47 Enter $1.9 million Breeders Crowns
July 20, 2004,by Harness Racing Communications, a division of the USTA
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Defending Breeders Crown champions Fool’s Goal, Eternal Camnation and Stroke Play headline the $1.9 million Breeders Crown Open events to be raced Saturday, July 31, at The Meadowlands Racetrack.
A total of 14 Breeders Crown Trot entries, including the mare Windylane Hanover, whose owners opted to enter her in the $800,000 event against males, will force a single elimination to be raced Saturday, July 24, at the Meadowlands. Fool’s Goal, Cosington, Legendary Lover K and Windylane Hanover received byes to the final. The remaining 10 trotters will contest a $50,000 elimination for the other six slots on the starting gate. The connections of the elimination winner may pick their post position for the final.
After an eight-year hiatus, the $250,000 Breeders Crown Mare Trot is back on the championship series roster. Seven mares entered the event including 2003 sophomore Crown champion Stroke Play, a winner of six of her seven starts this year.
With 15 entered in the $552,500 Breeders Crown Pace, including supplemental contestant Eaton Road Kill, two $50,000 eliminations are necessary. The W.R. Haughton Memorial winner Four Starzzz Shark and 2003 Meadowlands Pace winner Allamerican Theory are among the entrants.
The $300,000 Breeders Crown Mare Pace drew 11 and the final will race with one trailer. Eternal Camnation, the richest pacing mare of all time with $3.59 million in earnings, will seek to become the first four-time Crown champion pacer.
Post positions will be chosen/drawn at the Breeders Crown press conference, noon, Tuesday, July 27, The Charthouse, Weehawken, N.J.
The following four trotters automatically advance to the final (with driver and trainer):
Foreign classic winner — Legendary Lover K (M. Lachance, G. Christiansen)
Highest seasonal earnings — Windylane Hanover*, $317,193, (R. Pierce, B. Bittle); Fool’s Goal, $245,460, (J. Moiseyev, J. Doherty); Cosington, $183,772, (B. Sears, D. Menary).
* Mare opted to enter Open Trot.
$50,000 Breeders Crown Trot Elimination
PP HN Horse — Driver — Trainer
1 2 War Paint — J. Campbell — D. Tingley
2 3 Pinetucky — G. Brennan — R. McInnis
3 1 Center Field — B. Sears — T. Smedshammer
4 4 Stand Strong — D. Miller — J. Takter
5 1A Bebop — T. Smedshammer — T. Smedshammer
6 5 Meadowview Sunny — TBA — B. Shakes
7 6 Mr Muscleman — R. Pierce — N. Daley
8 7 Approved Action — R. Daigneault — J. Grasso
9 1B HP Paque — T. Smedshammer — T. Smedshammer
10 8 Elegant Man — C. Manzi — R. Bencal
15 Pacing Horses and Geldings
Two elims will be raced for 10 starters in the final. Elimination winners, in an order determined by lot, may choose their post position for the Final. All other post positions drawn at the Breeders Crown press conference, noon, Tuesday, July 27.
$50,000 Breeders Crown Pace Eliminations
PP Horse — Driver — Trainer
1 Royal Mattjesty — J. Campbell — M. Langdon
2 Dr Drew — D. Hiteman — J. Seekman
3 Artesian — D. Dube — S. DePinto
4 Mini Me — Y. Gingras — B. Popfinger
5 Allamerican Captor — L. Ouellette — V. Morgan Jr.
6 Eaton Road Kill* — D. Dube — M. Harder
7 Life Sizzles — Y. Gingras — J. Smith
PP Horse — Driver — Trainer
1 Four Starzzz Shark — M. Lachance — D. Sabatelli
2 Camcracker — M. McDonald — M. Harder
3 Life Source — C. Manzi — R. Banca
4 Boulder Creek — R. Pierce — M. Silva
5 Allamerican Theory — D. Miller — D. Tackoor
6 Quality Western — Y. Gingras — B. Burgess
7 Whatanartist — B. Sears — V. Morgan Jr.
8 Peruvian Hanover — J. Morrill Jr. — N. Daley
*Supplemental entry
Seven Mare Trotters
No eliminations; open draw for post positions at Breeders Crown press conference, noon, Tuesday, July 27.
$250,000 Mare Trot
Field — Armbro Affair, Delmartha, Gypsy Balance, Lost Lady One, Scully FBI, Stroke Play, Sunday Yankee.
11 Pacing Mares
Final races with one trailer; open draw for post positions at the Breeders Crown press conference, noon, Tuesday, July 27.
$300,000 Mare Pace
Field — Always Cam, Animated Art, Bunny Lake, Burning Point, Carolina Sunshine, Eternal Camnation, Jasper Avenue, Loyal Opposition, My Fantasy, Odds On Charmaine, Sure Sign.
- Breeders Crown Mare Pace packs punch (Thursday, July 22, 2004)
Three-time Breeders Crown champion Eternal Camnation headlines a field of 11 pacing mares entered in the $300,000 Mare Pace.