Friday, Mar 02, 2012 Corbett: Horse Racing Will Be Fine
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Friday, Mar 02, 2012 Corbett: Horse Racing Will Be Fine
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<strong>Mar</strong>ch 2, <strong>2012</strong><br />
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Comebacking Put On A Show Tops<br />
Overbid...p2<br />
Peelers Wins Big M Qualifier...p3<br />
VIP To Debut Thoroughbred Division...p3<br />
<strong>Corbett</strong>: <strong>Horse</strong> <strong>Racing</strong> <strong>Will</strong> <strong>Be</strong> <strong>Fine</strong><br />
By Bill Finley<br />
During a wide-reaching interview taped Tuesday with<br />
Denny Logan on WNNK-FM in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania<br />
Governor Tom <strong>Corbett</strong> defended his attempts to strip the<br />
Race <strong>Horse</strong> Development Fund of $72 million.<br />
Logan, a thoroughbred<br />
enthusiast<br />
and owner,<br />
argued that<br />
should the<br />
money be taken<br />
from purses it<br />
will have a devastating<br />
effect on<br />
racing in the<br />
Pa. Gov. Tom <strong>Corbett</strong> says racing has<br />
nothing to worry about<br />
state, but<br />
<strong>Corbett</strong> attempted<br />
to paint<br />
the possible raiding<br />
of the fund as only a minor problem for the racing industry.<br />
He said that, even with the $72 million gone, there would<br />
be an “abundant” amount of money left for purses. Logan<br />
said the word “abundant” was a “mischaracterization of<br />
reality” and predicted that several Pennsylvania racetracks<br />
would close should the governor get away with his plan.<br />
“They will be able to survive,” <strong>Corbett</strong> said.<br />
The governor went on to claim that the $72 million annual<br />
hit would not be permanent.<br />
“We basically subsidize the race horse industry by creating<br />
that fund in the first place,” <strong>Corbett</strong> said. “I have friends<br />
in the horse race industry that are upset with me and I told<br />
them that in my opinion this is a very short term issue.”<br />
At another point in the interview, <strong>Corbett</strong> said: “This is a<br />
short term fix. We don't want to do this long term but we<br />
have to get through the next two or three years.”<br />
Logan said no one was going to believe that the $72<br />
million would some day go back into the race horse fund.<br />
“I understand that, but we are not faced with great<br />
choices,” <strong>Corbett</strong> responded.<br />
<strong>Corbett</strong> went on to claim his plan would actually benefit<br />
racing to some extent because the $72 million is being<br />
earmarked for county fairs and the University of Pennsylvania’s<br />
veterinary programs.<br />
“They get a fair amount of money,” <strong>Corbett</strong> said of the<br />
state’s racing industry. That (the $72 million) is a chunk. But<br />
there will be a lot of money left over. We need some money<br />
and we're putting it into the fairs of Pennsylvania, which is<br />
an integral part of Pennsylvania culture, especially in the<br />
rural areas. The fairs do a lot with horses; there's a lot of<br />
racing there, sulky racing. The Penn vet program that the<br />
state has always funded, that helps agriculture, but it also<br />
helps the horse racing industry because an equine facility is<br />
there.”<br />
“I don’t see how this fixes anything,” Logan countered.<br />
“This is going to break the horse racing industry. I can<br />
appreciate you saying you want to fund county fairs and<br />
other agricultural issues and horse racing is part of the<br />
Department of Agriculture. But that department is funded<br />
by the budget and the horse racing fund is not funded from<br />
the budget. I don’t see the logic. This is like taking money<br />
from girl scout cookie sales and using it to fix pot holes<br />
and then arguing that since girl scouts use roads they<br />
should help repair them. The horse racing fund is a result<br />
of a partnership with the gaming industry. It’s not a government<br />
subsidy.”<br />
Logan said the debate continued off the air.<br />
“I told him off the air that other than a ski mask and a<br />
weapon I saw no difference between taking from the horse<br />
fund and a robbery,” the radio host said. “He said I was<br />
more politically informed than he expected and I assured<br />
him I'm not some uninformed pinhead or kiss ass like you<br />
typically meet on these local radio shows. I told him I didn't<br />
vote for him but I respected his candor and political courage<br />
to make choices that are basically pissing everyone<br />
off. I asked that he please objectively reconsider his position<br />
on this horse issue and I said I would objectively<br />
reconsider my position on the issues important to him. He<br />
said ‘fair enough,’ shook my hand and left.”
