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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018 ©2018 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 Crown Elims At Pocono The $6 million Breeders Crown championships return to The Downs at Mohegan Sun at Pocono this year, with elimi- DON’T BE SHUT OUT! nations for 2 year olds on Friday night and eliminations for 3 year olds and older horses on Saturday night. The 12 Breeders Crown finals are set for Saturday, Oct. 27. Eleven divisions required elims; only the eight horses entered in the Older Horse Pace will advance directly to the final. CHAMPIONS CENTER, SPRINGFIELD, OH This year marks the return of the BREEDERS CROWN Breeders Crown to the Pennsylvania NOVEMBER 13-14-15, 2018 — ENTRIES — racetrack, which hosted the champi- Division Burke Takter onships in 2010 and 2013. Post time BLACK TYPE SESSION - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 2FT 2 3 for both elimination nights is 7 p.m., 2FP 4 0 while the championship card will get Mixed sale entries will close around 2CT 0 3 underway at 5:30 p.m. OCTOBER 18 (or when full). 2CP 3 1 Elimination winners, in an order 3FT 1 1 Enter online NOW at www.bloodedhorse.com determined by lot, draw for inside 3FP 5 0 post positions 1-5 for the finals. Also, 3CT 0 3 3CP 3 4 there will be an industry-wide low 15 OMT 0 1 percent takeout on all wagers on all OMP 1 1 three nights of Crown competition. OHT 1 1 Three horses were supplemented to this year’s Crown, including the 3- OHP 3 2 “There’s No Substitute for Experience” year-old colt pacer Lather Up, the JERRY HAWS CHARLES MORGAN older pacing mare Shartin N, and the older horse pacer P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 (937) 947-1218 Lazarus N. Byes came into play in only one division, that being Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 DEAN BEACHY & ASSOCIATES [email protected] the 3-Year-Old Filly Pace, where recent Glen Garnsey Memorial Auctioneers winner Kissin In The Sand and Courageous Lady champ Baron Remy advance directly to the final. That leaves nine fillies in the Advancing To The Crown finals elim vying for seven spots to join the pair of bye horses. Having this year’s Breeders Crown races over the five- With 23 total entries, Burke once again dominated the eighths mile oval at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono Crown entry box, with Jimmy Takter having 19 entries. And means the finals will have nine starters (all on the gate). while Takter has been driving the 3-year-old colt trotter Tacti- For divisions that have three eliminations, the top-three cal Landing, Brian Sears gets the drive in Saturday’s elim. finishers in each will advance to the final; for divisions that Combined, Burke and Takter’s 42 entries represent 23.7 per- have two eliminations, the top-four finishers in each, plus cent of the 177 Crown hopefuls. There is at least one horse the richest (in 2017) fifth-place finisher, will advance. trained by Burke or Takter in every division. Elimination winners, in an order determined by lot, will draw for post positions 1-5 in the final. All other finalists will WHAT’S INSIDE . be placed in an open draw for the remaining post positions. Burke Hannelore has bounced back—pg. 2 The winner of the single elim for 3-year-old filly pacers will draw for posts 1-5, with the other finalists, including the two Burke sends out strong filly brigade—pg. 4 bye horses, in an open draw for posts. New Vocations Breeders Crown pledge pg. 4 — The winner of the final will receive 50 percent of the purse; Melander has top Crown contenders—pg. 5 one percent of the total purse will be paid to each finalist Saunders back to Crown with Mangogh—pg. 5 finishing sixth through ninth including horses that are de- Lather Up deemed Crown ready—pg. 7 clared a non-starter for pari-mutuel purposes during the Kagebrandt picks Cruzado Dela Noche—pg. 8 race by the judges, or those that don’t finish the race. The Deters looks for “Ideal” Crown debut—pg. 10 remainder of the purse for the Race will be divided 50-24- Yoder starts first Crown with “Charm”—pg. 11 16-10 percent for the horses finishing second through fifth. HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 15 October 19, 2018 www.harnessracing.com Burke Says He’s Confident FREE Hannelore Hanover Has Bounced Back Program THIS WEEKEND’S Pages Trainer Ron Burke will be busy Friday and Saturday FEATURED RACES nights at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono with 19 of All times listed are local. his 23 Breeders Crown entries starting in eliminations. Friday, October 19 However, Burke won’t be able to rest easy until the very 7:36p PcD3 Breeders Crown 2FT elim Trackmaster PPs last of the 26 eliminations held over the two nights is in 7:54p PcD4 Breeders Crown 2FT elim Trackmaster PPs the books as Race 14 on Saturday night sees Hannelore 8:12p PcD5 Breeders Crown 2CP elim Trackmaster PPs Hanover starting from post 4 in the second of two elimi- 8:30p PcD6 Breeders Crown 2CT elim Trackmaster PPs 8:48p PcD7 Breeders Crown 2FP elim Trackmaster PPs nations for older trotters. 