Who Will Be Pacer of the Year? Roll With Joe has been recognized as the outstanding By Bill Finley 3-year-old pacer of 2011 was 6 for 14 during the year. ORLANDO, Fla–When it comes to who will be harness Trained by Ed Hart and driven by Ron Pierce, his big wins racing’s Horse of the Year for 2011 there’s not much sus- came in the Meadowlands Pace, the Battle of the pense. Check Me Out (Donato Hanover) had a great year, Brandywine and the Messenger. but San Pail (San Pellegrino) is the 1-9 favorite to win the “He’s a horse who has been there all year,” Hart said of honor tomorrow night at the annual Dan Patch Awards Roll With Joe following his win in the Messenger. “It’s banquet. He all but clinched the title with his stirring win been a great season and he is a super horse. I have over two European stars in the Breeders Crown. He will, of course, also be named Trotter of the Year. trained a lot of horses and he is special.” Ironically, neither horse won a Breeders Crown event during 2011. Betterthancheddar (Bettor’s Delight) de- feated Roll With Joe in the 3-year-old Colt Pace and Bet- tor Sweet (Bettor’s Delight) triumphed over Foiled Again in the Older Male Pace. Perhaps that’s why some voters went in still other direc- tions. “I voted for See You At Peelers,” Phil Terry said. “She Foiled Again Roll With Joe was the best filly that raced during the year and she brought so much attention to the sport. More than any But Pacer of the Year? Now we’re talking interesting. other horse, she was such a great story.” Cont. p2

It was a year in which there were several good horses, but none that dominated from start to end. A case could be made for four or five, but it appears that the race will come down to two, Foiled Again (Dragon Again) and Roll With Joe (Cam’s Card Shark). Who will get it? It looks like it’s too close to call. “It has to be one or the other,” said voter Bob Heyden, who declined to reveal who he voted for. “It’s going to be a very close call. I think Roll With Joe might get it because he made more money ($1.64 million versus $1.4 million). Some voters get lazy and just look at that. He also comes out of the so called glamour division, the 3-year-old pacing colts, and that means something.” Trained by Ron Burke and driven by Yannick Gingras, Foiled Again was 14 for 28 during the year and had a mark of 1:48.1 at Mohawk. His top wins include the American Nationals, the Indiana Pacing Derby, the Quillen Memorial and the Molson. Along the way, he also dispatched the knock that he is merely a half-mile track specialist. “He was a warrior,” said Jason Settlemoir, who voted for Foiled Again, who is now 8. “He started early in the Levy series and raced with domination throughout the year. In my eyes, he is certainly Pacer of the Year. He was pretty spe- cial. But I know the voting is going to be tight.” “What Foiled Again did this year was just unbelievable,” said voter Roger Huston. It seemed like you could always count on him.” HarnessRacingUpdate.com • 2/12/12 PAGE 2 of 8

