The second
and third place finishers in the Hempt, Vegas Vacation and Sunfire Blue Chip,
are not staked to the Meadowlands Pace, which holds an elimination round next
week. Others from the final not nominated are Word Power, Evenin Of Pleasure
and Emeritus Maximus. Dedi’s Dragon and Some Kinda Beach, the second and third
place finishers in the Hempt consolation, are also ineligible.
I believe a
$100,000 supplemental fee will get Mr Ed in. David Brooks supplemented PB
Bullville in 2000 and he broke in his elimination. (Was it 150K back then?)
Five years ago Bullville Powerful was supplemented to the Pace and made the
final with a second place finish in his elimination, but he finished last in
the final. For comparison sake, it costs $62,500 to buy into the BC at the 3YO
level; that’s what Intimidate’s connections coughed up last year. Unless folks
start reaching into their pockets for that spare hundred grand, the Pace will feature
a less appealing cast of characters than the Hempt did.
The Pace and
BC (3YO) supplemental fees both translate to about 12.5% of the purse. The Ky
Futurity buy in is about 11.2% of the purse. Mel Mara was supplemented to the
Tattersalls Pace for 60K in 2012. Jackavin bought into the 67 Messenger and got
clobbered by Romulus. Cam Fella and RNR Heaven both bought into the Messenger
and won. Heaven’s connections paid 60K for a shot at the $437,100 purse—that’s
13.7%.
There’s a
long history of horses buying into the various BC races. One of the first times
the BC buy in fee was paid was in the 1986 Mare Trot at Scioto Downs. The great
mares Grade Singing and Davidia Hanover were staked to the race, and finished
one-two. The Australian mare, Scotch Notch, had missed most of the season but
her connections put up $26,000 to get her into the race. As expected, she was
short and finished third for Mike Gagliardi. Baroque was also supplemented, and
she finished fourth. Scotch Notch lost $3,000 on the deal, while Baroque lost
twice that.
In 1989 the
connections of Crystal Tree put up almost $33,000 to get her into the Mare Pace
at Northfield. Armbro Feather won the race for Jack Kopas, with Storm Tossed
second for JC and Anniecrombie third for Mike Lachance. Crystal Tree was
scratched lame. $33,000 circled the drain.
Fourteen
pacers were entered in the 1991 Open Pace at The Meadows. There were two
supplemental entries; they were the out of the mainstream pair, Jake And Elwood
and Dorunrun Bluegrass. Jake And Elwood was favored from the two for JC, while
Dorunrun was second choice for Pierce from the five. Those two cooked each
other in the early going, leaving Mike Lachance on top with third choice,
Camluck, who held off a late charge by Cross Country to win in 52.1. It was 48
degrees that night. Jake lost 20 of his $49,000, while Dorunrun lost 25.
In the 1994
334K Open Pace at Freehold, Peter Heffering put up $44,000 to supplement the
great Riyadh. He and his entry mate Silent Spring were the 1-5 favorites.
Riyadh had the five for Brett Robinson, while Village Jiffy, who had upset
Presidential Ball and Life Sign in the three-year-old BC the previous year, was
just inside him with Paul MacDonell. Village Jiffy pressured Riyadh in
relentless fashion, beating him by a couple. Heffering didn’t lose his gamble
as the second place finish put him up almost 40K.
Kadabra’s
connections won 235K on their 50K bet on him in the 2002 3-year-old colt trot
at Woodbine.
Red Bow Tie
wound up plus 120K when his connections bought into the Open Pace at the
Meadowlands in 1998. And they wound up plus 140K the following year when the
Raging Glory gelding won again.
Northern
Luck finished first in his elimination and third in the final when his
connections put up 45K to get him into the 3-year-old colt pace at Mohawk in
1997. They were up 43K after the race.
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Uncle
Peter’s WR win in the preferred at Pocono Saturday bodes well for an appearance
in this week’s TVG FFA leg at M1. It was a weak field, but he followed Arch
around and won easily in the fastest time ever on a 5/8 track…..Herbie has the
rail against a preferred field at Mohawk Monday. I guess we can assume he will
skip the TVG…..Market Share, Wishing Stone, Sevruga and Guccio all took this
week off…..Market Share is the only sophomore champ from last year getting it
done, and he’s just started twice. Intimidate is in the Witness Protection
program; Check me Out has yet to race for dollars; Michaels Power put on
another forgettable performance in a preferred pace at Mohawk Saturday; and
Heston Blue Chip is now zip for four. Last year’s O’Brien winner, Cheddar, is
also zip for four—he finished eighth in the Franklin. As for last year’s
freshman stars, Somwherovrarainbow, who
snookered US voters into elevating her over Nitelife last year, was a seventh
place no factor in the Lynch. She appears to be a different filly. The same
goes for To Dream On: what’s up with her? The latter’s counterpart, Bee A
Magician, is better than ever, while Wheeling N Dealin has a qualifying jones.
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Impressive
performers in the NYSS over the weekend:
Sunday at
Buffalo in a 38K 2YO trot, The Lindy Treat, a full brother to 2002 2YO F
trotter of the Year, Pizza Dolce, won easily from the seven in 2:01.2 for Ray
Schnittker. He was a 65K Harrisburg buy. Another division was won in 2:01.3 by
the Rc Royalty gelding, My Man Charlie. He’s out of the Muscles Yankee mare,
Sand Moxie. George Ducharme, the trainer of the speedy 3YO Rc Royalty jumpin
jack, Royalty For Life, also has this one.
Friday night
at Saratoga Jim Morrill won three of the four 46K NYSS for 2YO pacing colts.
His win in the seventh with the American Ideal colt, He’s Watching, was other
worldly. The 2/5 shot broke at the start and appeared to be out of it.
Meanwhile, American Force, a gelded half brother to Piece Of The Rock took the
field to the quarter in :26.4. The other three splits hit the quarter in :28.2,
:29.1 and :29. Morrill’s colt was last, eleven out at the half, then he circled
the field on the last turn and won in :55. It was bizarre.
Forty Five
Red, an If I Can Dream half brother to Thirty Two Red won the third division
handily in :56.4. Another If I Can Dream won a split of the Excelsior Series in
:57.2. Western Hanover left potential stallions Well Said, If I Can Dream, BBJ
and WWS in his last couple of crops, while Artsplace has all his marbles on
Sportswriter.
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19 of the 48
colts in Sunday night’s six divisions of the PA All Stars for 2YO pacers were
by SBSW. That amounts to 40%. His progeny won two of them; sons of Art
Official, Western Terror, Allamerican Native and Four Starzzz Shark took the
other four…..Frau Blucher toyed with the competition in a 3YO trotting filly
split of the All Stars. Frau and Lady Broadway are shining the light on Broadway
Hall. Aside from that pair, Chris Oakes also has Classic Martine, the winner of
another All Stars split last night. The Classic Photo filly, who starred in the
Weiss, is now six of nine with more than a hundred thousand earned in 2013.
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