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September 11, 2015 9:26 AM
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Two-year-old PA Stallion Series Championships were the main attractions on a rainy Thursday afternoon (Sept 10) at Harrah's Philadelphia, each going for a purse of $40,000.
The 2-year-old filly trot went to Jimmy Takter trainee Miss Tezsla (Yannick Gingras). The daughter of Andover Hall wasted little time getting into gear, as she wrestled the lead away from Lady Athens (Andy Miller) at the quarter pole. She was able to maintain a 1 length advantage until the top of the stretch, when she edged away to win by 4 lengths in the end, stopping the clock in 1:57.4. Turn The Paige (Vic Kirby), who was part of a 3 horse entry, rallied for second, while Global Inspiration (Andrew McCarthy) was third. It was the 4th career win for Miss Tezsla, who is owned by Christina Takter, Jim and John Fielding, Brixton Medical, And Herb Liverman. She paid $3.20 to win.
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September 11, 2015 9:23 AM
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Not that there ever a bad time to be racing well, but for Rockin In Heaven, he’s certainly picked a dandy time to get good.
The 3-year-old son of Rock N’ Roll Heaven looms a player Saturday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the New York Night of Champions (Part I). Four, $225,000 sire stakes finals of soph boys and girls, pacers and trotters go as races 5 through 8 (first post 7:10 p.m.), with each race sponsored by a prominent Empire State breeding farm.
Rockin In Heaven landed post position No. 2 in the last of the quartet, Blue Chip Farms Pace. Dr. Ian Moore, the man behind the likes of Shadow Play and State Treasurer, co-owns (with Douglas Polley, Francois Lecomte and Gordon McComb) and trains. The Good Doctor has imported one of Ontario’s leading chauffeurs, Trevor Henry, for a rare Yonkers appearance.
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September 11, 2015 9:22 AM
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Stayin Strong, driven by Eric Abbatiello and trained by Julie Miller, was a length and a quarter winner in the $7,000 opening leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes – Green Acres for two-year-old trotting colts, the third race on Thursday (September 10) at Freehold Raceway.
Stayin Strong, a son of Muscles Yankee-Loch Katrine, picked up his first win in six starts, covering the mile in 2:00.4. He paid $6.20 to win.
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September 11, 2015 9:21 AM
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How do you choose the crowning legacy of a person’s career, especially when that person is John Nerud, who had so many careers and has left so many legacies it’s difficult to single one out?
As a breeder, you can certainly include Dr. Fager, Ta Wee, Unbridled, and Fappiano and Cozzene (both also owned by Nerud) among Nerud’s greatest legacies. It has already been reported that Nerud was influential in the pedigree of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah having bred the colt’s great-grandsire Unbridled and great-great-grandsire Fappiano on the sire’s side and Minnetonka, dam of maternal great-grandsire Ecliptical. - See more at: http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2015/09/10/liam-puts-nerud-on-the-map-again.aspx#sthash.HXJTLdzi.dpuf
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September 10, 2015 5:21 PM
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Champion Calgary Cat has been one ofWoodbine's top sprinters again this year, winning three of four starts (all stakes). He brings a two-race win streak to the Sept. 13 Bold Venture Stakes (Can-III), a 6 1/2-furlong event that goes as race three on the Ricoh Woodbine Mile (Can-IT) undercard with an approximate post time of 1:55 p.m. ET.
A 5-year-old gelding by Cowtown Cat out of the A.P. Indy mare Big Sink Star, Calgary Cat is the defending Bold Venture winner, taking last year's running by three lengths. He was also Canada's top sprinter, winning five of seven starts. This year he won the Jacques Cartier Stakes in mid-May, then after dropping the Vigil Stakes (Can-III), ripped off victories in the Achievement and Ontario Jockey Club stakes. His three wins have come at six furlongs and he's been the favorite in each start this season.
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September 10, 2015 5:20 PM
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Champion Calgary Cat has been one ofWoodbine's top sprinters again this year, winning three of four starts (all stakes). He brings a two-race win streak to the Sept. 13 Bold Venture Stakes (Can-III), a 6 1/2-furlong event that goes as race three on the Ricoh Woodbine Mile (Can-IT) undercard with an approximate post time of 1:55 p.m. ET.
