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©2016 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 Pennsylvania-sired Races Featured At Pocono PLAN TO ATTEND Eliminations for the Pennsylvania Classic for 3-year-old pacers of both sexes will be held Saturday night at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono. The top four finishers in each of the two Pennsylvania Classic elims for 3-year-old male pacers, plus the fastest fifth-place finisher of the two splits, will advance to the $500,000 final on Saturday, May 7. The top three finishers in each of the three Miss Pennsylva- 440 nia elims for 3-year-old filly pacers will return for the MAY 9, 2016 CATALOG $350,000 final on May 7. Racehorses, racing prospects, ENTRIES! Trainer Ron Burke has the morning-line favorites in both broodmares, foals, yearlings & more! Pennsylvania Classic eliminations. JK Will Power is listed as ONLINE CATALOG AVAILABLE AT the 5-2 choice in the first elim (Race 8), while the entry of www.bloodedhorse.com Check Six and Big Top Hanover is listed as the 5-2 favorites in the second elim (Race 11). Burke has a second starter in Equipment sells before and after the sale each day. the first elim in Manhattan Beach, who is uncoupled with JK Will Power and is the 3-1 second choice. JK Will Power, who finished his freshman season with a fourth-place finish in the $413,000 Governor’s Cup final at the Meadowlands, won his 2016 debut on April 24 at Har- “There’s No Substitute for Experience” rah’s Philadelphia by three lengths in 1:53 in a $14,000 con- INQUIRIES TO ANY ONE OF THESE: ditioned race for driver Yannick Gingras. Gingras is back in JERRY HAWS • P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 the sulky for the PA Classic elim, starting from post 4. Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 “He looked like a million dollars,” said Gingras. “He looks CHARLES MORGAN (937) 947-1218 like a horse. He’s the type of horse that is a little bit lazy; DEAN BEACHY & ASSOCIATES, Auctioneers “He really got he’s not one to run and hide from the field and win by a hundred screwed up last WHAT’S INSIDE . . . year by stepping lengths.” through a nail.” In making comments for the Who was James K. Hackett?—pg. 2 Spring Training Report in the April Dailey has five chances at Hackett—pg. 4 –Ron Burke 20 issue of The Horseman And Fair about Check Six World, trainer Burke noted that Foiled Again drops in class—pg. 6 Check Six was one of his top 2-year-old colt pacers last year Ones To Watch—pg. 7 until stepping on a nail in mid-season. The son of Some- Breeding Banter—pg. 8 beachsomewhere returned late to finish fifth in his Gover- nor’s Cup elimination at the Meadowlands before finishing anything. Mentally he didn’t get hurt last year and I think he 10th in the $413,000 final after starting from post 10. has a chance to be a top horse.” “He really got screwed up last year by stepping through a Gingras also drove Big Top Hanover to a pair of third-place nail,” Burke said. “We had to get him ready for the Gover- qualifying finishes this year before turning the lines over to nor’s Cup and he was great in the elimination and then Matt Kakaley on April 24 at Harrah’s Philadelphia where the drew the 10 in the final and it was a debacle.” son of Western Ideal finished a late-closing third in a condi- Check Six has come out swinging in his sophomore year tioned race. Kakaley is back in the bike for the PA Classic with a third and first in his two qualifiers before a 1:52.2 vic- elim, starting from post 7. tory in his pari-mutuel debut in a conditioned event on April “Big Top Hanover is a really nice horse too,” said Gingras. 24 at Harrah’s Philadelphia. “I picked (Check Six) because of the post position. Even “I think he is probably Ronnie’s best colt,” said driver Gin- though Check Six will be better on a big track, Big Top is gras, who will leave from post 1 in his PA Classic elim. “He’s more like a one-run type of horse, so the five-eighths might come back this year really good and he has a chance to be not help him so much.” HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 13 April 29, 2016 www.harnessracing.com As for the distaff side of the equation, Gingras will drive the Burke-trained Yankee Moonshine (Race 3) and Eloquent FREE THIS WEEKEND’S Grace (Race 5). Both fillies are making their 3-year-old debut Program off a pair of second-place finishes in qualifiers. Pages FEATURED RACES Listed as the 7-2 third choice, Yankee Moonshine will start from All times listed are local. post 2 in a field of six that Gingras said was stacked deep. The Friday, April 29 sextet includes Pure Country, who is making her seasonal debut 8:05p MVR7 Hackett 3FP final Trackmaster PPs after her 10-for-10 freshman campaign that led to honors as the 9:30p YR8 F&M Open Pace Trackmaster PPs 2-Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year; Newborn Sassy, who closed Click here to download all Friday PPs out her rookie year with an eight-race win streak that culmi- nated with a victory in the Matron final at Dover Downs; and In- Saturday, April 30 ternational Stallion Stake division winner Darlinonthebeach. 7:06p PcD3 Miss PA 3FP elim Trackmaster PPs “Yankee Moonshine qualified really good both times and 7:24p PcD4 Miss PA 3FP elim Trackmaster PPs she’s ready to go,” said Gingras, “but it’s definitely a really 7:42p PcD5 Miss PA 3FP elim Trackmaster PPs tough division. You probably have the top four fillies in Penn- 7:45p MVR6 Hackett 3CP final Trackmaster PPs sylvania in there. And the other two in there haven’t lost a race 8:36p PcD8 PA Classic 3CP elim Trackmaster PPs this year. (Kiss Me Onthebeach) won in 1:52.2 at the Meadow- 8:50p YR6 Open Pace Trackmaster PPs lands and (Candy Corn Hanover) swept that series at Pocono. 9:30p PcD11 PA Classic 3CP elim Trackmaster PPs “Three of them are going to be eliminated. It’s hard for a 9:30p YR8 OpenTrot Trackmaster PPs first start as you don’t want to over-race them, yet if you 10:30p Moh10 Preferred Pace Trackmaster PPs want to get into the final you’re going to have to race hard.” Click here to download all Saturday PPs Eloquent Grace will start from post 6 in a seven-filly field as the 9-2 fourth choice.—By Gordon Waterstone Visit www.trackmaster.com and subscribe to download full cards from your favorite tracks!

