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WHAT's INSIDE . . . Takter Hopes to Cash Big in TVG with the Bank FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015 ©2015 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 Takter Hopes To Cash Big In TVG With The Bank This weekend’s cards at the Meadowlands feature the fi- nals of the TVG Free-For-All Series and Final Four freshman stakes, as well as a pair of events for sophomore fillies of both gaits. As usual, trainer Jimmy Takter is overloaded with starters in the 10 races, including The Bank, who will take on older horses in the $400,000 TVG final for male trotters on Saturday night. By virtue of his Breeders Crown win on Oct. 24, The Bank was eligible to be invited, and Takter took advantage of the opportunity. The only other 3 year old to tackle the older horses in the TVG came in 2013 in the inaugural year “If he doesn’t win it, of the series when Captain- nobody will say treacherous finished sixth by anything. And if he two lengths. does win the race, “The horse is in great do you know the shape,” Takter said about en- tremendous value tering The Bank in the TVG. it is for the horse?” “He raced tremendous his last two starts. It’s not going to be –Jimmy Takter on easy, but he’ll be right there.” The Bank’s start The Bank will start from post in the TVG final 2 with David Miller driving. Tak- ter will also start Master Of Law from post 6 with Brett Miller in the sulky. The field includes Resolve, who won last week- end’s six-horse final TVG preliminary at the Meadowlands, who starts from post 4, and point-leader Flanagan Memory, who starts from post 5. However, Flanagan Memory comes WHAT’S INSIDE . into the race having not won in seven starts since his score in Dave Briggs’ Stretch Call—pg. 4 the $301,500 John Cashman Memorial on Hambletonian day Jim Campbell has two in Gov.’s Cup—pg. 6 at the Meadowlands. “We got lucky and got a good post,” Takter said about The Nuncio wins again!—pg. 8 Bank, who is less than $6,000 away from $1 million in earn- Waterstone no good at handicapping—pg. 9 ings this year. “He can leave the gate and he can get into a Weekend Insights—pg. 10 good position. “If he doesn’t win it, nobody will say anything. And if he Photo Salonick Curt does win the race, do you know the tremendous value it is for the horse?” The first stake on Saturday’s card is the $144,000 Conti- nentalvictory for 3-year-old filly trotters. The race drew just four starters, undoubtedly due to the presence of world champions Mission Brief and Wild Honey. While Takter’s Wild Honey bested the Ron Burke-trained Mission Brief in the Kentucky Filly Futurity and Breeders Crown, the tables were turned last time out in the Matron at Dover Downs. In that race, Mission Brief drew clear from Wild Honey by 5 ¾ lengths in a world-record 1:50.2. Continues on page 2 ›››› The Bank HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 13 November 20, 2015 www.harnessracing.com “If Mission Brief is as good as she was last week, it will be tough,” Takter admitted. FREE THIS WEEK’S Wild Honey drew post 1 and Mission Brief post 2. The 2014 Program Trainer of the Year said he plans on an equipment change Pages FEATURED RACES on Wild Honey for the Continentalvictory. “I made some changes. I am going to pull all her shoes Friday, November 20 All times listed are local. and race her barefoot,” he said. “The only other time she 7:21p M2 Goldsmith Maid 2FT Trackmaster PPs raced barefoot was in the Hambo (Oaks, which she won). It 9:07p M7 TVG Mares Open Pace Trackmaster PPs will be interesting.” 9:29p M8 Three Diamonds 2FP Trackmaster PPs The TVG Series added races for mares this year, and six 10:52p M12 TVG Mares Open Trot Trackmaster PPs will line up behind the gate in the $200,000 final for trotters. Click here to download all Friday PPs All six raced in last weekend’s final preliminary, with the Saturday, November 21 event won by Shake It Cerry in 1:53.2. Favorite Bee A Magi- 7:21p M2 Continentalvictory 3FT Trackmaster PPs cian finished fourth, with the judges subsequently suspend- 8:25p M5 Valley Victory 2CT Trackmaster PPs ing driver Brian Sears for 15 days for “lack of judgment in 9:07p M7 TVG Open Trot Trackmaster PPs his driving performance.” Sears will be in the sulky behind 9:29p M8 Governor’s Cup 2CP Trackmaster PPs Bee A Magician in the TVG final after appealing the ruling. 