Harness<strong>Racing</strong>Update.com • 3/2/12 PAGE 2 of 6<br />
Put On A Show Ready To Do Just That?<br />
By Bill Finley<br />
Richard Young has been waiting for this moment for more<br />
than 15 months, which was the last time his sensational<br />
mare Put On A Show (Rocknroll Hanover) raced. She<br />
returns tonight in the first leg of the Overbid Series at the<br />
Meadowlands, which came up brutally tough for a mere<br />
$40,000 race, and the mare’s co-owner says she will be<br />
better than ever. Eventually, that it is.<br />
“She’s suggesting<br />
to us that<br />
she’s going to<br />
even better than<br />
before,” Young<br />
said. “She’s<br />
sounder. When<br />
she raced at<br />
three, she was a<br />
horse whose knee<br />
Put On A Show...the champ is back<br />
(New Image Media photo)<br />
was deteriorating.<br />
At times, she<br />
would cross the<br />
wire a little gimpy. The vet indicated to us that this was an<br />
injury that was deteriorating over time and finally broke off.<br />
The driver, Brian Sears, is telling us that she’s come back<br />
straighter and sounder. She’s considerably bigger and she’s<br />
shown flashes of speed just as she had before. So we’ve<br />
got something bigger, stronger, sounder.”<br />
Put On A Show wrapped up a Dan Patch Award when<br />
capturing her Breeders Crown event in 2009 before ending<br />
her season with a second place finish in the American<br />
Nationals at Balmoral. But a knee problem had flared up to<br />
the point where she needed surgery.<br />
With Put On A Show having already accomplished so<br />
much, most owners would have retired her at that point and<br />
bred her. But Young, who owns the mare along with his wife<br />
Joanne and Craig Henderson, has never been much for the<br />
breeding business.<br />
“I’ve never bred a horse in my life and to breed her would<br />
have meant changing my whole philosophy,” he said. “I was<br />
told by the vet that, once she had time to heal, she was<br />
likely to come back as good or better than ever. I like to<br />
race horses, this is a great horse and I like to watch her<br />
race.”<br />
Trainer Chris Ryder brought Put On A Show along patiently<br />
and had her ready for qualifiers at the Meadowlands<br />
last month. She won two straight qualifiers, setting her up<br />
for <strong>Friday</strong>’s race.<br />
But Young will go into it with modest expectations. He<br />
understands that any horse–even Put On A Show–leaving<br />
from the ten post after being off 15-plus months is up<br />
against it.<br />
“We don’t care too much about this first race,” he said.<br />
“We all want to win, but she drew the ten post against a<br />
really tough bunch. I can’t see the driver saying, ‘we have<br />
a great horse here, we’ve been off 16 months, we’ll go<br />
right to the front.’ And if he does I’ll shoot him. What do I<br />
see? Parked the mile, out five wide top of the stretch, pass<br />
a few horses and finish fourth. That won’t bother me. She<br />
can fly. But we’ve got to get he race-ready, not qualifyready.”<br />
Ryder agrees.<br />
I'm really happy with her; it doesn't seem like she's lost<br />
her edge at all,” he said. “I think the biggest obstacle now<br />
is getting her seasoned, but she'll overcome that."<br />
Young believes Put On A Show should be ready for her<br />
best about the time the Overbid Final rolls around. After<br />
that, he’ll consider racing her against males, another sign<br />
of his confidence. He said that if she is successful over the<br />
next several weeks he will consider the Graduate and the<br />
<strong>Be</strong>n Franklin.<br />
“I’m very serious about that,” he said. “But I’m not going<br />
to do it if she can’t beat the other mares.”<br />
With a career record of 19 for 25 and earnings of<br />
$1,883,475, Put On A Show is the richest horse in the<br />
race, but she’s far from the only quality mare in the field.<br />
The Overbid will also mark the <strong>2012</strong> debut of 2011 Dan<br />
Patch Award winner Anndrovette (Riverboat King), who is<br />
also coming off two winning qualifiers at the Meadowlands.<br />
Chancey Lady (Camluck), second in last year’s<br />
Breeders Crown, is also making her seasonal debut, and<br />
Ron Burke will take aim at first prize with the three-horse<br />
entry of Rock N Soul (Rocknroll Hanover), Ginger And<br />
Fred (Real Artist) and Rocklamation (Rocknroll Hanover).
