Top NA Harness Racing Drivers and Trainers

August 2009 Top Standardbred Drivers and Trainers

Here is my unofficial list of the top horsemen in North American Standardbred Racing as of right now:

Top 20 Drivers

Tim Tetrick
Brian Sears
David M Palone
Jody Jamieson
James Morrill Jr
Randy Waples
David Miller
Sylvain Filion
Jason Bartlett
George Brennan
Andy Miller
Mario Baillargeon
Ron Pierce
Steve Condren
Yannick Gingras
Brad Forward
Anthony Morgan
Aaron Merriman
Richard Zeron
Peter Wrenn




Top 20 Trainers


Casie Coleman
Ronald Burke
Julie Miller
Ervin Miller
Tracy Brainard
Jimmy Takter
George Teague Jr
Benoit Baillargeon
Mark Kesmodel
Robert Mcintosh
Rene Allard
Richard Moreau
Joshua Green
Mark Harder
Linda Toscano
Christopher Oakes
Keith Clark
Noel Daley
Kenneth Rucker
Joe Anderson

Carryover $11,185,682 Jackpot; Sat 29AUG09 - Horse Racing Carryovers - Thoroughbred and Standardbred

Here are some of the biggest harness racing and thoroughbred carryovers out there as of August 29th Noon ET:


V75 Jackpot (Europe) $11,185,682.00

V64 Jackpot (Europe)$2,544,742.00

Delmar Pick Six $116,000+

Los Alamitos Pick Six $21,490

Louisiana Downs Pick Six $8,501

Philadelphia Park $7,995

Mohawk Raceway Super Seven $2,426

Many Happy Returns!!

Trainor's Top Ten - North American Pacers, Trotters, Drivers, Trainers

Here are my initial picks for Trainor's Top Ten, my lists of the top ten harness racing talents on the continent right now, and in coming days I will expand the lists to include fillies and mares in separate rankings;

Pacers

Shadow Play
Well Said
Won The West
Mister Big
Art Official
Shark Gesture
Bettor Sweet
Bigtime Ball
Southwind Tempo
Not Enough

You won't often get a good price on any in this group, but keep an eye out for horses who've raced against them.


Trotters

Lucky Jim
Muscle Hill
Buck I St Pat
San Pail
Arch Madness
Lanson
Explosive Matter
Lavec Dream
In Focus
Spice Queen
John Paul's Legacy


Drivers

Tim Tetrick
Briam Sears
Jody Jamieson
Randy Waples
D Miller
Sylvain Filion
G Brennan
A Miller
Mario Baillargeon
Ron Pierce
Steve Condren


Trainers

Casie Coleman
J Miller
E Miller
T Brainard
Benoit O Baillargeon
M Kesmodel
R Mcintosh
R Moreau
M Harder
R Burke
K Rucker

Won The West defeats fastest field ever in Breeders Crown

Western Hanover son Won The West outlasted Shadow Play and Art Official to take the Breeders Crown Final last night in a stunning 1.47 clocking!!!! For those that thought the billing of fastest six horse field ever was hype, take a look at the closing times:

H PP Horse 1/4 1/2 3/4 STR Fin Time Last Q Odds Driver Trainer

1 1 Won The West(L) 3 4 4 3-1 1/2 1-1 1/4 1:47.0 25.3 15.70 J Morrill Jr R Burke

2 2 Shadow Play 2 2 2 2-1/4 2-1 1/4 1:47.1 26.1 *1.50 D Miller I Moore

4 4 Art Official 1 1 1 1-1/4 3-1 1/4 1:47.1 26.2 2.80 R Pierce J Seekman

3 3 Bettor Sweet(L) 4 3o 3o 4-2 1/4 4-2 1:47.2 26.1 22.90 J Campbell J Poliseno

6 6 Shark Gesture(L) 6 6o 6 6-4 1/4 5-3 1:47.3 25.3 6.60 T Tetrick L Remmen

5 5 Mister Big(L) 5 5o 5o 5-3 3/4 6-3 1/2 1:47.3 26.0 2.00 B Sears V Morgan Jr


Imagine that; the last place finisher, Mister Big, is timed in a stakes-record 1.47.3!!! It may be years before we see another race with a last place equine timed in 1.47.3!!!

