Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
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The big story of the week, on Sept. 1 at Mohawk, was
something to behold as frosh-pacer Captaintreacherous took the $1-million Metro
Pace in 1:49.2. He may be the super horse of the season, as predicted. He took
off late in the mile, just past a sizzling three-quarters in 1:21.3 (yikes,
remember these are two-year-olds) but once he got started he didn’t stop for no
other closer. Captaintreacherous paid $3.70, which, considering the territory,
could be considered generous.
We also nailed a Simcoe Stakes that night as Little Brown
Fox won battling against soph-colt trotters in a sparkling 1:51.4, paying $5.10
against the favorite.
At Pocono, we passed on Check Me Out again, suggesting she
would be invincible in this group and she was just that, destroying the world
record for soph-filly trotters on a five-eighths track with a win in 1:51.3.
She paid $3.40, arguably an overlay.
Also in the sires-stakes finals for sophomores, we nabbed
Economy Terror, the soph-filly pacer, as she won and paid $4.
Our choices on the other stakes on the Mohawk program
Saturday were not so productive. The Canadian Pacing Derby bettors made We Will
See 5-1 but a remarkable mile from Foiled Again (15-1) won it. In the She’s A
Great Lady, Macharoundtheclock (12-1) made a bold first-over move and hung from
the effort, finishing 10th; the favorite won. Rebeca Bayama was only
5-2 in the A Spring Of Hope but she wound up fourth to the huge public choice,
Put On A Show. And Teresas Beach broke badly in the Metro Consolation, having
no chance to compete after running.
With his win in the Canadian Pacing Derby, Foiled Again became the richest pacer in history. His winning share of the event earned him enough to balloon his earnings to $4.3 million. He did it in less than six seasons. It’s another feather in the cap of trainer Ron Burke, who kept the stalwart pacer strong through each season. He was a longshot in this field for many reasons, one because he had a poor win record thus far this season and was up against some powerful recency.
Drop The Ball, now four, met her usual pacing-mare contestants at Philadephia on the last day in August, only this time she went faster than she ever won before. Her 1:48.4 win made her the fastest four-year-old pacing mare in the history of the sport. It was only a Mares Open Pace but she did most of the speedy work alone. It was her fourth win of the season.
Grand Circuit racing
continues at Mohawk through the week. On Sept. 4 there are more Simcoe Stakes,
these for soph-filly trotters. Then on Sept. 8 frosh pacers of both sexes go in
Champlain Stakes and soph colt pacers battle in Simcoe Stakes. The “Circuit”
takes a short break after Mohawk, returning on Sept. 19 for the historic Little
Brown Jug week at the Delaware, Ohil County Fair.
Windsor Raceway is
officially closed. The Ontario track gave up the ghost after slots money was
denied by the province gaming commission. It was a top track once and in its
waning years it was a great place for overlays in overnights, with a true bias
for trip handicapping. To read more about the track, see the Vast Performances link
below.
Freehold
Raceway, however, started its latest meet. America’s oldest pari-mutuel harness
track will present a 51-day summer/fall meet.
Freehold
offers a $5,000 guaranteed Pick-4 (races 2-5) each day of the meet. Freehold
races three days per week, Thursday through Saturday.
First
post for the meet will be 12:30 p.m.
The Breeders Crown is the
next target for all the top horses in their divisions. Click
here to get to the exclusive Breeders
Crown Countdown blog.
Extraordinary Extras
We invite you to enjoy our musings on other standardbred
topics at my Hoof Beats blog titled Vast Performances. Every
weekend as part of that blog we we offer Balmoral Pick-4-and-win picks at the
USTA’s Strategic Wagering Program
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