth annual Lisa Photo Stride For The Cure race and fundraiser, hosted by award-winning Meadowlands Racetrack photographer Michael Lisa and his wife, Annette.
The festivities kick off at 3 p.m. with a 5K around the racetrack for guests to participate in. The 5K is just $25 to enter including an event t-shirt, post-race party with live music by the Past Masters, prize drawings and other activities.
The Stride For The Cure horse race will then take place during the live race card, featuring horses and drivers wearing pink equipment to raise awareness. All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer program.
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May 15, 2014 10:11 AM
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May 14, 2014 5:44 PM
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Who is the best driver in the country? If you asked any harness racing fan with some semblance of knowledge for the North American market as a whole, you are likely to hear the names Tim Tetrick, Brian Sears and Yannick Gingras. These men are perennial top five finishers in earnings and top 15 in wins each year.
If we assume that the above trio are beyond reproach as the best (and I’m not making that statement quite yet), what makes them better than some of the best ever in John Campbell or David Miller? Both Hall of Famers, Campbell is the all time leading money winner among drivers and Miller has won north of 11,000 races. Yet, day in and day out, horses driven by Gingras, Tetrick and Sears garner more public attention by far than any horse driven by Campbell or Miller.
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May 14, 2014 5:44 PM
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Sebastian K will return to the races a little quicker than usual, but doing things quickly might be the trotter’s style.
A week after winning his North American debut in 1:50.1 to equal history’s fastest trotting race on a one-mile track, Sebastian K will start from post No. 1 in Saturday’s $175,000 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial at the Meadowlands.
“Sebastian K never raced back-to-back weeks, he always had like two weeks between the races, so that’s the only question mark,” said Bjorn “Bernie” Noren, assistant to Sebastian K’s trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt, about the Swedish-born star’s previous schedule in Europe.
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May 14, 2014 2:52 PM
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Harness racing’s “glamour division,” the 3-year-old pacing colts, will open the 2014 Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Pennsylvania Sire Stakes season this Saturday night (May 17), with four divisions of sophomores contesting the $266,252 event.
Captaintreacherous, 2013’s Pacer of the Year, opened his 3-year-old campaign in this same event 52 weeks ago with a victory, and many of this year’s stars in the sophomore colt pacing crop will be seeing early-season action this Saturday at the lightning-fast mountain oval.
The first division opens the evening’s 15-race card, with Sometimes Said accorded 5-2 early favoritism starting from post two for Hall of Fame driver John Campbell (who must think a lot of the colt trained by his brother Jim, since this is his only Pocono drive of the night; he’ll head right to The Meadowlands afterwards for other stakes competition). Sometimes Said was first or second in eight of 10 freshman starts, including seconds in his PA Sires championship and the Breeders Crown, and he started his 2014 campaign in very photogenic style with a 1:51/:53.2/:26.2 front-end triumph at Pocono last week.
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May 14, 2014 2:22 PM
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The popular Hambletonian Monte (racing under saddle), a late-closing series for trotters, will feature a $25,000 final on Hambletonian Eve (Friday, August 1) at Meadowlands Racetrack.
The inaugural Hambletonian Monte final was won by 2008 Hambletonian winning driver Ray Schnittker, who rode Flex The Muscle to victory in the $32,800 final.
Monte racing, a hybrid of harness and Thoroughbred racing, is a popular pari-mutuel sport in Europe, especially in France where many top trotters and drivers compete in both top-tier sulky and saddle races. It’s also a rising trend in North America, as last year saw nine tracks host events worth more than $90,000 in purse money put up by industry sponsors. A celebrity appearance by star Thoroughbred jockey Chantal Sutherland aboard DW's NY Yank resulted in a new under saddle world record at The Meadows in Pennsylvania.
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May 14, 2014 11:14 AM
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This Week: Arthur J. Cutler Memorial final, Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, N.J.; Laverne Hill Memorial, Scioto Downs, Columbus, Ohio; Miss Versatility first leg, Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Ontario; and Historic Series, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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May 14, 2014 11:12 AM
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Tuesday's (May 13) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from The Meadows, Harrington Raceway and Northfield Park.
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May 16, 2014 12:01 PM
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Four last-out winners will hook horns in the $150,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap (gr. III) on the Preakness day undercard at Pimlico Race Course May 17.
Lemon Drop Dream, a 4-year-old Lemon Drop Kid colt, won the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Parkin his previous start, his first stakes score and fourth victory in his past five starts. He shares highweight of 115 pounds in the Maryland Sprint with Action Andy, a 7-year-old gelding who took an allowance/optional claimer at the $100,000 level at Gulfstream Park two races back. His most recent effort was a second at the same conditions at Gulfstream. The hard-knocking gelding has won a dozen of his 40 lifetime efforts.
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May 15, 2014 10:15 AM
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Tug River Dylan, Cascata and Drea's Good Powow, all driven by Dave Ingraham, took top honors at Pompano Park as the Isle Casino Racing hosted a trio of featured events on Wednesday night (May 14).
Tug River Dylan, stepping up a notch to the top Open class after a gate-to-wire win a week ago in Open 2 company, inherited his win, benefitting from a pylon violation in the lane by Andover America to advance a notch after finishing a neck back of the winner in 1:56.