Jim Hackett drives Best Of All (6) to a victory in the 1967 Little Brown Jug final at Delaware, Ohio. HarnessRacing Weekend Preview

Kathy Parker Heather Kemper Who Was James K. Hackett? [email protected] [email protected] Ohio-sired 3-year-old pacers will be center stage at Miami Editor/ General Manager Assistant Production Manager Valley Raceway this weekend in a pair of $35,000 James K. Lynne Myers Vanessa Flannery [email protected] [email protected] Hackett Memorial Series finals. The fillies will be up first on Fri- Accounting & Circulation day night, with their male counterparts on tap Saturday night. Advertising Manager The late-closers are named in memory of Hackett, who Gordon Waterstone [email protected] For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, died on Aug. 24, 1970, at the age of 52 after suffering a heart Associate Editor either P.O. Box 8480, Lexington, KY 40533, attack moments after finishing a race at Latonia Raceway Suzanne Starbuck or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, (now Turfway Park Thoroughbred racetrack). The veteran [email protected] Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026 horseman won many major stakes over his career, including Production Manager driving Best Of All to a victory in the 1967 Little Brown Jug. © Copyright Horseman Publishing Company. Hackett was primarily the private trainer for Ohio-based A product of Horseman Publishing Company, publishers of the website owner Samuel Huttenbauer, a Cincinnati meat packer. One www.harnessracing.com and The Horseman And Fair World magazine. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, of Hackett’s other top horses was Prince Victor, who finished electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission. 4-6 in the 1954 Hambletonian. Hackett was voted an Immortal to the Harness Racing Hall To sign up for the Weekend Preview please visit of Fame in 1985. He was married to Mary Smart, the daugh- www.harnessracing.com/members_sign_up.php ter of 1978 Immortal Wayne “Curly” Smart. NOMINATIONSNOMINATIONS CCLOSELOSE MAYMAY 16,16, 22016!016! SUMMER SERIES YEARLING NOMINATIONS Dream Maker 2017 Champlain Stakes Two-year-old open pace. To race as two-year-old pacers Define The World and trotters in 2017. Two-year-old open trot. 2017 Champlain Filly Stakes To race as two-year-old filly pacers Pure Ivory and trotters in 2017. Two-year-old filly trot. 2018 Simcoe Stakes Whenuwishuponastar To race as three-year-old pacers Two-year-old filly pace. and trotters in 2018. Summertime 2018 Simcoe Filly Stakes Three-year-old pacing colts and geldings. To race as three-year-old filly pacers Town Pro and trotters in 2018. Three-year-old filly pacers. WEG 2018 Standardbred Breeders of Ontario Association Stakes To race as Ontario-Sired three-year-old filly pacers and filly trotters in 2018. 20162016 UUpcomingpcoming EEventsvents Mohawk Raceway Maple Leaf Trot & Open April 7 till November 7 Canadian Trotting Classic Fireworks & Family Fun Night Saturday, September 17 Saturday, May 21 OSS Grassroots Championship Pepsi North America Cup Saturday, September 24 Saturday, June 18 OSS Super Finals Canadian Pacing Derby & Saturday, October 15 Metro Pace “Fall Four” Finals Saturday, September 3 Saturday, November 19 HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 4 of 13 April 29, 2016 www.harnessracing.com Dailey Loaded With Contenders Dailey bought the yearling filly named Tweedledtweedle- In Hackett Finals At Miami Valley dum for $11,000 at last year’s Blooded Horse Sale. “I’ve been in 2:11 with her so far,” said Dailey of Twee- Trainer Jim “Bill” Dailey has five strong chances to win a dledtweedledum. “I liked her as a yearling because she’s a James K. Hackett Memorial race at Miami Valley Raceway big, rangy filly, more like her mother than the others.” this weekend. Dailey’s other Hackett filly pace contenders include Big The prestigious Hackett is the only Ohio-sired race Dailey Bad Bretta (post 7) and Im Feelin Fine, who is also has not won, and he has three contenders in the filly pace owned by Zosel and Ratcliff in partnership with Dailey’s and a deuce in the colt pace division. Dailey’s five Hackett fi- wife, Kim. nalists are so good that he said he’s had the Burke Stable Dailey made one observation about the Hackett that could inquire about buying three of them. play into how the races develop. In the $35,000 Hackett for 3-year-old filly pacers, which “All of these horses probably have the Sires Stakes the will be contested Friday, Dailey will be sending out Ohio next week, and since you need to get Sires Stakes points, Sires Stakes championship runner-up My Tweed Heart, Big people might be careful in the Hackett, knowing they are Bad Bretta and Im Feelin Fine. In Saturday’s $35,000 colt racing back in the Sires Stakes the next week,” he noted.— division he has the 5-2 favorite Gotmoneyinmypocket, who By Kathy Parker had the misfortune of drawing post position 8, and Winna Winna, who starts from post 4 and is 4-1 after winning a Post Position Wins at Miami Valley Hackett elimination. “I like both of my colts,” said Dailey, who is presently train- PP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ing a stable of about 50 horses at the fairgrounds in Ur- starts 1,095 1,095 1,095 1,095 1,095 1,094 1,077 976 675 498 win 174 135 147 165 214 98 71 39 14 40

bana, Ohio. “Gotmoneyinmypocket is a quality animal. He’s USTA data through 4/26/16 place 150 148 156 139 155 100 102 67 25 53 markedly better than my other horse (Winna Winna).” show 127 161 155 147 131 128 100 76 26 43 But can Gotmoneyinmypocket, who has won both of his Percent in Money 2016 starts, win from post 8? win 15.9 12.3 13.4 15.1 19.5 9.0 6.6 4.0 2.1 8.0 “You’re not totally out of it with post 8 at Miami Valley, but place 29.6 25.8 27.7 27.8 33.7 18.1 16.1 10.9 5.8 18.7 you’ve got to get a break leaving,” said Dailey. show 41.2 40.5 41.8 41.2 45.7 29.8 25.3 18.6 9.6 27.3 Gotmoneyinmypocket is a gelded son of Feelin Friskie out of Fran Anna, a daughter of the accomplished Ohio filly Fan Anna. He’s a homebred owned by Jerry Zosel and Kathy Ratcliff. Fran Anna suffered from injuries during her racing days but her foals have made up for it. Her first offspring, Ig- ottafeelinfran, won the Ohio Sire Stakes championships at ages 3, 4 and 5 and has 26 wins and earnings approaching $500,000. Gotmoneyinmypocket is the mare’s third foal. Dailey’s best shot of winning the Hackett for filly pacers is My Tweed Heart, who is owned by Carl and Melanie Atley of Xenia, Ohio. The Atleys purchased the filly last July from horseman Tye Loy, who bought her as yearling for just $2,700. “When Carl bought her and I got her, I knew she was a pretty nice horse,” said Dailey. “But I saw this filly as a year- ling and I didn’t like her. She was a midget and real curvy, but she grew up.” My Tweed Heart is a daughter of Manhardt-Tweedle D, a winner of $294,280 and a runner-up in the Ohio Sires Stakes championship as a 3 year old in 2001. Although mostly trained by Jim Arledge Jr., Dailey sat behind Tweedle D in a race. “I liked the mare. She was a really good mare,” recalled Dailey. “So I looked at all of her foals.” Before My Tweed Heart, Tweedle D had four prior foals, none of which ever raced for money. “I looked at all of them and I never liked any of them as yearlings, until last year,” said Dailey. THE TIME IS NOW TO BREED IN NJ!