Harness<strong>Racing</strong>Update.com • 3/2/12 PAGE 3 of 6<br />
See You At Peelers Wins Qualifier in 1:56.3<br />
Thursday, <strong>Mar</strong>ch 01, <strong>2012</strong> - by Ken Weingartner, Harness<br />
<strong>Racing</strong> Communications<br />
Freehold, NJ --- Two-time Dan Patch Award winner See<br />
You At Peelers (<strong>Be</strong>ttor’s Delight) returned to the racetrack<br />
for the first time in four months and won a qualifier at the<br />
Meadowlands in 1:56.3 Thursday morning.<br />
Brian Sears drove the Jimmy Takter-trained pacing mare<br />
over a track labeled "sloppy" on a chilly 37-degree morning<br />
in northern New Jersey. See You At Peelers, who won the<br />
first 22 races of her career and has earned $1.49 million in<br />
25 lifetime starts, last competed on October 22 in a Breeders<br />
Crown elimination. She finished seventh.<br />
Bred by Christina<br />
Takter, who owns the<br />
4-year-old mare with<br />
brothers John and<br />
Jim Fielding, See<br />
You At Peelers was<br />
hampered by a virus<br />
that caused heart and<br />
lung issues toward<br />
See You At Peelers qualified at the<br />
Meadowlands Thursday<br />
the end of her 2011<br />
campaign.<br />
In the qualifier, See<br />
You At Peelers was third for much of the way before coming<br />
home with a :28 second final quarter-mile and edging<br />
Myluvmylife (Rocknroll Hanover) by a neck.<br />
“It was not a fast qualifier, but she did it very nice,” Jimmy<br />
Takter said. “I was very happy with her and so was Brian.<br />
The track was very sloppy, but when he tipped her out over<br />
the last eighth (of a mile) she came home very nice. We’ll<br />
see if we can shake a little more speed out of her.”<br />
Takter, who said he has trained See You At Peelers in<br />
1:53.3, will qualify her at least one more time before returning<br />
to action, most likely in the Blue Chip Matchmaker<br />
Series at Yonkers Raceway. The series begins <strong>Mar</strong>ch 23.<br />
“So far, so good,” Takter said. “We’ll qualify at least one<br />
more time and then go from there. When she’s got to go<br />
under (1):50, that’s when I’ll know if we’ve got the real deal<br />
or not.”<br />
See You At Peelers won all 13 of her starts as a<br />
2-year-old and was named the Dan Patch Award winner as<br />
the best filly in her age group. Last season, she won nine of<br />
12 races and again captured divisional honors. Her 22-race<br />
win streak was harness racing’s fourth longest in the U.S.<br />
over the last 20 years and done against primarily stakes<br />
competition.<br />
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VIP Stable To Start First Thoroughbred Runner<br />
Today<br />
By Lucas <strong>Mar</strong>quardt<br />
VIP Stable, one of harness racing’s top syndicates, has<br />
branched out into thoroughbred racing and will start its first<br />
runner today when the Gary Contessa-trained Crown The<br />
Chief runs in the third race at Aqueduct. The six-furlong<br />
event is a starter handicap with a $55,000 purse.<br />
Like many, VIP was attracted<br />
to the thoroughbred game and<br />
New York because of the skyrocketing<br />
purses at the NYRA<br />
tracks. With business booming<br />
at the Aqueduct casino, NYRA<br />
recently announced that there<br />
Gary Contessa will train<br />
VIP’s thoroughbred<br />
string<br />
will be a 44 percent purse increase<br />
at the upcoming<br />
<strong>Be</strong>lmont spring meet.<br />
“This is a horse we claimed<br />
for $30,000 a few weeks back,<br />
and he is racing for an amazing $55,000 purse - just about<br />
enough to pay back his claiming price if he wins,” VIP<br />
Founder and Managing Partner Ed O’Connor said. “As<br />
New York racing moves to <strong>Be</strong>lmont in the spring and then<br />
Saratoga this summer, the purses will reach amazing<br />
levels Purses at <strong>Be</strong>lmont will average $620,000 per day<br />
and at Saratoga, they will average $930,000 per day. Can<br />
you imagine racing in a maiden race at Saratoga for an<br />
$85,000 purse! Or in an Allowance race for a purse of<br />
$87,000.! Even low level claimers will race for big bucks,<br />
with $12,500 claimers going for a $43,000 purse and<br />
$25,000 claimers for $55,000. Holy cow.”<br />
O’Connor said that Crown the Chief is the stable’s only<br />
thoroughbred, but he plans to add several more in the<br />
coming weeks.<br />
O’Connor said that there are no plans to cut back on<br />
VIP’s standardbred operation.
