Driver Yannick Gingras swept both Matron Stakes for 2-year-old trotters, held Thursday (Nov. 3) at Bally’s Dover, using identical front-end tactics to win with colt Kimmeridgian and filly Brunella. Vivians Dream and Act Fast won their respective splits for 2-year-old pacers.
Category: GC_Results
Svanstedt sweeps Simpson Stakes for trotting fillies
After winning the Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Filly Trot with Jiggy Jog S on Saturday (Oct. 29), Åke Svanstedt came to Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Oct. 30) and both trained and drove both divisional winners of the $90,400 Elma, the John Simpson Sr. Memorial Stakes event for sophomore trotting fillies.
Bulldog Hanover unleashes record-setting performance in Open Pace
Bulldog Hanover blazed his way into the record books with yet another jaw-dropping tour de force, this time in the $600,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace, Saturday night (Oct. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Ecurie D DK ties stakes record in Breeders Crown Open Trot
Ecurie D DK became the first repeater of the Breeders Crown Open Trot in 19 years on Saturday night (Oct. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, tying the stakes record of 1:51 in winning the $600,000 event while matching the successive scores of Fool’s Goal in 2002-2003, the latter win at Woodbine.
Pebble Beach skips to impressive Crown score
Pebble Beach shored up his rock-solid resume with another classic Canadian performance, this time in the $675,000 Breeders Crown (presented by the Libfeld/Katz Breeding Partnership) for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings.
King Of The North gets his ‘Crown’
Off his 28-1 powerhouse performance in the elimination, King Of The North followed that effort with total destruction of his competition to win the $600,000 Breeders Crown 3-year-old colt trot on Saturday night (Oct. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Treacherous Dragon terrific in exciting Crown final
Treacherous Dragon found room late and hauled down favorite Niki Hill in the final strides to take the $600,000 Breeders Crown final for 3-year-old pacing fillies Saturday night (Oct. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Jiggy Jog S takes filly trot Breeders Crown final
Jiggy Jog S and driver Dexter Dunn waited as long as they could, then moved first-over in the $675,000 Breeders Crown final for 3-year-old trotting fillies Saturday (Oct. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. But the difficult journey through the last half hampered the daughter of Walner not at all, as she went on strongly to record a stake, track, and Canadian record of 1:51.1 and made the discussion about Trotter of the Year become that much more interesting.
Grace Hill holds off Test Of Faith in Mare Pace
Driver Doug McNair asserted Grace Hill to the fore and used every inch of her speed to keep the furious stretch kick of Test Of Faith at bay to steal the show in the $400,000 Breeders Crown Mare Pace on Saturday night (Oct. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Back to back Breeders Crowns for Bella Bellini
The 4-year-old trotting mare Bella Bellini overcame a flat tire before the race to capture the first of eight Breeders Crown finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park on a beautiful fall evening in Campbellville on Saturday (Oct. 29).