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Chris Choate's Western Joe Seeks Second Signature Win in $514,000 DRF HARNESS HOME DIGITAL HARNESS EYE HARNESS PPS DRF BETS ENTRIES ARCHIVE THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 Chris Choate’s Western Joe seeks second signature win in $514,000 Borgata final Inside this issue Machnhope, Blue Ivy seek mild upset in Blue Chip Matchmaker, Page 4 Derick Giwner: Amazing nine-race CHRIS BROKATE claiming streak continues on Western Joe has picked up two wins and two seconds in five Borgata Series starts. 14-year-old Dream Out Loud N, Page 6 Darin Zoccali: Navigating the social horses. Choate has two of his horses on the media minefield, Page 8 Monday card, with the veteran Western Joe JAYWALKING set to tackle Burke’s threesome as well as four Stakes horses on display at Saturday other solid contenders in the Borgata. Big M qualifiers, Page 8 By Jay Bergman “I was happy with the way he came out of last week’s race,” said Choate before the final On The Backstretch: Profile of driver @BergmanJay was drawn. “Post position is the most impor- Stephane Bouchard, Page 10 tant factor at Yonkers.” The trainer, who saw his horse draw Best Bets & Analysis, Page 12 If ever there was a David vs Goliath tale outside more than the average during five legs Headlines: Stakes payments due; 2021 for harness racing all one would need to do of the series, was unaware that Western Joe is look at Monday’s $514K final of the MGM would land mid-pack (post 5) inside two of the HOF class for Canada revealed, Page 13 Borgata series at Yonkers Raceway to find it. three Burke-trained contenders (Backstreet Comments? Questions? Qualifying for the final spots we find peren- Shadow in post 6 and This Is The Plan in post nial leading trainer Ron Burke with three of 8) and also Leonidas A (post 7), who won all Email the Editor [email protected] the eight in the field. Burke routinely enters four of the preliminary legs he raced in. the most horses and races the most top-rated The 7-year-old Western Joe had raced TO ENSURE PROPER delivery aged pacers in North America, so his contend- periodically at Yonkers throughout his OF THE NEWSLETTER VIA ers have earned their places. On the other side $791K-winning career but hadn’t had much is trainer Chris Choate, who thanks to some luck. For 2021 Choate had discussed a game EMAIL, ADD [email protected]. tough luck at the claim box over the last week com to your contact LIST has now seen his stable reduced to but three CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Thanks to everyone who nominated their youngsters to the 2021 Ohio Sires Stakes! The first Ohio Sires Stakes of 2021 are less than one month away! Miami Valley Raceway Leg One Divisions Sunday, May 2 Monday, May 3 3-Year-Old Filly Trot & Pace 3-Year-Old Colt Trot & Pace Kim Rinker, OSDF Administrator 614-779-0269 [email protected] Conditions & schedule available at www.racingohio.net © 2021 Daily Racing Form, LLC - 10 Grand Central, 3rd Floor, NY, NY 10017 MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021 BLUE CHIP MATCHMAKER FINAL Please play responsibly. Concerns about gambling? Help is available. Call the 24-hour toll-free helpline at 1.877.8HopeNY. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 plan to change things up a bit and the MGM Borgata was added to his schedule. “We staked him heav- ily last year,” said Choate. “In the end, with all of the traveling and entry fees, the owners kind of broke even. So, when we got together to plan his schedule, we decided to stay close to home and stake him much less.” Thus far the move has worked rather well for Choate as Western Joe has started exclusively at The Meadowlands and Yonkers this year and has nearly reached his entire earnings from 2020 with the big money riding this Monday. “Other than this race (Borgata) we’ve only staked CHRIS BROKATE him to the Haughton (Mead- Leonidas A was undefeated in four Borgata starts but got unlucky at the Final draw with post 7. owlands) and the Breeders Crown because it’s at our home track this year.” “Dexter (Dunn) told me that Let It Ride N wouldn’t be back at Choate isn’t looking down the road just yet, but he’s more than Yonkers,” Choate said as to how he was able to land the back-to-back happy with his decision to race Western Joe in each leg, as last week’s Driver of the Year award winner. Unbeknownst to Choate was the fact fifth round netted the altered son of Western