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  • Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New

    POSTED Dec 28, 2011 By Frank Cotolo
    First and foremost, we wish all the TwinSpires staff and crew and every player on the site the happiest year to come. We had a pretty good year playing harness and we will be doing everything possible to make it another good year, perhaps a greater year, perhaps the greatest year ever.  

    Thank you, readers and players, for sharing with us a lot of action, as well as continuing to come to TwinSpires, where harness racing is treated like on no other website where you can wager. We hope to bring you more exclusive material and up-to-date action tips, as well as we hope to be on site for some of the season’s top events—another exclusive feature of harness betting at TwinSpires. 

    Also thanks to the Hambletonian Society for its participation in so many Grand Circuit events. Their dedication to the bettors, as well as they serve the owners and horsemen, is what makes Tom Charters, Moira Fanning and the whole staff so special and priceless to this side of the sport. 

    New Year’s Eve Special


    Saturday evening, Dec. 31, Pompano Park is one of the few harness arenas with a program on New Year’s Eve. It presents eight races starting at 7:15 p.m. EST. 

    John Yinger, Racing Operations Director, said “We’re just rounding up the last of the details for what was already going to be a huge New Year’s Eve race card and to have Dan Noble committing to be here to chase the drivers’ dash title for the year should really add to the excitement level.”

    Noble is in tight quarters with George Brennan to win the title. That duel could go right down to the wire with Noble listed on four of the eight races at press time.  

    Tim Tetrick and George Napolitano may also be in Florida to drive in some races that night. That would mean the driving champions of 2009, 2010, and 2011 are all on the same program. That is the perfect time to watch for overlays on horses being driven by other Pompano sulky chauffeurs, including Joe Pavia, Jr., Ed Hensley, Wally Hennessey, Bruce Ranger and Rick Plano, to name a few. The colony is quite talented.

    The Dec. 31 Open Handicap Pace may feature an appearance my Little Brown Jug-winner Big Bad John. He qualified last Saturday at Pompano in 1:55.4. In his last race as a sophomore, he is less than $12,000 away from reaching $1 million in earnings. Dan Hennessey is the trainer while “John” is away from his Ohio base.

    On our Pompano Watch List (H2W), here are some prospects for the coming week:

    Best Catch; Bluebird Chrome; Dojea Delight; Don’t Call Us; Eel; Escrow Blue Chip; Fox Ridge Banker; I’m A Scooter; Julius Secret; Keystone Thomas; Running Ron; Special Art; Spring Goal; Sundowner Bob; Too Busy Tobe Bad; Twin B Impact.

    Cal-Exotic

    We always seem to be out of step with the Cal-Expo schedule, so we catch up when we can. There is a New Year’s Eve program, despite what we wrote a week ago. So, the no-takeout Pick 4 is on for Dec. 31, 2011, though by the time it’s over it will already be 2012, Eastern Time.

    Coming off of a holiday break, we are handicapping this exotic from our recent notes on trips prior to the rest period. So here are our suggested contenders.

    Leg 1
    (4) Franco Smoothie N showed a lot of early speed at 24-1 and finished third.
    (6) Jeff The Builder has been sharp and took the show spot as one of the public choices.

    Leg 2
    (5) Whitman has been winning and in the mix all winter.
    (9) Devilish Donnie could offer more price from this post while peaking.

    Leg 3
    TJ Beach Poker continues to fight at high odds to surprise the public.

    Leg 4
    (3) Shoot The Works could open up in this group.

    On the Cal-Expo H2W, check out these promising entries: 

    Laredos Goose, Dec. 30, Race 6
    Ailene’s Prince, Dec. 30, Race 10

    HAPPY NEW YEAR and resolve to win in 2012.
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