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well 50-1 and above shots are being driven, but catch-drivers understand no matter how NEW PLAYERS JAYWALKING bad the odds look on paper their job is to do the best for each horse they steer. DOUBLE YOUR By Jay Bergman Luck has always been a major force in this sport and without question Lawless Shadow’s FIRST DEPOSIT @BergmanJay trainer Dr. Ian Moore has sent countless horses to The Meadowlands without MacDon- UP TO ald getting the call. This year when he elected There’s no question that driver Mark $250 MacDonald would rather have “earned” the

Join Now: promos.drf.com/offer victory in Saturday’s (July 17) than be elevated to the top spot due to another driver’s misdeeds. Yet when you consider how far MacDonald has come just to be at the The Big M on a Meadowlands Pace Inside this issue night, let alone drive the ultimate winner, it’s easy to root for him. Precisely two years ago MacDonald was Derick Giwner: Video evidence is all that thrown from the sulky at Saratoga Harness matters in disqualifications, Page 5 by an unmanageable horse. His recovery had him on a solid path to get back in the sulky Darin Zoccali: going the in 2020. way of Thoroughbreds?, Page 8 “Then Covid hit,” MacDonald said on Monday (July 19). “I had to make a decision on Inside post gives the edge to Leonidas where to go and I decided to go to Kentucky.” A in $150,000 Gerrity, Page 9 Needless to say for MacDonald, who had Anoka Hanover preps for Hambletonian been a top driver on the WEG circuit before emigrating to the States and was once a rising Oaks in Tompkins at Big M, Page 11 star in metropolitan New York, the move to On The Backstretch: Profile of USTA’s Kentucky was his way of understanding that the only way a catch-driver can put himself Wendy Ross, Page 13 back on top is to start at the bottom. Manchego headlines Spirit of Mass. While Kentucky did give MacDonald driv- Trot; Best Bets & Analysis, Page 15 ing opportunities in 2020, it was hardly a lucrative move, but persistence is something that tends to pay off and when it came to where James Lisa/Lisa Photo Industry Headlines: Adios eliminations Driver Mark MacDonald raises the to drive this winter, MacDonald took a stand. lure 23 hopefuls, Page 16 Meadowlands Pace trophy after his win “I decided to come to the Meadowlands and with Lawless Shadow. Comments? Questions? stick it out,” MacDonald said. While it’s just a Email the Editor [email protected] few nights a week, MacDonald was interested in letting trainers know that he was going to to drop in the box for the premier Meadow- be there if his services were required. lands sophomore pacing contest, a host of top To ensure proper delivery While the driving opportunities were pilots he’s used in the past had prior commit- of the newsletter via still a bit slim, MacDonald was able to gain ments. Add to the mix the fact that Lawless email, add [email protected]. some attention on the racetrack and find the Shadow’s past performance lines were good winner’s circle when given a live horse. Few com to your contact list who watch the game take notice of just how CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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capturing the $200,000 event had much to do with MacDonald’s under- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 standing of the race and the horse he was driving. “I’ve been driving him for quite some time,” said MacDonald. “I but hardly reason enough for the sport’s “A” list drivers to hop off a was training him for Ray and sat behind him a lot over the winter regular mount. and spring. He’s a very smart colt that you can drive like an aged It’s those factors that a driver in MacDonald’s shoes needs in order horse.” to be given the opportunity and without question over the last two King Of The North and MacDonald will have another chance for big weeks he took advantage of the situation. money when they both return for the Peter Haughton Memorial, with MacDonald appeared to have his hands full in the Pace elimina- trials set for Friday, July 30 and the final hopefully on Hambletonian tion climbing all over the eventual winner Southwind Gendry while Day (August 7) at The Meadowlands. trying to keep Lawless Shadow in the pocket. MacDonald also seems excited about a couple of pacers that haven’t “I got him a little wound up at the start and he’s a big horse that was quite gotten it all figured out just yet but may be ready to turn the hard to settle,” said MacDonald. “The pace was much faster [in the corner. Billy Clyde has been nosed out by Lou’s Pearlman on two final] and he was able to relax.” straight occasions at The Meadowlands after cutting the mile, frus- If MacDonald could have had things differently, he would much trating his driver to some degree. rather have crossed the wire first and left no doubt about the horse “The first week I thought I had lost him and he snuck up the inside,” and the driver. said MacDonald. “Last Saturday I just got outsprinted. I think he’s “I think if Brett (Miller) hadn’t crossed down and pinned me in [Billy Clyde] the kind of horse that needed to get stretched out on the [leaving a clear lane for Lawless Shadow] we would have won the big track and those races will do him good.” race,” said MacDonald. “I had to angle him across the track.” On the 2-year-old front there’s a Huntsville colt named Hunted While The Meadowlands Pace is certainly a victory every driver House that you may not hear much about until later this year or would love to have, for MacDonald the weekend at The Big M began perhaps next year. with a stakes score where his driving skills were fully on display and “I think he’s got a lot of ability,” said MacDonald of the Schnittker the win rather sweet. King Of The North, a colt from the first crop of trainee. “He’s a big horse that’s still growing and trying to figure Walner out of Ray Schnittker’s champion mare Check Me Out, had things out, but he’s got speed and wants to go.” captured the first two legs of the Sire Stakes on the front While MacDonald may have a keen eye on where some of his horses end leaving MacDonald to navigate the final. will go, when it comes to his own schedule it’s pretty much up in the “You just don’t want to have to the leave the gate every week with air. a young horse,” MacDonald said. “I saw there was a lot of speed in “I raced Monday [July 19] at Monticello and Tuesday at Saratoga, the race and I just wanted to get away close enough, hoping to get a and I’m leaving it open,” said MacDonald of his options. “Hopefully second-over trip.” I’ll go up to Canada to drive Lawless Shadow again in some races.” That the journey worked out just the way MacDonald envisioned With patience and determination Mark MacDonald has clawed his and that King Of The North would win in a career-best 1:52 4/5 mile way back to compete on the biggest stage in the business.

