Hannelore Hanover, Lady Shadow prevail in TVG female contests
November 13, 2016,by James Witherite, Meadowlands racing media
East Rutherford, NJ — In the $200,000 TVG for trotting mares (race four), Hannelore Hanover ($3.60) rallied from off the pace to once again defeat Bee a Magician, vaulting home and reeling in the quadruple millionaire for a 1:51.4 score.
Hannelore Hanover bests Bee A Magician yet again by overhauling that rival in the stretch.
Yannick Gingras settled the 4-year-old Swan for All mare well off a contested pace before sliding second-over behind Shake It Cerry (David Miller) on approach to the far turn. After she was carried into the mid-division, Hannelore Hanover angled three-wide off the far turn and found her best strides in the final eighth of a mile, charging home to collar Bee a Magician (Brian Sears) just inside the sixteenth pole and draw clear by 1-3/4 lengths. D’One (Tetrick) held third from a pocket trip, but was four lengths detached from the top pair.
Ron Burke trains 26-time winner Hannelore Hanover for the Burke Racing Stable, the Weaver Bruscemi partnership, Frank Baldachino, and the J&T Silva Stables.
Lady Shadow sustains first-over bid for victory
Lady Shadow ($2.40) used nearly identical tactics as Always B Miki en route to her 1:50 win in the $200,000 TVG for pacing mares (race eight), grinding down rival Solar Sister and evading the late-emerging Bedroomconfessions by 1-1/2 lengths.
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Lady Shadow bests Solar Sister yet again to take the TVG event for pacing mares.
The 5-year-old Shadow Play mare earned her 12th win of the season for trainer Ron Adams and the partnership of David Kryway, Carl Atley, Ed Gold, and the BFJ Stable, emerging off the pegs out of midfield as Solar Sister (Sears) brushed into a :54.3 half mile and working to the fore with just over a quarter-mile remaining. After wearing down Solar Sister, Lady Shadow worked to gain separation on the field while Bedroomconfessions (Scott Zeron), who knifed through traffic to just capture second from a staying Sassa Hanover (Matt Kakaley).
Gingras earned a stakes driving double on the night with Lady Shadow.
- Bar Hopping to tackle older foes in TVG championship (Friday, November 11, 2016)
For the second consecutive year, trainer Jimmy Takter will send a 3-year-old colt to challenge older rivals in the TVG Free For All Series championship for trotters at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Last season, it was The Bank. This time, it is Bar Hopping, who on Saturday will try to become the first 3-year-old male trotter in recent history to win against older foes in a series final worth at least $100,000.
- TVG finals on center stage at Big M (Friday, November 11, 2016)
While Always B Miki’s curtain call in the $400,000 TVG Free For All Pace is rightfully bound to garner great attention on Saturday (Nov. 12) evening’s 12-race card at The Meadowlands, the showdown between Hannelore Hanover and Bee A Magician in the $200,000 TVG Mares Trot just two races earlier has all the makings of a race for the ages.
- Always B Miki sprints off in career curtain call (Saturday, November 12, 2016)
Always B Miki ($2.10) will always be remembered as a champion.The fastest pacer in the history of harness racing capped his career in triumphant fashion, using a sustained first-over bid to overpower All Bets Off and sprint off to a 1:48.2 victory in the $400,000 TVG Free-For-All Pace on Saturday evening (Nov. 12) evening at The Meadowlands.
- Obrigado outlasts barrage of pressure, upsets TVG trot (Saturday, November 12, 2016)
Obrigado ($19.80), one of two of the eight in the $400,000 TVG Free-For-All Trot (race 10) to have not contested a Breeders Crown event two weeks ago, sought control of the terms early and dug in to parry a barrage of pressure in a compelling race which saw the entire octet covered by two lengths at the winning post.