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The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey Inc. 64 Business Route 33, Manalapan, NJ 07726 732-462-2357 Fax: 732-409-0741 www.sboanj.com HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 6 of 13 April 29, 2016 www.harnessracing.com In Search Of Win, Foiled Again Drops In Class Foiled Again, the all-time richest Standardbred with $7,366,738 in earnings, will go somewhere on Saturday where he has seldom gone. The 12-year-old gelding will start in a $20,000 conditioned race at The Downs at Mohe- gan Sun Pocono, just the third time since 2010 the superstar pacer has started in a race that wasn’t a stake or a top-class contest. The last time came on April 25, 2015, when Foiled Again finished fifth in a $25,000 event at Pocono. Foiled Again comes into Satur- day’s race with five starts under his belt in 2016, all in George Michael Lisa/Lisa Photo Michael Morton Levy Memorial Series competition at Yonkers Raceway. After a second and three fourths in the preliminaries, Foiled Foiled Again—who won the Levy final in Again 2009 and 2010—again finished “ I think his main fourth in a $50,000 race for Levy thing right now eligibles last Saturday night. is he’s so fat; it’s “I think his main thing right now hard for (trainer) is he’s so fat; it’s hard for (trainer) Ronnie (Burke) Ronnie (Burke) to get the weight to get the off him. He’s getting older,” said weight off him.” driver Yannick Gingras, who will leave from post 2 with Foiled Again –Yannick Gingras in Race 13 on Saturday night. “He about Foiled Again wasn’t bad at Yonkers. They were just going so fast and he’s having a hard time catching up to their speed. But I still think he’ll be good. He’s never really shown us any bad efforts. Maybe I won’t use him so much early and try and get away somewhere towards the middle and come first-up. Maybe that way will work better for him. I’ll try and change it up for him.” Gingras said he isn’t concerned that Foiled Again has lost confidence in himself on the racetrack. Gingras pointed out that after 86 wins in 251 career starts, that aspect doesn’t come into play. “He definitely doesn’t need to win for his confidence, but if he happened to win, it wouldn’t hurt him,” said Gingras.— By Gordon Waterstone

Foiled Again wins a Breeders Crown elim last October at Woodbine. New Image Media Photo HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 7 of 13 April 29, 2016 www.harnessracing.com

Eighteen horses who won more than a quarter-of-a-million debut, and 5-year-old stars SOMEWHERE IN LA and dollars last year—including 2015’s Trotter of the Year MCWICKED. Pinkman, 2-Year-Old Colt Trotter of the Year Southwind Frank Also qualifying on Friday morning at Mohawk is trainer and Older Male Trotter JL Cruze—have been entered in Sat- Casie Coleman’s highly-touted 3-year-old colt pacer BET- urday morning’s qualifiers at the Meadowlands. Post time TING LINE. for the first race is 9:30 a.m. and the races can be seen live On the pari-mutuel side of racing, Friday night’s card at the via the track’s website www.meadowlandsracetrack.com. Meadowlands features a $25,000 Fillies & Mares Open The listed purse atop Race 7 is “$0,” but if you made it Handicap Pace (Race 8). The seven-horse field includes the $500,000 nobody would have been surprised. The qualifier 2015 Three-Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year DIVINE CARO- is a re-match from last Saturday’s morning test between LINE. There is also a well-matched group of seven mare millionaires PINKMAN and CRAZY WOW, with the latter get- ting the best of his divisional peer in 1:55. Although pacers in Race 7, a $15,000 conditioned pace. Starting from Pinkman was not nominated to the May 8 Mack Lobell Elit- post 1 is the 4-year-old SASSA HANOVER, who went over lopp Playoff, Crazy Wow and three others in the qualifier— the $1-million mark in career earnings late last year. Other JL CRUZE, OBRIGADO and WIND OF THE NORTH—are big-name mares in the field include BETTOR BE STEPPIN, a nominated. winner of more than three-quarters of a million dollars who The race is also a rematch of an April 16 qualifier at Pom- is a stablemate of Divine Caroline in the Joe Holloway barn, pano Park between OBRIGADO and WIND OF THE NORTH, SANDBETWEENURTOES and STACIA HANOVER. who respectively finished one-two that day in 1:55.4. Re- The 2014 Jugette winner and 2015 Breeders Crown Older spective trainers Paul Kelley and Daryl Bier are obviously Mare Pace champ COLOR’S A VIRGIN will be making her 5- using the qualifier as a prep for the Elitlopp Playoff. year-old debut on Friday night at Hoosier Park. Assigned Making the race an even more loaded affair are the entries post 6 in a six-horse field, Color’s A Virgin won her lone of New York Sires Stakes star mare BARN DOLL and the qualifying effort this year on April 20 at Miami Valley. CRESCENT FASHION multi-stakes-placed . Hoosier Park has a pair of $21,000 Invitationals on tap Sat- One other Elitlopp Playoff-eligible trotter who is scheduled urday night. Race 1 is the top-class event for trotters with to qualify is the 7-year-old DW’S NY YANK. With $994,985 in Elitlopp Playoff-eligible NATURAL HERBIE starting from career earnings, DW’s NY Yank is likely one paycheck away post 5. The 2015 Breeders Crown champ FREAKY FEET PETE from surpassing the $1-million mark. Starting from post 7 in Race 8, DW’s NY Yank’s rivals include Jimmy Takter’s starts from the outside post 6 in the pacing invite slated as CANEPA HANOVER. Race 10. The Elitlopp Playoff is set for Sunday, May 8, at the Mead- Three eliminations for the Dexter Cup for 3-year-old male owlands. trotters will be contested Saturday afternoon at Freehold. Making his season bow is SOUTHWIND FRANK, the unani- Included among the hopefuls is DOMINION BEACH, a son mous choice of the members of The