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Meadowlands Video Screenshot Charlie May (9) was already partially tipping off cover well before #4 Southwind Gendry took a bad step in the Meadowlands Pace.

For my money, a disqualification requires clear visible evidence and the only clear-cut images were that of Charlie May impeding a EDITOR’S EYE number of horses. Watch it in slow motion . . . Brett Miller had Charlie May half-out quite a few strides before the incident occurred. He was By Derick Giwner @harnesseyeguy waiting for the perfect moment to unleash his horse when it appeared Charlie May stepped on the wheel of ’ (Southwind Gendry) bike. The world was abuzz late into the night on Satur- There are two possibilities: day (July 17) and the banter was still going strong well into the next 1) When Southwind Gendry bobbled he caused interference to week as everyone seemed to have an opinion on the Meadowlands Charlie May. Pace disqualification of Charlie May. While the Judges must make 2) Charlie May simply stepped on the wheel of Southwind Gendry or a decision on the clock and stick to it, on the other side of the glass ran into him irrespective of the former’s troubles. us Sunday morning quarterbacks are afforded the time to think it The fact is there was absolutely no video evidence to prove either through and perhaps alter our decision. theory with 100% certainty. Huddled in the winner’s circle under an umbrella I watched the We often hear the words “it’s a game of inches” and it certainly Judges review of the incident. My initial thoughts were that South- proved true here. From the visual evidence, if Brett Miller moved wind Gendry took a bad step and stopped momentarily causing driver Charlie May a bit earlier or if he kept him directly behind cover, the Brett Miller, who was following his cover with Charlie May, to pull up incident likely wouldn’t have happened. sharply and cause a chain reaction which wiped out nearly half the It’s a shame that Charlie May was disqualified. It would’ve been field. In my head both Southwind Gendry and Charlie May would be a great story to see this Ohio-bred for an Ohio-based trainer and disqualified for interference. Interestingly enough, if the Judges were owned/bred by Don Tiger, who is appealing the disqualification, win considering whether Southwind Gendry was at fault they never indi- the Meadowlands Pace. We also have to feel badly for the connec- cated that to the public by “blinking” his number on the toteboard. tions of American Courage, Rockyroad Hanover and Abuckabett As everyone now knows, Southwind Gendry was judged not to have Hanover, all of which were never provided a fair opportunity to win interfered with Charlie May, who was disqualified from first and the race. placed ninth for impeding three horses. With that said, while Charlie May won’t be listed in the record Still confused by the outcome, as were a number of people I spoke books as the winner and his connections will not see a purse check, he and texted with, I called on a Hall of Famer for their opinion and was the best horse in the race. All of the talk about one of the horses was enlightened somewhat by the conviction they showed in Brett following him sweeping to the lead to win is a reach in my book. Yes, Miller being at fault. The reasoning was that Miller, as evidenced they all appeared to have more in the tank, but Charlie May lost valu- by the fact that he lost momentum while on a break and came back able ground and still won the race. It would’ve taken a monumental to win the race, was sitting on a ton of horse with Charlie May and effort by any horse following him to win. should’ve been prepared to make his move instantaneously in the The one saving grace is that the Meadowlands Pace was only the event of his escort tiring or showing signs of weakness. Basically he second major race on a long calendar of events. These same horses was keeping Charlie May too close to Southwind Gendry, virtually will have the opportunity to shine in the Adios, , Milstein, in line with his wheel from the visual evidence, and almost inviting North America Cup, Little Brown Jug, Tattersalls, trouble. and many more races as the year moves along. The conversation opened my mind to other possibilities, but it For many of them, hopefully the Meadowlands Pace won’t define wasn’t until I got home the next morning and watched the race a their year and smoother sailing and better fortune is in their futures. number of times, including in slow motion, that my mind switched gears completely. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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Meadowlands Pace Night News & Notes