‘Who Will Be Pacer of the Year?’ cont. It was precisely this pedigree that made San Pellegrino Who will win? The search for clues doesn’t shed much a $145,000 yearling when he went through the sale ring light on the situation. In the final 2011 Top 10 poll released under the named Double Delight at Tattersalls in 1997. He by Harness Racing Communications, neither Foiled Again was a long-bodied, dark bay with a small star. nor Roll With Joe received the most points among pacers. Valley Victory was the pinnacle of trotting then, having That honor went to We Will See (Western Hanover), yet he sired such brilliant trotters as Victory Dream, Donerail, lost to Foiled Again in the voting for champion older pacer. Continentalvictory, Muscles Yankee, Lindy Lane, Bullville In the HRC poll, We Will See had 208 points, while Roll Victory, Lookout Victory and others in his first two crops. With Joe had 183 and Foiled Again had 173. The top two The law of supply and demand worked to light a fire vote-getters were trotters San Pail and Check Me Out. under the prices paid for his Valley Victory yearlings. In the voting for divisional honors, Roll With Joe holds a When San Pellegrino arrived in 1996, he was one of only slight edge, He received 98 out of 116 votes cast. Foiled 43 foals that year by Valley Victory. Again had 88 votes in his divisional race. San Pellegrino's dam had a trio of previous foals that never earned a dime, but bidders tossed all caution to the winds when her colt by Valley Victory walked into the ring. Jimmy Takter had the final bid on behalf of his wife Chris- tina and partner Ken Ross of Pittsburgh. Racing under his new name, San Pellegrino was a step below the top freshman colts early in 1998 and thus he competed primarily in events for New Jersey-sired juve- niles. He won a Grand Circuit stakes at The Meadows in 1:59.3 in mid-August, his 2-year-old mark. In the fall, he began to improve. He was timed in 1:57 at Garden State finishing fifth in the Valley Victory behind Starchip Entrprise, Self Possessed, and Angus Hall. That earned him a chance in the Breeders Crown and he was third in his elimination behind Angus Hall and They’re Wild About San Pail in Warsaw Starchip Entrprise, timed in 1:55.2. Until that point, trainer By Dean A Hoffman Taker was his usual chauffeur. You know that San Pail, likely to be named the 2011 In the Breeders Crown final, however, Takter opted to Horse of the year tonight at the annual Dan Patch Awards steer Enjoy Lavec, the stronger half of his stable's entry. extravaganza, was the best trotter in North America last At least most people thought that Enjoy Lavec was better year, but what do you know about his family tree? than entrymate San Pellegrino. Chances are, nothing. Wally Hennessey got the driving assignment behind His sire is San Pellegrino. Isn't that the Italian mineral San Pellegrino and they quietly followed the leaders until water so popular is the stretch, then trotted past tiring horses to snag second chichi circles? Yes, place at CR Commando hit the wire in 1:53.2, the fastest but there was also a race mile ever by a freshman trotter. San Pellegrino was well-bred trotter by timed in an astonishing 1:54. (Enjoy Lavec was placed the same name. fifth in the race.) But where is the Two weeks later, San Pellegrino won the Matron with sire of San Pail Takter driving and his final two starts added right at standing the 2012 $169,000 to his earnings, finishing his first season with breeding season? $222,323. Poland. No, that's As a sophomore, San Pellegrino was second in the San Pellegrino (above), the sire of not a joke. Yes, San Dexter Cup, Yonkers Trot, and Charles Smith, but wasn't San Pail, has been exiled to Poland Pellegrino stands in among the top tier of colts and won only once in 13 tries. Poland. That was it. He went to stud in Ontario at Armstrong Bros. And what about San Pail's dam Village Beauty? She at a $4,000 fee and got a court of 97 mares. That first never won a race in her life and earned just $2,300. breeding season produced only 42 registered foals. The How could such a grand trotter come from this mating? next season he got only 29 foals from a book of 62 mares. It's the magic of genetics. That and a lot of patience and By 2003, San Pellegrino attracted only 37mares and professionalism on the part of trainer Rod Hughes. from that came 18 foals. His penultimate product in North There is certainly power in the blood of San Pellegrino. America arrived on June 2, 2004 in Port Perry, Ontario He is a son of Valley Victory out of a half-sister to the inter- and was brown colt later named San Pail. national starlet Peace Corps, the best female in the world of Cont. p3 trotting two decades ago. HarnessRacingUpdate.com • 2/12/12 PAGE 3 of 8

