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February race calendar page 22 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2018 ©2018 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 Royally-bred Angus Hall 2-year-old in training selling in the New Image Media Photo February 12, 2018 JK Pridenjoy (2) beats Gerardo (6) in the Jan. 19 Snowshoe preliminary. Hip 137 PM ACRES ACE bc Series Finals Wrap Up Friday At Woodbine Out of stakes winner Ecstatic 4,1:54.1 ($302,913), A pair of winter pacing series finals will be contested at dam of two impressive 2-year-old stakes performers Woodbine Racetrack on Friday night, including the $39,400(C) from three foals. In training with Andy Burkholder Blizzard for 3 –and 4-year-old fillies and mares (Race 5) and (330) 674-0968. Selling to settle a delinquent account. the $41,400 Snowshoe for 3 -and 4-year-old males (Race 7). Eligible to: Ontario Sires Stakes, Arden Downs, Although JK Pridenjoy won both of his Snowshoe prelimi- Breeders Crown, Currier & Ives, Dexter Cup, naries, because he drew post 7 for the final he is listed as Hambletonian, Hoosier, Horseman, the 7-2 second choice behind 3-1 favorite Gerardo, who he Wilfong Memorial, Yonkers Trot. edged (by a neck and half-length) in both races. Gerardo, who will be driven by Louis Philippe Roy for trainer Richard Click here to view video “There’s No Substitute for Experience” Moreau, received the slight nod because of drawing inside his rival in post 3. That respect comes too despite the 3- Online catalog available at bloodedhorse.com year-old Gerardo still winless in 11 career attempts. JERRY HAWS • Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 JK Pridenjoy, who on Dec. 26 finished last after starting from the outside post 10 in the $34,000 Valedictory Series good after two or three starts it would hold for good,” said final at Woodbine, comes into Friday’s race off a career-best Surick. “I think he is super talented and has a lot of ability.” 1:52.4 effort in round two of the Snowshoe. Trainer Nick The two favorites in the Blizzard final will be meeting up Surick has enlisted Doug McNair to drive the 4-year-old son for the first time after having drawn in to separate legs in of Rock N Roll Heaven who is owned by JL Benson Stables. the opening two legs. Circle The Page, the 5-2 favorite, was Actually, JK Pridenjoy could have been riding a four-race two-for-two in the prelims, including a career-best 1:52.4 win streak heading into the Blizzard final, but the skein was victory last time out. Starting from post 8, the 4-year-old interrupted after the first victory at Yonkers Raceway when daughter of Real Artist will be driven by Jonathan Drury for he finished fifth after flipping his palate, according to Surick. trainer Victor Puddy. Surick said JK Pridenjoy displayed throat issues after the The 3-1 second choice is Bettim Jackie, who finished fourth purchase last May, which resulted in surgery performed by but was placed eighth in the Blizzard opener as a result of a Dr. Patty Hogan. disqualification for interference, but came back to win leg “She said it would be 50-50 if it would work, but if it two with a lifetime-best 1:53.2 effort. Roy will drive the 3- worked it would be really good. And that if he was racing year-old daughter of Andreoli Hanover for trainer Moreau. WHAT’S INSIDE . War-N-Munn looks for Super Bowl win—pg. 2 What The Hill hearing delayed until April—pg. 8 EHV-1 outbreak shuts down Meadows—pg. 4 Recalls and fines in Prix d’Amerique—pg. 10 Waiting On A Woman loves to race—pg. 6 Burke vows to fight TCO2 test—pg. 12 100 Career-Win Club revised—pg. 6 Super Bowl LII picks—pg. 14 David Miller driving in Australia—pg. 8 Breeding Banter—pg. 18 HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 22 February 2, 2018 www.harnessracing.com FREE Program THIS WEEKEND’S Pages FEATURED RACES New Image Media Photo All times listed are local. Friday, February 2 8:30p Wdb5 Blizzard Pace final Trackmaster PPs 8:30p YR6 F&M Open Pace Trackmaster PPs 9:10p Wdb7 Snowshoe Pace final Trackmaster PPs Click here to download all Friday PPs War-N-Munn Saturday, February 3 8:30p YR6 OpenTrot Trackmaster PPs War-N-Munn Looks For 8:45p M7 Preferred Pace Trackmaster PPs Super Bowl Weekend Win 9:05p M8 Conditioned Pace Trackmaster PPs 9:10p YR8 Open Pace Trackmaster PPs While retired quarterback Warren Moon is a member of Click here to download all Saturday PPs pro football’s Hall of Fame, his greatest success arguably came in the Canadian Football League, where he won five Visit www.trackmaster.com consecutive Grey Cup championships with the Edmonton and subscribe to download Eskimos from 1978-82. full