While I agree with the Judges in the Meadowlands Pace I must stand against them in their race 2 disqualification the same night of Take All Comers. Between the first and second calls, Take All Comers was challenging for the lead when driver David Miller saw an opening in the pocket as Yannick Gingras gapped with Brookview Bolt. Miller grabbed his horse in an attempt to secure that prime spot as Gingras quickly tried to close the space. Visually it appeared that Miller had ample room and was only denied the spot because Gingras’ horse gained too much momentum and couldn’t be restrained in time. This is one of those incidents which never would’ve Meadowlands Video Screenshot #5 Take All Comers appears to have ample room to dip in the pocket in race 2 at The happened in an overnight race because Meadowlands on July 17 but was disqualified for casuing interference. Miller would’ve easily been allowed to tuck in the pocket. The visual evidence showed Miller had clearance and every right to pylon position. Dancinginthedark M’s driver tossed aside any notion Everyone will have a favor- that his charge was steppy on the final turn. “I was just taking my ite moment from Meadow- time. They were going enough and I figured why try to beat them lands Pace Night and one in the turn when I can beat them late,” said Tetrick. “He’s got a big of mine did not involve the motor. His lungs are strong and right now he is fun to sit behind.” on-track action. I was chat- Outside of the Meadowlands Pace, there were a number of horses ting with Jeff Gural as he sat which simply had poor racing luck on the card: in the grandstand taking in Lyons Sentinel was stacked up fourth over and did everything she the racing when a gentleman could to finish fourth. came up to him to say hello. After getting wiped out in the Graduate final, Ruthless Hanover He introduced himself as an was parked every step and went a brutal mile while challenging the attorney from Illinois and leader hard. That’s some bad luck in consecutive big-money starts. horse owner who was a huge Ready For Moni was forced to race three-wide most of the first turn fan of Mr. Gural. They talked and didn’t clear the lead until well past the half yet still held for third for a minute as I took their in the Hambletonian Maturity. picture and then the man said In the same race, Next Level Stuff was stuck in a stretch traffic jam thank you and walked away. as a breaking horse blocked her course. Eventually it cleared up and Jeff turned around to return she finished very well. to his seat and lo and behold In the second division of the William Haughton Memorial, Bllack two fans snuck in behind him Hole was last at the head of the stretch and no horse was moving Derick Giwner to take his spot. I joked, “That faster in the final sixteenth of the mile. Even Meadowlands President Jeff was priceless,” he responded, That’s a wrap for the Meadowlands Pace. Time to move on to Gural had to weather the rain on “It was a good seat, too.” another busy weekend of stakes action. May the best horses win! Meadowlands Pace night. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy couldn’t have been more gracious in his visit to The Meadowlands last Saturday. He took pictures with many fans and walked through Trotters visiting virtu- ally every table, shaking hands and posing for multiple photos. Even I got a handshake, making him the third Governor I’ve run into at the track. Pretty sure I met both Richard Codey and Jon Corzine in the elevator at the old Meadowlands grandstand. I once saw Chris Chris- tie across the street at Met Life Stadium but apparently he couldn’t find his way to the other side of the sports complex. After Mother Nature put one over on the track crew at The Mead- owlands during the Pace eliminations, they were very much prepared on Pace Night. While listed as “good” and “sloppy” at times, the track was always playing fast and the times showed it. Along those lines, apparently it is impossible to win a major trot- ting race without stopping the timer in the 1:50 range. Dancinginthe- dark M won a Dancer division in 1:50 1/5, Manchego won in 1:49 4/5, Beads trotted the mile in 1:50 4/5 in the Hambletonian Maturity and Sonofamistery won his Dancer in 1:50 2/5. Keeping in mind that the Hambletonian record is 1:50 1/5 and that horses no longer have to race two heats in one day, how far are we from seeing the first sub 1:50 Hambletonian? Could it happen on August 7? Sonofamistery, who stayed flat the entire mile for just the first time in his last three starts, could finally be coming around according to driver Derick Giwner . “The horse has a couple of issues that Marcus [Melander, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and first lady Tammy trainer] has been working on. He is also maturing and getting a little Murphy were escorted around Trotters by Deo Volente’s Mike better head about himself,” said Sears. Melander added, “Today [July 17] Gulotta and his wife Madeline Gulotta. we finally got the right shoeing on him and everything right.” ***Watch Governor Murphy’s interview here***

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Are the drivers in better physical condition? Are they better athletes? I think that’s probably true. at the track Has technology helped? Are the race bikes sleeker, lighter and more aero-dynamic? I think a consensus would come to agreement By Darin Zoccali AtTheTrack7 that is likely true. Are racing surfaces overall faster? Have advancements helped track superintendents speed up the surfaces over time? That could be true as well. Speed, speed, speed. In many ways, that is what horse racing has There could also be more reasons that are beyond the scope of become about. In harness racing, the sub-1:50 mile has become the my knowledge. rule, not the exception. In thoroughbred racing, it’s not final times It really is fascinating though that one breed’s races have gotten that enamor prospective owners, rather precocity. They want so much faster over the last 20 or 30 years while the other breed has horses that are very fast, very early, so they can race, retire and not. The world record for a mile dirt race in thoroughbred racing breed. is 1:32 1/5. That mark was set 54 years ago by Dr Fager. In harness In thoroughbred racing, champion horses (not fillies or mares) racing, there have been 57 races that have been faster than Jenna’s rarely run beyond their 3-year-old season. An example of that is Beach Boy’s mark of 1:47 3/5, which came just 25 years ago. Wesley Ward’s Golden Pal, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf The fastest five furlong thoroughbred dirt race was in 1982, seven Sprint winner. He made his 2021 winning debut on July 15 at Sara- furlong marks from 1980 and 1982 still stand today. Races at 1 1/16 toga and the ownership group has said he will have three or four miles and 1 1/8 miles on dirt from 1983 and 1988 are still faster than starts before being retired to stud. any other race ever run at the distance. Harness racing hasn’t gotten to this point yet, but there are In harness racing, we see world records set every year. It is fasci- certainly some trends in regards to the need for speed. It is fasci- nating that Thoroughbreds are breeding for speed and precocity nating when you compare the two breeds, Thoroughbreds and Stan- and not getting any faster. They have 2-year-old in training sales dardbreds. As a group, Thoroughbreds really are not any faster to see how fast a horse can sprint a furlong before bidding, while than they were 20, 30 or 40 years ago. Speed figures have declined Standardbreds are getting faster without breeders changing their and they aren’t consistently lowering track and stakes records. In approach. harness racing, the races are simply faster now than ever before. So where does harness racing go from here? Does the pursuit of On Saturday, July 10, an $18,000 condition pace for horses who have speed continue? Is there a quest for a 1:45 mile? Like the 100 meter won two, but not more than four races lifetime, was timed in 1:47 dash, is the goal to keep lowering the mark? If the answer is yes, 4/5. That’s incredible! what does that mean for the breed? Will the be as In 2002, on Meadowlands Pace Elimination night, there were two durable 10 or 20 years from now if we repeatedly ask these horses sub-1:50 miles. Mcardle won a Pace Elimination in 1:49 3/5 (Mach to race in record time week-in and week-out? Or, does it lead to a Three won his elimination in 1:50) and Four Starzzz Shark won decline in how often the Standardbred can race and ultimately set the William Haughton Memorial in 1:49 3/5 as well. The average harness racing on a similar path to thoroughbred racing? win time of the other 11 races was 1:51 3/5 and the average time for For a long time, one of the bragging rights for harness racing the entire card was 1:51 1/5. All of them were pacing events, all for has been the durability of the Standardbred. 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DRF Harness Digest | 8 | July 22, 2021 Visit us online at drf.com/harness Inside post gives Leonidas A distinct advantage in Gerrity