10:32p M11 Tarport Hap 3FP Trackmaster PPs Miller will also drive Shake It Cerry, who raced on Lasix for 10:52p M12 TVG Open Pace Trackmaster PPs the first time last Friday night. Takter said he should have Click here to download all Saturday PPs added the anti-bleeding medication earlier. “I said to David Miller when he went out on the track last Visit www.trackmaster.com week, ‘David, if I would have had her on Lasix in the and subscribe to download Breeders Crown, I would have won seven and you would full cards from your favorite tracks! have won only four,’” he said with a laugh. “She was bleeding on and off for me all summer. I think the tire blew when she went 1:49.4 (second by a nose to JL Cruze in the $250,000 Graduate final on July 11) and she ex- tended herself so much.” While Race 6 on Saturday night is not a stakes event, the appearance of Takter’s 2013 Adios champion Sunfire Blue Chip makes the $17,000 contest interesting. The son of American Ideal was retired at the conclusion of his 4-year- old campaign in 2014 and was standing stud at Tara Hills Stud in Ontario. But with limited breeding to just 37 mares, the decision was made to bring the son of American Ideal HarnessRacing Weekend Preview back to the racetrack. Sunfire Blue Chip made his 2015 debut on Nov. 14 at Kathy Parker Heather Kemper [email protected] [email protected] The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finishing eighth in Editor/ General Manager Assistant Production Manager a $30,000 open in what was his first appearance since Lynne Myers Vanessa Flannery [email protected] capturing the Prix D’Ete at Hippodrome 3R on Sept. 21, [email protected] Accounting & Circulation 2014. Saturday night’s start will be Sunfire Blue Chip’s Advertising Manager second upon his return. Gordon Waterstone [email protected] For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, “There’s no worth to a stallion that only gets 35 mares,” Associate Editor either P.O. Box 8480, Takter explained of bringing back Sunfire Blue Chip, who is Lexington, KY 40533, Suzanne Starbuck or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, owned in part by his wife, Christina. “How are you going to [email protected] Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026 make money on that? You’re better off racing.” Production Manager Takter said Sunfire Blue Chip’s comeback has gone better © Copyright Horseman Publishing Company. than expected. A product of Horseman Publishing Company, publishers of the website “It’s just amazing,” said Takter, who is pointing Sunfire www.harnessracing.com and The Horseman And Fair World magazine. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, Blue Chip to the Levy Series at Yonkers next spring. “This electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission. horse had a lot of issues his whole life, but he’s come back unbelievably good. He’s back now and raced one start and To sign up for the Weekend Preview please visit got a bad trip. He is fresh and sound and should be a good www.harnessracing.com/members_sign_up.php contender (on Saturday).”—By Gordon Waterstone tvg Finals & Fall Final Four Post Time 7:00 pm FRIDAAYY SATURDAAYY NOV.20 NOV.21 $200,000 $400,000 TVGTVG Free-For-Free-For-AllAll PPacingacing TVGTVG Free-For-Free-For-AllAll PPacingacing Championship Mares Championship $400,000 $200,000 TVGTVG Free-For-Free-For-AllAll Trotting Championship TVGTVG Free-For-Free-For-AllAll Trotting Mares Championship $489,400* VALLEYVVAALLEY VICTORYVIVICTORY * $409,950 Sponsored by The Hambletonian Society Goldsmith Maid * * Sponsored by Purple Haze Stables $413,000$413,000 $200,000 GOVERNORSGOVERNORS CUP TARPORTTTAARPORT HAP * $385,250 * Three Diamonds $200,000 Sponsored by White Birch Farm CONTINENTALVICTORYCONTINENTTAALVICTORY *estimated purse *estimated purse Please Note: The Late Pick 4 has moved from Race 7 to Race 8 MEADOWLANDSMEADOWLANDS #playbigm | playmeadowlands.complaymeadowlands.com RACINGRACING & ENTERTAINMENTE NTERTA INMENT HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 4 of 13 November 20, 2015 www.harnessracing.com having issues lately with tying up, and Sears’ livelihood de- pends on him doing what’s best to keep the horse, trainer and owners happy, not the bettors. This brings up Gural’s call for more transparency from trainers about their ani- mals, but it’s not hard to buy into the argument that we should place the welfare of the animals on which the entire game is founded ahead of everything else. I wish judges everywhere actually enforced the rules on Suspension Of Sears the books and did so with as much consistency as possible. Points To Systemic Flaw It is troubling that the very next night—mere hours after Meadowlands participants were allegedly read the riot act Try to put aside your condemnation of any number of peo- about lack of effort, etc.—Brett Miller appears to have been ple in the Brian Sears/Jeff Gural story from last weekend for guilty of a drive on JK Endofanera that was not as aggres- a second (if you weren’t tuned in last weekend, keep read- sive as it should have been.
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