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May 15, 2014 10:14 AM
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Stevensville posted the fastest winning time among five divisions of the Stallion Series on Wednesday night (May 14) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The races were for 3-year-old colts and geldings on the pace and each carried a purse of $20,000.
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May 15, 2014 10:13 AM
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Looking for a repeat victory, grade I winner Obviously will battle the likes ofWinning Prize, Silentio, and Chips All In in the $100,000 American Stakes (gr. IIIT), to be contested for the first time on theSanta Anita Park turf May 17.
Southern California's Preakness day feature came up exceptionally tough in the first year that the longtime Hollywood Park fixture was reduced to a grade III event. Seven are entered in the one-mile test, which goes as race 4 on the Saturday program with a 1 p.m. PDT scheduled post time.
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May 15, 2014 10:13 AM
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Sensational Slam rallied for a 1½-length victory in the $100,000 Diablo Stakes on Wednesday at Belmont Park.
The 6-year-old trained by Patrick Quick and ridden by Cornelio Velasquez got his 11th win in 33 starts. He paid $5.80, $3.20 and $3.20 as the 9-5 favorite.
The time was 1:09.07 for the six furlongs on the fast track.
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May 15, 2014 10:12 AM
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After finishing second in her 2014 debut,Kauai Katie appears ready for a top effort in the $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. III) May 17 at Belmont Park.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Stonestreet Stable's Kauai Katie ended a nearly nine-month layoff when she returned to action with a second-place finish to La Verdad in the Distaff Handicap (gr. II) April 19 at Aqueduct Racetrack. The 4-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon will take aim at the fifth graded stakes win of her career and a victory in the Vagrancy would give her a third straight season of at least one graded win.
Kauai Katie will be making her first start at Belmont Park since finishing third in last year's Acorn Stakes (gr. I). In her only other start at the Elmont, N.Y. track she won the 2012 Matron Stakes (gr. II). She will be the highweight in Saturday's field at 119 pounds.
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May 15, 2014 10:01 AM
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May 14, 2014 5:44 PM
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Four-time grade I winner Little Mike will return to the scene of his very first stakes victory when he starts in the $75,000 Flying Pidgeon Stakes atGulfstream Park May 17.
Since taking the Fort Lauderdale Stakes (gr. IIT) at Gulfstream in 2011, grass stalwart Little Mike has amassed more than $3.4 million in earnings, including victories in the Arlington Million (gr. IT) and Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) in 2012. He will be making his first start since finishing ninth in the Longines Hong Kong Cup (HK-I) at Sha Tin last December.
Little Mike is using the one-mile Flying Pidgeon as a prep for the Manhattan (gr. IT) at Belmont Park June 7, Belmont Stakes (gr. I) day. Elvis Trujillo has the mount.
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May 14, 2014 5:43 PM
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Harness racing's "glamour division,” the 3-year-old pacing colts, will open the 2014 Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Pennsylvania Sire Stakes season this Saturday night, with four divisions of sophomores contesting the $266,252 event.
Captaintreacherous, 2013's Pacer of the Year, opened his 3YO campaign in this same event 52 weeks ago with a victory, and many of this year's stars in the sophomore colt pacing crop will be seeing early-season action this Saturday at the lightning-fast mountain oval.
The first division opens the evening's 15-race card, with Sometimes Said accorded 5-2 early favoritism starting from post two for Hall of Fame driver John Campbell (who must think a lot of the colt trained by his brother Jim, since this is his only Pocono drive of the night; he'll head right to The Meadowlands afterwards for other stakes competition). Sometimes Said was first or second in 8 of 10 freshman starts, including seconds in his PA Sires Championship and the Breeders Crown, and he started his 2014 campaign in very photogenic style with a 1:51 / 53.2 / 26.2 front-end triumph at Pocono last week.
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May 14, 2014 2:52 PM
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The Oak Tree Racing Association will move from its longtime offices at Santa Anita Park into a wing of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association office sometime in June.
"We are very pleased with the quarters and look forward to moving over there," said Sherwood C. Chillingworth, executive vice president of the not-for-profit organization well known within the racing industry for its support of research and charity.
Workmen have been busy preparing the are for the arrival of Oak Tree personnel. The CTBA offices are located at 201 Colorado Place in Arcadia, across the street from the Santa Anita parking lot that serves the track's infield.
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May 14, 2014 12:41 PM
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There are not many nights where a 12-year-old nets a track record at any racetrack in North America. On Tuesday night (May 13) at Rosecroft, Boca Hanover scored career win number 52 in her 309th start and broke the older pacing mare track record set by Kellytuck Sophie back in 2007.
Sitting the pocket behind the pacesetting Friendnheartbeat (Art Stafford Jr.), Boca Hanover sprinted up the passing lane to best Magic Card (Tony Morgan) and Friendsnheartbeat held for third in 1:51.1.
It also tied the fastest distaff mile in Rosecroft's 65-year history with Queen Of Trash.
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May 14, 2014 11:13 AM
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North State Street Stable's Monochromatic ($4.40, Jim Morand) returned off a three-month layoff with a victory Tuesday night at Harrington Raceway in the $17,000 Mares Open in 1:53.4. Trained by Dylan Davis, the 9-year-old Dream Away mare found room at the top of the stretch and surged by leader BJ's Sweetheart, who brushed to the front at the half-mile, for the win. Jeremes Sweetheart finished second, while Paradise Lost was third.
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