San Pail cont. San Pail's dam Village Beauty was 12 when he arrived and she'd already had a half-dozen foals. Four of those became respectable racehorses, but what is clearly missing is any early speed. Only one of Village Beauty's first six Going the Distance foals got a juvenile mark and that one was only 2:03.3. By Peter Kleinhans Valley Beauty is a Balanced Image mare rooted in the In the 9th race last Friday night at the Meadowlands, the female family of Twilight Hanover long cherished by the winner, barreling five-wide on the final turn, came from Armstrong Bros, the dominant breeder in Canada. 12th at the top of the stretch to Canadian horsemen learned long ago that the Balanced win. The horse who had been Images improve with age. You often needed a lot of pa- fourteenth and last at the top of tience to get the full ability from a Balanced Image, and the lane, finished third. The four- many of his male progeny reached their prime after a sharp scalpel altered their outlook on life. teen horses in the race finished I've heard an anecdote, perhaps apocryphal, that a trainer within 6 1/2 lengths of each other, once called Jimmy Taketer to ask for advice on a miscreant in one of the most exciting blanket trotter in his stable. finishes in recent memory. "I've got a problem with this colt by Balanced Image….." Two things made this race un- the trainer began to tell Taker. usual. Although the field consisted of bottom-level, $7,500 "Wait a minute," Takter allegedly replied. "You've already claimers, the were 14 of them, pressing some num- defined the problem. If he's by Balanced Image, he should ber-pads that had never been used before into action. But be a gelding." perhaps more interestingly, the race was held at a mile After attracting such a light book of mares in 2003, San and a half, 50% longer than your basic harness race. Pellegrino returned to the races in 2004 but accomplished And what happened is what should have happened: little. horses got tired. To racing fans growing more and more His first crop had raced in 2003 and included some de- accustomed to the incredibly-bred standardbred accus- cent trotters such as Loose Change Louie, Witness Perfec- tomed to carrying its speed regardless of how fast the tion, and Malabar Aqua, but these were not performers that fractions, seeing a winner come from twelfth was a breath would make a stallion's a career. Ditto for his second crop of fresh air. A winner coming from eighth is rare enough with Mapleleaf Buddy, Elena, and Meadowcroft Man. these days. By the summer of 2004 when San Pail was still a suck- While theories abound as to the reasons behind harness ling, his sire seemed to be a horse without a future. His racing's lost popularity, one factor that is often forgotten is appeal as a stallion had waned and he couldn't pay his way that the racing itself simply isn't as exciting as it used to racing. Fortunately, his pedigree still had allure in Sweden be. If you don't believe me, go to YouTube and watch and he was exported there for breeding purposes in early some of the great races from th 60s, 70s, or 80s. Or even 2005. Life Sign's 1993 Jug- are we ever going to see a He accomplished little there and is now standing in parked-first over- and grind win like that in the Jug again? Loznica, Poland under Danish management. One of the bizarre paradoxes in racing is that as the In many ways, San Pail is like those remarkable horses have gotten better, the racing has gotten less and iron-sided geldings that made Balanced Image so success- less exciting. Today's horses on a half-mile track look like ful. San Pail didn't race as a freshman, but he was sure worth the wait. The good Balanced Images got better as a bunch of motorcycles gunning around a tight circuit- no they aged and seemed to last forever. The best ones were one's coming from the back. (Add to this that without any money machines for their owners. And that's exactly what serious roan or chestnut stallions out there, the horses all San Pail has been. look the same, too.) Mile and a half racing changes the formula. As a kid, I remember lots of races at Yonkers where horses came barreling three and four-wide on the backstretch, with fields stacked four-deep all the way around the turn. This simply never happens any more- but it does in longer races. This is because leaders have had to go an extra half-mile to get to the same point in the race, and even with slower fractions, some of them are getting tired. The racing becomes a real test, not just a speed-biased sprint. Follow Harness Racing Update on Facebook at Cont. p4 www.harnessracingupdate.com/facebook Missed an Edition of the HRU? Check out our archive at www.harnessracingupdate.com p,2,1:53.1; 3,1:48.2-’11 ($1,805,102) Cam’s Card Shark-Classic Wish by Armbro Emerson

