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Sunday, July 28, 2013 Deweycolorintheline Upsets in the Yonkers Trot Creampuff Macdaddy mounted a first over challenge By Brett Sturman down the backstretch and into the final turn, but by that Saturday’s $450,000 Yonkers Trot figured to represent a point the multiple breaks and taken its toll as he flattened showdown between trotters Dontyouforgetit and Creampuff out and then faded late. After a freshman season in which Macdaddy, but it was Deweycolorintheline with Ray ‘Macdaddy’ banked close to $300K, this year has Schnittker that managed to avoid all surrounding mishaps contained one frustration after another which continued in and pick the right time to come away with his second lifetime Saturday’s misfortunes at Yonkers. win. Not to take anything away from the race winner, but the Elimination winner Dontyouforgetit was sent off as the try put forth by Dontyouforgetit was nothing short of odds-on favorite at 70 cents on the dollar and after not herculean. After being interfered with by Celebrity showing any signs of a single break all year, galloped briefly Stimulus and already breaking previously, Dontyouforgetit at the start right as the starting car let the field of seven go. was close to 25 lengths back at the half mile and was still Driver Brian Sears – driving at his third different track of the somehow circling horses around the final turn looming for day (The Meadows, Meadowlands), was able to get the a brief moment. Takter-trained colt by Cantab Hall back on stride quickly and The 1:57:3 clocking was over three full seconds slower ended up getting away a comfortable enough fifth. than Archangel’s win in the 2012 edition which set a world Meanwhile, Fico was put on the lead early as Brennan was record for three-year-olds on a half mile track. able to utilize speed from the rail and just as Creampuff Coincidentally, the odds-on race favorite (Googoo Macdaddy (race’s second choice at 2/1) was about to clear to Gaagaa) broke multiple times in that race as well. the lead by the quarter – he too went on a break. Seizing the The victory was the first Yonkers Trot win for Schnittker, confusion at that point, Schnittker was quick to come out from who regards Yonkers half mile oval as his home track. “It the two hole and wrest command away from the early race (the win) was great because actually I should have won leader Fico. Commented Schittker, “You don’t know nothing, two.” Schnittker made mention to his horse Make It what’s going on behind you. I just knew George (Fico) was a (continued on next page) longshot and probably wanted to follow me. I popped out and my horse is probably better off the pace… but it worked out.” As Deweycolorintheline led coming into the stretch for the first time with Creampuff Macdaddy breaking for the second time on the outside, longshot Celebrity Stimulus who was in third at the time almost went down, made an uncontrollable break and wiped out Dontyouforgetit in the process. With the confusion and Deweycolorintheline (Ray Schnittker) main competition Photo by Mike Lizzi scattered, Deweycolorintheli ne was able to take the remaining field past the half in a pedestrian-like :57:4 and Schnittker joked (I think) post race that he “would have liked to have gotten the half in 1:01.” From that point on Deweycolorintheline never looked back. Into the stretch Schnittker got after Deweycolorintheline and the son of Deweycheatumnhowe (who Schnittker drove to victory in the 2008 Hambletonian) responded by opening up his lead in the stretch and ended up winning by a comfortable two length margin. Biggest Pools in Harness Racing in Guaranteed PickP 4 and PickP5P 5 Pools International Dollars Commingled provides bigger pools and better opportunities. of the best standardbred horses competing in full fields 50 State Route 120 • East Rutherford, NJ 07073 MEADOWLANDSRACETRACK.COM HarnessRacingUpdate.com • 7/28/13 PAGE 2 of 14 Happen whom he drove in the 2008 edition of the race where Sunfire Blue Chip Wins $450,000 Adios Final he alleged passing lane interference by race winner with Surprising Ease Napoleon but in which no post-race action was taken. Edited Press Release by Evan Pattak Deweycolorintheline had only one win coming in to the race WASHINGTON, PA, July 27, 2013—With one quick, but Schnittker knew the ability had always been there. decisive burst to the front, Sunfire Blue Chip (American Schnittker said, “He fractured his knee last year – actually Ideal) had a talented field at his mercy and went on to win kind of a bad one – and we put a screw in his knee to screw Saturday’s $450,000 final of the Delvin Miller Adios at The the bones back together and he’s come back real good. I Meadows by 3/4 lengths