Shadow Play picks 2 hole, Beach draws 3; Dewey gets post 8

The post positions for the 3 year old Breeders Crown stakes races at The Meadowlands next Saturday, November 29th have been published.


Post positions for sophomore Breeders Crown divisions were drawn Saturday evening at the Meadowlands. The $4.9 million championships for two- and three-year-old trotters and pacers have finals scheduled for Saturday, Post time 7:00 p.m.

3YO Colt Pace - PP, Horse, Driver, Trainer

1, Blueridge Western, D Palone, K Mc Dermott
2, Shadow Play, D Miller, I Moore
3, Somebeachsomewhere, P MacDonell, B MacGrath
4, Share The Delight, Y Gingras, L Toscano
5, Dali, TBA, D Marfisi
6, Rudy Rednose, B Sears, G Teague Jr
7, Blue Claw, M Lachance, M Ford
8, Mystery Chase, G Brennan, D Russell
9, Bettor Sweet, C Manzi, J Poliseno
10, Lisfinny, J Campbell, R Mc Intosh

Somebeachsomewhere and Dali accepted byes into the final.


3YO Colt Trot - PP, Horse, Driver, Trainer

1, John Paul's Legacy, Angus Mac Donald, Angus Mac Donald
2, Holiday Credit, Ron Pierce, Jimmy Takter
3, In Focus, Dave Palone, Jimmy Takter
4, Broadway Marquis, Wim Paal, Wim Paal
5, Napoleon, Brian Sears, Noel Daley
6, Make It Happen, Ray Schnittker, Ray Schnittker
7, Cloud Casino, David Miller, Ross Croghan
8, Deweycheatumnhowe, Ray Schnittker, Ray Schnittker
9, Celebrity Secret, John Campbell, Staffan Lind
10, Crazed, Tim Tetrick, Frank Antonacci
11, Clerk Magistrate, Trevor Ritchie, Per Henriksen

All 11 entrants advanced to the final.


3YO Filly Trot - PP, Horse, Driver, Trainer

1, Somebody To Love, D Miller, R Croghan
2, Poster Pin Up, B Sears, T Smedshammer
3, No Pain No Gain, D Dube, J Czernyson
4, Feels Like Magic, W O' Donnell, R Norman
5, Stage Show, D Palone, J Campbell
6, Creamy Mimi, T Smedshammer, T Smedshammer
7, Kadealia, T Tetrick, G Teague Jr
8, Lantern Kronos, J Campbell, J Takter
9, Bella Dolce, P MacDonell, R Norman
10, Epangeline, R Schnittker, R Schnittker

Creamy Mimi, Lantern Kronos and Bella Dolce accepted byes into the final.


3YO Filly Pace - PP, Horse, Driver, Trainer

1, Tug River Princess, J Campbell, R Croghan
2, Knock Three Times, A Miller, E Miller
3, Native Bride, B Sears, J Sears
4, Chancey Lady, D Dube, R Bilach
5, A and G'sconfusion, D Miller, C Coleman
6, Hannah Isabel, Y Gingras, J Drolet
7, Btwnurheartnmine, T Tetrick, R Croghan
8, Kelly's Keepsake, R Pierce, E Miller
9, Stylish Artist, D Miller, R Croghan
10, Good News Lady, G Grismore, J Takter




Saturday's Breeder's Crown racing card at Meadowlands in New Jersey will likely be the final racing performances of Somebeachsomewhere and Deweycheatumnhowe, as they head off to stud, but the Blue Chip connections of Shadow Play have announced he'll race at 4 before stallion duties the following year. 2009 may provide some great Art Official / Shadow Play duels, assuming each can come back healthy.

Deweycheatumnhowe wins thrilling 3rd heat Final of Kentucky Futurity

After Dewey and Celebrity Secret split the first two heats 1-1, Celeb drew the rail for the final with Dewycheatumnhowe leaving from post two. Celebrity Secret with John Campbell up led the entire mile, only to be eclipsed at the wire by a late charging Schnittker with a surging Dewey!!!

Full story of Kentucky Futurity final at UStrotting.com

Watch online video of Deweycheatumnhowe winning Kentucky Futurity over Celebrity Secret

Somebeachsomewhere wins Bluegrass, ties all-age world-record with 1:46.4!

September 27, 2008 - Somebeachsomewhere lowered his personal mark, set a world record for 3 year old pacers and tied the all ages record with a blistering time of 146.4 at The Red Mile in Lexington Kentucky this afternoon. "Beach" led from wire to wire, sporting fractions of :26.4, :52.4, and 1:19.2 before Paul Macdonnell drove him home masterfully for a 7-length victory in 27.2, tying Holborn Hanover’s all-time 146.4 race record set at The Meadowlands in 2006.