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Going The Distance cont. Well, we are going to spend money on lobbyists, God The hitch in carding more longer races is that- at first- the Bless their profession; everyone will be up in arms; the public may be hesitant about betting them and horsemen industry will try to talk about lost jobs etc. All horse people may be hesitant about entering them. But both would get will criticize politics, God Bless their little hearts, too. But used to it. Distance races are more interesting to bet be- to the legislature, logic will prevail. No one is running to cause post-position, especially on a half-mile track, is our racetracks to watch racing!! Wasn't that a simple somewhat neutralized as a factor. And- as the experience conclusion? We have an industry that horse people with raced at varying distance suggests- the (grooms, trainers, drivers and owners) but no one else slower pace of longer races is more conducive to ongoing seems to care about. Do I blame our industry? I damn soundness than the full-tilt mile. The tough, hard-knocking well do !! thoroughbreds who go on forever- they're usually distance The slots band-aid came into existence and track own- horses, not sprinters. Speed- not overall exertion- is what ers all decided life is good. We, especially racetrack own- kills. ers – with one exception I know, Jeff Gural - don't care a The New Meadowlands is trying a number of new things heck of a lot about horseracing. The rest of track owners in its first couple months of existence. Some of these ex- care about "the bottom line" on their quarterly financials. periments will prove to be gimmicks or exercises in futility. Take a look at Yonkers Raceway. The paddock is But some may make a lasting difference in the game. pre-World War II. The current receiving barn used to be Here's one vote that says a concerted move to significantly Stanley Dancer's barn when I groomed for him in 1968. longer races would be one of the successful experiments. The stall doors have not changed one bit in all these years. But I have a gut feeling that Yonkers has made a few dollars since the slots came in. Take a look at their focused media (mostly TV ad's) advertising that hypes casino gambling. Believe me those ads are not cheap. You would think management could have invested a cou- ple of bucks to spruce the place up for the horseman. The legislation does say, currently, no slots without racing. But Seasons & shares available to top stallions like as we currently see, that tide may be changing. Enough of all this repetitive history. What are we going Donato Hanover, Bettor’s Delight & Art Major. to do? For me, as a marketing guy, this isn't brain surgery! Call Geoffrey Stein or Liza Norcross at 914-773-7777 The horseman have to be their own advocates for their or email [email protected] future. Accumulate a pool of monies from purses to invest P.O. Box 2200 • Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 • www.preferredequine.com into a well-coordinated Public Relations and marketing program. Work really hard with our racetracks, using our Pennsylvania Problems Were Predictable own money, to bring fans and customers back to the track. Prophecy is an interesting concept to predict the future. I guess the second pragmatist has spoken. But when a prophet has vision based on facts he becomes Jimmy Bernstein a pragmatist. Looking back at my notes from the USTA sponsored "forum" meeting some two and half years ago at Corbett and His Friends the Meadowlands, headed by Mike Tanner (I've referred to Well, well, well. Let's see now. The Governor of New this meeting before) there is a quote by a member of the Jersey. The Governor of Indiana. And now the Governor forum meeting, an industry journalist from the NY Times of Pennsylvania. named Bill Finley, which stated "Within ten years or less the It looks like a pattern or shall we say, a plan to me. But ‘slots band-aid' will no longer exist to support harness rac- how many jobs are they creating? ing. I suggest we all focus on being our own advocate to John Briggs bring fans back to the track and increase the traditional financial model for racing, i.e., pari-mutuel betting." Harness Racing Must Stand On Its Own So, "here we go" the State of Pennsylvania has chosen to I just read the latest edition and saw where Pennsylva- divert slot machine revenues destined for race purses to nia is not going to give $72 million from slots to the state other needy causes like education, healthcare and assisting harness racing industry. On a national basis the question the poor. of bailouts is in full debate. A business needs to stand on Why do I bring this up now, basically because it is logic its own. Government can HELP a company or industry but speaking. Two reasons: it cannot be the reason the company survives. I have been --It's only two and half years since a prediction became saying all along that the Harness racing industry is putting reality itself in a terrible situation by becoming dependant on --Because the grandstands and clubhouses at our race- income from slots. Harness, or horse racing for that mat- tracks are nearly empty; and the betting handle is abysmal. ter, has formed an alliance with casinos to infuse their The real statement here is that our industry is not supported income. by the masses. Cont. p5 HarnessRacingUpdate.com • 2/12/12 PAGE 5 of 8