Horseman And Fair of Muscle Hill out of the 2002 Hambletonian Oaks champ World’s trotting panel, whose comments can be found in the Windylane Hanover. Dominion Beach is a full brother to “Top Picks” feature in the April 20 issue of The Horseman Muscle Diamond 3, 1:53.2f ($611,699). Dominion Beach magazine. Southwind Frank and driver Yannick Gingras will starts from post 2 in the second Dexter Cup elim (Race 7) start from post 4 in Race 6, taking on a field that includes for the husband-wife, driver-trainer team of Marcus and highly-touted sophomore rivals BROOKLYN HILL, MAKE OR Nancy Johansson. MISS, MILLIGAN’S SCHOOL and LOVE MATTERS. Dominion Beach is one of four Hambletonian-eligible trot- Three-year-old filly pacers WOMANS WILL, ALL THE TIME, ters vying for the Dexter Cup. The others are GRANITE CAPRICE HILL and HAUGHTY—all winners of more than STATE, STEED and TREASURE KEYS K. $300,000 last year—will square off in Race 2. Saturday night will also see the 2016 debut of reigning Race 10 includes some promising 3-year-old colt pacers Older Male Pacer of the Year STATE TREASURER. The 7-year- including 2015 Sheppard champ AUTOTUNE HANOVER and a trio of horses who could make an impact from the old son of Real Desire will start from post 8 in Race 10 barn of Tony Alagna: MINDTRIP, HIGHLANDBEACHYCOVE ($34,000 Preferred Pace) at Mohawk Racetrack, with his and TOM HILL. Alagna will also send out 3-year-old filly lines showing only a 1:49.4 workout on a “good” track at pacer prospects THATSOVERYNICE and SHOW TIME HILL Southern Oaks Training Center in Florida on April 15. Trainer in Race 11. Ian Moore will send out a second entry in ARTHUR BLUE The qualifier finale, Race 12, includes the 2015 Art Rooney CHIP. The field also includes 2013 Metro winner BOOM- final winner IN THE ARSENAL, who is making his 4-year-old BOOM BALLYKEEL. HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 8 of 13 April 29, 2016 www.harnessracing.com

Gural’s Case Of Ill stations and were injured because of shale gas emissions,” Foals; Another Surgery said David Brown, a veteran toxicologist and consultant for For “Serena” an independent environmental health organization, the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project. Everyone loves cheap gas, and According to Brown, who studied at Cornell, University of that includes natural gas used to California and Harvard, there are four routes of exposure to heat homes, but not everyone is a gas-field chemicals: water, air, soil and food. fan of fracking, the process that “There is a study out of Duke University that looked at has been a game changer in the water contamination and it found that the usual studies, energy field. those tests, cannot identify chemicals that are potentially in A debate has emerged over the water. We’re also convinced that there could be an air whether or not fracking poses a exposure pathway from emissions.” risk to public health and even Interestingly, testing water sounds about like testing livestock, and breeder Jeff Gural horses for illegal substances. If you don’t know what sub- is the latest to express concerns. stances to test for, you can’t find it. Gural breeds horses under the banner of Allerage Farms, Gural has filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Depart- which has locations in both New York and Pennsylvania. ment of Environmental Protection and in it he says that the Fracking is not permitted in New York but is quite prevalent scope of the water tests was too narrow. in Pennsylvania, with a fracking site located right next door Gural’s Pennsylvania farm is also now the subject of a study to Allerage. by a veterinary team at Cornell funded by a $240,000 grant. Over the past three years 17 foals born at Gural’s farm in The study is not only analyzing water but compounds in the Bradford County, Pa., have been born with a condition soil, air, feed and the blood and tissue of the horses. A filter called dysphagia, which means foals are aspirating the is attached to a mare’s halter to capture a sample of the air mother’s milk, with the two symptoms that the foal has milk the horse breathes. A preliminary test of the air has shown at the nostrils after nursing and a rattle in the chest. The the substance diisobutyl phthalate, a known neuro and re- condition can cause pneumonia and death. productive toxin, was 20 times higher than normal levels. Five of 10 foals born on the Pennsylvania farm were af- Gural said he has spoken with other breeders and it ap- flicted with dysphagia in 2014 and 10 of 11 in 2015. pears that dysphagia is a rare condition among commercial Gural has had all of the ill foals shipped to Cornell Univer- Standardbred breeding farms. sity and they have been successfully treated. Steve Stewart, who together with his wife, Cindy, has bred “All this condition really does is cost you money,” said Gural. and raised Standardbreds at Hunterton Farms in Kentucky “If you treat the horse, they send them back in perfect health.” for more than 25 years, said he has never had a foal af- Since the only foals affected were those born after being flicted with dysphagia. carried by mares residing in Pennsylvania, Gural wondered “This could be like the case of the mare abortion outbreak if the neighboring gas well operated by Chesapeake Ap- we had here in Kentucky many years ago, where it took palachia LLC was to blame. quite a long time but they finally traced it to the Eastern tent Gural called the state, the federal government, and re- caterpillar,” said Stewart, who was in the middle of a field to searchers at Cornell to try to find out why the foals were fetch the prolific broodmare Graceful Touch and inseminate being afflicted. The water on the farm was tested and her with semen shipped in from Father Patrick. showed only high levels of iron and manganese, but Gural Meanwhile, Stewart had a