Ideal a sizeable ($10,000) that the pre-MGM Borgata favorite will in fact be present at Yonkers second-place check, far better than what may have been had he on Monday night but for the $100,000 consolation and not the rich skipped the week and trained up to the final. final. “He’s not an easy horse to train hard,” said Choate. “I just figured While some of the others in Monday’s field appear headed for major it would be better to race him and work him lightly during the week.” stakes events following the MGM Borgata, Choate will be taking a It’s that kind of schedule that has kept Western Joe in top form and different road. no doubt the added attention the horse gets from Choate has paid off “We’ll give him a few weeks off,” Choate said. “Then we’ll likely go for quite some time. back to race at The Meadowlands. It’s a track he loves, and the purses While Western Joe enters the MGM Borgata final with two wins are solid.” and two seconds in the five legs and will have the services of top There are many tough horses in the MGM Borgata final, with Rock- driver Dexter Dunn, it’s hard to know just how well the horse will apelo (post 1), Hesa Kingslayer N (post 2) and Lyons Steel (post 4) handle the turns in the final. inside of Western Joe. Just how the race will unfold is anyone’s guess, “I have no idea,” said Choate, bewildered in some way but accepting of but expect Western Joe to be giving it his all in the stretch. the consequences given just how resilient Western Joe has been despite his issues around the turns. “He does it at the Meadowlands too.” YONKERS - $514,000 MGM BORGATA FINAL - RACE 8 What Western Joe has done is slow down and generally it happens POST HORSE DRIVER MORNING LINE on the final turn. “I really can’t explain it,” said Choate. “Maybe he’s cheating on us.” 1 ROCKAPELO GEORGE BRENNAN 9-2 The reference would imply that the veteran will only give what he 2 HESA KINGSLAYER N JIM MAROHN JR 6-1 wants and becomes his own boss on the final turn. “I don’t know how 3 MACH N CHEESE JOE BONGIORNO 8-1 else to explain it. It doesn’t happen on the first turn. We’ve seen him 4 LYONS STEEL COREY CALLAHAN 20-1 leave in 25 and change at The Meadowlands,” Choate said. 5 WESTERN JOE DEXTER DUNN 3-1 What Western Joe has lacked on the turns somehow leaves his 6 BACKSTREET SHADOW TIM TETRICK 4-1 mind into the stretch, as the gelding has finished powerfully in his 7 LEONIDAS A AUSTIN SIEGELMAN 6-1 last three Yonkers races including a March 29 blow by of the 1-2 8 THIS IS THE PLAN YANNICK GINGRAS 5-1 Burke-trained Backstreet Shadow in a 1:51 4/5 victory. In last week’s final prelim Dunn essentially conceded the front to Backstreet Shadow and Western Joe attempted a first-over bid that stalled dramatically on the final turn. While thought to be going backwards at the time, Western Joe came to life in the stretch and again finished his mile going faster than at any time during the race. “Sure, he’s lost a step,” said Choate. “Most horses his age will.” As a 4-year-old in 2018, Western Joe had his signature win beating the aged champion McWicked in the mile-and-one-eighth Sam McKee Memorial. It was the biggest victory of his career in a year he would win 10 of 25 starts. On Monday Western Joe has the opportunity to become a million- aire if he can defeat seven rivals including a former stablemate. Mach N Cheese had spent the last two years alongside Western Joe in the Follow small but select Choate stable. The owners elected to move the horse this year to trainer Edwin Quevedo and Mach N Cheese found his way into the final with a timely win in last week’s final round. Choate was happy his former trainee made the final but perhaps happier that another horse didn’t. DRF Harness Digest | 3 | April 15, 2021 Visit us online at drf.com/harness Blue Ivy, Machnhope look to upset ‘Alexa’ in Matchmaker By Jay Bergman The $232,800 final of the Blue Chip Matchmaker at Yonkers Raceway this Monday could provide harness fans with the showdown between the streaking Alexa Skye and the resilient Blue Ivy, or perhaps an outsider or two can sneak into the picture if those two lock horns. The post draw set the field in an order that handicaps Alexa Skye (post 6) and benefits multi-leg winners Blue Ivy (post 3) and the Noel Daley- trained Machnhope (post 1). “It’s the draw I was dreaming about,” said Daley, elated that his rugged 6-year-old will go for the big money with the best draw.
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