by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications

Freehold, NJ — 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. Three eliminations will be held Friday at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, with the top three finishers from each elim advancing to the final on October 9.

Trained by Jim Campbell and driven by David Miller, Fashion Delight has won four races in a row, including the Wilson on August 20 at the Meadowlands, and a division of the New York Sire Stakes at Vernon Downs on September 11. He has won four of six races and earned $298,350 for the season.

Fashion Delight is in the second of the three eliminations. Also in his split are Big Bad John, who has won five of six races this year, Champlain Stakes division winner Roll With Joe, New Jersey Sire Stakes champion Lookinforadventure, and Wilson runner-up Line Officer.

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Woodrow Wilson champ Fashion Delight heads up the field in the Breeders Crown juvenile colt pace.

Pennsylvania Sire Stakes champion Wink N Atcha, who has won seven of eight races this season, Battle of Waterloo winner Prodigal Seelster, and Champlain Stakes division winner Big Jim are in the third elim.

Great Vintage, who was third in the Metro to snap a four-race win streak, faces Pennsylvania Sire Stakes championship runner-up Mr Carmine Fra and New Jersey Sire Stakes winner Foreclosure N in the first elimination. Also in the field is Westwardho Hanover, who is unbeaten in four races.

Following are the elimination fields in post position order, with listed drivers and trainers.

Elim One: 1. Mr Carmine Fra, George Napolitano Jr., Steve Elliott; 2. Westwardho Hanover, Brett Miller, Tim Pinske; 3. Foreclosure N, Tim Tetrick, Mark Steacy; 4. Lizard King, David Miller, Jeff Webster; 5. Roadside Delight, Ron Pierce, Richard “Nifty” Norman; 6. Great Vintage, John Campbell, Jimmy Takter; 7. Top Doc, Gregory Powell, Powell.

Elim Two: 1. Big Bad John, Dave Palone, Ron Potter; 2. Fashion Delight, David Miller, Jim Campbell; 3. Lookinforadventure, John Campbell, Bruce Saunders; 4. Line Officer, George Brennan, Noel Daley; 5. Nathan Feelsgood, Brad Kramer, Rob Harmon; 6. High Noon, Daniel Dube, Jimmy Takter; 7. Vincent Fra, Brett Miller, Steve Elliott; 8. Roll With Joe, Brian Sears, Ed Hart.

Elim Three: 1. Hugadragon, Dave Palone, Ron Burke; 2. Big Jim, Phil Hudon, James “Friday” Dean; 3. Wink N Atcha, Brian Sears, George Teague Jr.; 4. Rollwithitharry, Yannick Gingras, Jimmy Takter; 5. Prodigal Seelster, Tim Tetrick, Dave Menary; 6. Shadyshark Hanover, Brian Sears, Erv Miller; 7. Fameous Western, Daniel Dube, Steve Elliott.

Unbeatens headline Breeders Crown 2-year-old filly pace

The 2-year-old pacing fillies vying for the Breeders Crown will have to get past a pair of elimination races to determine the nine to go postward in the $600,000 final on October 9 at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. A total of 16 fillies entered, so the top four finishers from two eight-horse elims, plus the fifth-place finisher with the most earnings, will advance to the final.

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See You At Peelers is a perfect 11-for-11 in her career.

See You At Peelers, unbeaten in 11 races, leads the first elimination race. Trained by Jimmy Takter and driven by Jim Morrill Jr., her most recent triumph came in the $200,000 New York Sire Stakes championship at Yonkers Raceway on September 25. She has earned $269,149 this season.

Also in the elim is Pretty Katherine, who has won divisions of the Champlain and Eternal Camnation stakes, and $402,400 Sweetheart winner Honky Tonk Woman. This will be Pretty Katherine’s first trip outside Ontario.

Trainer Casie Coleman will send out the likely favorite in the second elimination, the unbeaten Idyllic, who is 6-for-6 and beat her stablemate Pretty Katherine to win the $660,480 She’s A Great Lady. Idyllic has post eight, and has the most earnings of any filly in this division with $451,749 and a mark of 1:51.4. She will be driven by Mark MacDonald.

New Jersey Sire Stakes winner I Kill Time and $190,000 Kentuckiana Stallion Management winner So Perfect, another from the Takter Stable, will also look to advance from the second division.

Following are the elimination fields in post position order, with listed drivers and trainers.

Elim One: 1. Drop The Ball, Tim Tetrick, Paul Reid; 2. Shyaway, Brian Sears, Chris Ryder; 3. See You At Peelers, Jim Morrill Jr., Jimmy Takter; 4. Ms Malicious, Ron Pierce, Jerry Silverman; 5. Celebrity Dollfin, Brett Miller, Staffan Lind; 6. Pretty Katherine, Mark MacDonald, Casie Coleman; 7. Show And Tell, Dave Palone, Jim Campbell; 8. Honky Tonk Woman, David Miller, Jeff Webster.

Elim Two: 1. Tea Pot Hanover, Brett Miller, Tim Pinske; 2. So Perfect, Brian Sears, Jimmy Takter; 3. Rocklamation, Tim Tetrick, Mark Harder; 4. Myluvmylife, George Brennan, Joseph King; 5. Strike An Attitude, Dave Palone, Robert McIntosh; 6. I Kill Time, Yannick Gingras, Paul Reid; 7. Cold Mist, Brett Miller, Steve Elliott; 8. Idyllic, Mark MacDonald, Casie Coleman.