by Ellen Harvey, Harness Racing Communications

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Wilkes-Barre, PA — Enough Talk let his legs do all the talking in winning the $600,000 Breeders Crown for older trotters wire-to-wire on Saturday (Oct. 9) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono. The time was 1:52 and Enough Talk won by 3-1/2 lengths.

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Enough Talk scored a wire-to-wire win in 1:52 by 3-1/2 lengths.

Driver Ron Pierce had Enough Talk off the gate first, leading the field to a :27.1 first quarter, with Define The World and Neighsay Hanover trailing them. The order was barely the same at the :55.2 half, with Lucky Jim and driver Andy Miller making a move on the outside for the lead. However, Lucky Jim made a break while attempting to clear and lost all chance.

Enough Talk led the field to the 1:23.1 three-quarter-mile mark, with Define The World still giving futile chase. As the field turned for home, Enough Talk and Pierce put some real estate between them and the field and pulled away to win by 3-1/2 lengths. Hot Shot Blue Chip (David Miller) was second, followed by Neighsay Hanover (Tim Tetrick).

Enough Talk is trained by Peter Kleinhans of Flemington, N.J. and co-owned by him and Jerry Silva of Long Beach, N.Y. The Breeders Crown victory was his fifth of the year and it brought his lifetime purse earnings to $1,767,505.

“He felt really good, especially in the turns,” said driver Ron Pierce. “I was really happy with the way he trotted the turns tonight. I was just going to let him cruise around there as long as I could.”

It was a nice comeback for Enough Talk, getting his first win since July 3.

“He was sick for his last two starts, probably his worst two starts of his life as far as I was concerned. Before that, he had some foot problems, so he really hasn’t been himself until today,” said Kleinhans.

Kleinhans said we may see more of Enough Talk next year as well.

“I think he’s staying at a good level, not going up or down, so he’ll be back at (age) eight unless something happens.”

“He just wasn’t any good here,” said driver Andy Miller of Lucky Jim, who finished sixth. “He was just no good tonight.”