in 1:48.3. want to thank Mike Ross who did a great job with the surgery Vegas Vacation and Word Power, who both ducked, and this horse has been 100%. rallied from well Paying $16.20 for the win, Deweycolorintheline saw his back to finish career bankroll jump from just over $100K to in excess of second and $325,000. Fico was able to hold on for second and the 27/1 third, longshot Lauderdale closed up the inside with Brent Holland respectively. for third. The winner was sent off the HARNESS RACING UPDATE IS: co-second wagering Bill Finley - Publisher choice at 5-2. Dean Towers - Columnist Leaving from Sue Finley - Advertising Director post 4, winning Dean Hoffman - Contributor Sunfire Blue Chip’s happy connections. driver Yannick Lucas Marquardt - Contributor Gingras idled Robert Williams - IT for a moment before hustling Sunfire Blue Chip to an Lia Kusch - Graphic Design opening in the three hole. When he gunned the son of Brian Fuller - Layout and Distribution American Ideal-Shot Togo Bluechip to the front at the quarter, the race was effectively over. Visit us on the web at www.harnessracingupdate.com. (continued on next page) HarnessRacingUpdate.com • 7/28/13 PAGE 3 of 14 “I just played it by ear,” Gingras said. “I was expecting Brian Hanover for the second-fastest Adios final. Bolt The Duer (Sears) to fire out of there (with Vegas Vacation), but since won last year in 1:47.4, which still stands as the fastest he didn’t, I was open to anything. I saw that the two horses mile ever on a five-eighths-mile track. leaving (Evenin Of Pleasure and Beach Memories) weren’t the horses to beat, so I figured I had to get my horse to the ADIOS NOTES: The Adios field was reduced to seven top. Once I got to the lead, I was very comfortable.” with the mid-card scratch of Ultimate Beachboy due to Lonewolf Currier, who along with Sunflower Blue Chip won lameness . A heavy morning downpour rendered the an elimination last week, peeled off the cover of the first-over track sloppy for the early part of the program, but he Some Kinda Beach at the three-quarters but could manage surface dried nicely and was rated fast for the Adios. The only a fourth-place finish. Gingras said he didn’t expect a last time the Adios was raced on anything but a fast track successful challenge from outside. was 1999, when Dave Palone collected his lone blanket of “I would have been surprised if someone had beaten us orchids with Washington VC . Martini Hanover captured from there,” he said. the $50,000 Adios Consolation in 1:50.2 for Brian Sears, It was the first Adios victory for Gingras but the second trainer Chris Ryder and owner Robert Mondillo . for winning trainer Jimmy Takter, who took the 2009 “Pace for ManyAdios drivers rushed away after the final to make the Orchids” with Vintage Master. Takter conditions Sunfire assignments at other tracks, but Sears’ journey was Blue Chip, a $75,000 yearling acquisition who now boasts especially ambitious—mounts at both Yonkers and the career earnings of $392,464, for Christina Takter, Jim Meadowlands. “Three tracks, three sizes -- half, Fielding, John Fielding, Brixton Medical AB and RAW Equine five-eighths, mile -- in one day,” he said. Inc. Sunfire Blue Chip won his elimination off a three-week layoff, and Takter predicted he would be sharper today. Meadowlands Summer Mixed Sale Kicks off Sunday “I hope he gets even sharper,” Takter said. “He’ll need to at Noon...Plenty to Like in Catalogue Filled With be to beat Captain Treacherous.” He indicated his horse will next race in the Empire Horses Racing Now and Making Big Money...See Breeders Classic at Tioga Downs. News Today Section For Coverage The time of 1:48.3 ties Sunfire Blue Chip with Alsace HarnessRacingUpdate.com • 7/28/13 PAGE 4 of 14 cover and trotted home smartly to prevail by a length and a quarter over Classic Martine who was able to battle back on the inside for second. Commenting on the trip, Miller said “I followed her (To Dream On) right up and my filly felt real good there turning for home and she did the rest.” Realizing the daunting Bee a Magician and Mistery Woman Win task of going up against Bee A Magician in the Oaks final, Hambletonian Oaks Eliminations trainer Czernyson feels that Mistery Woman is in a good spot. “It looks like she’s coming into herself and feeling By Brett Sturman pretty good right now, so with a little bit of luck… Fresh off her 1:51 world record mile two weeks ago in the Everyone else (under Bee A Magician) looks pretty even.” Del Miller, Bee A Magician once again proved superior to her In addition to Hambletonian Oaks elimination winners divisional competition and captured her Hambletonian Oaks Bee A Magician and Mistery Woman who will get to pick elimination in an effortless 1:53:3.