Harness<strong>Racing</strong>Update.com • 3/2/12 PAGE 4 of 6<br />
tougher. KENTUCKY REBEL will be tested early and<br />
FLOAT BLUE CHIP will be closing.<br />
By Brett Sturman<br />
Race 6, Overbid<br />
The FFA mare division gets a new look tonight as a number<br />
of the mares that we’ll see throughout the summer and later<br />
into the year make their seasonal debut. TEA PARTY<br />
PRINCESS already won the Open at Woodbine last out in<br />
her first start of the year and will likely be showing speed<br />
again. Won half her starts last year at three, and may offer<br />
some additional value being the only Burke horse in here<br />
not part of the entry. PUT ON A SHOW makes her first<br />
start in a year and a half and lands post 10. I’d imagine a<br />
very conservative effort coming, but will be one to watch.<br />
ANNDROVETTE was the sport’s older mare of the year in<br />
2011, and that Breeders Crown win was dominant. Has two<br />
qualifiers under her belt, could be ready to go right now.<br />
HIGHER AND HIGHER lost to the tripped out SYMPHONY<br />
IN MOTION in the Cape & Cutter final, gets tested even<br />
further.<br />
Race 7, Fillies & <strong>Mar</strong>es N/W $10,000 L5<br />
BLING had too far to come last week in her drop to this<br />
level, but it was a race she probably should have been in a<br />
better position to begin with. That 1/27 race from Yonkers<br />
would be more than good enough; still deserves to be<br />
favored. WHATS NEW PUSSYCAT took her tour of the<br />
track last week but now lands post 10 with two of the main<br />
contenders immediately to her inside. Qualified second to<br />
Put On A Show two back. CLASSIERIVERBOAT N<br />
brushed to the lead into the stretch last out but ran out of<br />
steam a little bit late. That was over a sloppy track, I can<br />
give one more chance from the rail. I went against RUN<br />
ON LUCK last week when she had the rail and got burned;<br />
let’s see if she can do it again but this time from out here.<br />
Speed will be coming.<br />
Race 8, Rags To Riches<br />
LAGUNA BEACH had his winning streak derailed last week,<br />
but it took heavy pressure throughout and a :53:4 half mile<br />
to do him in. He still hung in there pretty well despite it, and<br />
his race last week went in 1:51:1, by far the fastest division.<br />
ALASTAIR HANOVER rebounded after faltering two back<br />
when heavily backed. That 30K claiming line from three<br />
back and the rail tonight are intimidating. ROCKIN GLASS<br />
showed sharp pace on both ends of the mile two back and<br />
then took them wire to wire last out; this field is a bit<br />
Race 9, N/W $10,000 L5<br />
TSMLIL ORPHAN ANDY nearly overcame a wide trip and<br />
stalled cover over that sloppy track last <strong>Friday</strong> to just miss<br />
against the pocket sitting winner Tigers Too Good. Was a<br />
very strong second to In Focus two back and does have a<br />
big class edge over most of these. One more chance.<br />
FOUR STARZ CREDIT looked like a winner last out midway<br />
through the stretch but was caught by a very sharp<br />
looking rival. He’ll be going right to the front again and<br />
another 1:54 type mile could very well get the job done<br />