PEI's Shadow Play Draws post 2 in BreedersCrown; Mister Big, Art Official in too

Here are the post positions, trainers and drivers for this Saturday (22aug09) night's Breeders Crown races at Meadowlands in New Jersey:

$600,000 BREEDERS CROWN TROT
PP Horse Trainer Declared Driver
1 MISTERIZI Montini, Anthony Tetrick, Tim
2 LUCKY JIM Miller, Julie Miller, Andy
3 IN FOCUS Takter, Jimmy Miller, Dave
4 JOHN PAUL'S LEGACY MacDonald, Angus Brennan, George
5 LANSON Swick, Don Lachance, Mike
6 ARCH MADNESS Smedshammer, Trond Sears, Brian

$250,000 BREEDERS CROWN MARE TROT
PP Horse Trainer Declared Driver
1 LAVEC DREAM Kleinhans, Peter Ouellette, Luc
2 BUCK I ST PAT Burke, Ron Tetrick, Tim
3 MAID FOR TAG Hegdal, Øyvind Brennan, George
4 AUTUMN ESCAPADE Czernyson, Jonas Miller, Dave
5 STAGE SHOW Campbell, Jim Brennan, George
6 FALLS FOR YOU Smedshammer, Trond Sears, Brian
7 CLASSIC LANE Lohmeyer, Ed Lachance, Mike
8 DIANA HALL Del Cid, Francisco Del Cid, Francisco
9 SPICE QUEEN Smedshammer, Trond Miller, Andy
10 LANTERN KRONOS Takter, Jimmy Miller, Andy

$500,000 BREEDERS CROWN PACE
PP Horse Trainer Declared Driver
1 WON THE WEST Burke, Ron Morrill, Jim Jr.
2 SHADOW PLAY Moore, Ian Miller, Dave
3 BETTOR SWEET Poliseno, Joe Campbell, John
4 ART OFFICIAL Seekman, Joe Pierce, Ron
5 MISTER BIG Morgan, Virgil Sears, Brian
6 SHARK GESTURE Remmen, Larry Tetrick, Tim

$331,500 BREEDERS CROWN MARE PACE
PP Horse Trainer Declared Driver
1 TIDEWATERDRAGONFLY O'Donnell, Kelly Pierce, Ron
2 GO ON BB Burke, Ron Morrill, Jim Jr.
3 DARLIN’S DELIGHT Stafford, Jeff Gingras, Yannick
4 DREAMFAIR ETERNAL Fletcher, Patrick Kerwood, Tony
5 BTWNYURHEARTNMINE Croghan, Ross Sears, Brian
6 HANA HANOVER Steacy, Mark Brennan, George
7 TUG RIVER PRINCESS Croghan, Ross Campbell, John Silva
8 CUZ SHE CAN Harder, Mark Dube, Daniel
9 SOUTHWIND TEMPO Croghan, Ross Tetrick, Tim
10A AND G’S CONFUSION Coleman, Casie Miller, Dave

Full entries for Meadowlands Saturday August 22nd Breeders Crown 2009

HOT Harness Racing Drivers and Trainers at Mohawk Raceway

I would say the most amazing performances in recent days have been from Sylvain Filion, and the hot hands are starting to get some good horses. Randy Waples is continuing his torrid summer, while Mark Macdonald is back with these 2 and Jamieson as the elite drivers of WEG standardbred racing.

Other top performing drivers at Mohawk include Condren, Rick Zeron, Simon Allard, Trevor Ritchie (all old track hands know about Ritchie and trotters), Henriksen, Chris Christoforou, Mario Baillargeon and Paul Macdonell.

Hot barns in recent weeks include a return to dominance by Casie Coleman, after Tracy Brainard posted some big numbers in the spring. Benoit Baillargeon keeps on winning, and August cards have seen horses from Marty Fine, Bob McIntosh, Per Henriksen, Ben Wallace, Richard Moreau, Stephen Charlton and Michael Grant blazing to the wire.

In coming days I will post some theories and examples of how to cash big exotic tickets, including Win 3s and Superfectas.

Peace.