A 5-year-old gelding by Cowtown Cat out of the A.P. Indy mare Big Sink Star, Calgary Cat is the defending Bold Venture winner, taking last year's running by three lengths. He was also Canada's top sprinter, winning five of seven starts. This year he won the Jacques Cartier Stakes in mid-May, then after dropping the Vigil Stakes (Can-III), ripped off victories in the Achievement and Ontario Jockey Club stakes. His three wins have come at six furlongs and he's been the favorite in each start this season.
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September 10, 2015 5:19 PM
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The sport's top trotters are in action at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night, and Weekend Preview's Gordon Waterstone checked in with trainer Jimmy Takter and driver Yannick Gingras about Hambletonian champ Pinkman, who hasn't been able to get to the winner's circle for the big Colonial or Yonkers Trot. By the way, Hambo runner-up Mission Brief races on Friday night in the elims for the Elegantimage at Mohawk. In his Stretch Call column, Dave Briggs shares Dr. Ian Moore's thoughts about why State Treasurer is having such a great season. Last Saturday State Treasurer won the Canadian Pacing Derby at Mohawk and this Saturday he'll be a part of the big Ohio Night of Champions show at Scioto Downs. Ohio's Night of Champions is just one of four cards with state-breds showcased this weekend, with The Meadows, Yonkers and Balmoral Park also getting into the act.
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September 10, 2015 5:17 PM
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Eleven juvenile fillies will line up Sept. 12 with a Breeders' Cup berth on the line in the $200,000 Natalma Stakes at Woodbine.
The mile turf event is a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Oct. 30 at Keeneland, awarding the winner an automatic place in the starting gate.
Putting her streak on the line in open company will be undefeated Ontario-bred Caren, who took the Shady Well Stakes and Nandi Stakes, both sprinting on the Woodbine all-weather track, after breaking her maiden on that surface for trainer Michael De Paulo as well.
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September 10, 2015 5:16 PM
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John Gunther's Glennwood Farm announced Sept. 10 that multiple graded stakes winner Last Gunfighter has been retired from racing.
A 6-year-old son of First Samurai , Last Gunfighter was bred in Kentucky by Gunther out of the Sir Cat mare Saratoga Cat, and was campaigned by Gunther to 9-3-3 record from 21 starts, with a bankroll of just more than $1.2 million.
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September 10, 2015 5:16 PM
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It’s been nine years since Peaceful Way became the last female trotter to win the Maple Leaf Trot, but two ladies will be front and center when eliminations for the prestigious event are contested Saturday (Sept. 12) at Mohawk Racetrack.
Bee A Magician, a 5-year-old mare who was the 2013 Horse of the Year in both the U.S. and Canada, is the 8-5 morning line favorite in the first of two seven-horse eliminations for the Maple Leaf Trot. D’One, a 5-year-old mare from Sweden who has defeated Bee A Magician in two North American starts, is the 3-1 second choice in the second elim.
Resolve, who won the Vincennes Invitational on Aug. 8 and two weeks later missed by a head against E L Titan in the Sebastian K Invitational, is the 5-2 favorite in the second division.
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September 10, 2015 11:49 AM
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All eyes will be upon the speedy Captain Greedy in Saturday night's $74,000 Su Mac Lad Trot for 3-year-old colts and geldings at Balmoral Park. A winner of $117,026 lifetime, Captain Greedy is a homebred son of Yankee Valor and is the first foal out of the Armbro Tropicana mare Tropical Trixie. He was foaled at Brownstown, Ill., on March 6, 2012 and is co-owned by trainer-driver JD Finn and partner Charles Doehring and was bred by Cary and Kimberly Doehring. "He was just super from day one, and had a ton of natural ability,” Finn reported. "He rates right up there with some of the best I've trained and driven, including Koochie.”
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September 10, 2015 10:49 AM
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When the best Empire State 3-year-olds of both sexes and gaits convene at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday (Sept. 12) for the first edition of the 2015 New York Sires Stakes Night of Champions, some of the best sophomores in North American harness racing will be competing for the $900,000 in purses.
In fact, it will include four of the top 20 colt and filly pacers and four of the top 15 colt and filly trotters currently in the sport. That gaudy list is definitely led by Habitat 3,1:53 ($1,104,841) byConway Hall-Habit’s Best, whose $570,434 in 2015 ranks him fourth in North America among trotters of all ages behind Hambletonian winner Pinkman, Open sensation JL Cruze and Hambletonian Oaks winner Wild Honey.