By Jay Bergman off a solid second-place finish in the Haughton at The Meadowlands last Saturday. Racing Secretary Peter Iovino did an outstanding job sending out Poseidon Seelster drew post six and he’s shown opening quarters invitations for Saturday’s $150,000 Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial at Sara- in 25 3/5 on a few occasions at The Meadowlands. The Nik Drennan- toga Harness. The eight finalists comprise a stellar group of the best trained 4-year-old has a 1:47 4/5 record taken this year in a leg of the pacers in training. Graduate series. What Iovino wouldn’t know until after the posts were drawn was While most of the horses mentioned above have shown a flair for just what kind of betting race would be established. When world the half-mile track, the jury is still out on perhaps the most improved champion and division leader This Is The Plan landed post seven horse of 2021, that being Nicholas Beach. While the 5-year-old son of and the brilliantly fast phenom Nicholas Beach drew post eight the did win a pair of races at Yonkers late last race effectively became a handicap. On the opposite side of the equa- year quite easily, the level of competition in no way represents what tion was Leonidas A, hampered by post seven in the Borgata final he’ll see on Saturday night. in April at Yonkers, the import landed the pole position in the eight- “Nicholas Beach is a fantastic horse that is extremely versatile,” horse field. said Joe Bongiorno. “As big as he is, he gets around all tracks the “He can definitely leave out of there,” said trainer Jeff Gregory, same, which is a great thing.” who has conditioned the 6-year-old son of Mach Three for the last Anyone that has witnessed the breathtaking speed that driver Joe month. “I was a little disappointed by his effort last Saturday. The Bongiorno has gotten out of the gelding trained by his sister Jenn conditions were bad and I thought he should have finished better.” would be expecting big things from the horse despite the poor draw. Gregory’s assessment of the William Haughton division sixth- Last Saturday Nicholas Beach paced to a 1:47 4/5 mile cruising in place finish did not dampen his spirits for this Saturday’s contest. a qualifier at The Meadowlands off by himself. He showed extreme “Austin (Siegelman) was driving the horse before I got him, and he’s speed at both ends of the Commodore Barry over the five-eighths done an outstanding job. I’m confident he’ll be able to get away well mile track at Harrah’s Philadelphia on May 30 in his last pari- from the inside,” Gregory said. mutuel start. A winner seven times this year in 11 starts, Leonidas A has been “Obviously post eight makes our job tough, but he can do it both most effective when he’s been close to the pace. Last year he showed a ways and he has very good gate speed,” said Joe Bongiorno. propensity for coming from off the pace as he did most famously in an While the half-mile track has not always been favored by West- upset victory in the 2020 Potomac Pace over Bettor’s Wish at Rosec- ern Joe, the veteran speedster showed some toughness and grit roft. Yet a look at this year’s past performances indicates that when he in a second-place finish in This Is The Plan’s world-record setting has been stuck near the back of the pack, he’s finished off the board. 1:47 3/5 mile in the Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield Park on June 5. Given the post draw, the Gerrity promises to be a rather inter- Western Joe drew post five for the Gerrity. esting race with the first turn likely deciding just how quick the Mach N Cheese, the former stablemate of Western Joe, has had a pace will be. This Is The Plan (Yannick Gingras) has overcome the solid year for trainer Edwin Quevedo including a nice third-place outside draws in the past and floored his competition back in the finish in the Borgata final. He drew post two on Saturday night. Borgata final where he wired the field from post eight. Post seven Trainer Ron Burke has three chances with Rockapelo (post four) puts him one slot closer to the pole but there may be more speed both joining Backstreet Shadow and This Is The Plan in the elite field. inside and outside the veteran son of Somebeachsomewhere that has There will be 15 races on Saratoga’s stakes-filled program with already earned $535K in 12 starts this year. five divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts Backstreet Shadow (Tim Tetrick) landed post three and has and geldings supporting the featured Gerrity. First post is listed at shown over the last few years an ability to leave the gate. He’s fresh 6:45 PM.

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Anoka Hanover preps for in Tompkins

