In the first of two $20,000 Breeders Crown elims for the Open Mare Pacers at The Meadowlands on Oct. 21, Frost Damage Blues, driven by Brett Miller, finished second but was placed first for the 1:51.1 win. While Lady Shadow easily handled her opposition to visit the winner’s circle in 1:48.4.
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Always B Miki easily wins Crown prep
Always B Miki, fastest harness horse of all time, easily won the $25,000 Open Pace at The Meadowlands on Friday (Oct. 21), a prep for the older division of male pacers’ final next week. David Miller drove the champion again, winning in 1:48 for trainer Jimmy Takter and owners Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable and Christina Takter.
Chezatter and Thats All Moni take Crown elims
Yielding to Ariana G for the pocket in the backstretch, Chezatter, a filly by Explosive Matter out of the Malabar Man mare Chez Lucie, sprinted out of the pocket in the stretch, advancing to a 1:53.4 victory in the first of two $20,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (Oct. 21) at the Meadowlands
Being cautious has paid off for Ken Jacobs with trotting colt Walner
It took a year for owner Ken Jacobs to find a hole with Walner — and that was a hole in the wind. Walner trotted a world-record 1:51.3 on Oct. 6 at Lexington’s Red Mile, a mark that came one year to the day after Jacobs purchased the colt for $90,000 at the Lexington Selected Sale. It was Walner’s fourth win in five races this season and established the horse as one of the top Breeders Crown 2-year-old male trotting contenders.
Roaring To Go is ready to reach for the Crown
With less than 72 hours to tick off prior to her appearance in a $20,000 elimination for the Breeders Crown 2-year-old filly pace on Saturday (Oct. 22) at Meadowlands Racetrack, trainer Kevin Lare thinks owner Frank Chick may be a bit weary of his weekly training updates in regards to Roaring To Go.
Sisters take aim at ‘Crown-ing’ achievements
Ariana G and All The Time have taken different paths to this weekend’s Breeders Crown eliminations at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Marvin Katz, who with Al Libfeld bred and owns both filly trotters, is simply grateful for the opportunity to see the sisters in action together again. If both fillies win their respective Breeders Crown finals, it would mark the first time in the history of the series that full siblings claim trophies in the same year.
Breeders Crown fields set
A total of 174 horses on Tuesday were entered for the $6.2 million Breeders Crown championships at New Jersey’s Meadowlands Racetrack, with harness racing’s top-ranked stars Wiggle It Jiggleit and Always B Miki leading the list as the battle for Horse of the Year hits the homestretch. It is the largest number of entries in five years.
Wiggle It Jiggleit supplements to Breeders Crown at The Meadowlands
Defending Horse of the Year Wiggle It Jiggleit has been supplemented for $50,000 to the $421,000 Breeders Crown Pace, setting up another epic showdown with arch-rival Always B Miki, winner of last year’s Crown title for older pacers at Woodbine Racetrack.
Little Brown Jug Notebook: Manhattan Beach hopes to follow in brother’s footsteps
Charles Wingfield will head to Thursday’s $577,000 Little Brown Jug presented by the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association with a bit of a longshot in Manhattan Beach, but the Ohio resident is hoping the colt can follow in his brother’s footsteps at the Delaware County Fairgrounds and carry him to another trip to the winner’s circle.
Jug/Jugette Days program pages available
Full-card program pages for Jugette Day on Wednesday (Sept. 21) and Little Brown Jug Day on Thursday (Sept. 22) at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fair are now available at the Harness Racing FanZone’s mini-site for the Jug.