Breeders Crown elimination winner Allegiant, with Scott Zeron in the bike again, won the $600,000 Breeders Crown 3-year-old filly trot at The Meadowlands on Saturday (Oct. 26), crossing the finish in a personal-best and stakes-record-equaling 1:51.1.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Call Me Goo supplements, scores in Breeders Crown Mare Trot
Trainer Ake Svanstedt has been making a habit of capturing the Breeders Crown Mare Trot. And on Saturday (Oct. 26), his good fortune continued as his two supplemental entries Call Me Goo and Nelsonbriteagle NO finished one-two in the $496,000 event at The Meadowlands, with Svanstedt guiding Call Me Goo to a stakes-record 1:50.4 mile.
Stakes action aplenty Saturday at Pocono
The John Simpson Sr. stakes series continued on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 26) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with $120,000 divided equally among four divisions of the Albatross 3-year-old pace for males, and $117,010 distributed in three divisions of the Davidia Hanover for 2-year-old trotting females.
Louprint upsets in Crown male pace
Louprint wore down pacesetter Fallout in deep stretch and held off fast-closing stablemate Sippinonsearoc at the line to capture Friday’s (Oct. 25) $700,000 Breeders Crown for 2-year-old male pacers in 1:49.1 at The Meadowlands. The margin was a head over Sippinonsearoc and neck over Fallout in the three-horse photo.
Maryland becomes millionaire with Breeders Crown triumph
Maryland and driver Dexter Dunn fought off pressure on both flanks to prevail in the $700,000 Breeders Crown 2-year-old colt and gelding trot, held Friday (Oct. 25) at the Meadowlands, in a stakes record-equaling 1:51.4 mile. The son of Chapter Seven out of the Father Patrick-sired mare Crucial also pushed his career earnings above $1 million, making him the third-richest juvenile trotter of all time.
Miki And Minnie marvels in grand Breeders Crown performance
Forced into a first-over push midway up the backstretch, Miki And Minnie never ceased in her grind for the front and forged forward to a decisive 1:50.2 knockout in the $700,000 Breeders Crown 2-year-old filly pace on Friday night (Oct. 25) at the Meadowlands.
Lady Landia astounds in Crown filly trot
Lady Landia, with James MacDonald at the lines, soared late to catch Miss Belmar and win the $700,000 Breeders Crown 2-year-old filly trot final, on Friday (Oct. 25) at the Meadowlands, in a career-best 1:53.3.
Pressure Cooker, Staying With Emily win Pocono stakes
On an unseasonably warm Tuesday (Oct. 22) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, Pressure Cooker and Staying With Emily won divisions of the $80,000 Hardie Hanover, the John Simpson Sr. Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies, while 2-year-old pacing gelding Dandy Ideal equaled the 1:50.3 local standard for his division.
Simpson Stakes get underway at Pocono Monday
The John Simpson Sr. stakes series started its 2024 run at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania during the Monday afternoon (Oct. 21) card. The 2-year-old pacing gelding No Trespassing came within three-fifths of a second of the divisional track record with a 1:51.1 victory in one of two $58,000 events for his group, while Åke Svanstedt trained and drove two of the four winners in $30,000 sections of the stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies. Today’s races were called the Bret Hanover and the Elma, respectively (all Simpson divisions carry the name of a top horse with whom Simpson had some association throughout his Hall Of Fame career).
Bythemissal converts, ‘Ruthless’ holds sway, ‘Joe Fresh’ defeated in Crown pace elims
Bythemissal and driver Yannick Gingras won with authority in the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace eliminations on Saturday night (Oct. 19) at the Meadowlands. The 5-year-old Downbytheseaside-sired gelding was a handy 1:48.4 winner.