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ACCEPTING ENTRIES ENTER ONLINE NOW Entries Will Close Around Mid-January 2021 DRF HARNESS HOME DIGITAL HARNESS EYE HARNESS PPS DRF BETS ENTRIES ARCHIVE THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2021 Five months in, Todd McCarthy has quickly moved to the top of the driver standings NEW PLAYERS MEADOWLANDS YTD DRIVER StANDINGS DOUBLE YOUR JAYWALKING Driver Starts Wins Win% FIRST DEPOSIT By Jay Bergman Todd McCarthy 41 10 24% UP TO $250 @BergmanJay Dexter Dunn 41 8 20% David Miller 39 8 21% JOIN NOW The 2021 harness racing season is but two Yannick Gingras 15 3 20% weeks old but already it appears that one driver Scott Zeron 26 3 12% is making a name for himself. Todd McCarthy entered the year as the youngest and least accomplished of the three driving sons of John Inside this issue McCarthy, a legendary trainer in Australia. go, succeeding nightly comes with a higher Todd, a 27-year-old that moved to the States in degree of difficulty. mid-2020, has been the star of the show at The While brother Andy arriving first helped, Derick Giwner: Older millionaires stand Meadowlands since the calendar turned the Todd found it a bit imposing to make the tran- the test of time, Page 5 page, moving to the top of the driving colony sition from Australian racing to the American that includes his older brother Andrew. style when he first arrived on these shores. Bob Marks: Time to make room for the “Andy’s success paved the way for me “I think I struggled some in the first month new boys of 2021, Page 9 coming here,” said Todd of his decision to to get my footing,” said McCarthy. “Every- leave Australia and come to New Jersey. body is leaning back in the sulky. It’s not like Giwner: Drama builds ahead of For McCarthy, whose older brother Luke that in Australia.” Indeed, it took some time Saturday’s Dan Patch Awards, Page 11 paved the way in Australia as a top pilot, before Todd could see how driver’s posture in Brabrook has high hopes for weekend lessons from his family appear to keep him the sulky could change the dynamic of each grounded. McCarthy began driving at 16 after race. Meadowlands handful, Page 13 years working along with his brothers at his Having the support of others is critical to On The Backstretch: Profile of writer/ mom and dad’s farm in Sydney. Most critical making an impact in this sport and McCarthy to the lessons learned from his elders, Todd is quick to acknowledge the folks that got him broadcaster Frank Drucker, Page 14 appears to have inherited the competitive- over here and gave him the opportunity. Chapter Seven, Peaceful Way & Father ness as well. “We’re all very competitive on “I need to give a shout out to Noel Daley for sure,” said McCarthy. It was Daley who not Patrick reach HOF, Page 16 the racetrack,” McCarthy said. “Off the race track we go back to being brothers.” only inspired McCarthy to make the trip but Best Bets & Analysis, Page 17 Over the years, harness racing has seen a gave him the chance to drive a budding star long list of brother acts in the driving colo- in last year’s standout juvenile trotting filly Industry News, Page 18 nies, but it’s clear from the events of the Anoka Hanover. “Noel helped with the paper- last few weeks that Andy and Todd McCar- work for the visas,” said McCarthy. Comments? Questions? thy, still young in their own careers, may in It was Andy McCarthy that guided Anoka Email the Editor [email protected] fact prove to be the most successful brother Hanover through the Pennsylvania Sire act the sport has ever seen. Granted Hall Stakes program and to a third-place finish TO ENSURE PROPER delivery of Famer Herve Filion and his successful in the championship final on September OF THE NEWSLETTER VIA brother Henri enjoyed long and prosper- 5. Yet McCarthy would step aside and let ous careers during a different era. For Todd his brother take over the reins afterwards. EMAIL, ADD [email protected]. and Andy, who only catch-drive and have to BHSCo.-Wintercom Entries_Layout to your contact 1 1/4/2021 LIST 11:46race AM againstPage 1 top catch-drivers wherever they CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 ACCEPTING ENTRIES ENTER ONLINE NOW www.bloodedhorse.com Entries will close around mid-January 2021. JERRY HAWS P.O. Box 187 Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 Phone: (859) 858-4415 Fax: (859) 858-8498 FEBRUARY 9 & 10, 2021 “There’s No Substitute for Experience” © 2021 Daily Racing Form, LLC - 10 Grand Central, 3rd Floor, NY, NY 10017 BY YANKEE CRUISER OUT OF SWEET FUTURE 2021 FEE: $12,500 LISA PHOTO Godspell Hall was one of 10 winners Todd McCarthy has steered during the opening three cards at The Meadowlands in 2021. