from Harness Racing Communications, a division of the USTA

Freehold, NJ — Multiple stakes-winner Vintage Master and Breeders Crown runner-up Mr Wiggles headline Sunday’s $350,000 Progress Pace at Dover Downs in Delaware.

Vintage Master has won six of 21 races this year and earned $1.3 million. His victories include the $325,000 Cane Pace (which is the first jewel in the Pacing Triple Crown), the $677,665 Delvin Miller Adios and divisions of the Tattersalls and Bluegrass stakes. He is trained by Jimmy Takter and driven regularly by Daniel Dube.

The Takter Stable is enjoying its most lucrative year in history. So far, horses trained by Takter this year have earned $6.01 million, which is good for third place among all trainers in North America, while his earnings per start rank second.

Mr Wiggles won the $500,000 Hoosier Cup and was second in the $600,000 Breeders Crown and Adios. In April, he won the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund final. He is trained by George Teague Jr. and driven by Corey Callahan. Teague won the 2006 Progress Pace with Total Truth.

Following is the field in post position order for Sunday’s $350,000 Progress Pace, with listed drivers and trainers: 1. Arctic Warrior, David Miller, Samuel Beegle; 2. Go Go Solano, George Brennan, Tony Poliseno; 3. Schoolkids, Tim Tetrick, Tracy Brainard; 4. Zee Barber, Brian Sears, George Teague Jr.; 5. Vertical Horizon, Jim Morrill Jr., Tracy Brainard; 6. Rusty’s All In, Ron Pierce, Steve LeBlanc; 7. Vintage Master, Daniel Dube, Jimmy Takter; 8. Mr Wiggles, Corey Callahan, George Teague Jr.

Owners: 1. Wahoo Stable, Paul Eyerly, Carl Vizzi, James David Novinger; 2. Richard Lombardo, Pasquale Rizzo; 3. Bulletproof Enterprises; 4. Gary Iles, Barbara Iles; 5. Bulletproof Enterprises; 6. Carter Racing Stable, LeBlanc Racing; 7. Brittany Farms, the estate of Brian Monieson; 8. Elmer Fannin, George Teague Jr. Inc.

Vintage Master and Schoolkids won the Progress Pace elimination races . . . Arctic Warrior won the $200,000 Battle of the Brandywine Consolation I; Schoolkids was second . . . Go Go Solano won the $175,000 New York Sire Stakes championship . . . Zee Barber was second in the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund final in July . . . Vertical Horizon won a $125,500 Bluegrass Stakes division and was second in a Simcoe Stakes division and Monument Circle . . . Rusty’s All In was second in the $300,140 Max C. Hempt Memorial.