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Accepting Entries July race calendar page 12 FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019 ©2019 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 NA Cup Stars Back On Track In Meadowlands Pace Elims ACCEPTING ENTRIES With two eliminations for the $682,000 Meadowlands Pace For The and two Graduate finals for 4 year olds, there will likely be fireworks at the Meadowlands Saturday night long before the actual fireworks display after the races. Post time for the card is earlier than usual, 6:30 p.m. Last Saturday night’s $500,000 Max C. Hempt Memorial at the Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono sometimes changes how the Meadowlands Pace shapes up, but that’s not the AUGUST 27 & 28, 2019 case this year. This year Pepsi North America Cup winner Captain BLACK TYPE YEARLING SESSION — TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 Crunch bypassed the Hempt, with trainer Nancy Johans- • MIXED SALE ENTRIES WILL CLOSE AROUND JULY 20 • son wanting to give the colt a couple of weeks off before ENTER ONLINE NOW AT the Meadowlands Pace. Bettor’s Wish, the runner-up in the Cup, was not eligible to the Hempt. www.bloodedhorse.com • First 5 finish- The third-place finisher in the Cup, ers advance. Workin Ona Mystery, also skipped • Eliminations the Hempt after battling respiratory winners issues during the Cup. draw 1-6. Shake The House, co-owned by Crawford Farms, title sponsor of the Meadowlands Pace, won the Hempt in 1:49.2, but that colt “There’s No Substitute for Experience” is not eligible to the Meadowlands Pace and has not been JERRY HAWS CHARLES MORGAN supplemented. Hurrikane Emperor, who finished fifth in the P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 (937) 947-1218 Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 SHETLER & ASSOCIATES Hempt, is the only Hempt finalist to move on to the Pace. [email protected] Auctioneers With 15 entries in the Pace, the shorter fields for the two eliminations minimize post position disadvantages. The morning-line favorites are Captain Crunch and Bet- WHAT’S INSIDE . tor’s Wish. Alagna fine tuning his pacing colts—pg. 4 Captain Crunch drew post 1 in the first elimination, giving Burke hopes De Los Cielos Deo is back—pg. 5 him the shortest route to the winner’s circle, although posts Harness racing stars at Goshen—pg. 7 5 and 6 have far superior winning percentages than post 1 Best In Show no longer a rookie—pg. 8 (14.8 and 14.1 percent versus 8.8). Trainer Nancy Johansson Australia announces new $1 million race—pg. 8 trained both “Crunch” and her second Pace entry, Caviart Takters in town to see Captain Crunch—pg. 10 Rockland, a doubleheader early Wednesday morning and Ones To Watch—pg. 10 reported that both were “extremely good.” Workin Ona Mystery is second on the morning line in the Brown had two other Meadowlands Pace eligibles that are first elimination at 5-2, and trainer Brian Brown believes his missing the race: Air Force Hanover and Proof. Both com- colt is the best he’s been all year. peted in the Hempt final but finished poorly, with Proof “I trained him (Tuesday) in 1:55 and he did it pretty hand- sixth and Air Force Hanover seventh. ily, and that’s with pulling me,” shared Brown, who is based “Proof came up sore; he has a spot on a foot. Air Force at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Ohio, with the half- bled over Lasix,” explained Brown. “We hope to have both mile oval home to the Little Brown Jug. “It wasn’t a hard of them ready for the Adios.” 