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September 10, 2015 10:48 AM
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Royale Rose, a winner of six of eight career starts, including a blistering 1:52.3 clocking in last week's elimination action, has been installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite for Saturday's $187,000 Orange & Blue for 2-year-old pacing colts. The son of Ashlee's Big Guy-Caribe Royale-Sportsmaster has $30,449 in career earnings for owner Nicole Potts of Bourbonnais, IL, who plunked down just $3,800 at the 2014 Illini Classic Yearling Sale for the youngster. Royale Rose was bred by Orville Rursch and foaled on April 8, 2013, at Taylor Ridge, IL, and is the fifth foal out of his dam. He is a half brother to Majestic Royal (by Jody's Cam) p, 6, 1:52.4 ($103,114). Despite the low purchase price for the youngster, trainer Lyle Scurlock had high hopes for the colt right from the get-go. "He had perfect conformation and was just a great looking yearling,” said Spurlock. "I remembered how tough his dam was and how she was able to grind out a pretty nice career bankroll despite racing in strictly overnight events. I figured if he had any of her heart in him for the price we were able to get him for it was definitely worth the risk for a first crop foal.”
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September 11, 2015 9:26 AM
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Not there ever a bad time to be racing well, but for Rockin' in Heaven, he's certainly picked a dandy time to get good. The 3-year-old son of Rock N' Roll Heaven looms a player Saturday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the New York Night of Champions (Part I). Four, $225,000 sire stakes finals of soph boys and girls, pacers and trotters go as races 5 through 8 (first post 7:10 PM), with each race sponsored by a prominent Empire State breeding farm. Rockin' in Heaven landed post position No. 2 in the last of the quartet, Blue Chip Farms Pace. Dr. Ian Moore, the man behind the likes of Shadow Play and State Treasurer, co-owns (with Douglas Polley, Francois Lecomte and Gordon McComb) and trains. Dr. Moore has imported one of Ontario's leading chauffeurs, Trevor Henry, for a rare Yonkers appearance. According to the U.S. Trotting Association's Anne Chunko, Henry has one previous career Westchester work night, a 2010 excursion driving an eight-hole, 90-1 shot (Quantum Cashman) in a NYSS event.
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September 11, 2015 9:22 AM
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Thursday's (September 10) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from The Meadows and Saratoga Harness.
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September 11, 2015 9:21 AM
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Since relocating from England, Flaxman Holdings' homebred Hoop of Colour hasn't had a misfire, and she will look to keep her unblemished North American record intact in the $300,000 Canadian Stakes (Can-IIT) Sept 13 at Woodbine.
The Canadian Stakes is a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" event for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).
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September 10, 2015 5:22 PM
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A big-time graded stakes around two turns for 2-year-olds greets Churchill Downs' September fall meet, and while most of the 12 males entered for the $150,000 Iroquois Stakes are light on experience, several are strong on pedigree.
The Iroquois is the official start off the Triple Crown campaign for 2016, as points toward next year's Kentucky Derby are on the line. The race is also a "Win and You're In" event for the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
Leading the pack from the rail is Conquest Stables' Conquest Windycity, a son of Tiznow out of the A.P. Indy mare Lasting Appeal. Lasting Appeal is a full sister to successful sire Jump Start and was a $320,000 sale yearling at last year's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October sale. Conquest Stables and trainer Mark Casse then went to $800,000 to procure him at this year's Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale.
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September 10, 2015 5:21 PM
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Rules Of The Road, runner up to Wild Honey in the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks, faces three rivals in the $30,000 Helen Smith Trot on Friday, Sept. 11, at Freehold Raceway. With only four entrants, the Helen Smith for New Jersey-sired three-year-old trotting fillies, sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey, will be contested prior to the betting card with a post time of 12:10 p.m. Facing Rules Of The Road, driven by Jason Bartlett for trainer Janice Connor, will be Southwind Cartier [trained and driven by DR Ackerman], Blue Muse [trained and driven by Ake Svanstedt], and Riley's Dream [driven by Steve Smith for trainer Julie Miller]. Blue Muse is by Muscles Yankee and the other three are by Muscle Hill.