Those who follow Somebeachsomewhere know that he was a little bit sick in his last start a few weeks back at Mohawk, where he struggled in the homestretch, so everyone was anxious to see how he would do today, facing a 10mph headwind in the backstretch plus 70 degree temperatures. Beach's connections are hoping for perfect conditions next Saturday when they take another crack at the world record in the Tattersalls Pace.

Brent McGrath, trainer of Somebeachsomewhere, had this to say after the race:

“He had three weeks off and he was a little sick in his last start,” he said. “I think we’ve got him close to 100 percent now. I think he’s got another half-second in him.”

In the other two big races today, Art Official won his division of the bluegrass stakes in 1.48.3, while Deweycheatumnhowe trotted to a 152.2, six-length victory over Broadway Marquis, while Celebrity Secret won his division in 153 flat.

Good luck to Beach next week, keep it rolling baby!

Watch Online Video of Somebeachsomewhere's 146.4 world record in Bluegrass Stakes at Red Mile in Kentucky

Somebeachsomewhere, Art Official draw separate divisions in Bluegrass Stakes; Dewey aims for world-record

The hoped-for showdown between "Beach" and the only colt to ever beat him, Art Official, will not materialize in the Saturday's Kentucky Bluegrass Stakes, as each pacer has drawn a separate division.

Art Official has drawn the 8 hole in Race 12, and faces a challenge from inside horses such as Atochia, Share The Delight, and Moonbeam. Somebeachsomewhere drew the 3 in the 14th race, and will have to beat Blue Claw, Mystery Chase, and Dali.

In the world of trotting, Deweycheatumnhowe looks ready to take straight aim at Donato Hanover's world-record for 3 year old trotters (1.50.1) and maybe trip the light fantastic by being the first trotting racehorse ever to post a sub-1.50 mile. It's a matter of time before one of these trotting talents comes home in 1.49.3 or thereabouts, and it will be incredibly exciting if Dewey can do it at The Red Mile this Saturday, September 27th.

Good luck to Beach, Dewey, Art Official and everyone else racing this weekend!

Joe T

Full Entries for 27SEP08 Bluegrass Stakes at The Red Mile, Kentucky

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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Deweycheatumnhowe draws 10 hole in Canadian Trotting Classic final

After getting caught relaxing in the stretch last Saturday night and seeing his lifetime undefeated streak end, Deweycheatumnhowe faces an incredibly tough field from the outside looking in. After losing to Crazed last week, his handlers weren't able to pick their own post position, as both division winners were entitled to. In additi0n to Crazed who is leaving from post 3, Dewey faces Clerk Magistrate out of the 2, and Celebrity Secret alongside of him in the 9 post.

He'll still be the favourite, but he may pay a bit more than usual if he resumes his winning streak. Tim Tetrick and Crazed will likely be there with Dewey in the stretch, setting up another race of the ages.


7 -- Trot, purse $1,000,000 (EX, P3, SF, TR)

D-CANADIAN TROTTING CLASSIC - FINAL - 3 YEAR OLDS
Post time: 09:36 P.M.         Lasix: 05:21 P.M.
 1 Mccarron=              To Be Announced  M Steacy                                   
 2 Clerk Magistrate       T Ritchie        P Henriksen                                
 3 Crazed=                T Tetrick        F Antonacci                                
 4 Velocity Hall          J Jamieson       J Czernyson                                
 5 Napoleon               J Campbell       M Vanderkemp                               
 6 Nureyev                P Macdonell      W Companion                                
 7 Atomic Hall            S Condren        T Smedshammer                              
 8 B Strike Three(L)      R Zeron          G Mackenzie                                
 9 Celebrity Secret=      R Pierce         S Lind                                     
10 Deweycheatumnhowe=     R Schnittker     R Schnittker                               
AE1 Production             R Bergh          R Bergh                                    
Race 7 - Retention Barn - All horses

View Race Entries for Canadian Trotting Classic Final, OSS Gold and Maple Leaf Trot eliminations, Nassagaweya Stakes

Beach wins Simcoe Stakes; Dewey looks for revenge in Canadian Trotting Classic Final

Somebeachsomewhere may have paced his final competitive mile in Canada, but he went out with his usual style, reaching the 3/4 in 1.20.2, strutting home in only 29.4 to wind the race in 1.50.1. Beach has a cold, but he's getting over it.