this time. UP FRONT BEN has been here before, and<br />
now makes his debut for Julie Miller. I wouldn’t be at all<br />
surprised with an improved effort. WHYBABYWHY makes<br />
her second start back; could be closing at a long price.<br />
The Plays<br />
$16 ticket: 6-9 / 1-8 / 1-5 / 5-9<br />
$48 ticket: 6-9 / 1-8-9-10 / 1-5-8 / 5-9<br />
Monday’s Results<br />
9, DD, $31,000, Pace, Preferred, 26.4, 55.4, 1:23.2,<br />
1:50.4, FT<br />
1-Southwestern Dream (g, 7, Cambest--Lady Of Art, by<br />
Western Hanover) O-Frank J <strong>Be</strong>llino. B-Ecurie Reve<br />
Avec Moi, CA. T-Bruce Saunders. D-Ross Wolfenden,<br />
$15,500, Lifetime Record: 131-35-21-18, $818,052<br />
2-Ise The By Boy (g, 5, Mach Three--Prince Lee Fiesta,<br />
by Allwin Steady), $20,000 2008 FOREST O-Wm Kenneth<br />
Wood & <strong>Will</strong>iam J Dittmar Jr & Stephen J Iaquinta.<br />
B-Grace M George, CA. T-Eric Ell. D-Ron Pierce, $7,750<br />
3-Mainland Key N (g, 7, Shiney Key--Eastwood<br />
Bluejeans, by In The Pocket) O-Harry von Knoblauch. B-L<br />
R Melhopt, NZ & T C <strong>Be</strong>hrns, NZ. T-Peter Tritton. D-Tim<br />
Tetrick, $3,720<br />
Calls: 2H, 1H, 1, 1, NK<br />
Finish Order: Nova Artist, Cams Art, Jeremy's Successor,<br />
Broadies Song, Fools Gold, Lou's Bad Yankee<br />
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10, DD, $23,000, Pace, Open Handicap Post Position No. 8<br />
Assigned, 27.0, 56.1, 1:23.0, 1:51.1, FT<br />
Jolt (g, 6, Powerful Toy--Merciful Maddie, by Matt's<br />
Scooter)<br />
O/T-Johnny Waite. B-Dale F Milby. D-Ross Wolfenden,<br />
$11,500, Lifetime Record: 92-12-10-11, $124,691<br />
Tuesday’s Results<br />
10, DD, $23,000, Pace, FILLIES/MARES Open Handicap<br />
Post Position No. 1 Assigned, 26.1, 55.0, 1:23.0, 1:51.2, FT<br />
No Bad Luck (m, 5, Badlands Hanover--Gee I'm Lucky,<br />
by Camluck) O-Badlands <strong>Racing</strong> LLC & George Teague Jr<br />
Inc.. B-John Celii. T-George Teague Jr. D-Montrell Teague,<br />
$11,500, Lifetime Record: 59-18-11-11, $354,706<br />
Wednesday’s Results<br />
10, DD, $23,000, Trot, Open Handicap Post Positions 1 & 2<br />
Drawn Post Positions 3 thru 7 Drawn, 27.3, 57.1, 1:25.3,<br />
1:54.4, GD<br />
Tagyoureit Hanover (g, 6, Andover Hall--Tags Sweetie,<br />
by Tagliabue), $42,000 2007 NJ-CL O-Brian S Gordon &<br />
Wm Kenneth Wood & Toby Rekoon & Stewart Goldberg.<br />
B-Hanover Shoe Farms Inc. T-Eric Ell. D-Matt Kakaley,<br />
$11,500, Lifetime Record: 70-17-7-11, $260,039<br />
Thursday’s Results<br />
4, M, $12,500, Trot, SYRINX HANOVER 3 Year Old Fillies<br />
N/W 2 Extended PM Races or $30,000 Lifetime Up to &<br />
Including 12/10/2011 1st Leg, M, 29.2, 1:00.0, 1:30.4,<br />
2:00.2, FT<br />
Funny Fashion (f, 3, Broadway Hall--Fun For Us, by<br />
Malabar Man), $6,000 2010 SHS-HBG O-Jack<br />
Squiccimarri. B-Arlene L & Jules J Siegel. T-R. Nifty Norman.<br />
D-John Campbell, $6,250, Lifetime Record: 7-2-0-1,<br />
$12,864<br />
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5, M, $18,000, Trot, THE HORSE & GROOM N/W 4 Extended<br />
PM Races or $175,000 Lifetime Up to & Including<br />
12/10/2011 1st Leg, M, 28.3, 58.3, 1:27.4, 1:56.0, FT<br />
Fountainbleau Volo (g, 4, SJ's Caviar--Blue Water Fly,<br />
by Supergill), $13,000 2009 LEX-SEL O-Jeffrey T<br />
