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The stage is now set for next Monday's $150,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes finals for 4-year-olds at Oak Grove Racing & Gaming after the prelims concluded this afternoon (June 15).
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Eliminations were not required for either the MGM Yonkers Trot or the MGM Grand Messenger Stakes, the opening leg of the Trotting and Pacing Triple Crowns for 3-year-old colts and geldings.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Wednesday 6/17 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 6/16 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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There were two constants as 3-year-old trotting fillies raced for over $200,000 in two divisions of Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and five divisions of the Pennsylvania Stallion Series at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania during a Sunday twilight card. One constant was that there would be no first-round winner repeating in this second preliminary leg; the other was that every winner would set a lifetime mark.
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Odds On Mr Mamba backed up his elimination win as he turned a second-over trip into a 1:48 1/5 triumph in the C$1 million Grade 1 Pepsi North America Cup for 3-year-old male pacers on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. For driver James MacDonald and trainer Melanie Wrenn, they both had success in the Cup for the first time.
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Whoomp, driven by John De Long for trainer Roger Welch, held firm while taking home the $94,500 second leg of Indiana Sire Stakes action for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Harrah's Hoosier Park on Saturday (June 13).
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For his second start in-a-row, Big Ranger lowered the Eldorado Scioto Downs track record for 3-year-old colt trotters - this time tripping the beam in 1:50.3. The win was in Saturday night's second $75,000 division of the Ohio Sires Stakes.
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The C$420,000 Grade 1 Fan Hanover for 3-year-old filly pacers on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park looked like a match race on paper and turned into one as undefeated Be Perfect BG cut the pace and Breeders Crown champion Loua Dipa followed her from the pocket for the final three-quarters. In a wicked stretch drive Loua Dipa and Ronnie Wrenn Jr. edged by to the inside, scoring in a stake, track and Canadian record 1:48 1/5 mile.
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James MacDonald found the perfect trip, and Miki And Minnie responded like the champion she is in capturing Saturday's Grade 1 C$320,000 Roses Are Red final at Woodbine Mohawk Park in a career-best 1:48 1/5 clocking.
The stage is now set for next Monday's $150,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes finals for 4-year-olds at Oak Grove Racing & Gaming after the prelims concluded this afternoon (June 15).
Eliminations were not required for either the MGM Yonkers Trot or the MGM Grand Messenger Stakes, the opening leg of the Trotting and Pacing Triple Crowns for 3-year-old colts and geldings.
Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Wednesday 6/17 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 6/16 card at Yonkers Raceway.
There were two constants as 3-year-old trotting fillies raced for over $200,000 in two divisions of Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and five divisions of the Pennsylvania Stallion Series at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania during a Sunday twilight card. One constant was that there would be no first-round winner repeating in this second preliminary leg; the other was that every winner would set a lifetime mark.
Odds On Mr Mamba backed up his elimination win as he turned a second-over trip into a 1:48 1/5 triumph in the C$1 million Grade 1 Pepsi North America Cup for 3-year-old male pacers on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. For driver James MacDonald and trainer Melanie Wrenn, they both had success in the Cup for the first time.
Whoomp, driven by John De Long for trainer Roger Welch, held firm while taking home the $94,500 second leg of Indiana Sire Stakes action for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Harrah's Hoosier Park on Saturday (June 13).
For his second start in-a-row, Big Ranger lowered the Eldorado Scioto Downs track record for 3-year-old colt trotters - this time tripping the beam in 1:50.3. The win was in Saturday night's second $75,000 division of the Ohio Sires Stakes.
The C$420,000 Grade 1 Fan Hanover for 3-year-old filly pacers on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park looked like a match race on paper and turned into one as undefeated Be Perfect BG cut the pace and Breeders Crown champion Loua Dipa followed her from the pocket for the final three-quarters. In a wicked stretch drive Loua Dipa and Ronnie Wrenn Jr. edged by to the inside, scoring in a stake, track and Canadian record 1:48 1/5 mile.
James MacDonald found the perfect trip, and Miki And Minnie responded like the champion she is in capturing Saturday's Grade 1 C$320,000 Roses Are Red final at Woodbine Mohawk Park in a career-best 1:48 1/5 clocking.
