from the USTA Communications Department

Columbus, OH — The post position draws for the Breeders Crown Open Trot and 3-year-old Colt Pace took place on Tuesday (Oct. 25) at WEGZ Stadium Bar in Vaughan.

Here are the fields, after the draw:

$600,000 Open Trot
HN-Horse-Driver-Trainer-Line
1-Define The World-Paul MacDonell-John Bax-15-1
2-San Pail-Randy Waples-Rod Hughes-2-1
3-Commander Crowe-Christophe Martens-Fabrice Souloy-9-2
4-Arch Madness-Brian Sears-Trond Smedshammer-7-1
5-Rapide Lebel-Eric Raffin-Sebastien Guarato-5-2
6-Hot Shot Blue Chip-John Campbell-Jonas Czernyson-15-1
7-Lucky Jim-Tim Tetrick-Erv Miller-4-1

$500,000 3-year-old Colt Pace
HN-Horse-Driver-Trainer-Line
1-Odysseus Bluechip-Mario Baillargeon-Benoit Baillargeon-30-1
2-Westwardho Hanover-Dave Palone-Ron Burke-5-1
3-Hugadragon-Yannick Gingras-Ron Burke-9-2
4-Betterthancheddar-George Brennan-Casie Coleman-5-1
5-Alsace Hanover-Scott Zeron-Tony O’Sullivan-7-2
6-Roll With Joe-Ron Pierce-Ed Hart-3-1
7-Up The Credit-Jody Jamieson-Carl Jamieson-15-1
8-Fashion Delight-Tim Tetrick-Jim Campbell-20-1
9-Big Bad John-David Miller-Ron Potter-6-1
10-Mystician-Brian Sears-Jeff Gillis-12-1

Betterthancheddar and Westwardho Hanover, the elimination winners, chose their post positions; Westwardho Hanover picked first.

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