by Frank Cotolo, for the Breeders Crown
Anderson, IN — Crystal Fashion and Fourth Dimension won their respective $20,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters on Saturday night (Oct. 21) at Hoosier Park.
In the first elim, Crystal Fashion (Cantab Hall-Window Willow) stalked early speed to close and win a duel to the wire in 1:54.3.
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Fourth Dimension won the second elim in 1:54, a track record for freshman colt trotters.
Driven by David Miller, the Fashion Farms-owned freshman colt sat third behind early leavers, with Samo Different Day getting the top and cutting fractions of :28.3, :57.2 and 1:26.
Crystal Fashion, trained by Jim Campbell, came out at the top of the stretch and dueled with Samo Different Day to the wire and got up for a neck victory over the rapidly closing Fiftydallarbill. Samo Different Day faded to third. Dawson Springs was fourth and Moosonee finished fifth to take the last spot for next week’s final.
Bred by Hanover Shoe Farms, Crystal Fashion paid $6.20 to win.
Fourth Dimension (Chapter Seven-Corazon Blue Chip), with Brian Sears in the sulky, won the second elim in 1:54, a track record for freshman colt trotters.
Met’s Hall took the early lead, though Fourth Dimension left alertly from post seven and found a good spot third past an opening fraction of :27.3. Before the :57 half, Fourth Dimension took to the outside and got the lead, rushing through a 1:25.4 three-quarters.
Fourth Dimension used a :28.1 final quarter to post a 1-1/4 length victory over Met’s Hall. You Know You Do went first over late but couldn’t get past Missle Hill, who split horses in the stretch. Missle Hill was third, Skyway Torpedo was fourth and You Know You Do took the fifth spot, grabbing the final berth in next week’s final.
Trained by Marcus Melander for owners Courant, Inc., Fourth Dimension paid $5.80.
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