By Ken Weingartner

Dan Patch Award-winner Anoka Hanover and Italian-bred Colonial As will be among the 3-year-old trotters getting final tune-ups in the march toward Hambletonian Day in Saturday’s divisions of the Arthur Tompkins Memorial Stakes at The Meadowlands. Anoka Hanover, trained by Noel Daley, was among 18 female trot- ters entered in the Tompkins, which was split into two $46,450 divi- sions. She is the 4-1 morning-line second choice in the second division, leaving from post seven with driver Todd McCarthy. Piper Hanover, trained by Tony Alagna, is the 2-1 favorite. Last year, Anoka Hanover won 10 of 14 races and was both the richest ($587,758) and fastest (1:52 3/5) 2-year-old filly trotter in North America. This season, she has one win and a second in five starts. The daugh- ter of Donato Hanover raced four consecutive weeks from May 21 to June 13 before getting some time off. She returned July 10 with a fourth-place finish from post seven in a division of the W.N. Reynolds Memorial at The Meadowlands. “We gave her four starts in a row pretty quickly and then she had Grace Zimmers a month off,” Daley said. “That was by design. She was good her first Anoka Hanover won her first start of the year at Harrah’s start back.” Philadelphia and looks to get back on track Saturday at The She skipped last week’s Del Miller Memorial, which also was in Meadowlands. Daley’s plans to prepare his filly for the upcoming Hambletonian Oaks eliminations and, he hopes, final. Eliminations for the Oaks are July 31 Colonial As has raced twice at The Meadowlands. The first time was and the $500,000 final is Aug. 7 at The Meadowlands. June 25 when he went off stride and finished sixth. Last week, he was “I planned on missing last week because I wanted to race three timed in 1:52 in his fifth-place finish. weeks in a row,” said Daley, who co-owns the filly with Caviart Farms, “We started him at (Philly this year) because he’s got very good tech- Crawford Farms Racing, and L.A. Express Stable. “I figured a few of nique going through the turns,” Engblom said. “The first time we took the better ones probably wouldn’t race this week. him to The Meadowlands, he was sick. I was happy with his last start. “I still think mine is the best one out there. She’s never been super He needed the fast mile to get some speed in his legs. He trained very gaited. Speed and power-wise, she’s as good or better than most of them. good Wednesday, so hopefully he’s going to moving forward.” But she has her issues. They’re all manageable, so we’ll see how she Colonial As is fully staked in North America, including to the progresses. Hopefully we’re (racing) three weeks in a row from here.” Hambletonian, but also could return to Italy later this year for the Ital- Piper Hanover has won four of five starts this year and heads to the ian Derby. Tompkins off a win over Anoka Hanover in the Reynolds. “He would really have to prove himself on Saturday,” Engblom said In the first Tompkins division, Ron Burke-trained Hot As Hill is the about sending the colt to the Hambletonian, but added the 3-1 morning-line choice. She has hit the board in six of eight races this stake could be a possibility on Hambletonian Day. “He’s been doing so year, winning two, and was third in a division of the Miller last week. well that I don’t want to throw him to the wolves too much before he’s She is one of two Miller participants returning this week in the Tomp- really ready for it. I think he’s a really nice colt. His time will come. He’s kins, along with the third-place finisher in the other division, Lucas feeling very well about himself and he’s nice and sound. Hopefully, I Wallin’s May Karp. can keep him that way.” Sixteen of the 19 fillies in the Tompkins are eligible to the Hamble- New Jersey Sire Stakes champion Really Fast, trained by Nancy tonian Oaks. Takter, is the 7-5 morning-line favorite in the second Tompkins divi- Colonial As, trained by Per Engblom, is among 11 Hambletonian sion. Venerate, trained by Julie Miller, is the 3-1 favorite in the second. eligibles in the two seven-horse divisions of the Tompkins for 3-year- old male trotters. Also entered in the event were Dan Patch Award- winner Venerate and O’Brien Award-winner On A Streak. KINDERGARTEN BEGINS FRIDAY Unraced at 2, Colonial As has won five of eight races this season. The first round of the Kindergarten Classic Series for 2-year-old He is 8-1 on the morning line in the second Tompkins division, where pacers and trotters is Friday at The Meadowlands. There will be four he will start from post five with Todd McCarthy. Last week, the colt divisions for female trotters, three divisions for each male trotters finished fifth in a conditioned race won by champion and female pacers, and one division for male pacers. Johan Palema. The field also included one of this season’s top trotting Daley will send out eight horses on Friday in the series, including fillies in terms of wins and speed, Bella Bellini, who finished second, Palermo Hanover, who is a full sister to Piper Hanover. and 2020 Breeders Crown runner-up In Range, who was third. The second round of the Kindergarten is in mid-September. The Tompkins will be Colonial As’ first Grand Circuit race. All five “It fits in well for them to go there,” Daley said. “It’s a couple of of his wins have come at Harrah’s Philadelphia. months until the next leg, so I wanted them to get some experience “I got him last year at the end of May, I think,” said Engblom, who and get some points. A few of them have had one or two starts and conditions the son of Readly Express-Piaf Dei Fiori for owner Buck- have been pretty good. We always start a little bit later, there is so stone Land Livestock. “He’s a big, leggy horse. We qualified him a much racing now, that this is a good spot.” couple times and then turned him out because he needed time.” -courtesy USTA Communications