cards from your favorite tracks! While Moon, who is currently the color commentator on the Seattle Seahawks radio network, never made it to the Super Bowl during his NFL career (he never got past the division round), his pacing namesake, War-N-Munn (no relation to actress Olivia Munn, former longtime girl- friend of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers), will be in action over the upcoming Super Bowl weekend. The 5- year-old son of Stonebridge Regal will start from post 1 in Race 8 on Saturday night at the Meadowlands, a $12,000 conditioned pace. Just as Moon experienced the limelight north of the bor- der, so too has War-N-Munn. In 2016, War-N-Munn achieved a “series trifecta,” capturing the finals of the Count B Series at Woodbine and the Diplomat and Youthful at Mohawk. Overall that year, War-N-Munn won eight of 26 starts, in- cluding a career-best 1:50.1 at Mohawk, and $128,506 in HarnessRacing Weekend Preview earnings. Kathy Parker Heather Kemper Things were a bit different though in 2017 for War-N-Munn [email protected] [email protected] as he won just twice in 13 starts, adding $15,800 to his Editor/ General Manager Production Manager bankroll and bringing his total to $187,317. The pacer Lynne Myers Hannah Reynolds changed hands privately in May, when he was purchased by [email protected] [email protected] Advertising Manager Editorial Production Floridian Glenn Goller. Gordon Waterstone Vanessa Flannery Now in the barn of trainer Kerin Warner, War-N-Munn’s [email protected] [email protected] Saturday night start will be his second of the year, following Associate Editor Accounting & Circulation an eighth-place finish in the same class on Jan. 27 after also For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, either P.O. Box 8480, Lexington, KY 40533, starting from post 1. That start was War-N-Munn’s first since or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026 last June, when he made a break at the start at Yonkers as © Copyright Horseman Publishing Company. the 1-5 betting favorite before recovering to finish sixth. A product of Horseman Publishing Company, publishers of the website Brett Miller was tabbed to drive War-N-Munn last time out www.harnessracing.com and The Horseman And Fair World magazine. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, and he will be back in the sulky on Saturday. Miller had electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission. prior experience with War-N-Munn twice last year, posting a 1:52 victory and a third. Miller got away eighth with War-N- To sign up for the Weekend Preview please visit Munn last week despite starting from the inside spot.—By www.harnessracing.com/members_sign_up.php Gordon Waterstone HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 4 of 22 February 2, 2018 www.harnessracing.com EHV-1 Outbreak Shuts Down Recommendations For Biosecurity Racing At The Meadows (Source: United States Animal Health Association http://www.usaha.org/upload/Disease%20Info/IDOHC_EHM_ Racing at The Meadows has been suspended at least Guidance_Document_Sept.pdf) through Feb. 6 due to an outbreak of EHV-1 (Equine Herpes a. Isolation is critical to controlling disease. Ideally, at Virus) at the track. On Wednesday, Jan. 24, the Pennsylvania the onset of suspicion of a compatible clinical signs Department of Agriculture was notified that a Standardbred horse at The Meadows had showed clinical signs consistent of Equine Herpes Virus -1 infection, isolate the af- with Equine Herpes Virus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) and fected horse a minimum of 30 feet from all other tested positive for EHV-1. At that time, two barns were horses. placed under quarantine and all horses were restricted from b. Restrict designated personnel to work on positive entering or leaving the track. or suspect cases. Ideally, these designated individ- In the days that followed, other horses on the grounds de- uals should not handle any other horses on the veloped temperatures, and nasal swabs and blood were property. sent away for testing. On Monday, Jan. 29, three additional c. Place a footwear disinfectant and hand sanitizer out- horses tested positive for EHV-1, but were only exhibiting side each isolation stall. Provide disposable gloves the respiratory symptoms of the disease. The barns those for designated personnel to wear when handling horses were stabled in were quarantined and the infected EHV-1 test positive or suspect EHV-1/EHM horses. horses were moved into isolation. d. Restrict access to the isolation area to essential per- EHV-1 is a highly infectious disease that most commonly sonnel and the isolated animals.