After winning the Kentucky Golden Rod Series final and finishing third behind Papi Grad in her first Grand Circuit assignment, Faze captured the biggest win of her career to date when she nabbed Rose up the open stretch in the $133,100 Matron Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies, held Wednesday (Nov. 13) at Bally’s Dover.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Luna Lovegood strolls to Matron triumph
After falling short in the finals of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series and Breeders Crown, Holly Lane Stud East Ltd.’s Luna Lovegood put it all together in the $116,100 Matron Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies at Bally’s Dover, coasting to a 1:53.2 win over Kendra.
Papis Pistol takes aim in Kindergarten conquest
Following a lifetime-best 1:49.3 score in his final Kindergarten Series preliminary a week ago, Papis Pistol proved every bit as dominant in Saturday’s (Nov. 9) $148,500 Kindergarten final for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings at the Meadowlands with a facile 1:50.3 victory.
Maryland marvelous in Kindergarten colt trot final
Odds-on favorite and millionaire Maryland stayed resolute under an intense far-turn blitz and emerged a 1:53.4 winner in the $173,300 Kindergarten Series final for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Saturday (Nov. 9) at The Meadowlands.
Rodeo Drive Deo scurries late to win Kindergarten filly pace
With a four-wide sweep in the stretch, Rodeo Drive Deo, with David Miller at the reins, won the $165,000 Kindergarten Series final for 2-year-old pacing fillies in 1:50.3 at The Meadowlands on Saturday (Nov. 9).
Champagne Problems rolls to Kindergarten score
Champagne Problems had some issues on the final turn, but driver Dexter Dunn steered the favorite clear of traffic and the Tactical Landing-Miss Caviar filly rolled home powerfully to capture the $243,400 Kindergarten Series final for female freshman trotters at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (Nov. 9) in a 1:53.2 mile.
McCarthy sweeps Matron sophomore paces
Todd McCarthy captured both 3-year-old pacing divisions of the Matron Stakes, held Thursday (Nov. 7) at Bally’s Dover, teaming up with Little Brown Jug winner Captain Albano to take the $185,500 sophomore male pace and Kentucky Sire Stakes champion Direction in the $116,500 sophomore filly pace.
‘Champagne’ has no problems in Big M’s Kindergarten
Jim Doherty Memorial and New Jersey Sire Stakes champion Champagne Problems set herself up well for next week’s Kindergarten Classic final by taking the first of two divisions of the series’ final preliminary for freshmen filly trotters Saturday night at The Meadowlands.
Powerful finish to Simpson Series at Pocono
In winding up the John Simpson Sr. Memorial stakes races for the year at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon (Oct. 28), the dominant players were the sophomore trotter Sir Pinocchio, who achieved one distinction while just missing two others in winning a division for his group in 1:51.4; trainer Åke Svanstedt, who sent out the divisional winners in the other three of the 3-year-old diamondgaited action; and the pairing of driver Tim Tetrick and trainer Jim King Jr., who swept the races for two-year-old pacing fillies.
Twin B Joe Fresh rolls to Breeders Crown victory
Twin B Joe Fresh and driver Dexter Dunn capped off the Breeders Crown weekend in style at The Meadowlands. Dunn picked up his record-setting sixth driving victory of the weekend when he guided Twin B Joe Fresh to a 1:49 win in Saturday’s (Oct. 26) $400,000 Mare Pace, the last of 12 Breeders Crown events hosted by The Big M over the weekend.