Breeders Crown champion Confederate cracked $2 million in career earnings with a punishing 1:49 win in the $170,850 Hap Hansen Matron Stakes for 3-year-old male pacers on Thursday (Nov. 9) at Bally’s Dover.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Caviart Belle dazzles in Kindergarten classic; Lou Vuitton guts out win against boys
Caviart Belle rebounded when winning in the $205,900 Crawford Farms Kindergarten Classic Final for 2-year-old pacing fillies as the 6-5 favorite with a 1:49.4 blast from off the speed on Saturday night at The Meadowlands.
Karl captures colt Kindergarten final easily, Sambuca Hanover tops fillies
Breeders Crown champion Karl trounced nine other freshman trotters in the $267,500 Crawford Farms Kindergarten Series Final on Saturday night (Nov. 4) at The Meadowlands. The time for the mile was 1:53.2.
Tactical Approach headlines Hoosier sophomore stakes winners
A week removed from the 40th edition of the Breeders Crown, Harrah’s Hoosier Park once again played host to some of the sport’s brightest stars in a quartet of sophomore stakes on Friday (Nov. 3). The beat went on for the 2023 Hambletonian champion, Tactical Approach, who added yet another stakes score to his resume with a dominant performance in the $205,000 Carl Erskine.
R Melina, Maxim Hanover capture rookie Matrons
R Melina coasted to victory in the $138,000 Matron Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies while Maxim Hanover rallied off cover to spring an 8-1 upset in the $145,000 Matron for rookie pacing colts and geldings on Thursday (Nov. 2) at Bally’s Dover.
Bythemissal wins Open Pace battle
In perhaps one of the most contentious races in the dozen Breeders Crowns in 2023, Bythemissal and driver Yannick Gingras were able to pass favored Tattoo Artist and capture the $600,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace on Saturday (Oct. 28) night at Harrah’s Hoosier Park in a 1:48 mile over a track rated “sloppy.”
Southwind Tyrion seizes Breeders Crown Open Trot
Trainer Ake Svanstedt again found the winner’s circle in the $600,000 Breeders Crown Open Trot, though not with his 3-5 trainee Alrajah One IT. Svanstedt steered stablemate Southwind Tyrion off a pocket ride to a 1:52.2 victory on Saturday (Oct. 28) night at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
Confederate romps in rain for Crown glory
Confederate extended his victory streak to 10 races in a row, winning the $600,000 Breeders Crown final for sophomore colt and gelding pacers at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Saturday (Oct. 28) in 1:48.1 with Tim Tetrick aboard.
Tactical Approach adds Crown win to accomplishments
Scott Zeron captured two of the three legs of the Trotting Triple Crown with Tactical Approach by finding room inside deep in the stretch. On Saturday (Oct. 28) night, Zeron guided the son of Tactical Landing to a live third-over cover trip and then responded in the homestretch to win the $672,000 Breeders Crown for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters at Harrah’s Hoosier Park in a 1:51.2 mile.
Max Contract rallies in Mares Pace
Max Contract rallied in the late going to win Saturday’s (Oct. 28) $400,000 Breeders Crown Mares Pace in 1:50.2, with Andy Miller driving for trainer Julie Miller at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.