bit of bad luck again with South- decided to have a water filtration system installed. wind Serena, the dam of world champion Mission Brief. This year three broodmares on the farm before the filtra- Last year Southwind Serena had to undergo surgery for tion system was deployed were due to foal, and two of the colic just a week after her foal, a colt by Muscle Hill, was de- foals were stricken with dysphagia. livered by cesarean section. The colt was healthy and the So could fracking be the cause of the sickness? mare recovered as well, but was not bred last year. In a book entitled “The Real Cost of Fracking,” Cornell’s “We went to breed Southwind Serena about a month ago Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald interviewed animal and the vet palpated her and said, ‘There’s something owners in six states—Colorado, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, wrong,’” shared Stewart. “So Dr. Park (who performed the Pennsylvania and Texas—and cited 24 cases where animals colic surgery and cesarean delivery last year) came out and were potentially affected by gas drilling. In addition to pos- looked at her and said we’ve got to operate again. He sible contamination from water, they also noted contami- thought it was either a twisted gut or some adhesions from nants in emissions. last year’s surgery. It turned out to be a twisted gut, but she “Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald’s work at Cornell got through that and she’s bounced back and is fine. But has clearly shown the effects of fracking in cattle, and we we’re going to do an embryo transfer now (breeding to have had reports of horses that were living near compressor Muscle Hill).”—By Kathy Parker HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 9 of 13 April 29, 2016 www.harnessracing.com

USTA Won’t Fund Out-Of-Competition Testing challenged with Food Money, but Nuncio was not seriously The US Trotting Association has voted to discontinue pro- threatened, said Melander. viding funding support for out-of-competition testing. In a “He wasn’t tired and I could have asked him to go faster,” conference call earlier this week, the association’s Executive Melander offered. Committee voted 16-1 on a motion to discontinue funding. Nuncio is on track to compete in the Elitlopp, scheduled The members of the Executive Committee are USTA presi- for the last Sunday in May. dent Phil Langley, chairman Ivan Axelrod, vice chairman Another Daily Copy Aims For PA Classic Russell Williams, treasurer Dick Brandt, Stacy Cahill, Mari- Carl Sackheim has high expectations for 3-year-old male lyn Breuer-Bertera, Chris Schick, Gabe Wand, Sam Lilly, Alan pacer Another Daily Copy, but rather than spending a lot of Leavitt, Sam Beegle, Shawn Wiles, Bob Galterio, Don time talking about the colt, he hopes the horse’s perform- Marean, Jim Boese and John Brennan. According to Mike ance on the racetrack speaks for itself. Tanner, executive vice president and CEO of the USTA, the A 72-year-old New Yorker, Sackheim bred and owns An- only “no” vote was cast by Langley. Axelrod abstained and other Daily Copy, who competes Saturday in the first of two a couple of other directors did not vote. eliminations of the Pennsylvania Classic, for 3-year-old “The dialogue was that out-of-competition testing should Pennsylvania-sired male pacers. be done by the states and through the regulatory process. Sackheim, who started a court reporting business in 1980, We’ll support out-of-competition testing by encouraging it, often names horses with references to his line of work. The but not financially,” said Langley, who added that he did not dam of the Somebeachsomewhere-sired Another Daily wish to elaborate about the committee’s discussion. Copy is Court Stenographer. The Meadowlands has been conducting out-of-competi- “I believe he’s a top-line horse,” said Sackheim, who has tion testing and it was revealed at this year’s USTA annual Another Daily Copy staked to events including the Meadow- meeting that the USTA had provided $15,000 in funding to lands Pace, Adios, Cane Pace, and Progress Pace. “We’ll support the Meadowlands’ testing. see. Talk is cheap; the horse has got to produce. We’ve been The Hambletonian Society has had pre-race samples drawn on contestants in the Hambletonian and Breeders getting him ready, taking it slowly. I’m very optimistic.” Crown as well. Another Daily Copy will start his Pennsylvania Classic “We’ve done out-of-competition testing for 10 years,” said elimination from post 8 with George Napolitano Jr. at the Tom Charters, CEO of the Hambletonian Society. “We coop- lines for trainer Nicholas DeVita. Another Daily Copy is 20-1 erate with racing commissions. We don’t have the experts on the morning line. to carry this out. So we framed it in our conditions that if Sackheim bought his first harness racing horse in the mid- there was a positive, it would be acted upon by regulatory 1970s and found his first stakes-level performer in Vac’s agency. We wanted our testing to be tied to the regulatory Happy Cress with partners Ed Cappucci and Ron Jacobson process. We try to reimburse the regulatory agency for in 1983. Among his recent successes was Another Amaretto, some of the costs involved.” who finished third in the 2012 Kentucky Futurity. His ties to The USTA Executive Committee also voted to spend a Another Daily Copy date back to 1999, when he bought total of $60,000 to fund two medication studies, one on broodmare Secret Patrol. mepivacaine, used as a local anesthesia and painkiller, and The Albatross-sired Secret Patrol, the third dam of Another betamethasone, a steroid found in many topical treatments. Daily Copy, was a half sister to Delinquent Account, a Dan Patch In other USTA news, Russell Williams has stepped down Award-winner in 1991 as a pacing mare and later the mom of from his USTA’s seat on the board of trustees of the Ameri- Dan Patch Award-winner Artiscape and granddam of million- can Horse Council. Marilyn Breuer-Bertera, a director from aires If I Can Dream, Western Shore and Strike An Attitude. Michigan, will take Williams’ spot. The USTA is also repre- Secret Patrol produced Whats My Line for Sackheim. Whats sented on the board of trustees by Tanner and Don Marean, My Line, who won the consolation division of the 2003 Ken- a director from Maine who also serves in the Maine House tucky Sire Stakes, is the dam of Court Stenographer. of Representatives.