Breeders Crown draws 151 in Woodbine Fall championships
October 13, 2015,by Moira Fanning, publicity director, the Hambletonian Society
Cranbury, NJ — Entries for the $5.8 million Breeders Crown events saw 151 trotters and pacers fill the entry box to qualify for the 12-race Oct. 24 finals.
There were 60 2-year-olds entered, forcing $20,000 eliminations in all divisions for Friday (Oct. 16). Those freshmen who chose to take byes and elimination fields will be available this afternoon. All 2-year-old finals will go for $600,000.
The following races will go straight to finals:
The $500,000 3-year-old colt trot with 11 entered; $500,000 3-year-old filly trot with seven; $250,000 Mare Pace with 10 entered; $250,000 Mare Trot with 10 entered and the $531,250 Crown Trot with a compact field of seven, including the supplemental entry of Creatine, recent third-place finisher in the $1 million Yonkers International Trot.
All other divisions have eliminations or bye situations. Two-year-old eliminations will be held Friday (Oct. 16) and the sophomore and open divisions requiring eliminations will race Saturday (Oct. 17). Elimination winners draw for inside post positions 1-5. Post positions will be drawn Saturday (Oct. 17) after the elimination races. Post time is 7:25 p.m. for both nights.
Complete elimination and final fields will be available when byes and elimination draws are finalized. The $500,000 Breeders Crown 3-year-old colt trot and $531,250 3-year-old colt pace will be drawn at a press conference hosted by honorary drawmaster CFL Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge at Woodbine on Tuesday (Oct. 20). The sophomore colt pace division contains the supplemental entry of Indiana sensation Freaky Feet Pete.
- Freaky Feet Pete, Creatine supplement to Breeders Crown at Woodbine (Monday, October 12, 2015)
The pride of Indiana, 3-year-old colt pacer Freaky Feet Pete, as well as 5-year-old trotter Creatine, back home in the U.S. after an international campaign this year, were supplemented to their respective Breeders Crown divisions by the noon deadline on Monday (Oct. 12).
- Trio of trotting stars lead 151 into Breeders Crown (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)
Three of harness racing’s top-ranked horses — trotters Pinkman, Mission Brief and Bee A Magician — lead the list of 151 horses entered for this year’s 12 Breeders Crown events, which will be contested at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. Eliminations are Friday and Saturday, with the $5.8 million championship night to follow on Oct. 24.
- Breeders Crown eliminations lead Grand Circuit schedule (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)
The Grand Circuit heads to Woodbine Racetrack this Friday (Oct. 16) and Saturday (Oct. 17) for Breeders Crown eliminations in seven divisions. Eliminations will not be required for the 3-year-old colt trot, the 3-year-old filly trot, the Mare Pace, the Mare Trot and the Open Trot.
- Breeders Crown Open Trot redrawn to include properly entered Bee A Magician (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)
A mistake in the Woodbine race office resulted in the mare trotter Bee A Magician being drawn into the Breeders Crown Mare Trot instead of the Breeders Crown Open Trot as her trainer Richard Norman had properly entered her.
- Bowdens look for ultimate thrill with Pure Country (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)
When Adam Bowden and his father Chris bought female pacer Western Montana in the formative days of their Diamond Creek Farm a decade ago, it was with an eye toward the future. Today as Western Montana’s undefeated 2-year-old daughter Pure Country prepares for the upcoming Breeders Crown, it appears the future is now.
- Julie Miller is happy with pair of freshman trotters heading into Breeders Crown (Thursday, October 15, 2015)
Julie Miller does not have morning line favorites in Friday’s Breeders Crown eliminations for 2-year-old male and female trotters at Woodbine Racetrack, but the trainer is happy with the way her Milligan’s School and Womans Will are heading into their respective events.
- Freaky Feet Pete heads north to Woodbine Breeders Crown (Thursday, October 15, 2015)
There is only one reason Freaky Feet Pete has stayed home in the Hoosier State for the first two years of his career. It is certainly not because the Rheinheimers have an aversion to travel, abhor signing the checks for stakes payments or panic over the depth of competition. There is simply just no place like home.
- Fred Hertrich is “all in” for Breeders Crown at Woodbine (Friday, October 16, 2015)
Breeder/owner Fred Hertrich knows all about the highs and lows of horse racing. He’s been in the business for a quarter century, but this year has been a microcosm of the extremes.
- Four scratches in Friday night’s Breeders Crown eliminations (Friday, October 16, 2015)
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- Time and patience pay off for Always B Miki (Friday, October 16, 2015)
One year after having to pull out of the Breeders Crown as the favorite because of injury, 4-year-old male pacer Always B Miki heads into Saturday’s eliminations for the Breeders Crown Open Pace looking healthy once more. It was a long road back, but not once has anyone tried to rush the horse back.