From Trainer Brent MacGraths' blog:

We scoped Beach immediately following the race, concerned about his un-characteristically slow last quarter. He scoped showing mucus in his throat and lungs, which prevented him from getting his wind on the end of the mile. He was feeling really good this morning, went for a big run in the paddock. He started his antibiotic treatment, and after a few days we expect him to bounce back good as new. It's a good thing we decided to roll him along to the three quarters where the sickness finally took a toll (as it should have after arriving there in 1:20 and change), had we not done that we may have never even noticed the sickness, luckily, it was easy to see that the Beach was not himself.



Santanna Blue Chip one the first division of the Simcoe Stakes, beating Keystone Horatio and Get Out of Doge:

2
1-Santanna Blue Chip        3.50   2.10   2.10     27054
2-Keystone Horatio                 2.30   2.10      9447
4-Get Out Of Dodge                        2.10     31284
DAILY DOUBLE (5-1) paid 12.00, pool 16253
EXACTOR (1-2) paid 4.50, pool 27610
TRIACTOR (1-2-4) paid 9.20, pool 40824
1 MILE, PACE, PURSE $130,326.
D-SIMCOE STAKES - 3 YEAR OLD OPEN
STARTING FEE $2,000 CDN $1,900 U.S.
                                                                               
Horse               PP 1/4 1/2   3/4    Stretch Fin  Time    1/4  Driver      Odds   Trainer
1 Santanna Blue Chip1 3/3  1/1T  1/1T   1/1Q  1/NS   1:53.2  26.3 J Jamieson  0.75*  C Jamieson
2 Keystone Horatio  2 1/1H 2/1T  2/1T   2/1Q  2/NS   1:53.2  26.1 Ra Waples   1.20   J Kopas
4 Get Out Of Dodge  4 2/1H 3/3T  4/3T   4/3Q  3/1T   1:53.4  26.1 Ph Hudon    7.70   M Brethour
5 Windsun Thunder   5 5/6T 5/6H  3@/2H  3/2T  4/2    1:53.4  26.3 R Mayotte   50.05   B Macdonald
3 Lisfinny          3 4/5  4/5H  6/5T   6/5H  5/3H   1:54    26   S Condren   31.30   R Mcintosh
6 Classical Remedy  6 6/8T 6/8H  5@/4H  5/5Q  6/6    1:54.3  27   M Baillargeon42.15   B Baillargeon
Time: 27.2, 58.1, 1:26.4, 1:53.2 (Temperature: 18, Condition: FT, Variant: 0)

1st  Santanna Blue Chip  (b,c,3 - Art Major-Mmissus Hanover-Matts Scooter)
Owner: Carl R Jamieson,Princeton-1140545 Ontario Ltd,Cambridge-Jeffrey R Gillis,
Guelph-George Arthur Stable,Rockwood,ON

2nd  Keystone Horatio    (b,c,3 - Rustler Hanover-Keystone Havoc-Shady Character)
Owner: George F Hempt,Camp Hill,PA

3rd  Get Out Of Dodge    (b,c,3 - Artiscape-Dodge Kitty-Western Hanover)
Owner: Wayne K Carleton-Dean D Lockhart,Collingwood-Daniel Sarafian,Stouffville,ON

Beach won his division in a much more convincing manner, even though he had a cold! Here you go:

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1-Somebeachsomewhere        2.10   0.00   0.00     91084
3-The Mohegan Pan                  0.00   0.00          
6-Deuce Seelster                          0.00          
EXACTOR (1-3) paid 4.60, pool 34095
SUPERFECTA (1-3-6-5) paid 15.15, pool 23209
TRIACTOR (1-3-6) paid 16.80, pool 46042
WIN THREE (7-6-1) paid 39.10, pool 8980
NO PLACE OR SHOW WAGERING
1 MILE, PACE, PURSE $132,326.
D-SIMCOE STAKES - 3 YEAR OLD OPEN
STARTING FEE $2,000 CDN $1,900 U.S.
                                                                               Last
Horse              PP 1/4   1/2     3/4     Stretch  Finish Time    1/4  Driver           Odds   Trainer
1Somebeachsomewhere 1 1/1T  1/1T    1/3T    1/5      1/1T   1:50.1  29.4 P Macdonell      0.05*  B Macgrath
3The Mohegan Pan    3 5/12  5@/11T  3/11    3/6H     2/1T   1:50.3  28   S Condren       39.55   R Mcintosh
6Deuce Seelster     6 6/14H 6@/13T  4@/13T  4/10     3/2    1:50.3  27.2 J Campbell      73.95   D Mccall
5Dali               5 2/1T  2/1T    2/3T    2/5      4/6H   1:51.2  30.1 L Ouellette     38.15   D Marfisi
2Anderlecht         2 4/10  4/10H   6/16    6/15Q    5/7    1:51.3  28   M Saftic       135.75   I Vrablic
7Stonebridge Magnum 7 7/17  7@/16Q  7@/16H  5/15     6/12Q  1:52.3  29   T Tetrick      173.10   R Mcintosh
4Legacy N Diamonds  4 3/7H  3/8Q    5/14H   7/18     7/28Q  1:55.4  32.3 J Jamieson      97.45   C Jamieson
Time: 25.3, 53.2, 1:20.2, 1:50.1 (Temperature: 18, Condition: FT, Variant: 0)

