Canadian Open Yearling Sale averages 15k+, up 40%

Great news from the Canadian Open standardbred yearling sale, with the sale avearge reaching $15,191 up sharply from 2008's $10,786 average.

Show highlights included a full sister of Raising Rachel (Raising Rhonda, by SJS Caviar out of Raising The Bar by Angus Hall), selling for the world-class sum of $200,000. The John Kopas barn picked up the exquisite filly.

Kopas also picked up the Angus hall half-sister to Mohawk rookie trotting star Il Villagio, the yearling filly Dancin Darlin, out of Dance to Market by Balanced Image.

257 horses sold for a total of over $3.9 million.

Standardbred Canada article results 2009 Canadian Open Yealing Sale at Flamboro Downs


Results of Day One Canadian Open Yearling Sale 2009


Results of Day Two Canadian Open Yearling Sale 2009

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

Trot Magazine hits Spring Book Exactor with Well Said, Art Colony

The cream really rose to the top at Mohawk last night, with Trot's 2009 Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book faves finishing 1-2 as predicted by the top Canadian standardbred magazine.

In addition, 5 of the finalists were in Trot's top 13, while both consolation winners were in Trot's top 24.

Here are the 25 Top 2009 Spring Book favorites:

(BOLD= made the finals or won consolation)

Well Said - 6
Art Colony - 7
Major In Art - 10
Dial Or Nodial - 11
Sheer Desire - 12
Nebupanezzar - 18
Captain Sir - 20
Carnivore - 22
Annieswesterncard - 24
Schoolkids - 25
Arctic Warrior - 28
Panmunjom - 28
If I Can Dream - 32
Suprizemeagain - 30
Bunkmeister - 34
Shipps Xpectancy - 36
Vertigo Hanover - 38
Millionaire Cam - 40
Barber Pole - 40
Mysticism - 42
Standupnkissme - 45
Johnny Z - 45
Best Dream Seeker - 48
Straight Shooting - 48
Count On Art - 48

Here are the results of Pepsi North America Cup 2009:

Race 7 - June 27, 2009 at Mohawk:

5-Well Said 7.90 5.00 3.20 166877
7-Art Colony 7.00 4.40 59090
6-Keep It Real 2.80 35669

EXACTOR (5-7) paid 55.00, pool 135641
SUPERFECTA (5-7-6-2) paid 670.15, pool 60947
TRIACTOR (5-7-6) paid 185.60, pool 132688
WIN THREE (4-4-5) paid 97.15, pool 12570
PICK 4 (4-4-4-5) paid 194.80, pool 66901

1 MILE, PACE, PURSE $1,500,000.
D-PEPSI NORTH AMERICA CUP XXVI - FINAL - 3 YEAR OLDS.
Last
Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer
5 Well Said 5 6/10T 6@/7H 4@/2H 1/Q 1/3Q 1:48.1 25.4 R Pierce 2.95 S Elliott
7 Art Colony 7 7/12T 7@/9H 6@/4H 6/3H 2/3Q 1:48.4 26 J Campbell 8.10 C Coleman
6 Keep It Real 6 4/7 1@/1Q 1/T 2/Q 3/3Q 1:48.4 26.4 S Condren 1.90* J Shea
2 Mr Wiggles 2 2/1T 3/3 5/4Q 5/3H 4/3T 1:49 26.1 C Callahan 13.40 B Teague
3 Dial Or Nodial 3 5/9 5@/5T 2@/T 3/2 5/4T 1:49.1 27 B Sears 3.45 J Campbell
4 If I Can Dream 4 1/1T 2/1Q 3/2 4/2T 6/5H 1:49.1 26.4 G Brennan 7.05 T Brainard
8 Chasin Racin 8 8/15 8@/11T 8@/7H 8/7 7/7 1:49.3 26.1 D Miller 67.95 B Teague
1 Ok Boromir 1 3/4 4/5Q 7/6T 7/5T 8/12 1:50.3 27.1 L Ouellette 21.45 F Baker Jr
9 Annieswesterncard 9 9/17H 9/11T 10/11 10/11H 9/15 1:51.1 27 T Tetrick 61.05 T Deters
10 Millionaire Cam 10 10/20Q 10/13T 9@/10T 9/9H 10/17Q 1:51.3 27.2 J Jamieson 88.30 T Osullivan
Time: 26, 54.3, 1:22, 1:48.1 (Temperature: 22, Condition: FT, Variant: 0)

1st Well Said (b,c,3 - Western Hanover-Must See-Artsplace)
Owner: Jeffrey S Snyder,New York,NY-Lothlorien,Cheltenham,ON
2nd Art Colony (br,c,3 - Artsplace-Asleep Onthe Beach-Beach Towel)
Owner: Tom Hill,Lancashire,GB
3rd Keep It Real (b,c,3 - Real Artist-Magical Leah-Magical Mike)
Owner: Wayne Eric Whebby,Dartmouth,NS


Here was my prediction for the top finishers in the NA Cup 2009:

Keep It Real
Art Colony
Well Said
Dial Or No Dial
OK Boromir
If I Can Dream
Mr Wiggles

Here is the actual finish:

Well Said
Art Colony
Keep It Real
Mr Wiggles
Dial Or No Dial
If I Can Dream
Chasin Racin


'Twas truly a great night of racing at Mohawk, as the thousands of harness racing fans who enjoyed the beautiful evening will surely attest.

Mr. Big wires 'em in 1.55.3 in 1st qualifier; standardbred racing news

News from the harness racing world:

2008 champion pacer Mr. Big qualifies with wire-to-wire win


Buck I St Pat wins by 5 lengths for first victory since injury


Saqqara Dream sets new lifetime mark with 153.3 victory


Full online list of horses eligible for 2009 Pepsi North American Cup


NA Cup eligibles Trail Boss, Captain Sir, Chief of the Beach all qualify at Mohawk 17apr