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Freshman Breeders Crown elims in the books

October 21, 2011

Forty-five of harness racing’s top 2-year-olds converged onto Woodbine Racetrack Friday night to contest five $25,407 Breeders Crown eliminations. The elimination winners earn the right to select their post positions for their respective finals.

Colt Trot
In the first Crown elimination for rookie trotting colts and geldings, the James Campbell-trained Possess The Will notched his third straight victory with a 1:56.1 effort.

With driver Tim Tetrick in the bike, the bay sat behind fractions of :28.3 and :58.3 before the front-sitting Quit Smoking Now (Dave Miller) broke stride in the final turn. Possess The Will inherited the lead before the three quarters in 1:27.1.

At odds of 3-1, Possess The Will scored the one and a half length victory over the 9-5 favourite, Magic Tonight (Ron Pierce). Prestidigitator (Sylvain Filion) finished third.

The son of Donato Hanover-Aurora Hall has a record of 5-1-1 in nine starts and lifetime earnings of $185,992 for owners Fashion Farms LLC of New Hope, PA.  Possess The Will paid $8 to win as the third choice.

In the second elimination, Uncle Peter found the winner’s circle for trainer/driver Jimmy Takter. Tymal Oh So Nice (Anthony MacDonald) clocked a :28.3 opening panel before Uncle Peter was pulled from the pocket and taken to the front.

The bay held command through splits of :58.3, and 1:27.2 before getting under the wire in 1:57, three quarters of a length ahead of Archangel (James Morrill Jr). American Gangster (Brain Sears) finished third.

The son of Cantab Hall-Victory Treasure has a record of 3-1-0 in five starts and lifetime earnings of $46,785 for New Jersey’s Christina Takter and Falkbolagen Ab and John and Jim Fielding of Toronto. Uncle Peter paid $9.60 to win as the third choice.

The top five finishers from each elimination advance to the $600,000
Crown final. 

Filly Trot
The Ray Schnittker student, Check Me Out, delivered as the 1-5 favourite in the lone Crown elimination for two-year-old trotting fillies.

For A Dancer (Jeff Gregory), who was undefeated in her previous eight lifetime starts, was the early leader, clocking the opening quarter in :29. Driver Tim Tetrick and Check Me Out came first-up to take command before the half in :58.1.

The pair didn’t look back as they hit the three quarter pole in 1:27.2 and stopped the teletimer in 1:55.4, two and a half lengths ahead of For A Dancer. Aunt Mel (Dave Miller) rounded out the triactor.

The daughter of Donato Hanover-Illusion Bi has a record of 11-2-0 in 13 starts and boasts lifetime earnings of $523,561 for Schnittker who owns a piece of the bay with Charles Iannazzo of Tappan, NY. Check Me Out paid $2.50 to win.

The top eight finishers from the single elimination advance to the $600,000 final. Both Win Missy B and Circles received byes to the rich final.


Colt Pace
A Rocknroll Dance upped his win streak to four after capturing the first Crown elimination for freshman pacing colts and geldings.

D Terminata (John Campbell) clocked a flashy opening panel in :26.4 before the James Mulinix-trained A Rocknroll Dance (Yannick Gingras) launched a first-over attack from fourth.

Clearing to the front at the half in :54.4, A Rocknroll Dance held the lead, cutting the three quarters in 1:23. The 3-5 favourite scored the two and three quarter length victory in 1:51. Bettors Edge (Tim Tetrick) finished second and Hurrikane Kingcole (Luc Ouellette) was third.

The son of Rocknroll Hanover-Wichita Hanover has a record of 5-2-0 in eight starts and boasts lifetime earnings of $430,828 for Mulinix who owns a piece of the bay with Denny Miller of Archbold, OH and Jerry and Theresa Silva of Long Beach, NY. A Rocknroll Dance paid $3.40 to win.

The 7-5 favourite, Sweet Lou, rallied from the backfield to win the second Colt Pace elimination in 1:50 for trainer Ron Burke and driver Dave Palone I Fought Dalaw (Dave Miller) held the lead through fractions of :26.1, :54.1 and 1:22.

In the stretch, the tempo-setter and the 7-2 second choice, Sing For Me George (Scott Zeron), battled for the lead, but Sweet Lou dug in to score the off-the-pace victory by two and a quarter lengths. Sing For Me George finished second and I Fought Dalaw faded to third.

The son of Yankee Cruiser-Sweet Future has a record of 9-2-0 in 11
starts and boats lifetime earnings of $361,850 for Pennsylvania owners
Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, and Lawrence Karr and
Phillip Collura of New Jersey. Sweet Lou paid $4.90 to win.

The top five finishers from each elimination advance to the $600,000
Crown final.

Live racing returns to Woodbine on Saturday evening where the sport’s
top three-year-olds and older horses will contest their Crown
eliminations. First race post time is 7:30 p.m.

The Breeders Crown championships featuring over $6 million in purses
will be held on Saturday, October 29 at the Toronto oval. First race
post time is 6:30 p.m.

 

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