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 as a force on weekends it has become obvious that he has a live pair of hands behind any horse that he drives. While the style of racing here is different in some ways to his native land, McCarthy doesn’t see that Anoka Hanover would go on to win her final seven starts of the season much of a difference in the caliber of horses here as compared Down for trainer Daley, closing out the campaign with a powerful victory in Under. “There’s a lot of quality in Australia,” McCarthy said. “I think the Goldsmith Maid at The Meadowlands. The Donato Hanover-sired the horses are very comparable.” filly earned $587K on the year and put Todd McCarthy’s name in the What has become more than obvious to those who bet the sport on spotlight for the first time in the United States. a regular basis is the overall influence of not just the trainers and Todd’s brother Andy has established himself in many of the drivers from the Southern Hemisphere but the incredible number of premier summertime classics and won the Hambletonian last year horses that have been imported and risen to fame in North Amer- as well as the first Mohawk Million, but throughout his over 10 ica. From the recently retired Shartin N, who arrived and vaulted years as a regular in North America, he spent winters vacationing to Horse of the Year status, to the current budding star Let It Ride with family and resisted racing in the cold in the Northeast. For his N, it appears that all have elevated the quality of racing in North part, Todd, at this point, expects to race as often as is necessary this America. winter. Like Dexter Dunn that came before him, McCarthy’s success on the “The weather hasn’t been that cold as yet,” said McCarthy. “I’m racetrack has led to more trainers putting him down to drive, expand- going to focus on racing on weekends at The Meadowlands for now. ing his base and giving him ample opportunity. He was present at I’ve got a few in at Yonkers this week.” Yonkers this past Monday (1/11) and though saddled with post eight For the most part the youngest of the McCarthy clan appears to be in two of his three drives, managed to finish the night with a victory enjoying his time in New Jersey and is very open to where the journey and second-place finish. McCarthy has exhibited a great sense of pace takes him. and without question has the hands required to get maximum speed Does he miss Australia? out of horses, some that didn’t seem to have much. “It’s a beautiful country,” McCarthy said. “This (U.S.) is a bigger For the time being, Todd is ahead of his brother Andy on the score- country and there’s a lot of opportunity here.” board, but you can bet that rivalry will heat up over the course of For bettors that have witnessed the emergence of Todd McCarthy what should be a very competitive season. Start planning for the 2021Ohio Sires Stakes season! March 15, 2021 is the deadline to nominate Ohio-bred 2 & 3-year-olds to Ohio’s richest program for state-bred trotters & pacers! Conditions, schedule & nomination forms for the 2021 Ohio Sires Stakes are now available at www.racingohio.net Kim Rinker, OSDF Administrator 614-779-0269 [email protected] DRF Harness Digest | 3 | January 14, 2021 Visit us online at drf.com/harness First-Crop 3YOs in 2021 include: FLAWLESS COUNTRY (pictured) PASS Champion (1:53.0, $430,423) DELAYED HANOVER Winner of Bluegrass Series (1:53.4, $136,418) Six yearlings sold for $100,000 or more last year TYPE A Winner of Matron Stakes (1:55.0, $164,779) THE BEST SON OF MUSCLE HILL AT STUD BY MUSCLE HILL OUT OF FLAWLESS LINDY | 2021 PRIVATE FEE Older millionaires continue to stand the test of time EDITOR’S EYE By Derick Giwner @harnesseyeguy We all see what we want to see. Some will look at a Standardbred and see speed, others beauty or grace and perhaps others just see an animal. While I admire the speed and beauty, nothing stands out more for me than the resiliency of the breed. In most cases, 25 to 30 times a year each Standardbred can be seen on the track giving their all. Outside of the stars of the sport or well- bred mares, many will continue on their racing journey well into the double-digit age territory and succeed. There are currently an amazing 21 horses 10 years of age or older who have eclipsed the million-dollar plateau in their careers, and as of late 2020, were still fighting the good fight on the track.
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