1st  Somebeachsomewhere  (b,c,3 - Mach Three-Wheres The Beach-Beach Towel)
Owner: Schooner Stables,Bible Hill,NS

2nd  The Mohegan Pan     (b,c,3 - No Pan Intended-Western Wonder-Western Hanover)
Owner: Peter Pan Stables Inc,Pepper Pike,OH

3rd  Deuce Seelster      (b,c,3 - Western Maverick-Demi Seelster-Camluck)
Owner: Katherine Bardis,Sacramento,CA

In the most exciting division of the Canadian Trotting Classic, Crazed and Tim Tetrick caught Deweycheatumnhowe and his driver napping in the stretch and before Dewey had a chance to retaliate the crazy Credit Winner colt had blown past him to win the elimination. His hide never felt a brush.

If it could be said that Beach's only loss came when his driver was over-aggressive and less than patient, Dewey's first defeat may be partially due to an overly relaxed, too-confident stretch drive.

Here's the line:

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7-Crazed                    8.50   0.00   0.00     26046
2-Deweycheatumnhowe                0.00   0.00          
6-Atomic Hall                             0.00          
EXACTOR (7-2) paid 12.50, pool 40028
TRIACTOR (7-2-6) paid 36.90, pool 50621
WIN THREE (5-1-7) paid 33.15, pool 12813
NO PLACE OR SHOW WAGERING
#1 5P6 FOR INSIDE THREE CONSECUTIVE PYLONS
1 MILE, TROT, PURSE $40,000.
D-CANADIAN TROTTING CLASSIC - ELIMINATION - 3 YEAR OLDS
STARTING FEE $6,000 CDN $5,700 U.S.
                                                                               Last
Horse               PP 1/4  1/2   3/4     Stretch  Finish   Time    1/4  Driver           Odds   Trainer
7 Crazed            6 3/4Q  3/3H  2@/2T   2/1T     1/T      1:54.2  27   T Tetrick        3.25   F Antonacci
2 Deweycheatumnhowe 2 1/2   1/1H  1/2T    1/1T     2/T      1:54.3  27.4 R Schnittker     0.15*  R Schnittker
6 Atomic Hall       5 6/10H 6/8H  6/8H    5/7H     3/5T     1:55.3  27.1 S Condren       32.95   T Smedshammer
3 Nureyev           3 5/8T  5/6T  5@/7H   6/8Q     4/8Q     1:56    27.4 P Macdonell     44.20   W Companion
4 Mccarron          4 4/6H  4/5   4@/5Q   X4/6H    X6P5/20Q 1:58.2  30.3 T Ritchie       24.85   M Steacy
1 Production        1 2/2   2/1H  3IHR/3Q 3/5Q     5P6/8T   1:56.1  28.4 R Bergh         46.25   R Bergh
5 Di Manggio        SCRATCHED - VET(SICK)                                                              
Time: 27.2, 57.4, 1:26.4, 1:54.2 (Temperature: 18, Condition: FT, Variant: 0)
Judges List: Di Manggio-VET

1st  Crazed              (br,c,3 - Credit Winner-Mary Lou Hall-Mr Lavec)
Owner: Lindy Racing Stable,Enfield,CT--Gary N & Ellen S Hoffman,Boynton Beach,FL-Robert A Rudolph,Vineland,NJ

2nd  Deweycheatumnhowe   (b,c,3 - Muscles Yankee-Trolley Square-Speedy Somolli)
Owner: Raymond W Schnittker,Middletown-Theodore Gewertz,New York-Charles V Iannazzo,Tappan,NY-Deweycheatumnhowe Stable,Lexington,KY

3rd  Atomic Hall         (b,c,3 - Self Possessed-Audra Hall-Garland Lobell)
Owner: Leif Alber,Soborg,DEN

Full results of Simcoe Stakes, Champlain Stakes and Canadian Trotting Classic elimination races


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