INSIDE: Weekly harnessracing.co FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011 ©2011 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 OSS Final A Crown Prep For Magician Saturday’s Ontario Sire Stakes Gold finals at Woodbine feature two $170,000 races for sophomore colt and gelding LAST CALL trotters and pacers. One of the highlights of these races is the trotter Daylon Magician as he preps for a probable sup- plement to the Breeders Crown. Eliminations for the Breed- ers Crown races for 3 year olds are set for Saturday, Oct. 22, also at Woodbine. Daylon Magician is a homebred Kadabra colt owned by trainer David Lemon. Although he has not been seen in per- son by racing fans south of the border, he has managed to NOVEMBER 14-15-16, 2011 “When he’s in dominate peers in Canada and ring up A three-day sales trifecta! his best shape $1.1 million in career earnings thus far. and hitting on He also proved he can trot with the best Enter Online Now At all eight cylin- when he won last month’s $1 million ders, he can Canadian Trotting Classic at Mohawk, www.bloodedhorse.com do it all.” besting Hambletonian winner Broad Bahn, Manofmanymissions, Dejarmbro, – Jack Moiseyev Chapter Seven and Blue Porsche. Daylon Magician’s driver, Jack Moiseyev, knows good trot- ters. He won the 1991 Hambletonian with Giant Victory and was the pilot behind top filly Armbro Monarch. But now, years after those notables have retired, Moiseyev thinks he “There’s No Substitute for Experience” has finally found the best trotter he will ever drive. JERRY HAWS CHARLES MORGAN “I’d have to say that he is,” said Moiseyev. “I have driven P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 (937) 947-1218 Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 DEAN BEACHY & ASSOCIATES some pretty good ones—I can’t even remember them all—but [email protected] Auctioneers he is special. When he’s in his best shape and hitting on all eight cylinders, he can do it all. I give Dave a lot of credit for Kopas Looks To Strike Ontario Gold—Twice! keeping him so fresh. He’s as good now as when he started.” Lemon has stated he plans on supplementing Daylon Magi- There’s gold in Ontario this weekend! Four $130,000 On- cian to the Breeders Crown, a decision Moiseyev agrees with. tario Sire Stakes Gold finals are being contested at Wood- “I hope Dave (Lemon) does,” he said. “He beat all of these bine, with the freshman class in action Friday night—one horses here in the Canadian Trotting Classic and I think he for trotting colts and one for pacing fillies. could do it again. They have all been beating each other up on Trainer John Kopas is represented in each of those finals— the Grand Circuit and he’s been staying up here, comfortable at with the colt The Game Plan and the filly Cooking The Books. home. That was Dave’s plan all along and now that’s it worked The Game Plan is the recent winner of the $478,380 out, it would be great to try them again in the Breeders Crown.” William Wellwood at Mohawk. Kopas also owns the Kadabra gelding in partnership with the LLK Stable, Gary Grieve and Anthony Wagner. He is favored to win the race at odds of 6-5 from post six with regular pilot Jack Moiseyev. For Kopas, a little pre-sale due diligence paid off hand- somely in regard to The Game Plan, who is not eligible to New Image Media Photo this year’s Breeders Crown, but is at age three. “He was not an expensive yearling and I was surprised I got him for $20,000,” said Kopas. “But it was simply because he had bumped his ankle either in the stall or on the gate just a few days before the sale, and he had a little bit of a blemish on Daylon Magician Continues on page 2 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 11 October 14, 2011 harnessracing.com SATURDAY’S STAKES & LATE CLOSERS A CALL TO WEEKENDbroughtFEATURED to you by RACES THE START! 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I think that might have put some people off, but I had been to the farm about six weeks before and it wasn’t there then. He was a per- “No matter how it Post Position Wins at Woodbine fect individual at that time. It didn’t looks on paper, I PP 123 45678910 scare me knowing what I knew, never think I’m the but I think that’s what kept a lot of Starts 637 636 637 637 637 636 609 545 435 278 best. That’s why people from bidding on him.” Wins 59 65 82 60 98 118 65 49 30 12 you race them.” PACE The blemish soon disappeared Win % 9.3 10.2 12.9 9.4 15.4 18.6 10.7 9.0 6.9 4.3 – John Kopas and the young gelding willingly PP 11 has a 2-0 record for 0 win percentage. went along with Kopas’s “game plan.” Starts 278 278 278 278 278 277 274 247 215 140 “Training down we had absolutely no issues,” said Kopas. “He was an absolute professional from day one. We only Wins 20 28 30 36 38 48 29 18 24 7 TROT gelded him because he was such a good-feeling colt in the Win % 7.2 10.1 10.8 12.9 13.7 17.3 10.6 7.3 11.2 5.0 Continues on page 3 ›››› PP 11 has a 3-0 record for 0 win percentage. $130,000 Ontario Sire Stakes Gold 2YOCT final Woodbine Racetrack, Friday, Oct. 14, Race 8, Post Time: 9:50 pm Post—Horse (Sire) Driver/Trainer Odds Yearling Sale (Price)/Consignor 1—Here’s The Magic (Kadabra) S. Zeron/R. Norman 10-1 Homebred 2—Warrawee Nimby (Ken Warkentin) L. Ouellette/C. Johnson 20-1 Canadian Open ($7,500)/Preferred Equine Marketing 3—Reckon Im Ready (Kadabra) M. Vanderkemp/N. Daley 20-1 Harrisburg ($37,000)/Preferred Equine Marketing 4—Prestidigitator (Kadabra) S. Filion/R. Jones 3-1 Harrisburg ($120,000)/Peninsula Farm Agt. 5—Victim Of Changes (Kadabra) J. Jamieson/B. Noren 30-1 Harrisburg ($6,000)/Preferred Equine Marketing 6—The Game Plan (Kadabra) J. Moiseyev/J. 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