—(harnessracing.com) “I love the pedigree,” Sackheim said. “I stuck with it. I’ve got my fingers crossed.” Nuncio Wins In 1:52.2 at Solvalla Another Daily Copy finished second in his first three career Nuncio, driven by Stefan Melander, won at the Solvalla races—each by a half-length or less—before running into track in Stockholm on Wednesday night in 1.52.2f. That’s the health issues that sidelined him temporarily. He finished the fastest mile thus far this year in Europe. season with one win in eight starts and $45,563 in purses. He Nuncio took the lead quickly after the start, with Jennifer finished fifth in his 3-year-old debut on April 19 at Pocono. Tillman yielding with Food Money. Down the stretch Tillman Continues on page 10 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 10 of 13 April 29, 2016 www.harnessracing.com

“He was racing really super (early last year),” Sackheim 2017 Dan Patch Awards Dinner said. “He tied up in the middle of the year, and that messed At Planet Hollywood Las Vegas him up. We now know a lot more about him that we didn’t The U. S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA has an- know then. Hopefully all those problems from last year are nounced that it will be holding its 2017 Dan Patch Awards gone, and he shows it on the racetrack.” (HRC) Banquet at the Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort and Candy Corn Hanover Sweet For Connections Casino on Sunday, Feb. 26. He has conditioned North America Cup Consolation victor A part of the Caesars chain of gaming resorts, Planet Western Cyclone and two fillies that brought home the Hollywood started operation on its present site, formerly Jugette hardware in Just Wait Kate and Eternity’s Delight, the Aladdin casino/hotel on the famous Las Vegas Strip but Travis Alexander has always wanted to put the progeny next to the Vegas and Bally’s casino/hotels, in 2007, and of Dragon Again through their paces. He finally has that op- the property was acquired by Caesars in 2010. It was the portunity with the undefeated Candy Corn Hanover, and like first resort operated by Planet Hollywood, which is an everything else he has undertaken in life, he plans on mak- upscale restaurant chain owned by many Hollywood ing the absolute most of it. stars and founded in 1991. “I have always wanted a Dragon Again,” said the 37-year- Among the features at Planet Hollywood’s Las Vegas site old Lansing, Mich., native. “It has just not ever worked out. are The Miracle Mile, a 170-store shopping mall, and AXIS, Something has come up or the circumstances did not go my the largest auditorium on the Vegas strip, where performers way, but we had a credit from Hanover (Shoe Farms) who such as Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and Lionel Richie bred her and she was circled in my book before I ever saw have performed “in residence.” Its variety of on-site eating her. When I did, she was so impressive, not only because of establishments run the gamut from a Gordon Ramsay-over- her pedigree, but she was so athletic and racy looking.” seen restaurant to a Starbuck’s. Candy Corn Hanover, a daughter of the Artsplace mare The U. S. Trotting Association (USTA) will be meeting in Clouding Over, is owned by Fiddler’s Creek Stables. After Las Vegas starting the day after the banquet, Monday, Feb. only three career trips to the post, all of which are wins, she 27, headquartered at the Rio Hotel and Casino. Harness will illustrate what forms her constitution when she takes Horsemen International (HHI) is also having its annual on last year’s divisional champion Pure Country (2-1), the meetings in Las Vegas in the general timeframe. A synergis- talented Darlinonthebeach (5-2), the Three Diamonds winner tic joint session of organizations is under discussion, but Yankee Moonshine (7-2), Matron winner Newborn Sassy (5- not finalized. (USHWA) 1) and the promising Kiss Me Onthebeach (6-1) in a $20,000 elimination for the $313,800 Miss Pennsylvania. Philly FFA Named In Honor Of Dorothy Mullin Although many individuals viewing the program might feel The Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association the 3-year-old filly is in far, far over her head with only three (PHHA) and Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack have lifetime tallies, all this season in Weiss Series competition, and announced that this year’s $200,000 free-for-all pace on with a mere $22,500 in the bank, Alexander is pleased with Sunday, May 29, at Harrah’s will be named the Dorothy how the draw came out and believes Candy Corn Hanover, the “Moon” Mullin Pace, honoring Ms. Mullin for her longtime longest shot on the morning line at 10-1, can definitely keep service at Liberty Bell Park’s Pennsylvania Harness Racing pace with her more accomplished and distinguished rivals. Commission Office. “I hemmed and hawed with Anthony (Napolitano, her regular Working there for its entire 1963-1985 lifetime, Ms. Mullin pilot) over whether we should go for the big money or keep was a stalwart during many changes at the northeast her in the Weiss Series final,” he said. “Obviously I did not think Philadelphia track, which was one of the nation’s outstand- we would get in the elimination where the four best fillies in ing raceways during the ‘60s