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USTA SOCIAL MEDIA Chris Tully/Christullytrot.com CONTENT MANAGER WENDY ROSS Wendy Ross and UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira. What kind of car do you drive? How did harness racing enter your life? 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I was born into it. I’m third generation. My Grandpa quit the steel mill in 1962 and went to train horses full-time. My dad drove his first Favorite dinner meal? Snack? horse when he was 12 years old at the fairs back home. My dad and uncles are all trainers or drivers. My dad is pretty much retired. My Chicken piccata; Hummus and peppers. mom was an outrider for 15 years before she died. What is your favorite big event in racing? Why? Was there ever a chance you would become a trainer or driver? The Little Brown Jug. It is from Ohio and has Midwestern roots like I always wanted to be an outrider because of my mom. I wanted to me. This will be my 15th year working for the Jug and my ninth on follow her footsteps. I graduated college with a degree in marketing the broadcast, so I’m really proud of that event. and P.R. I always wanted to do Public Relations. Did I think the TV route was going to happen? No. The broadcasting thing just kind What is your favorite sport to watch? Team? of came slowly and fell into my lap. I like training and jogging but Live I like hockey (Pittsburgh Penguins or Columbus Blue Jackets) outriding or what I do now was always the plan. and on TV football (Cleveland Browns). You now work with the USTA as Publicity and Social Media What is one thing about you most fans/bettors don’t know? Coordinator and that takes you to a lot of tracks. Which is I got to ride at the Elitlopp in Sweden in 2016 as an outrider and some your favorite? Why? people don’t know I’ve been an outrider for 20 years. It has been a big year moving up to be Content Manager. My favorite is The Meadowlands and of course The Red Mile in the fall. I like to Speaking of being an outrider, you spent a long time at Tioga go to the tracks in Ohio as well. but have done it at a number of big events. Do you miss it? This year you’ve been to Running Aces and Cumberland to I started in Ohio when I was 15 at the county fairs. I was at North- field for a year as a back-up to the girl there. I rode at Tioga from 2006 name a couple. What were those like? to 2015. I don’t miss it because one of my best friends still rides at all All the tracks deserve their due and I’m kind of glad Mark Hall, Rich the tracks in Ohio and sometimes she pulls me back in and has me Johnston and I made the decision to do kind of a goodwill tour to ride with her. So I do it just enough that I remember how to do it. I’d visit all of these tracks which don’t get a lot of attention. Those are much rather be doing what I do now and just do that as needed. the blue collar tracks of the sport. The horsemen are out there grind- ing it out every day. Running Aces is cool. It is casino and racing Your horse was named Floyd. What is the bond like between friendly. The casino is right on the apron and if you are in the casino outrider and horse? you can see the racing. Tioga was the same and we got to go there this year. Hawthorne was nice and I think they have big plans for the Floyd was the best horse I ever had. There are a lot of great outrid- future. As far as Cumberland Maine, they are racing at the fair- ers but if you ask anyone they all have that special horse. It takes grounds now but have big plans for the future with a new racetrack. a great horse to make an outrider great. To me the horse is 85% of the gig. It is a partnership and a trust. When you have a good horse Is it exciting to see new tracks and how they are operated? and something happens, you know you can handle anything. We made a lot of saves and I thought someone must’ve been watching Just growing up in racing, we always went to Northfield, Ohio, The out for us, but really he just handled it like a pro. Anyone that knows Meadows. It is nice to see how the different tracks are run and who Floyd, whether from Tioga, two Hambletonians or the 2010 Breeders loves racing. Some of them love the racing and it really matters Crown, they know he made his own history. He’s special. and some care more about the casinos. It would be nice to see some tracks get more coverage and others put more work into what they What is one word that describes harness racing for you? do. Sometimes it is just about available manpower.

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DRF Harness Digest | 13 | July 22, 2021 Visit us online at drf.com/harness USTA, Blue Chip Farms, Tetrick Racing all pulled together. It wouldn’t have been as successful without one of them involved. It showed that we can do this and drive more fans to harness racing. Which is your favorite horse from your time in the sport? CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 I had some nice horses I have owned. There are two that were really special to me. One was Whoyoucallingafool. He was just a claimer You’ve done a lot of on-air work during your career for The that I had with the guy I was with for a long time and he won like 17 Meadowlands and Little Brown Jug. Can you talk about your or 18 races for us. Pittsburgh Hanover was a trotter that I had for a couple of years in Ohio that we paid nothing for and he made us a ton development in that capacity? of money. He was really good to us. As far as horses I liked to watch, Anndrovette was one of my favorites and Tall Dark Stranger was I always make a joke, I did my first broadcasting with Dave Bianconi really impressive. Also Market Share. at Northfield Park and he likes to say he gets all the credit. I was involved with some things with Justin Horowitz at Tioga, but when What is the best advice you’ve ever gotten about harness racing? Jeff Gural called me and asked if I would go to The Meadowlands, I wasn’t remotely ready to go there. They threw me in and I was so Sam [McKee] always said to keep your head down, stay in your lane lucky to be able to work with Sam [McKee], Ken [Warkentin] and and do what you do. He told me that not everyone is going to like you Hollywood [Heyden]. They are true Hall of Famers. They are the best but keep doing your best. and they made me better. I wouldn’t remotely be where I am today without them. With the Jug, I was working behind the scenes as a If you could interview anyone from harness racing history, stage manager and something happened with Ellie Sarama and the position became available. Now things have just progressed with the who would it be with and why? USTA. I got lucky to work with some of the best and if you hang on I’ve gotten to interview a lot of cool people. Probably Stanley Dancer. with them it only makes you better. Who is one person still active that you haven’t interviewed What was your favorite moment covering harness racing? but are looking forward to the opportunity? I know it was just yesterday but the match race we did with Tim Tet- rick and UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira at Yonkers, Stefan Melander. I enjoyed meeting him in Sweden and I would love it was bigger than I even thought it would be. I was captain on the to chat with him. I like him a lot. whole project. Other than that would be the 2015 Little Brown Jug when beat Lost For Words. That was my last Jug Is there a track or race that you haven’t covered that remains with Sam and it was probably one of the best races ever for pacers. on your bucket list? I’ve covered so many in the U.S. If Solvalla called and wanted us to cover the Elitlopp I would go. Also the Prix. D’ Amerique. Either one on the television side would be great. One of your recent projects has been “Behind the Mic” where you interview announcers at different tracks. Was that your idea? Do you think people are enjoying those segments? That was Rich Johnston’s idea. He’s the production manager for our team. I think it has gone over really well. We really wanted to give more coverage in the industry to the jobs that are more unrecognized and be- hind the scenes. Those have gone really well and they’ve been fun to do. If you had the power to change one thing in the sport, what Fred Brown Wendy Ross in action at Tioga Downs as an outrider. would it be? I wish that people would invest more to market the sport and put us on What were the difficulties in arranging the match race? a bigger level. We are all doing big things but only inside the sport. I wish we could compete with the Thoroughbreds in terms of coverage. The hardest part was that we had a week to get it done and he was only here from Monday to Wednesday. We had to get the venue and it had to How do you view the future of harness racing? be Yonkers because he was going to be in New York. In my interview with Charles I mentioned Tim and he told me right after that if we It is a big industry that employees a lot of people, but it is a blue collar do something he wanted to be involved. It was a no-brainer to pull in industry. It needs to keep building. Some changes will definitely need to Tetrick with his reach on social media and with him just going into be made to keep our sport alive and attract new fans. It will keep itself the Hall of Fame. The biggest things were just timing and getting it alive and thriving, but I really hope for the best for it for people like you all together. The reach was huge. They bet on it in Australia. People and me who love it. I feel like people are interested in it but we have to were reaching out to me from Europe asking how to watch it. What keep doing fun things like the match race to keep people interested. I’m most proud of is that the UFC film crew came out all the way from California to film it. I felt like we did the best we could do. Time for the stretch drive: Was the match race a learning experience that could perhaps Best Horse You Ever Saw?: Wiggle It Jiggleit and Muscle Hill. propel future celebrity events to help promote the sport? Best Driver Ever?: Brian Sears.

