When female pacer That’s The Ticket was retired seven years ago because of an injury, owner Craig Henderson thought he would sell the 2016 Three Diamonds Stakes winner. That was until he received input from the filly’s trainer, Chris Ryder. “He told me not to sell her,” Henderson recalled. “He said she was going to have a great foal someday. He literally talked me into keeping That’s The Ticket. Her first two foals were fine; they both made over $100,000. But then along comes Miki And Minnie and it’s been phenomenal.” On Friday afternoon, she will compete in the first of two $25,000 eliminations of the Breeders Crown for 2-year-old female pacers at The Meadowlands.
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Breeders Crown elims in Grand Circuit spotlight
Breeders Crown eliminations at The Meadowlands will take place on Friday (Oct. 18) and Saturday (Oct. 19).
Saturday Breeders Crown elims drawn at Big M
Harness racing’s No. 1-ranked horse, Twin B Joe Fresh, will start her pursuit of a Breeders Crown from post 10 when she competes in Saturday’s (Oct. 19) lone Mare Pace elimination at the Meadowlands. First-race post time Saturday is 6:20 p.m. (EDT).
Stage set for 2-year-old Breeders Crown elims
Metro Pace champion Fallout, ranked No. 10 in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, will lead the way Friday afternoon (Oct. 18) when the Meadowlands hosts nine $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 2-year-old pacers and trotters. First-race post time Friday is 12:30 p.m. (EDT).
Record number of entries for Breeders Crown
A record 194 horses were entered Tuesday for the $7 million Breeders Crown at The Meadowlands, topping the previous high of 185 set last year at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. Eliminations will be required for all but two events, the Open Trot and Mare Trot. Post-position draws will be available later this afternoon.
Call Me Goo and Nelsonbriteagle NO supplemented to Breeders Crown
Trotting mares Call Me Goo and Nelsonbriteagle NO, both from the stable of trainer Ake Svanstedt, have been supplemented to the upcoming Breeders Crown at The Meadowlands. The deadline for supplemental entries was noon Monday. No other horses were supplemented.
Grand Circuit stakes at Plainridge Park Monday
Even though the Massachusetts Breeders Stake is on hiatus this week, there will be no shortage of top-notch 3-year-old competition at Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 7) as the Grand Circuit will make its final stop of the year in the Commonwealth with four events totaling $215,050 in purses. Post time for the first race is 2 p.m.
Gingras looking to find a way in Futurity, Filly Futurity
Starting in the second tier in both the Kentucky Futurity and Kentucky Filly Futurity will leave driver Yannick Gingras as something of a spectator when the gate begins to roll for each of those classic events at Lexington’s Red Mile on Sunday (Oct. 6). But not for long.
Karl, Date Night Hanover face post-position test in Kentucky Futurities
Hambletonian champ Karl and Kentucky Championship Series winner Date Night Hanover will attempt to overcome their draws as the morning-line favorites in the $500,000 Kentucky Futurity and $301,550 Kentucky Filly Futurity, respectively, on Sunday (Oct. 6) at The Red Mile.
Good-feeling Fallout set to spring back into action
Fallout is heading to Saturday’s International Stallion Stakes at Lexington’s Red Mile with a spring in his step, which pretty much mirrors the way the Metro Pace winner’s connections are feeling as well.