1:55 at all, so I’m really happy with him.” Bettor’s Wish will start from post 6 in the second elim for Brown has been closely monitoring Workin Ona Mystery’s trainer Chris Ryder and is the heavy 9-5 morning-line respiratory issues and said he scoped clean following his choice. He goes into the race following a 1:51.3 qualifying training workout. “He had no mucous and no blood, so he’s win on June 29 to sharpen his form and with four wins in good,” he said. five starts this season. Continues on page 2 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 12 July 5, 2019 www.harnessracing.com FREE THIS WEEKEND’S Program Pages FEATURED RACES All times listed are local. Friday, July 5 7:35p M2 NJSS 2YO Colt Pace Trackmaster PPs 8p Nfld7 Ohio SS 2FP Trackmaster PPs 8:15p M4 NJSS 2YO Colt Pace Trackmaster PPs Click here to download all Friday PPs Saturday, July 6 3p Mea7 PASS 2YO Colt Pace Trackmaster PPs 3:45p Mea9 PASS 2YO Colt Pace Trackmaster PPs 4:30p Mea11 PASS 2YO Colt Pace Trackmaster PPs 8:28p M6 Graduate 4YO Trot Final Trackmaster PPs 8:51p M7 Meadowlands Pace elim Trackmaster PPs 9:17p M8 Meadowlands Pace elim Trackmaster PPs 10:09p M10 Graduate 4YO Pace Final Trackmaster PPs 10:35p M11 Mr. Muscleman Trot Trackmaster PPs Click here to download all Saturday PPs Visit www.trackmaster.com and subscribe to download full cards from your favorite tracks! In the Graduate finals, the world champion mare Atlanta has drawn inside (post 4) of Six Pack (post 9) and they’ll face off for the first time this season. The Graduate for pac- ers includes Always A Prince, who won the final leg in 1:47.3 on June 28, along with Franklin winner This Is The Plan, two- time Graduate leg winner The Downtown Bus, last year’s Meadowlands Pace champ Courtly Choice, Confederation Cup winner Done Well, and Mohawk Gold Up winner Jimmy Freight.—By Kathy Parker Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace Eliminations Meadowlands, Saturday, July 6, 1st $50,000 elimination, Race 7, Post Time: 9:28 pm — NA (not available at press time) Post—Horse (Sire) Driver/Trainer Odds Breeder/Yearling Price 1—Captain Crunch (Captaintreacherous) S. Zeron/N. Johansson 8-5 White Birch Farm/$85,000 2—US Captain (Captaintreacherous) D. Dunn/T. Alagna 5-1 Brittany Farms/$180,000 3—Reigning Deo (Rock N Roll Heaven) NA/B. Pelling 10-1 Deo Volente Farms/$45,000 4—Workin Ona Mystery (Captaintreacherous) T. Tetrick/B. Brown 5-2 White Birch Farm/$30,000 5—Mangogh (Western Ideal) NA/B. Saunders 15-1 White Birch Farm/$63,000 6—Captain Ahab (Captaintreacherous) A. McCarthy/T. Alagna 4-1 Brittany Farms/$100,000 7—Mac’s Power (Somebeachsomewhere) D. Miller/M. Silva 12-1 Jeffrey Snyder/Homebred 2nd $50,000 elimination, Race 8, Post Time: 9:54 pm Post—Horse (Sire) Driver/Trainer Odds Breeder/Yearling Price 1—Love Me Some Lou (Sweet Lou) D. Miller/T. Cancelliere 10-1 Spring Haven Farm/$95,000 2—Escapetothebeach (Somebeachsomewhere) NA/T. Alagna 10-1 Bamond Racing/$175,000 3—Best In Show (Bettor’s Delight) B. McClure/L. Toscano 12-1 Richard & Joanne Young, C. Henderson/Homebred 4—Captain Trevor (Captaintreacherous) A. McCarthy/T. Alagna 7-2 Bay’s Stable, Riverview Breeding, Visionary Br./$75,000 5—Hurrikane Emperor (Hurrikane Kingcole) D. Dube/J. McDermott Jr. 8-1 J. Klee Rcg, Klee Rcg, Kuhen Rcg, Pegasis Inv/Homebred 6—Bettor’s Wish (Bettor’s Delight) D. Dunn/C. Ryder 9-5 Brittany Farms/$20,000 7—Caviart Rockland (Sportswriter) S. Zeron/N. Johansson 8-1 Caviart Farms/Homebred 8—De Los Cielos Deo (Captaintreacherous) Y. Gingras/R. 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FIN. two-time Pacer of the Year, who will be inducted into the Bettor’s Wish (D. Dunn) 2 2 2 2 1/¾ 1/1¼ Living Horse Hall of Fame in Goshen on Sunday night. “The Mac’s Power (D. Miller) 4 1 1 1 2/¾ 2/1¼ Captain,” as he’s called, also has top contenders in the Captain Ahab (A. McCarthy) 1 3 3 3 3/2¾ 3/1½ Meadowlands Pace eliminations on Saturday night. Closing Staement (M. Miller) 3 4 4 4 4/4¼ 4/3 Captaintreacherous was trained by Tony Alagna and al- US Captain (M. Krueger) 7 6 6 6o 5/5¾ 5/5½ though Alagna does not have the sire’s most successful off- Mangogh (T. Tetrick) 6 5 5 5o 6/8¾ 6/8½ spring, Captain Crunch, he will be taking a shot at the Pace Break Even (B. Harmon) 8 7 7 7 7/17¾ 7/23½ with three other sons of the “Captain” who have solid cre- Lost In Time (Y. Gingras) 5ex x8 8 8 8/25¾ 8/31 Time—:28.4, :57, 1:25, 1:51.3; Fast dentials, and something to prove.
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