Since that event we’ve had a connection with [NBA 2020-21 MVP] Best Trainer Ever?: . Nikola Jokic. He doesn’t want to do anything quite as big but by getting the match race out there we accomplished getting attention from people Favorite TV Show?: Law & Order SVU. like him. Devin White, the linebacker from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Trotters or Pacers?: I love them both so much but I’m partial to a I think something with him will be our next thing. I like that the event hard-hitting claimer that goes out there each week and does their showed that as an industry we could all work together. Yonkers, MGM, work. Those are my favorites.

DRF Harness Digest | 14 | July 22, 2021 Visit us online at drf.com/harness Manchego headlines Spirit of Massachusetts

Three time Breeders Crown champion Manchego will return to the scene of her 1:49 3/5 world-record performance when she starts in the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 25). The lone mare in the field will take on five formidable foes in the Grand Circuit event that highlights the Massachusetts racing season. Prior to the race being drawn Manchego was not a listed eligible, At DRF Harness we strive to provide the best handicapping but the $20,000 supplemental fee was paid and she entered the box on information in the sport. Each week we’ll use this space to bring Tuesday morning (July 20) and drew post five. you some of our handicappers’ best bets, value plays and horses to Manchego’s trainer Nancy Takter, who was unanimously selected watch. Use this information as one of your tools when wagering or as Trainer of the Year in 2020 by members of the United States simply click on the link above and head to DRF Bets to wager now. Harness Writers Association, explained that the mare was originally nominated to the race, but then taken out. Thursday, JULY 22 “We actually made the first payment but took her out after the second payment because the race last year took a little bit of a toll RACE 7 on her. So we weren’t really sure if we wanted to race her that hard again. But we noticed there weren’t that many horses in the race this (1) SEASWIFT JOY N starts year so we’re hoping it doesn’t go 1:49 3/5 again,” explained Takter. from the pole position tonight “She left out of there fast in that race and there’s no reason to do in her third start back after a that this week. Plus she’s a lot more versatile now than she was then. layoff. I think we’re going to She needed a race this week and this one fit her schedule. And really see a much more forwardly- they go so fast everywhere these days so she can go fast at Plainridge placed effort. for $250,000 or go fast at the Meadowlands for $50,000, so we brought -Greg Reinhart her back.” Manchego’s world-record performance at Plainridge last year was friday, JULY 23 an epic mile that is still talked about a year later. Where the final time was amazing, perhaps the most memorable thing was the first quar- RACE 4 ter. “When the quarter flashed 25 2/5 I was ready to kill Dexter [Dunn],” (3) KEN’S WALNER left, laughed Takter. “But she got along great after that and was just super came first-over and held his that day.” own versus two horses that Manchego added another notch to her belt after she tied the Mead- would be 3-5 in this spot; owlands track record for older female trotters last Saturday night in short price coming. the Miss Versatility with her 1:49 4/5 victory, which was also the first -Derick Giwner sub-1:50 trotting mile of the year. After the race her driver Dexter Dunn said “She’s better than she was last year. Her gait has always been great, RACE 3 but it’s even better.” And her trainer agrees with that assessment. “I think so. I think she is better. You know, she’s finally done grow- (3) BRONZE YANKEE got ing and she is now what she’s going to be physically. Plus she’s a much the clean line that he needed smarter horse too. They say wisdom comes with age and it’s the same Monday night now he fires with horses. She seems to be able to do anything you want to do in the back in four days facing mile now,” said Takter. much easier. This is a field This year, Manchego’s only loss was by a neck to Forbidden Trade that he should beat if he stays and Lindy The Great in the Crawford Trot at the Meadowlands and on stride. they will both be competing against her again Sunday in the Spirit. -Garnet Barnsdale But in that win both horses benefited from Manchego’s first-over cover and were just a neck ahead at the wire. So strategy in a short Saturday, JULY 24 field may come into play. “I don’t think about how she’s going to be driven, that’s Dexter’s RACE 8 job. Those are both very nice horses but they did trip out behind her and she went a long way first-up; she was out before the half. And she (3) PIPER HANOVER was off three weeks before that start and maybe wasn’t as sharp as stormed home for an impres- she could have been. I can expect she will perform well this week and sive victory after missing five we’ll see how the race goes,” said Takter. weeks of action and seems Manchego’s career has been highlighted with a great number of on path for a Hambletonian awards and accolades, but to put her greatness in perspective, she is Oaks appearance. the only trotter in the history of the sport to win in a sub-1:50 time -Giwner in three different years (2019, 2020, 2021). Six Pack is the only other horse to do it in multiple years (2018 and 2019). Takter pointed out that Manchego was beaten in 1:49 4/5 in a very tight photo in July of 2018 full card analysis / past performances by Plunge Blue Chip at the Meadowlands. She was a nose away from having that distinction four years in a row. Mohawk Park (THU) Analysis Mohawk Park (FRI) Analysis “She’s been exceptional over those four years of racing, which is really unheard of,” Takter concluded. Meadowlands (FRI) Analysis Mohawk Park (SAT) Analysis Manchego currently ranks number one in the Hambletonian/ Breeders Crown Standardbred poll with 33 out of 35 first place votes. Yonkers (FRI) Analysis Meadowlands (SAT) Analysis The Spirit of Massachusetts Day kicks off on Sunday (July 25) with a 2 p.m. post time. The card is also highlighted with the $100,000 Clara Barton Distaff Pace and the $50,900 Bert Beckwith Memorial DHP PPs harness eye PPs trackmaster PPs free PPs Pace, and with total purses in excess of $500,000, it’s the biggest day of harness racing in Massachusetts this year. -Tim Bojarski for Plainridge Park Want full-card analysis? Visit DRF.com/harness