and ‘70s. Her son, William the country would all be, but I’m happy it happened that way. I (Bill) Mullin, also known as “Moon,” has been active in rac- wouldn’t trade this spot with my filly with anyone in the world. ing for over three decades. “She’s a stone cold closer and Anthony even said when he has The free-for-all event will have a new name each year, gotten her to the front she stops because she doesn’t know changing to honor outstanding contributors and notewor- what she is supposed do. Also, I’m being told these Dragons thy figures from the history of harness racing in the greater see all kinds of stuff like ghosts in all types of shadows. With Delaware Valley area, especially those who were of primary those fillies in there she will never be on the lead early and it importance in the era of Liberty Bell and/or Brandywine. sets up for her to come home strongly, which I know she will. Last year’s inaugural edition was named in honor of Jerry After this race we will know exactly what we have on our hands Taylor. (PHHA/Harrah’s Philadelphia) and she will come out of it with learning something.” (USTA) Continues on page 11 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 11 of 13 April 29, 2016 www.harnessracing.com

Kurt Sugg Enjoying Ride To 3,000 Wins a senior at W&J, located just five miles from The Meadows, Kurt Sugg is having the time of his life. Not only is the 46-year- and will graduate with a degree in finance in just a few old Ohio native approaching a driving milestone he never con- short weeks. Following graduation, the San Diego native sidered possible just several years ago, he enjoys going to work will be moving to New York City for a job with Merrill Lynch. every day. In fact, Sugg hardly considers what he does as work. Starting with his visit to The Meadows for racing April 25, “I’ve never had a job,” Sugg said, laughing. “I’ve been very Rahimi will be blogging about his experience in a special fea- fortunate. I’m third generation (in harness racing); I’ve grown ture with video and pictures from track photographer Chris up doing this. It can be a grind, but to go to work, I don’t even Gooden, which will be featured in a special Harness Racing Fan- look at it like work. You win a race and it’s enjoyable. It’s just Zone #WednesdayWager promotion for the next five weeks. something I love to do and I can’t imagine doing anything but The feature will begin with Rahimi’s his first steps through this. I guess if I wasn’t doing very well I might look at it a little the door of the casino, finding the racebook and purchasing differently, but the way things are, I’m really enjoying it.” a program. He will be given $25 a day to fund his effort. Sugg, who jogged his first horse at the age of 9 for his father, Viewers will be able to follow along with his experiences Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Famer Ivan Sugg, entered Thurs- as he learns about the basics of handicapping and wagering day (April 28) needing seven wins to reach 3,000 for his driving including reading the program, understanding the wagering career. Nearly 80 percent of those victories have come since the menu and how to make bets through mutuel tellers, self- start of the 2007 season, when Sugg decided to stop spending betting machines, MBET and Xpressbet. winters in Florida and race regularly at Northfield Park. Viewers can follow Rahimi’s journey from the beginning “It’s something I never thought I would attain at one time by clicking here. because earlier in my career I raced my own horses and Delaware Owners Seminar Set For May 21 went to Florida in the winter,” Sugg said about the ap- The Delaware Standardbred Owners Association (DSOA) proaching milestone. “Since I stopped going to Florida, I’ve will offer a free introductory seminar for those considering become sort of a regular at Northfield Park, though. I pick first-time ownership of a Standardbred race horse on Satur- up quite a few drives each night up there.” day, May 21, at Harrington Raceway. Despite competing in a tough driver colony, Sugg finds an The seminar, which will run from 1-4 p.m., will cover atmosphere of camaraderie at Northfield Park. In fact, when horse racing basics, the rewards and financial obligations Sugg won six of 10 drives at Northfield on April 19, rival of horse ownership, and the various ways to get started Aaron Merriman took to social media to shine a light on owning a horse. Sugg’s accomplishment and praise him. “I love racing at Northfield,” Sugg said. “We’re all good Attendees will not only learn the basics of horse owner- friends and we all get along real well. Obviously, there are a ship but will also have an opportunity to meet some of the few times when things might not go well on the track and horses, nationally renowned trainers, and drivers currently we’re upset for 10 or 15 minutes, but we’re all friends and racing at Harrington. The program will include a presenta- we get over it. I’ve never raced anywhere that has kind of tion by owner-trainer and DSOA director George Teague, re- the family atmosphere it is at Northfield.” cently voted Owner of the Year by U.S. Harness Writers In addition to driving, Sugg trains a 15-horse stable. He is Association, involving forms of ownership, the coming off a career-best year for driving purses, with $2.27 owner/trainer relationship, and Teague’s experience cam- million in 2015, and nearly reached his best for training paigning horses like Rainbow Blue and Wiggle It Jiggleit, purses, with $492,348 last season. For his career, Sugg has both winners of Horse of the Year recognition. Participants won 865 races as a trainer. (HRC) will also hear from leading trainer/driver George Dennis and Post Time TV show award-winning hostess Heather Vi- College Senior To Blog On Meadows Racing tale. There will be a tour of the racing backside and