Dauplaise & Mendy Taffel. B-Kentuckiana Farms Gen Par<br />
& Jorgen Jahre Jr, NO. T-Jeff Dauplaise. D-David Miller,<br />
$9,000, Lifetime Record: 21-9-4-4, $104,435<br />
To view replay click here<br />
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6, M, $18,000, Trot, THE HORSE & GROOM N/W 4<br />
Extended PM Races or $175,000 Lifetime Up to & Including<br />
12/10/2011 1st Leg, M, 29.0, 58.2, 1:28.1, 1:57.0, FT<br />
Definitely Mamie (m, 5, Pegasus Spur--Hello Mamie, by<br />
Final Score), $9,000 2008 OH-SEL O-Howard A Taylor &<br />
Robert M Reibstein. B-Stephanie Smith-Rothaug.<br />
T-Matthew Romano. D-Tim Tetrick, $9,000, Lifetime Record:<br />
59-13-9-6, $158,756<br />
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7, M, $18,000, Trot, THE HORSE & GROOM N/W 4<br />
Extended PM Races or $175,000 Lifetime Up to & Including<br />
12/10/2011 1st Leg, M, 28.3, 59.0, 1:28.0, 1:56.4, FT<br />
Ice Machine (h, 4, Muscles Yankee--Icy Pleasure, by<br />
Super Pleasure) O/B-Robert J Key. T-Walter Carroll.<br />
D-Brian Sears, $9,000, Lifetime Record: 24-8-1-1,<br />
$161,411<br />
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Monday’s Results<br />
6, Mea, $22,500, Trot, **F&M PREFERRED**, 28.0, 58.0,<br />
1:25.4, 1:55.2, FT<br />
Photo Fantasy (m, 5, Classic Photo--Tintern, by<br />
Donerail), $6,000 2008 LEX-SEL O-Jim Winske & W J<br />
Donovan. B-<strong>Be</strong>naire Farm. T-John Ryan Melsheimer.<br />
D-Eric Ledford, $11,250, Lifetime Record: 53-10-11-6,<br />
$125,106<br />
Tuesday’s Results<br />
1, Mea, $22,500, Pace, ***PREFERRED HANDICAP***<br />
P.P.1-2 DRAWN; 3-7 DRAWN, 28.0, 56.4, 1:25.0, 1:52.2,<br />
FT<br />
Southern Allie (g, 5, Allie's Western--Pershing Angela,<br />
by Pershing Square) O-Burke <strong>Racing</strong> Stable LLC &<br />
Weaver Bruscemi LLC. B-John R Tignor. T-Ron Burke.<br />
D-Dave Palone, $11,250, Lifetime Record: 70-28-5-4,<br />
$416,785<br />
Wednesday’s Results<br />
1, Mea, $22,500, Trot, **PREFERRED HANDICAP**<br />
P.P.1-7 DRAWN; 8 ASSIGNED, 27.2, 56.3, 1:24.2, 1:52.4,<br />
GD<br />
Winning Mister (h, 6, Angus Hall--Winning<br />
Missbrenda, by American Winner) O/B-Robert J Key.<br />
T-Rich Gillock. D-Richard Stillings, $11,250, Lifetime<br />
Record: 109-28-22-14, $831,694<br />
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Monday’s Results<br />
4 Wdb. $25,000, Pace. 5 YEAR OLDS & YOUNGER, NW 3<br />
RACES OR $85,000 LIFETIME. 26.3, 55.3, 1:23.3, 1:38,<br />
1:52.3 FT<br />
Roethblissberger (g,4 - Blissfull Hall-Flex-Matts<br />
Scooter) O-Theresa G Silva, <strong>Mar</strong>tin Scharf, Bramdeo<br />
Singh, John C Polvinale. B-Scott & Lyman Lester. T-Ryan<br />
Maxwell. D-Randy Waples, $12,500. Lifetime Record: 40-6-<br />
7-8, $99,251.<br />
5 Wdb. $75,000, Trot. DON MILLS - FINAL - 4 & 5 YEAR<br />
OLDS. 28.1, 58, 1:25.1, 1:40.1, 1:55.4 FT<br />
1-P L Daley (g,5 - Kadabra-Broadway Gal-Balanced<br />
Image) O & B-Prince Lee Acres. T-Jeffrey Brooks. D-Chris<br />
Cristoforou, $37,500. Lifetime Record: 12-6-4-0, $114,217<br />
2-Here Comes Numbers (g,4 - Here Comes<br />
Herbie-Northern Style-Earl) O-DDT Stable. B-Chris Alexander.<br />
T-John Drennan. D-Randy Waples.<br />
3-Jessesjo (g,5 - Jailhouse Jesse-Boston Blaze-Bostonian)<br />
