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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 ©2018 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 McWicked, Lazarus N, Homicide Hunter In Yonkers Invitationals DON’T BE SHUT OUT! Saturday afternoon’s Yonkers International card at Yonkers Raceway also features a pair of $250,000 invitationals for older horses. Race 7 is the Harry Harvey for trotters while Race 11 is the Dan Rooney for pacers. Eight older pacers will all be on the gate for the one-mile CHAMPIONS CENTER, SPRINGFIELD, OH Dan Rooney, with the field including McWicked and Lazarus N, respectively one-two in last Saturday’s Allerage Farms at The Red Mile that went in 1:46.2. McWicked will start from NOVEMBER 13-14-15, 2018 post 2 in the Dan Rooney, with Lazarus N lining up in post 6. Also in the race and starting BLACK TYPE SESSION - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 “He converted from post 4 is Yonkers mainstay Bit Mixed sale entries will close around himself into Of A Legend N, whose biggest win our type of this year came in the Battle of Lake OCTOBER 14 (or when full). racehorse after Erie at Northfield Park. Enter online NOW at www.bloodedhorse.com racing Down In the Allerage, driver Brian Sears Under for many rallied McWicked from fourth with seasons.” cover at the half for the victory, –Jimmy Takter while Lazarus N, parked the entire mile with driver Yannick Gingras, finished just three-quarters of a length behind. “If I could have got in the hole a little bit, maybe he could “There’s No Substitute for Experience” have won, but (McWicked) is a great horse too,” Gingras JERRY HAWS CHARLES MORGAN said afterward. “It was a good battle.” P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 (937) 947-1218 Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 Jimmy Takter, who trains Lazarus N, agreed with his driver. DEAN BEACHY & ASSOCIATES [email protected] Auctioneers “I thought he did a hell of a performance,” said Takter. “I was hoping Yannick could have pinned Brian there and maybe it would have been a little different. You don’t WHAT’S INSIDE . make a length up on McWicked when he gets a perfect Takter takes aim at International—pg. 4 trip and gets cover. If McWicked had been first-up and we would have been second-over, it would have probably fa- Driver Wim Paal returns to U.S.—pg. 6 vored us. But (Lazarus N) raced his heart out and I was Friday Indiana championship night—pg. 8 proud of him.” Champs meet in Courageous Lady—pg. 10 As for the Rooney, Takter is optimistic of Lazarus N’s Enhanced security for International—pg. 10 chances in his first-ever start on a half-mile track after five North American appearances on two-turn ovals. Milo Folley Jr. dies in Kentucky—pg. 11 “Bit Of A Legend and McWicked are good horses, but at Ones To Watch—pg. 12 the same token, I don’t think they have the quickness like my horse has,” he said. “It will be an exciting race.” Homicide Hunter’s “reward” for becoming the all-time Takter is happy with Lazarus N’s performances in his five fastest trotter with his 1:48.4 effort in winning last Satur- starts since the New Zealand-bred 6-year-old son of Bettor’s day’s Allerage Farms at The Red Mile was drawing the trail- Delight arrived in his barn in late spring after a stellar career ing 10 post in the Harry Harvey, which will be raced at a racing Down Under. Lazarus N’s two wins include the Dan distance of 1 ¼ miles because of the bulky field. Patch and Pacing Derby at Hoosier Park. Sears will drive the 6-year-old gelding from the second tier “He converted himself into our type of racehorse after rac- for trainer Chris Oakes, who said on Wednesday morning ing Down Under for many seasons,” noted Takter. “It’s a dif- the new world champ appears to be in top form. ferent kind of racing; not the kind of pressure we have in “He came out even better,” said Oakes. “It’s all good.” our races. He’s just a great horse.” Continues on page 2 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 14 October 12, 2018 www.harnessracing.com FREE Program THIS WEEKEND’S Pages FEATURED RACES All times listed are local. Friday, October 12 8:54p HoP9 INSS 2CT final Trackmaster PPs 9:30p HoP11 INSS 3CT final Trackmaster PPs 10:06p HoP13 INSS 3CP final Trackmaster PPs Click here to download all Friday PPs Saturday, October 13 3:10p YR7 Harry Harvey Inv.Trot Trackmaster PPs 3:40p YR8 InternationalTrot Trackmaster PPs 5:00p YR11 Dan Rooney Inv. 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Advertising Manager Editorial Production “A horse like him who is so handy, I’d rather have his nose Gordon Waterstone Vanessa Flannery [email protected] [email protected] on the gate though,” said Oakes. “Brian can kind of keep Associate Editor Accounting & Circulation pushing to the right until he finds room to go.” For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, Oakes said going from a 1:48.4 mile to a 1 ¼-mile race either P.O. Box 8480, Lexington, KY 40533, should pose no problem for Homicide Hunter, who last or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026 month won the $100,000 Great Northeast Open Series final © Copyright Horseman Publishing Company. at a similar distance in a world-record 2:22.2. 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A 1-year To order with a Visa or MasterCard subscription includes the call toll free 1-800-860-8199 or 859-276-4026 Breeders Book Stallion Directory! or online at www.harnessracing.com/h_issue.php *Prices valid for pre-order only through 11/30 HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 4 of 14 October 12, 2018 www.harnessracing.com Takter Takes Aim At YONKERS INTERNATIONAL TROT International With Ariana G Yonkers Raceway, Sat., Oct. 13, 1 1/4 miles, Race 8, Post Time: 3:40 pm Although Jimmy Takter’s Hall of Fame resume includes Post—Horse Driver/Trainer Odds four Hambletonians, six Hambletonian Oaks, 33 Breeders 1—Marion Marauder (Canada) S. Zeron/P. Wellwood 3-1 Crowns, an Elitlopp and a Prix d’Amérique just to name a 2—Up And Quick (France) J. Bartlett/A. Lherete 10-1 few, he still has items on his bucket list as the Grand Circuit 3—Ariana G (U.S.) Y. Gingras/J. Takter 5-1 4—Ringostarr Treb (Italy) W. Paal/J. Riordan 4-1 season winds down in his final year of training. 5—Pastore Bob (Sweden) J. Untersteiner 8-1 He has never won the International Trot. It’s a race he’s 6—Cruzado Dela Noche (Sweden) B. Sears/M. Melander 12-1 dreamed of winning since he started his career in Sweden. 7—Will Take Charge (Canada) T. Tetrick/J. Gillis 6-1 “It would mean a lot. I would be really, really excited,” Tak- 8—Arazi Boko (Italy) A. Gocciadoro 15-1 ter Said. “This is my last year of training and to end up win- 9*—Lionel (Norway) G. Antonsen/D. Reden 10-1 10*—Slide So Easy (Denmark) F. Jensen 15-1 ning, that’s another stripe on my shoulder. It would be *second tier something.” Takter has competed in the International Trot twice before. He trained and drove Whiteland Image to a sixth-place fin- Trot. I waited to see how she raced at Dayton and when she ish in the 1995 edition, the last before the race would be re- won there, then I knew.” vived in 2015. Takter started Creatine in the Yonkers Ariana G entered the Dayton Trotting Derby off a third in International Trot’s reappearance; the Andover Hall stallion the Maple Leaf Trot Sept. 1. She tipped three wide off the returned from a European campaign to represent the turn in the $150,000 stake to post a 1:52.1 victory and estab- United States, finishing third after setting the tempo. lish a new track record. This year, Takter will start Ari- “I thought she was going to race good, but we were a little “She’s never raced ana G in the $1 million stakes on bit nervous because we had sick horses up in Canada and on a half-mile, Saturday afternoon at Yonkers.