stabling The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association and the area at Harrington Raceway and Training Center. Harness Racing Fan Zone are teaming up with Cyrus Rahimi, Attendees are encouraged to return Monday, May 23, for a a soon-to-be graduate of Washington and Jefferson College in night of live racing which will begin at 5 p.m. Those that return Washington, Pa., to create a weekly Wednesday blog on for live racing on the 23rd will receive a race program and the http://www.harnessracingfanzone.com/, along with video and Clubhouse’s Prime Rib Feast dinner courtesy of the DSOA. photos of his initial experiences attending harness races and Interested parties can sign up at learning how to wager at The Meadows Racetrack and Casino. http://shop.ustrotting.com/events.aspx to reserve their Rahimi, who first attended the races at The Meadows for place. Registration is limited to the first 15 people that sign- the third annual College Games for Charity hosted by the up. For more information, contact the DSOA’s executive di- track on April 9, has never wagered on harness racing. He is rector Sal DiMario at (302) 678-3058. (DSOA) HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 12 of 13 April 29, 2016 www.harnessracing.com

Harness Racing Leaders Leading Breeders Compiled by the USTA—through April 26, 2016 (week difference April 20-26). Breeder Starters Winners Wins Earnings Hanover Shoe Farms Inc. 690 315 578 $4,949,841 Leading North American-Based Money-Winning Horses Winbak Farm 622 283 477 3,888,191 Sts. W P S Earnings Brittany Farms 186 88 171 1,633,306 Bit Of A Legend N (7ph) 10 8 2 0 $451,250 Perretti Farms 179 98 188 1,573,205 Yagonnakissmeornot (7pm) 7 4 0 1 222,250 Bulletproof Enterprises 112 65 145 1,163,093 All Bets Off (5ph) 8 2 2 3 221,590 Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc. 123 60 112 1,037,602 Sell A Bit N (6pm) 9 2 4 1 153,050 White Birch Farm 111 46 97 951,110 Wiggle It Jiggleit (4pg) 5 4 1 0 136,250 Seelster Farms Inc. 117 58 124 934,017 Major Athens (6th) 11 5 4 0 126,635 Kentuckiana Farms Gen Par 144 62 127 932,363 Frederick Hertrich III 106 51 90 809,111 Take It Back Terry (7pg) 6 3 1 1 120,950 Steve Stewart 88 39 77 670,152 Regil Elektra (6pm) 14 4 3 1 120,784 Robert McIntosh Stables Inc. 90 52 98 665,508” Texican N (8pg) 7 0 3 2 118,420 Diamond Creek Farm LLC 83 28 63 546,602 Al Raza N (6pm) 7 4 1 1 114,176 Robert J. Key 84 34 56 546,402 Nickle Bag (6pg) 14 8 1 4 111,200 VAE LLC 60 28 51 545,959 Bushwacker (5pg) 15 6 0 6 107,600 Maestro Blue Chip (4th) 9 9 0 0 105,000 Leaders Of The Week PH Supercam (9pg) 7 1 2 0 102,820 Ranked by wins for April 20-26 from results at major North American pari-mutuel tracks. Rockeyed Optimist (5pg) 8 6 2 0 102,750 Drivers Starts W-P-S Alfred Carroll ...... 57 ...... 20-8-4 Leading Money-Winning Drivers George Napolitano Jr ...... 89 ...... 17-10-9 Sts. W-P-S UDR Earnings (wk. diff) Aaron Merriman ...... 84 ...... 15-11-17 Bruce Aldrich Jr...... 62...... 15-3-12 Jason Bartlett 782 201-140-107 .402 $2,521,999 ($209,999) Ronnie Wrenn Jr...... 53...... 15-7-4 Tim Tetrick 842 166-132-101 .324 2,124,252 (216,069) Anthony Napolitano...... 54...... 14-8-9 Aaron Merriman 1,364 286-233-208 .355 2,112,112 (127,951) Corey Callahan ...... 61...... 14-7-5 Matt Kakaley 837 104-107-113 .240 1,775,444 (238,474) Dave Palone ...... 48...... 14-7-3 Brian Sears 574 120-97-75 .346 1,711,538 (157,165) Dan Noble ...... 62...... 13-8-10 Scott Zeron...... 61...... 13-7-5 Jordan Stratton 569 69-79-77 .244 1,709,400 (475,874) Tim Tetrick ...... 63...... 13-6-5 George Brennan 679 93-108-100 .274 1,639,041 (144,910) David Miller ...... 75 ...... 12-12-15 Dave Palone 747 186-101-83 .361 1,624,565 (116,827) Brian Sears...... 41...... 11-5-3 Corey Callahan 963 157-139-127 .287 1,595,046 (129,130) Chris Long...... 28...... 10-5-2 Daniel Dube 674 82-70-88 .223 1,427,062 (264,840) Jason Bartlett ...... 53...... 10-7-9 Jim Marohn Jr...... 53 ...... 10-11-6 Mike Wilder 817 125-122-128 .288 1,322,701 (75,808) John DeLong...... 55...... 10-6-5 Jim Pantaleano 804 115-133-96 .275 1,308,064 (60,725) Chris Page ...... 62...... 9-15-5 Scott Zeron 705 106-88-84 .259 1,267,778 (113,198) Jim Morrill Jr...... 45 ...... 9-5-4 Josh Sutton 900 164-126-92 .294 1,242,541 (73,535) Josh Sutton ...... 56 ...... 9-4-4 Tony Hall 838 115-96-116 .247 1,235,678 (82,893) Kayne Kauffman ...... 57...... 9-8-10 Ricky Macomber Jr...... 35 ...... 9-8-5 Leading Money-Winning Trainers Tony Hall...... 53 ...... 9-2-8 Tony Morgan ...... 40 ...... 9-2-8 Sts. W-P-S UTR Earnings (wk. diff) Vincent Ginsburg...... 41 ...... 9-3-4 Ron Burke 973 214-141-138 .348 $2,916,612 ($422,665) Trainers Wins Rene Allard 555 110-98-67 .337 1,461,831 (356,528) Ron Burke ...... 17 Richard Banca 373 83-55-49 .348 950,123 (68,954) Rene Allard...... 14 Jeff Bamond Jr. 277 42-41-37 .278 891,711 (150,105) J.D. Perrin...... 7 Peter Tritton 94 20-17-14 .363 881,890 (470,910) Steve Wiseman...... 7 Richard Moreau 378 75-72-47 .346 880,320 (56,845) Brian Brown ...... 6 Carmen Auciello 491 55-65-66 .230 658,760 (33,604) Gary Messenger ...... 6 Sam Schillaci ...... 6 Gilbert Garcia-Herrera 413 48-43-58 .221 623,825 (72,914) Thomas Milici...... 6 Thomas Milici 172 63-30-15 .492 621,456 (61,281) Victor Puddy...... 6 Dylan Davis 250 63-48-33 .403 583,435 (24,800) Douglas Lewis ...... 5 Scott Di Domenico 263 46-47-31 .313 548,834 (23,010) Gilbert Garcia-Herrera ...... 5 Norm Parker 233 35-42-27 .289 483,934 (27,300) Jeff Bamond Jr...... 5 Melissa Beckwith...... 5 Randy Bendis 233 36-33-31 .278 460,925 (30,210) Patti Harmon ...... 5 Tony O’Sullivan 160 35-20-15 .319 452,803 (31,875) Richard Moreau...... 5 Jim King Jr. 208 39-30-32 .319 443,445 (7,725) Steve Elliott ...... 5 May 2 016 sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

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