Harness Racing Must Stand On Its Own cont. As for working together, I read awhile ago where The When reviewing the bottom-line the casinos are making Meadowlands was talking with Yonkers hoping to have money and they only run horse racing because they are either track move their Thursday card to Wednesday required to do so as their way to get their casinos. As time (seems to make sense). It reminds me how Chester and goes by and the state governments need money (and when Pocono closes for a few months at the same time? Can are they not) horse racing will suffer. New Jersey's governor someone please explain how that makes any sense. And Christie has made this quite clear that NJ will not support or then Yonkers closes for a few weeks at the end of the bailout the horse racing industry. year leaving horseman no place to race at all in the area. I A business needs to stand and be profitable on its own. see a general apathy among many horseman, especially There is too much racing, too many tracks, no season, no trainers, and I can't blame them with the mountain of excitement. They are all competing for the same dollar. It’s obstacles they face trying to run a business in a lawless not more dollars, it’s not a bigger pie. It actually is a smaller atmosphere. pie. It cannot survive. I've pointed out before the compari- Everyone who makes a living from this sport should take son between Yonkers and the Meadowlands. Last week, I a moment and ask themselves what would they be doing believe Saturday night, Yonkers offered 263k in purses and right now if revenue subsidies for purses didn't exist. I the Meadowlands 193k. The handle at Yonkers was 800k doubt any track is guaranteed slot revenue forever. I may and the Meadowlands 2.4 million. Why? Slot revenue. How be wrong but aren't any of you interested in the con- long can this upside down math go on? tracts/agreements at places such as Chester, Pocono, Harness racing is on life support. The shopping mall on and Yonkers with regard to the subject and it's future with the grounds of Roosevelt Raceway has no memory of what harness racing.? Any guarantees? Commitments? Aren't was once there. I see many, many more shopping malls in the future. any of you concerned if the money will be there 5,10,20 Bill Hartenstine years from now? Will other states cut or eliminate subsi- dies as New Jersey did. A Central Governing Body is the Answer Do the majority of tracks with slots really care if racing Harness Racing Update's recent article "Where have all ceased to exist? The tracks are just in the way of expand- the bettor's gone?" proposed the question to a diverse ing the casinos and taking a percentage of their money. group of people associated with the sport. Their answers How about the Yonkers paddock. It's an embarrassment included reasons such as insufficient marketing, aging and has been for years. But why should they spend customer base, competition from tracks with slots, drugging money on upgrading it? We all know the vast majority of problems, etc. As for The Meadowlands itself I think it's fair people are there for the casino and not racing. And now to say the majority of the problems were due to the fact the there's talk if Atlantic City struggles over the next few track was operated by the state of New Jersey. Enough years The Meadowlands area may see gaming. But how said. does that equate to guaranteed revenue for harness rac- I noticed almost all the responses included the words "we" ing? It could mean full blown casinos with marquee names or "the industry". Who are "we" and who controls the "indus- such as MGM and Harrah's. Even Mr. Gural was quoted in try"? I believe The New Meadowlands can be successful an interview last year saying if slots were approved he due to the astute and aggressive management but what wasn't given a guarantee by the state that he would have good will it do for harness racing overall?The sport remains them at the track. If gaming does come to the Meadow- completely fragmented with every state and track going lands, and I believe it will happen on a large scale, har- about business their own way with many treating horseman ness racing may be on the outside looking in. unfairly. It would still be unorganized without any central If and when slot revenue is lost and states cut funding structure which makes it impossible, as with any business they'll be anger, frustration, and surprise yet knowing the or industry, to sustain long term success. the 32 possibility of it happening no one was proactive enough to professional football teams trying to successfully operate prepare a collective model for the sport to stand on its individually without the NFL guiding and policing it's exis- own. I've mentioned this before and strongly believe the tence. only way harness racing can properly address its issues, Doesn't anyone else become enraged when they see work together, and have a robust future is to have a cen- someone like Mr. Gural doing his best to clean up the game while other tracks appear to care less. The New Meadow- tral governing body just as every other professional sport lands has become a place where integrity is paramount but has. Strength is in numbers. It's time for everyone to wake the sport as a whole remains a cesspool. up. Ken Tucci

Bob Heyden for President They shouldn't have fired Bob Heyden at the Follow Harness Racing Update on Twitter at Meadowlandsl; they should have fired whatever nitwit www.harnessracingupdate.com/twitter came up with the idea of firing Bob Heyden. Roger Brousell Broad Bahn: A Horse Worth Celebrating 2011 Dan Patch Award Winner & Leading Money-Earning Trotter Stands First Season at Stud in 2012 at Winbak Farm of New York

Broad Bahn 2, 1:55.1f; 3, 1:53.0m -'11 ($1,548,589) Broadway Hall - Madonarail - Donerail Broad Bahn was a natural from day one. If his offspring Leading Money-Earning Son of Broadway Hall have his gait and attitude they At 2, set the track record at Pocono Downs... will be ready to race on all size when he won his Breeders Crown elimination & reset the Mohawk track record (equaling Canadian Record) when he won tracks from the first 2 year old the Wellwood Memorial elimination (2nd in Final) race onwards. Also, won 2 PASS divisions & 2nd in Peter Haughton elimination - Trainer, Noel Daley at 3, Winner of 2011 dan patch award... for 3 Year Old Trotting Colts & Geldings. Winner of Hambletonian elimination & Final Open at The Meadowlands• Zweig Memorial division 2nd in Bluegrass Series division • Breeders Crown Final • PASS division I think he has all the aspects Canadian Trotting Classic elimination • KY Futurity elimination needed to be a great stud. He has rd Earl Beal Jr. Memorial elimination (3 in Final) • Matron elimination size, speed, a great attitude, and (3rd in Final) • Stanley Dancer Memorial division a great gait. All he needs now are Check out Broad Bahn’s Personal Website... good mares and I think he will be for news, pictures, & pedigree go to http://www.broad-bahn.com a success in the stallion barn. Standing at Winbak Farm - Driver, George Brennan of New York 2012 Stud Fee: $7,500