O-Burke <strong>Racing</strong> Stable LLC, Weaver Bruscemi LLC. T-<br />
David Menary. D-Scott Zeron<br />
8 Wdb. $25,000, Trot. NW $21,000 LAST 5 STARTS. AE:<br />
OPT. CLM. $60,000. 27.3, 56.3, 1:25.4, 1:40.2, 1:55.3 FT<br />
Order By Roosevelt (g,7 - Muscles Yankee-Covent<br />
Garden-Mr Lavec) O-Blake J Anthony, Perry C Robins,<br />
Carman C Hie. B-Armstrong Bros. T-Carmen Hie. T-Paul<br />
MacDonell, $12,500. Lifetime Record: 41-12-8-3, $129,243<br />
<strong>Will</strong> It <strong>Be</strong> Paradise City For Guns An Roses In<br />
Cam Fella<br />
By Greg Gangle<br />
TORONTO, <strong>Mar</strong>ch 2 - Guns An Roses, who carries a<br />
two-race win streak, will be a top contender in the second<br />
leg of the $40,000 Cam Fella Pacing Series, set for Saturday<br />
evening at Woodbine.<br />
The four-year-old son of Life Sign-<strong>Be</strong>st Lady captured his<br />
first division in 1:51.3 for co-owner/breeder Joanne Colville,<br />
who co-owns with her daughter, Emma Christoforou, while<br />
Colville’s father, Frank, handles the training.<br />
Colville's decision to nominate Gun An Roses to the Cam<br />
Fella Pacing Series came after the brown gelding, who<br />
earned $99,170 last season, scored his lifetime best mark.<br />
“We weren’t sure if he was going to be able to go with<br />
these types of horses, but we decided to give him a shot,<br />
especially after he took his 1:50.3 record in the Grassroots<br />
Semi-final. He’s proven himself,” Colville said.<br />
Colville’s High Stakes Inc. bred has amassed $141,220 in<br />
career earnings to date.<br />
“He’s the type of horse that races better when he’s in the<br />
mix of things. That’s when you get the best performance out<br />
of him,” Colville noted. “He’s starting to show some of his<br />
mother's back-class (<strong>Be</strong>st Lady p,1:51.4 - $276,915).”<br />
Colville also believes that giving Guns An Roses the<br />
appropriate time off in the fall was instrumental to the<br />
recent success he’s enjoyed, namely earnings of $42,050<br />
from just six starts (three wins) in <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
“That was the best thing<br />
we could have done for<br />
him,” Colville said. “He<br />
really matured, filled out<br />
and grew into himself.<br />
He’s just a nice-sized<br />
horse and it looks like we<br />
did everything right to<br />
Guns An Roses (New Image<br />
Media photo)<br />
bring him back in the right<br />
form. So far, it’s paying off<br />
and hopefully that continues.”<br />
When Guns An Roses begins from post one in the second<br />
of two divisions Saturday night, Colville will hand the<br />
lines to fiancée, driver Jack Moiseyev.<br />
“Jack seems to get along well with him,” Colville said. “I<br />
know he thought quite a bit of him when he took his lifetime<br />
best and it looks like that’s continued. If not, we’ll<br />
have to make a driver change,” she said with a laugh.<br />
The Cam Fella Pacing Series is for four and<br />
five-year-old pacers in <strong>2012</strong>, who are non-winners of<br />
$150,000 lifetime as of midnight December 31, 2011. The<br />
$100,000 final is scheduled for Saturday, <strong>Mar</strong>ch 10.<br />
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