Breeders Crown draws 169 entries
September 28, 2010,by Moira Fanning, publicity director, The Hambletonian Society
Cranbury, NJ — Sophomore colt trotters Muscle Massive and Lucky Chucky will square off for divisional honors and Little Brown Jug winner Rock N Roll Heaven will look to further his dominance of the sophomore colt pace division when the entrants for the $6 million Breeders Crown at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs go to post at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., five-eighths-mile oval.
There will be a total of 11 eliminations worth $25,000 each for all 2-year-old divisions on Friday, Oct. 1.
Three sophomore elims will be raced on Saturday, Oct. 2. The 3-year-old colt trot drew nine — the maximum number that can score on the gate at Pocono — and all nine will advance directly to the $500,000 final.
The four open events will only need one elimination, raced on Saturday as well. The $300,000 Mare Pace drew 10 entrants. Dreamfair Eternal took the bye, which means nine mares will race for eight remaining spots on the gate for the final.
The $500,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace drew eight and all will go directly to the final, as will the $600,000 Open Trot with nine entrants. A compact field of seven mare trotters will contest the $250,000 Mare Trot.
Click here to view the full fields for the four events that will not require eliminations.
The first four finishers from each elimination, plus the fifth-place finisher with the most seasonal earnings, will advance to the final. Elimination winners may pick their post position.
Complete elimination fields may be viewed by visiting racing.ustrotting.com and clicking on the Friday and Saturday entries from Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
The Breeders Crown 3-year-old colt trot and pace will be drawn at a press conference at Pocono Downs on Tuesday, Oct. 5.
- Shark Gesture, Won The West eye Breeders Crown Open Pace (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)
Shark Gesture, the No. 1-ranked horse in harness racing, and defending Breeders Crown winner Won The West headline the $500,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on October 9.
- Breeders Crown 2-year-old filly trotters sound sweet (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)
Multiple stakes-winner Creme De Cocoa was among 19 horses entered in the $600,000 Breeders Crown for 2-year-old filly trotters.
- Lucky Jim looks to repeat in Breeders Crown Open Trot (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)
Lucky Jim heads to the $600,000 Breeders Crown Open Trot off a track-record 1:52 win at Vernon Downs in the $195,000 Credit Winner.
- Lucky Chucky, Muscle Massive renew rivalry in Breeders Crown (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)
Muscle Massive won the $1.5 million Hambletonian. Lucky Chucky turned the tables in the $970,000 Canadian Trotting Classic. On October 9, their battle will be renewed in the $500,000 Breeders Crown for 3-year-old male trotters.
- ‘Heaven’ and ‘Laugh’ lead Crown 3-year-old male pacers (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)
Rock N Roll Heaven, fresh off his world-record performance in the $604,100 Little Brown Jug, and $1 million Meadowlands Pace winner One More Laugh were among 12 horses entered in the $600,000 Breeders Crown for 3-year-old male pacers at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
- Wilson champ Fashion Delight among BC 2-year-old male pacers (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)
Fashion Delight, who won the $473,000 Woodrow Wilson, was among 22 horses entered in the $600,000 Breeders Crown for 2-year-old male pacers.
- New York champ ready to take on the best (Thursday, September 30, 2010)
It’s hard not to be fascinated by a beautiful dark brown 2-year-old trotting colt that was virtually unbeaten racing on the half-mile tracks in New York.