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Bob Heyden, The Man, The Legend Luck Be Damned There's something creepy about the presentation of Holly- My mind is boggled by the expressed opinions that the wood Heyden's great Meadowlands races series, which has tv show Luck is in any way good for horse racing. Its basic been featured on the Saturday recap show of late. It seems premise is the hidden ownership of a racehorse by a to come from the dead zone. Is Holly locked away in a convicted felon. From there it goes on to present a crew of remote location, under the watchful gaze of Darin Zoccali racing followers who represent the kind of lowlifes de- perhaps? They may as well have Stan Bergstein, Curt scribed by some of the Baptist preachers in Kentucky Greene, or some other harness racing luminary from the when they rail against any form of gambling. other side presenting these races. Spooky. There are also technical issues, such as the featured Holly is to the Meadowlands what Planned Parenthood is jockey who could be divided into three Patti Cookseys and to the Komen charity: they screwed up big time, but they still have some left over. Are there suddenly no small still don't get it. Listening to Wendy Ross spit out cliché members of actors equity? And why the gratuitous fatal ridden synopses of races in rote fashion is neither informa- breakdown and euthananisation in the first race of the tive nor enjoyable. You could use the same clip for every program? Yes, horses do break down from time to time race and nobody would notice. Obviously someone and have to be put down, but not with anything like the screwed up big time, but they're not sure how to fix it. frequency the show would lead you to believe. And, par- Joe FitzGerald enthetically, there was a disclaimer that no animal was actually hurt in the making of the show, but if there Bob Heyden is a Treasure was, I missed it. I am referring to Bob Heyden being fired from The Mead- I understand one of the people involved with the show owlands. called it his love note to horse racing. If Luck is his love What were they thinking? Absolute blasphemy is what I note, I shudder to think what a hate letter from him would say. It was because of Bobs knowledge and caring for the look like. Sport than I enjoyed watching Harness Racing on HPitv Alan Leavitt here in Canada and now I no longer watch it because the Harness Racing Treasure was fired. As a fan of Harness Racing for the past 35 plus years, I think the Meadowlands needs to rethink their decision or other fans like me will abandon The Meadowlands. And the sport needs all the fans it can get now. Leslie Kuretzky

Free Bob Heyden Let’s see, the Meadowlands, and perhaps the very future of the sport, is in the hands of people who thought it was a good idea to replace Bob Heyden with Wendy Ross. Should I laugh or cry? Megan Porter

Down on Luck Dean Towers thinks Luck might be good for racing? You have to be kidding. Degenerate gamblers, morally chal- lenged trainers, alcoholic jockey, mafia ownership, straw men, a horse snapping his leg—need I go on? William Miller Yesterday’s Results: 5, M, $22,500, Pace, N/W $23,750 in Last 5 Starts AE: N/W $200,000 Lifetime Optional Claiming Price $75,000, " " " M, 26.4, 55.0, 1:23.1, 1:50.2, FT Warning Zone (g, 7, Jate Lobell--Cambridge United, by Topnotcher), $25,000 2006 LEX-SEL 8 Copyright Harness Racing Update. O-Mildred B Ventriglio. B-Winbak Farm. T-Scott Di This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by Domenico. D-Brian Sears, $11,250, Lifetime Record: any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written 116-29-22-19, $655,751. Video replay. permission of the copyright owner, MB Publishing Inc. Meadowlands cont. p7 Information as to the races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published by the United Want to Subscribe for FREE? States Trotting Association and utilized here with the Visit www.harnessracingupdate.com/websignup.cfm and permission of the copyright owner. fill out the free subscription form. HarnessRacingUpdate.com • 2/12/12 PAGE 7 of 8