9:06p PcD8 Breeders Crown 2FP elim Trackmaster PPs Yannick Gingras will drive Hannelore Hanover in the six- 9:24p PcD9 Breeders Crown 2FT elim Trackmaster PPs horse elim which also includes Homicide Hunter, off his 9:42p PcD10 Breeders Crown 2CP elim Trackmaster PPs world-record 1:48.4 win at The Red Mile and sixth-place fin- 10:00p PcD11 Breeders Crown 2CT elim Trackmaster PPs ish in the Yonkers International, along with the Crawford 10:18p PcD12 Breeders Crown 2CP elim Trackmaster PPs Farms Trot winner Will Take Charge and Harry Harvey Invita- Click here to download all Friday PPs tional champ Warrawee Roo. Saturday, October 20 Hannelore Hanover, whose win in last year’s Breeders 7:00p PcD1 Breeders Crown 3CT elim Trackmaster PPs Crown Open Horse Trot final sealed the deal for honors as 7:18p PcD2 Breeders Crown OMP elim Trackmaster PPs Horse of the Year, would become the first mare to win the 7:36p PcD3 Breeders Crown OMT elim Trackmaster PPs 7:54p PcD4 Breeders Crown OMT elim Trackmaster PPs event twice, and her three Breeders Crown trophies would 8:12p PcD5 Breeders Crown OMP elim Trackmaster PPs tie her with Grades Singing and Mack Lobell for the second 8:30p PcD6 Breeders Crown 3FT elim Trackmaster PPs most for a trotter, behind only Peace Corps, who won four. 8:48p PcD7 Breeders Crown 3CP elim Trackmaster PPs Hannelore Hanover is also trying to become the first repeat 9:06p PcD8 Breeders Crown 3CT elim Trackmaster PPs winner of the Open Trot since Fool’s Goal in 2002 and 2003. 9:24p PcD9 Breeders Crown 3FT elim Trackmaster PPs Hannelore Hanover comes into the race having not started 9:42p PcD10 Breeders Crown 3CP elim Trackmaster PPs since the Caesars Trot on Sept. 21 at Hoosier Park. Finishing 10:00p PcD11 Breeders Crown 3FP elim Trackmaster PPs fifth in that event, it also marked the fifth consecutive start 10:18p PcD12 Breeders Crown 3CP elim Trackmaster PPs 10:36p PcD13 Breeders Crown OHT elim Trackmaster PPs the 6-year-old mare has come up winless. Her last victory 10:54p PcD14 Breeders Crown OHT elim Trackmaster PPs was on July 14 in a Miss Versatility leg at the Meadowlands. Click here to download all Saturday PPs Burke told Weekend Preview two weeks ago at The Red Mile that he wouldn’t start Hannelore Hanover until he be- Visit www.trackmaster.com lieved she was ready. He said a fast training mile last week and subscribe to download at The Meadows and another session on Wednesday (Oct. full cards from your favorite tracks! 17) showed him she was ready. “Today was by the far the best I’ve liked her training her back,” Burke said on Wednesday morning. “I thought her HarnessRacing Weekend Preview breathing was back to normal, her recovery time was back Kathy Parker Heather Kemper to normal. Now I’m just worried if I have her tight enough. [email protected] [email protected] Maybe she won’t be razor sharp, but she’ll be sharp Editor/ General Manager Production Manager enough to get into the final. And that gives me a whole Lynne Myers Hannah Reynolds [email protected] [email protected] another week. Advertising Manager Editorial Production “When I went the fast mile last week I thought she was 80 Gordon Waterstone Vanessa Flannery or 90 percent, and today I thought she was 95 percent. The [email protected] [email protected] biggest thing to me was that her recovery today was the Associate Editor Accounting & Circulation best it’s been. I trained her at The Meadows which I like, be- For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, either P.O. Box 8480, Lexington, KY 40533, cause it’s a five-eighths mile track so I’ll have a better feel of or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026 what she needs for Pocono. She trotted the turns great.” © Copyright Horseman Publishing Company. Even though Hannelore Hanover has been off form, Burke A product of Horseman Publishing Company, publishers of the website said there was really no consideration to enter her instead www.harnessracing.com and The Horseman And Fair World magazine.