FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2018 ©2018 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 And now, the end is near And so I face the final curtain ACCEPTING ENTRIES My friend, I’ll say it clear I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain for the hottest sale this winter I’ve lived a life that’s full I’ve traveled each and every highway And more, much more than this I did it my way Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew When I bit off more than I could chew But through it all, when there was doubt I ate it up and spit it out February 12 & 13, 2019 I faced it all and I stood tall And did it my way ENTER ONLINE NOW —Frank Sinatra www.bloodedhorse.com Foiled Again Ready For His Curtain Call Entries will close around January 10. Foiled Again will make his 332nd and final career start on Monday night, Dec. 31, at The Meadows, starting from post 8 in Race 10, the $13,000 Foiled Again Farewell Pace. Yannick Gingras, who has driven Foiled Again in 190 of his starts, will be in the sulky for the finale. Thirty-nine different drivers have directed Foiled Again “There’s No Substitute for Experience” over his career, with 19 posting victories. Having driven him JERRY HAWS • P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 the most, Gingras also has won the most times, directing Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 the star pacer into the winner’s circle on 64 occasions. Trainer Ron Burke and owners Sylvia Burke, Mark Weaver, worked with Foiled Again over his career. Among the care- Mike Bruscemi, and the Koury family’s JJK Stables have takers attending will be Sarah Murphy, who is no longer in pulled out all the stops to make the New Year’s Eve party at the business and now resides in Colorado. The Meadows even more special. A bus has been rented to “It’s going to be bittersweet, no doubt,” said Gingras. “One bring the entire staff from the stable’s New Jersey barn and part of me is happy because he deserves the invitations were extended to every caretaker that has ever retirement...and he can live a happy life, but the other side is that I’m not going to be able to sit behind him again. It really stinks but we knew it had to come to this at some point. I’m really thankful that he was able to give us all those thrills through all those years.” “It’ll be cool,” said Burke. “It will be a great day and New Image Media Photo it’ll be a tough day, but it will be all right.” It’s been a big week for Foiled Again and his connec- tions, which purchased the son of Dragon Again early his 4-year-old season in 2008. On Wednesday, the U.S. Harness Writers Association announced Foiled Again was voted the winner of the Stan Bergstein/Proximity Award for career achieve- ment, joining Rambling Willie (1984) as the only Foiled Again’s richest victory came in the $787,000 Canadian Pacing Derby on Sept. 1, 2012 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and in his final career appearance at the Ontario track on Dec. equine honorees of the prestigious award. 22, the 14-year-old pacer went out a winner in 1:53.2 for driver Louis Philippe Roy. Continues on page 2 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 10 December 28, 2018 www.harnessracing.com Burke was also announced as the 2018 Trainer of the Year FREE and Burke Racing and Weaver Bruscemi LLC were an- THIS WEEKEND’S nounced as the Owners of the Year. Program Pages Like the song made famous by Frank Sinatra, Foiled Again FEATURED RACES did it his way over his illustrious career. Entering his career All times listed are local. finale on Monday, the three- Friday, December 28 FOILED AGAIN DRIVERS CLUB time Older Pacer of the Year (by wins) 8:55p Dtn9 Open Handicap Trot Trackmaster PPs has 109 wins—including a ca- Driver Starts Wins 9:15p M7 F&M Preferred Pace Trackmaster PPs reer-best 1:48—and an all-time Yannick Gingras 190 64 Click here to download all Friday PPs Matt Kakaley 18 8 record $7,634,938 in earnings. Jason Bartlett 8 6 Facing mandatory retirement Saturday, December 29 Jack Baggitt Jr. 11 5 when he turns 15 on Jan. 1 7:35p M2 Cond. Pace 3&4YOs Trackmaster PPs Dave Palone 10 5 due to U.S. Trotting Associa- George Brennan 20 4 tion regulations, Foiled Again 9:55p Dtn12 Open Handicap Pace Trackmaster PPs Chris Page 8 4 has been on a “farewell tour” Click here to download all Saturday PPs Kevin Cummings 2 2 the latter part of the year, rac- Daniel Dube 4 2 Monday, December 31 ing at tracks ranging from Bruce Aldrich Jr. 1 1 6:10p Mea3 Holiday F&M Pace final Trackmaster PPs Mitchell Cushing 1 1 Ohio fairs to the Meadow- Eric Goodell 6 1 lands to Woodbine Mohawk 8:30p Mea10 Foiled Again Farewell Trackmaster PPs Greg Grismore 1 1 Park, where he won that Click here to download all Monday PPs Jody Jamieson 2 1 track’s farewell race last Satur- Jim Marshall III 1 1 day night. Visit www.trackmaster.com Brett Miller 2 1 Entering Monday’s race, the and subscribe to download Louis-Philippe Roy 1 1 14-year-old Foiled Again has Chris Shaw 1 1 full cards from your favorite tracks! made 27 starts this year with Montrell Teague 1 1 Steve Smith 9 0 $76,460 in earnings, most of Andy Miller 7 0 which has been donated to special and not every other horse. Don’t try to compare him Jim Morrill Jr. 3 0 charity. as he’s not every other horse. Everybody feels an affinity to Joe Bongiorno 2 0 “It’s sad that he isn’t going to him and that’s nice. Not every horse has that.” Marc Campbell 2 0 race anymore, but I’m also Weaver said it was hard to put into words what Foiled Eric Ledford 2 0 glad because we made it,” Again has meant to himself and his family. David Miller 2 0 said Burke. “I said we’d make “He’s meant everything,” said Weaver. “He’s changed all of Ron Pierce 2 0 it to the end of his 14-year-old our lives. I don’t know if it’s hit me yet. We’ve had him for 10 Corey Callahan 1 0 year and it’s been a success, ½ years, and go back 10 ½ years and think where you were Eric Carlson 1 0 in your life, or where your parents or kids were, and that’s a Allan Davis 1 0 and even way more well-re- Tony Hall 1 0 ceived than I thought it would long time ago. These last races aren’t monetarily as big but Mike Lachance 1 0 be. I’m proud of him and a lit- they’re just as special in the fact that he’s given us these Ricky Macomber Jr. 1 0 tle bit sad.” kinds of thrills for more than 10 years. It’s unheard of. Aaron Merriman 1 0 Again, like the Sinatra song, “Since him we’ve had great horses like Sweet Lou, Mis- Anthony Napolitano 1 0 Burke did it his way for Foiled sion Brief and Southwind Frank—tremendous horses—and Jim Pantaleano 1 0 Again over the past couple he came before them and in most cases he raced after. It’s Jonathan Roberts 1 0 years. Burke said he hopes the going to be hard to get used to not watching him race.” Mike Wilder 1 0 Even though Foiled Again has been stabled at Burke’s farm Scott Zeron 1 0 tremendous response and re- ception for Foiled Again on his near The Meadows and near where he and Bruscemi live, farewell tour has silenced all those who criticized him and Weaver said he’s only visited a handful of times over the the connections for continuing to race the pacer. years. The two partners made a point of going to Burke’s “I hope people realize that they are your horses and you farm on Thursday. know what is best for them,” said Burke. “I didn’t listen to “Mike sent me a text about going to the barn, and neither everybody when he was 12, that I needed to stop with him of us are horse people as far as being around them,” said because I was embarrassing him and I’m hurting the sport. Weaver. “To me, that’s an indication that the time is here. Look how wrong they were. Look at what a good thing this How many other times will we get to see him?” turned out to be. I knew he was fine. Plans call for Foiled Again to live out his retirement days in “He’s our horse and I’ll do what’s best for the horse. As a paddock at the home of Mickey Burke Sr. and his wife, long as you do what’s best for the horse it will work out at Sylvia. He may even go to Florida with the Burke Stable this the end. I just believed in him. I know what he is and he’s winter.—By Gordon Waterstone ARACACHE HANOVER p,2,1:53.1; 3,1:50.1f; 1:48.1f ($1,726,617) Dragon Again-Armbro Cachet-Camluck The richest son of Dragon Again standing at stud, he earned over $1.7-million racing against the sport’s top pacers from age 2 - 7! His first small crop of two-year-olds (16 foals, 9 starters) raced in 2018 and included 4 sub-1:55 winners, led by the pair of stakes placed performers Sage Ivy p,2,1:53.3-’18 ($38,750) and Quick Aracache p,2,1:53.2-’18 ($23,250).