10, M, $35,000, Pace, AQUARIUS 4 Year Old Open 2nd 6, YR cont. leg, M, 27.1, 55.3, 1:24.1, 1:51.1, FT Tobago Cays, given a slick drive by Jim Pantaleano, 1-Westwardho Hanover (h, 4, Dragon Again--Western defended his title Saturday night, winning Yonkers Race- Duel, by Western Hanover), $90,000 2009 SHS-HBG way's $33,000 Open Handicap Pace. Leaving from be- O-Westward Ho Stable. B-Hanover Shoe Farms Inc. T-Ron hind the eight-ball, Tobago Cays was double-digit lengths Burke. D-Yannick Gingras, $17,500, Lifetime Record: out of it early, beating no one. Corky Baran yielded to 33-13-5-8, $680,705 Gallant Yankee just after a 27-second opening quar- 2-Camaes Fellow (g, 4, Mach Three--Camae, by Camluck) ter-mile, then retook passing a :55.3 half. Sea Venture O-Frank J Bellino. B-Larry John Murrell, CA & Mcmaster moved from third, but never sustained a serious bid as Stables Inc, CA & Luc R Ouellette, CA. T-Bruce Saunders. Corky Baran found a 1:23.3 three-quarters. All the while, D-Brian Sears, $8,750 Tobago Cays was his business, fourth along the 3-Sir Ziggy's Z Tam (h, 4, Art Major--So Far Away, by Jate cones. He was able to slip out one path when Here We Go Lobell), $55,000 2009 LEX-SEL. O-Patrick D Lachance & Z Again went wide, but remained sixth entering the lane. Tam Stables LLC & Ira Rosenblum. B-Nexstar Racing Finding clearing in mid-stretch, Tobago Cays snapped Stable. T-Pat Lachance. D-Daniel Dube, $4,200 Corky Baran on the wire, winning by a neck in 1:53.2. Calls: 2, 1H, H, 1, HD Here We Go Again, 9-10 choice Rock to Glory and Gallant Finish Order: Rock'em, Great Vintage, Townslight Hanover, Yankee fought over the minor scraps. Tobago Cays re- Flipper J, Art Z, I'm Feelin Good. Video replay. turned $36 (sixth choice) for his second win in four sea- sonal starts. --Frank Drucker, Yonkers Raceway

5, YR, $20,000, Pace, CLAIMING ALLOWANCE $50,000 WINNERS OVER $65,000 IN LAST 6 STARTS NOT ELIGIBLE. 3 YO 50%, 4 YO 25%, F&M 20%, 28.1, 58.0, 1:26.4, 1:55.1, FT Yesterday’s Results: What'sittoyougrant (g, 7, Park Place--Incredible 6, YR, $33,000, Pace, OPEN HANDICAP POST POSI- Suprize, by Incredible Finale), $3,300 2006 ILLINI TIONS 1-4 ASSIGNED POST POSITIONS 5-8 DRAWN, O-Thomas Ceraso Jr & John Spaccarelli. B-Hoosier Stan- 27.0, 55.3, 1:23.3, 1:53.2, FT dardbred Farm & Fair Meadow Farm. T-Jack Franklin. 1-Tobago Cays (h, 5, Rocknroll Hanover--Bunny Lake, D-Jeff Gregory, $10,000, Lifetime Record: 140-35-20-17, by Precious Bunny), $45,000 2008 SHS-HBG. O-Brian $394,195. Video replay. Nixon. B-W Springtime Racing Stb & John W Stark Jr. T-Ross Croghan. D-Jim Pantaleano, $16,500, Lifetime 7, YR, $20,000, Pace, NON-WINNERS OF $18,000 IN Record: 73-14-9-9, $480,828 LAST 6 STARTS, M, 27.1, 56.0, 1:24.0, 1:53.0, FT 2-Corky Baran (g, 9, Rambaran--Coinkydink, by Covert Western Shore (h, 9, Western Hanover--Artomatic, by Action) O-Stephen B Schneider & William W Siegel. Artsplace), $56,000 2004 TAT. O-John Cancelliere. B-Odille J Deleersnyder, CA. T-Marthe Drolet. D-Pat B-Brittany Farms & Brian P Monieson Revtrust. T-Thomas Lachance, $8,250 Cancelliere. D-George Brennan, $10,000, Lifetime Re- 3-Here We Go Again (g, 5, Dragon Again--Odds On Jenna, cord: 144-34-30-17, $1,197,175. Video replay. by Jenna's Beach Boy), $30,000 2008 LEX-SEL O-Burke Racing Stable LLC & Weaver Bruscemi LLC. 8, YR, $25,000, Pace, NON-WINNERS OF $32,000 IN B-Odds On Nourrir. T-Ron Burke. D-Jason Bartlett, $3,960 LAST 6 STARTS, M, 27.0, 56.2, 1:24.3, 1:53.2, FT Calls: 11Q, 7H, 4H, 3Q, NK P H Jackpot (g, 8, Million Dollar Cam--Dvc Finish Order: Rock To Glory, Gallant Yankee, Foreign Iblievenangles, by Life Sign), $3,500 2005 NJ-CL. Officer, Grab Your Keys, Sea Venture. Video replay. O-Jennifer L Sabot. B-Delaware Valley College. T-Jennifer Sabot. D-Cat Manzi, $12,500, Lifetime Record: 167-39-13-14, $533,085. Video replay.