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September 10, 2015 5:20 PM
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American Pharoah and Golden Hornboth received their first losses of the season in August, but the pair maintained their two top spots in the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings.
Beyond the top two, Hong Kong-basedAble Friend and Shared Belief are tied for third place, with French-based Solowand Treve tied for fifth.
Newcomers Keen Ice (sixth) andBeholder (seventh) make an appearance in the rankings following respective grade I victories in the Travers Stakes (gr. I) and TVG Pacific Classic (gr. I).
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September 10, 2015 5:17 PM
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It was a night that most drivers could only dream of and a night that will live forever in the history book. Randy Waples is still buzzing from his impressive performance last Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack and can you blame him?
The veteran reinsman swept the Canadian Pacing Derby, Metro Pace and She's A Great Lady Stakes to become the first driver to capture all three events in the same year. He also added two other victories on the card to drive the winners of more than C$900,000 on the evening.
Waples' performance not only had those at Mohawk talking, but also the whole country. The name “Randy Waples” was trending across Canada on Twitter, which is believed to be the first time a driver has ever trended on the Social Media platform.
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September 10, 2015 5:16 PM
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Nuncio, the winner of last year's Yonkers Trot and Kentucky Futurity, won his fifth straight race of his 2015 season on Thursday night, taking a race for 4 year olds at the Gavle track in Sweden. With his trainer, Stefan Melander, in the sulky, Nuncio, a 4-year-old stallion by Andover Hall, won by 2 ½ lengths in 1:52 over the 1,640 meter distance (about one mile). He raced without shoes on all four feet. Nuncio has now won seven of nine starts this season, all in Sweden, and has earnings of approximately $275,000. He finished third, behind Magic Tonight and Mosaique Face, in this year's Elitlopp.
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September 10, 2015 5:16 PM
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This Saturday (Sept. 12) the best 3-year-old trotters and pacers bred in New York State descend upon the historic Yonkers Raceway at Empire City Casino for the first of the two-part annual New York Night of Champions.
The competition, inaugurated in 1990 by the New York Sire Stakes, celebrates its 26th anniversary this year. For the first time, the finals are held on two nights, both featuring four sire stakes finals at $225,000 each.
Part II of the competition takes place Saturday (Sept. 26), with New York’s premier 2-year-old trotters and pacers. All eight finals are again sponsored by prominent Empire breeding farms.
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September 10, 2015 1:18 PM
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Trainer Brian Brown and his ownership group had their eye on Spider Man Hanover long before he went through the ring at the 2014 Standardbred Horse Sale, so they were thrilled to purchase him. Especially for the price.
“We all really liked him and he was one of the top ones we wanted to bring home,” said Brown. “We loved his pedigree and then we were even more sold on him when we went to see him. We were prepared to go much higher for him as we thought he would go for at least $60,000, so we were very pleased we paid $40,000 for him. Actually we were in shock that’s all we had to give. The only reason I can think of that he didn’t go for more was he was on the smaller side, but he was very well built.”
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September 10, 2015 10:49 AM
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There's no point telling 70-year-old Gerry Longo to slow down. Since his days as a track and football star on his high school teams in southern California, Longo has been running on all cylinders…and with no intention of slowing down! Of course that includes his long and storied harness racing career, now almost a half-century old, in which he has won 2,718 races as a driver and 628 since they started keeping trainer statistics in 1991. Longo scored a hat trick on the Wednesday program to bring his win total to 52 in 52 nights at Running Aces this season, moving him into fourth place in the local dash derby. All three winners were from his own 10-horse training stable bringing that total to 31 triumphs in the last three months in Minnesota—good for $115,000 in earnings.
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September 10, 2015 10:49 AM
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Ohio’s best night of racing, Super Night, will be held at Scioto Downs this Saturday (Sept. 12) with a first post time of 6:30 p.m.
Anchoring the card (races four-11) will be eight $225,000 Sire Stakes finals for 2- and 3-year-old colt and filly trotters and pacers.
State Treasurer headlines the 10-horse $225,000 Jim Ewart Memorial Pace. The 6-year-old son of Real Desire most recently won the Canadian Pacing Derby at Mohawk Racetrack in 1:47.4 last week and is the 7-5 morning line favorite with David Miller set to drive.
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