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Adios eliminations lure 23 hopefuls to The Meadows Blooded Horse Summer Sale taking entries

A robust field of 23 top sopho- The Blooded Horse Sale is currently taking entries for its Summer more pacing colts and geldings Sale scheduled for August 24 in Springfield, OH. will contest Saturday’s (July 24) Racehorses and breeding stock are in high demand and this sale is eliminations in the $450,000 Delvin one of the few remaining opportunities to utilize a live venue. Receive Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids maximum exposure with buyers coming from 27 states and Canada at The Meadows. The three $25,000 as well as the availability of online bidding. Entries are being taken at elims will go as races eight, nine bloodedhorse.com and will close around July 28. and 10, with the top three finish- -edited release (Blooded Horse Sale) ers in each elimination returning for the $375,000 final set for July 31. Limited dining options remain for Hambletonian Day Elimination winners earn the right to choose their post positions for the final. Table and dining options are extremely limited for the greatest day The Saturday card also features a pair of stakes for 3-year-old filly in harness racing – the 96th Hambletonian Day, Saturday, August 7th. pacers: a $148,332 Pennsylvania Sires Stake and four $20,000 PA Stal- Admission is just $5 and includes a commemorative Hambletonian lion Series events. First post for the card is 12:45 p.m. while Adios Day hat for adults and sunglasses for kids. Doors open at 10 am with first kicks off at noon. race at 12 noon. Parking is free. READ MORE While Café tables have sold out there are still a few remaining promenade tables available for purchase. The promenade tables seat Repeaters in Maryland Sire Stakes finals at Ocean Downs four and admission is included with the $300 ticket. Admission and promenade tables can be purchased at PlayMeadow- Pride Of Windswept, Funnyfunnyriddle, Madisonsallin, and Real lands.com/hambo Made took their respective Maryland Sire Stakes finals for 3-year-olds Those looking for outdoor dining can now make reservations for at Rosecroft Raceway back on May 23, and they were all able to win the West Apron VIP tent. The $48.95 menu includes a mixed greens again in the same $70,000 events on Wednesday night at Ocean Downs. salad served family-style, beef sliders, brisket, pulled pork and mac- READ MORE n-cheese for entrees. Diners can end the meal with homemade brown- ies, cookies and fresh watermelon. Reservations can be made by call- Bomb Hugger, Gertrude victorious in NYSS at Batavia ing 201-TheBigM (843-2446). -release (Meadowlands) Bomb Hugger and Gertrude both backed up their victories in the New York Sire Stakes at Saratoga on July 6 by prevailing in the pair Meadowlands Pace Yearling Supplemental Payment Due Aug 15 of splits on Wednesday night at Batavia Downs. READ MORE If you would like your yearling colt to grow big and strong and someday win the Meadowlands Pace, just like Lawless Shadow, you Kosher Mahoney, S I P strike in PASS at Philly had better make sure he is eligible for it. While the standard yearling nomination deadline was May 15, The Harrah’s Philadelphia welcomed the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Meadowlands will accept a supplemental payment of $125 to make a circuit for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters on Wednesday after- foal of 2020 that has not been nominated for the 2023 Pace eligible for noon, with Kosher Mahoney and S I P grabbing the victories in two it. All future payments are required to maintain eligibility. $77,761 divisions. Please find the nomination form on the web. READ MORE -release (Meadowlands) Indoor simulcasting returns to Yonkers Winbak Farm of Maryland seeks administrative assistant

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shutdown of live racing Winbak Farm of Maryland is searching for an administrative assis- and simulcasting at Yonkers Raceway for three months in 2020, the tant. The position could be part time or full time. Below are the quali- future seemed very much uncertain. Nearly a year after the return of fications to apply live racing, with the go-ahead from New York State officials, manage- • High School Diploma/GED ment at the Westchester County oval is pleased to announce that not • Reliable transportation with valid driver’s license only are fans permitted on the track apron but also inside the facility. • Available 6 days a week READ MORE • Proficient experience with various computer programs (esp. Microsoft Office) Buffalo’s live racing season concludes • Pleasant and professional phone and office etiquette • Ability to multitask “It’s been another unique year”, said Buffalo Raceway Director of Please send your resume to Patricia Bailey. Operations Jon Cramer as he reflected back on the recently completed -release (Winbak Farm) 2021 live harness racing season. “We started the meet without spectators, then we started welcom- ing them back and now we are preparing having people back for the entire 2022 season,” Cramer said. READ MORE Eurobond tops Tattersalls Summer Mixed Sale

HIP 65 Eurobond, a 6-year-old stallion by Love You, sold to owner Matt Morrison for $205,000 to lead Sunday afternoon’s Summer Mixed Sale at the Meadowlands. READ MORE

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