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Yonkers Report cont. 9, YR, $20,000, Pace, NON-WINNERS OF $18,000 IN LAST 6 STARTS, M, 27.1, 55.4, 1:25.1, 1:55.1, FT Lahaye (g, 6, Real Artist-- Mia, by Warm Breeze) O-James F Snyder. B-Judith E Davis. T-Mark Ford. D-George Brennan, $10,000, Lifetime Record: 124-38-16-19, $501,306. Video replay.

10, YR, $20,000, Pace, NON-WINNERS OF $18,000 IN LAST 6 STARTS, M, 27.2, 56.4, 1:25.0, 1:53.2, FT Spy N (g, 8, Falcon Seelster--Urgent Need, by Nihilator) O-R.B.H. Ventures Inc & Shari Watchman. B-Christopher H & Mrs T J Barlow, NZ. T-Ross Croghan. D-Eric Goodell, $10,000, Lifetime Record: 84-17-16-12, $234,693. Video replay.

11, YR, $23,000, Pace, NON-WINNERS OF $25,000 IN LAST 6 STARTS, M, 28.0, 57.4, 1:25.2, 1:53.4, FT Nob Hill High (h, 6, Mcardle--Anniecrombie, by Aber- crombie) O/B-Robert A Mondillo & Donald E Robinson. T-Bruce Saunders. D-Jordan Stratton, $11,500, Lifetime Record: 111-23-17-20, $549,663. Video replay.

12, YR, $23,000, Pace, NON-WINNERS OF $25,400 IN LAST 6 STARTS, M, 27.0, 55.4, 1:23.4, 1:53.2, FT Village Beat (g, 5, Rocknroll Hanover--Village Baroque, by Artsplace), $45,000 2008 LEX-SEL. O-Francis H Azur. B-H Charles Armstrong, CA. T-Kevin Mc Dermott. " " " D-George Brennan, $11,500, Lifetime Record: 46-10-7-5, $167,016. Video replay. 6, Wdb, $50,000, Pace, 1 MILE, PACE, PURSE $50,000. OPEN. 27, 56.3, 1:24, 1:52.1, FT Classic Rock Nroll (g, 5, Rocknroll Hanover--Classic Wish, by Armbro Emerson) O-Frank J Bellino. B-Winbak Yesterday’s Results: Farm. T-Tony O’Sullivan. D-Douglas Mcnair. Lifetime 1, Wdb, $30,000, Pace, WEGZ - 2ND LEG - 4 YEAR OLDS Record: 61-10-14-7, $376,910. Video replay. & OLDER. NW $50,000 (3 YEAR OLDS $75,000) IN 2011. (MINIMUM 10 STARTS), 28.2, 58, 1:26.1, 1:54.2, FT 9, Wdb, $30,000, Pace, WEGZ - 2ND LEG - 4 YEAR Curator (g, 4, American Ideal--Gallery Hop, by OLDS & OLDER. NW $50,000 (3 YEAR OLDS $75,000) Artsplace) O-Jack Darling Stables Ltd. B-Brittany Farms. IN 2011. (MINIMUM 10 STARTS), 27.3, 56.1, 1:24.1, T-John Darling. D-Billy Davis, Jr. Lifetime Record: 15-8-4-2, 1:52.2, FT $101,800. Video replay. Bay Of Sharks (h, 6, Cams Card Shark--Whitley Bay, by Tylers Mark) O-Michael J Sergi. B-Winbak Farm. T- HRU Race Criteria Colin Johnson. D-Jody Jamieson. Lifetime Record: 69-15- The following race results are contained in Harness Racing Update: North American races with a purse value of $20,000 8-8, $366,007. Video replay. and over, and American-bred and sired winners of significant races abroad. Stakes races with a purse value of $60,000 and 11, Wdb, $30,000, Pace, WEGZ - 2ND LEG - 4 YEAR over are previewed in HRU. OLDS & OLDER. NW $50,000 (3 YEAR OLDS $75,000) IN 2011. (MINIMUM 10 STARTS), 27.1, 55.2, 1:23.2, 1:53.1, FT HAVE SOMETHING TO GET OFF YOUR Lucky Terror (g, 5, Western Terror--Miracle Luck, CHEST? Camluck) O-Glenview Livestock Ltd. B-B Michael Tim- Send a Letter to the Editor of Harness Racing Update at pano. T-Shaun Mc Donald. D-Jody Jamieson. Lifetime [email protected]. Record: 30-12-1-4, $138,668. Video replay.