Dewey wins Canadan Trotting Classic; Beach to race at Woodbine!!!

Saturday, September 13, 2008 - Deweycheatumnhowe redeemed his only loss and started a new winning streak by capturing the final of the Canadian Trotting Classic, edging out Clerk Magistrate and Crazed. His time of 153.2 at Mohawk Raceway was achieved from the 10 post on a muddy track in the rain; sloppy indeed

According to Dave Perkins of the Toronto Star, Somebeachsomewhere has New York and Toronto on his autumn schedule. After Dewey finished 2nd in his elimination a week ago, Somebeachsomewhere trainer Brent MacGrath, had this to say, check it out:

"I know exactly how he feels,'' Brent MacGrath said. "You just can't win them all.''

MacGrath trains Somebeachsomewhere, the pacing equivalent to Dewey's trotting supremacy, winner now of 15 of 16 lifetime, the only blot a shocking neck defeat to Art Official in the $1 million Meadowlands Pace in July, which MacGrath calls "the bump in the road.''

Beach prevailed, also at 1-9, later on the Mohawk card in the Simcoe Stakes, but surely wasn't at his best; a post-race scope revealed some ordinary sickness.

MacGrath treated him with antibiotics and said yesterday if he is recovered sufficiently for a training session Monday, plans remain in place to make Beach the fastest horse in harness history in Lexington, Ky.

This has long been the plan, to bypass pacing's crown jewel, next Thursday's Little Brown Jug in Delaware, Ohio, in favour of achieving a mile in 1:46 at the Red Mile.

"No second thoughts. We're taking an awful pile of heat about it, but we're sticking to our plans, because we think it's working'' MacGrath said.

Managing another man's horse is a parlour game at the racetrack; everybody always knows better. But MacGrath, also an owner as member of the Schooner Stable of Bible Hill, N.S., figures they'll be close to $3 million in earnings, with that speed record, by the time Beach is done and he likes the sound of all that. Who wouldn't?

It means potentially two cracks at the race record, in the Bluegrass Stakes Sept. 27 and/or the Tattersalls Oct. 4. If weather doesn't co-operate, a time trial might be considered. After that it's the Messenger in New York, an Ontario Sires Stakes at Woodbine, then the Breeders Crown at The Meadowlands. Still a full plate, even without the Jug.

One of these two (Somebeachsomewhere or Deweycheatumnhowe) will be standardbred of the year and it remains a horse race.

Full Toronto Star article on Deweycheatumnhowe and Somebeachsomewhere




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