Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
POSTED Jun 23, 2012
By
Frank Cotolo
It was a jam-packed weekend of harness action with most of
the focus on
Pocono Downs for
sophomore pacers and trotters, as well as a few elders pounding it out on the
five-eighths mile. Older trotters were featured at the
Meadowlands and
Vernon Downs pumped out some lucrative
state-bred attractions.
That’s where we began to cash, as the June 22 New York Sires
Stakes at Vernon produced a win by Ideal Romance, our choice, paying $10.80. We
were second with
Escape The News and
third with Dynamic Youth in the other splits.
At
Pocono Downs on
Saturday, June 23 we were prolific thanks to some fine paying choices in a
stakes-laden program that offered a lot of overlays.
There was a single elim for next week’s James Lynch Final
for soph-filly pacers and we were right on the money with our choice, Darena
Hanover. She plowed to a sharp win, paying $19.20.
In the
Ben
Franklin elims, popular older pacers met to create the field for next
week’s final (an event formerly at
Chester,
now Philadelphia). We were hot on two horses in the first of two elims and
the best one came through, as Aracache Hanover stormed home first to pay
$18.80.
We couldn’t go for a price in two events but we managed to
pull out some profits through an exacta in the second of the Max Hempt elims.
Hurrikane Kingcole was our choice and he won, tied the world record and a track
mark in the process, though he only paid $2.80. Our second choice, I Like
Dreamin, however, at 11-1, completed an exacta that was a fair price for the
combo of odds, paying $23.40.
In the second James Lynch elim we warned not to bet against
American Jewel, to pass or use her as a key, and she won big, breaking the
track record and tying a track record as the prohibitive 1-5 choice.
The third Max Hempt elim went as suggested with Bolt The
Duer winning easily, paying a healthy $6 as the public’s second choice.
At the Meadowlands we were with the crowd in the
Titan Cup prep as Chapter
Seven scored big to pay $3.80, which if you consider the buzz about his debut
at four after remarkable qualifiers is a fair price.
Our failures for the weekend included the Maywood Pace at
Maywood and the Ellamony Final at Flamboro. In both of those races the dead-on
favorites made mince meat of our choices.
It’s mid way through month two of our exclusive
Hambletonian Trail blog and
the previews of races through the week for both divisions with Hambo hopes
ensues, as do the reviews of those events at
the Hambletonian Society site.
Every weekend we offer Balmoral Pick-4-and-win picks at the
USTA’s
Strategic Wagering Program
page which includes suggested win bets. Last week we hit with Cinnamon
Spider at $9, So Be It at $8.40 and Lady Lakers at $21.80.
Also, we invite you to enjoy our musings on other
standardbred topics at my
Hoof Beats blog titled
Vast Performances.
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News And Notes
Eric Carlson shipped east and brought his tack to the lucrative arenas. He
is making a good impression on the horsemen communities in the tri-state area
and Ray Cotolo got an exclusive interview with him. You can read that
by
clicking here.
In 2007 we covered the
Breeders
Crown at the Meadowlands and after the elims we called for a big upset in
the sophomore colt pace. We liked Artist’s View in the $550,000 event,
suggesting that a speed duel was a likely scenario between Tell All (9-5) and
Always A Virgin (2-1). From post 10, Artist’s View (pictured left) went off at 42-1, and when
the duel we suspected took the field through blistering fractions, our choice
closed, won and paid $86 to win. Making the hit sweeter, we also gave Whatta
Hotshot as a possible second, which is where he wound up.
At eight, Artist’s View has been retired. He earned $788,811 with a mark of
1:49.4 at five. His trainer through that career was Buzzy Sholty. Artist’s
View’s dam was Lady Ashee Ann who also produced last year’s Breeders Crown soph
champ Betterthancheddar. The son of Artsplace will live in Ohio and his owners
are entertaining offers to stand him Down Under.
At the Meadows, effective July 2,
the minimum bet on all Pick 3 and Pick 4 wagers becomes 50 cents. In addition,
the track will introduce a second Pick 4 on each card and cancel the
50-50/Pick-5 wager.
The track will continue to offer
50-cent minimums on all superfectas, available on all races with at least eight
wagering interests (with the exception of races that kick off Pick 4s). So,
beginning July 2, on a typical 15-race card, bettors will be presented 50-cent
minimums on two Pick 4s, four Pick 3s and as many as 13 superfectas.
Under Pennsylvania law, the
minimum bet on any race, regardless of entry level, is $2. For that reason, any
Pick 3, Pick 4 or superfecta player must bet at least four combinations at 50
cents to meet the legal requirement.
Cartoon by Thom Pye
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