by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications

Freehold, NJ — Honorable Daughter, who was last season’s Dan Patch Award-winning 2-year-old filly trotter, will miss the C$600,000 Elegantimage Stakes at Mohawk Racetrack in Ontario. Post positions for the race’s three eliminations, to be contested Friday, June 19, were drawn this morning. The final is Saturday, June 27.

“She has a little bit of a foot problem,” trainer Larry Remmen said. “It’s nothing serious, but if we’re not on all cylinders, we’re not going to compete. We want to be at our best.”

USTA/Mark Hall photo

Honorable Daughter has won 11 of 13 lifetime races with a career bankroll of $948,242.

Last year, Honorable Daughter won nine of 11 races, including the Breeders Crown and Merrie Annabelle, and earned $835,555. She also became the fastest 2-year-old filly trotter in history on a five-eighths-mile track with a 1:55.1 victory in the Matron Stakes final at Dover Downs and was recognized by the U.S. Harness Writers Association as the best in her class.

Honorable Daughter is 2-for-2 this year, having swept the Empire Breeders Classic at Vernon Downs in New York. Upcoming races for 3-year-old filly trotters at the Meadowlands Racetrack, where Remmen is stabled, include the Coaching Club Oaks on July 3, the Delvin Miller Memorial on July 17, and the Hambletonian Oaks on August 8.

“Right now, we’re undecided (about her schedule),” Remmen said. “We should be ready (by the Delvin Miller). Otherwise, she’s feeling great.”

Honorable Daughter is owned by Paolo Rosanelli, who owns a machine shop, and John Siena, who runs a bakery with his brother-in-law. Both Rosanelli and Siena, who have owned horses together for more than a dozen years, live in Middletown, New York.

Honorable Daughter (Malabar Man-Honorable Mother) was purchased for $32,000 as a yearling at the Lexington Selected Sale.

There will be no shortage of talent in the Elegantimage elimination races on Friday. Leading the way are Casual Breeze winners Windsong Soprano, Raising Rachel and Yursa Hanover. Elusive Desire, who was second to Honorable Daughter in earnings among 2-year-old filly trotters last season, also is entered.