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A PERFECT ENDING FOR CHAPTER SEVEN 

By Perry Lefko 

The final chapter of Chapter Seven's brilliant racing career 

will be written Sunday night in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the 

Dan Patch Awards when the five-year-old male trotter is 

officially saluted as the top standardbred horse of 2012. 

The award, voted on by the U.S. Harness Writers 

Association, had been announced back on December 20, so 

it is not a surprise. That said, it will be a chance to pay 

homage to the bay who overcame a lot in his life - two throat 

operations as a two-year-old and sickness in his 

three-year-old year - en route to reaching the pinnacle of 

harness racing supremacy. 

For owner Richard 

Gutnick, trainer Linda 

Toscano and driver Tim 

Tetrick, it will be 

somewhat of a 

sentimental night 

because Chapter Seven 

has been retired to the 

The king will be crowned 

tonight in Ft. Lauderdale 

breeding shed, his 

achievements on the 

track over but not 

forgotten. 

"You work your whole lifetime in racing to get a horse of 

that caliber and then campaigning a horse of that caliber," 

Toscano told Harness Racing Update on Friday. "It's a bit of 

a bittersweet moment when it's done. These are the kind of 

things that you can only dream, and when the dream 

becomes a reality I still pinch myself every day." 

Toscano had a career year in 2012. She also trained 

Market Share, voted the top three-year-old male trotting colt, 

and Heston Blue Chip, the top three-year-old colt pacer. 

Toscano became the first woman to train a Hambletonian 

winner (Market Share) and the first to be named trainer of 

the year. But being a part of the horse of the year is 

something truly special. 

"It's the thrill of a lifetime," she said. 

Gutnick, who has been in the business for 30 years, lucked 

out last year as the owner of both Chapter Seven and 

Market Share. But being the owner of the horse of the year 

tops everything. 

"You always hope and dream, but usually it does not 

become reality," he said. "In this case, the horse surpassed 

my dreams. It's been a privilege being an owner and having 

had the opportunity to watch him week in and week out 

when he was training and racing. The excitement in 

watching him and his desire to win…that horse did not like to 

lose. 

"I believe he's one of the greatest trotters of all time," 

Gutnick added. "I don't think we even saw his top end. There 

was a time when he qualified in 1:51 4/5 (in May) that Tim 

said, 'I didn't realize we were going that fast.' He said 'if I 

had chirped to him he would have beaten 1:50.'" 

Chapter Seven beat out Market Share in the voting for 

horse of the year. Were it not for the fact Market Share is 

also owned by Gutnick and partners, Chapter Seven might 

have been actively campaigning as a five-year-old. 

"When you win the Hambletonian, that horse usually gets 

serious, serious consideration for horse of the year," 

Toscano said. "When you have a stablemate owned by the 

same man that is his competition, that was kind of a cool 

thing to happen; certainly that's something that usually 

happens in the movies. From a little of a heartstring tug, I 

was kind of rooting for Chapter Seven (to win horse of the 

year honors) because I was living with him for three years 

and I knew what he had overcome to get to that point. 

"This horse got world recognition. I've trained some good 

horses in my life, but this horse took me from being a good 

trainer to having a world-class horse. I'm more about the 

horse. I try really hard not to make it about me under any 

circumstances. He's the one that achieved this. All I did 

was steer him." 

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Lexington 

Selected Yearling Sale 

THE SALE of CHAMPIONS 

CAPTAINTREACHEROUS 

Owned by: Brittany Farms, Joe Sbrocco, 

Marvin Katz and White Birch Farm 

Trained by: Tony Alagna 

Bred by: White Birch Farm “Breeder of the Year” 

Consigned by: Preferred Equine Marketing, Agent 

MARKET SHARE 

Owned by: Richard Gutnick, TLP Stable 

and William Augustine 

Trained by: Linda Toscano “Trainer of the Year” 

Bred by: Hayley Moore 

Consigned by: Saga Farm, Agent 

Congratulations 

to all of the Dan Patch award winners! 

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Chapter Seven won his honor with only 10 starts - the least 

of any horse of the year in harness racing history - but that 

was largely to the limited schedule available to trotters past 

their sophomore season. But while lacking quantity, he had 

quality, winning eight and finishing second twice by less than 

a combined length. He equaled a world-record for a mile 

track with a lifetime best of 1:50 1/5 in the Nat Ray 

Invitational on August 4 at the Meadowlands in only his 

fourth start of the season. The following week he set a 

stakes record with a time of 1:52 1/5 taking the Maxie Lee at 

Harrah's Philadelphia. He missed the world record for a 

five-eighths mile track by a mere one-fifth of a second. 

His crowning achievement - and the race that may have 

defined his entire career - came in the Breeders Crown at 

Woodbine on October 27. Parked the entire mile, he still 

scored a 1¼-length victory. Tetrick, who was steering him for 

a good part of his career, stepped out of the bike in 

amazement. Chapter Seven made it look so easy, so fluid. 

"To me, that's probably one of the most amazing races I've 

watched my entire life," Gutnick said. "I was told by a 

number of people it may have been the best race in a couple 

of decades. Front-end speed was not holding up and he was 

parked the entire mile and he still put away the best of 

Europe. That to me that was remarkable." 

"He went through his races as a three-year-old and he was 

good and I thought he was a nice horse, better than a 

throwaway, but to say I thought he was going to be a great 

horse would be a lie," Toscano said. "Last year he put it all 

together and did what I hoped he was capable of doing. But 

I'd be lying to say I thought he could win with the kind of mile 

he did in the Breeders Crown." 

By Windsongs Legacy out of the Dream Vacation mare La 

Riviera Lindy, Chapter Seven cost a mere $42,000 when 

purchased as a yearling by Gutnick at the Harrisburg Sales 

in 2009. The colt retired with 20 wins in 28 races, four 

seconds and one third and lifetime earnings of just below $2 

million. 

"I was never in the economic bracket to buy the horses at 

the top tier," Gutnick said. "To me, it's especially gratifying 

that he has overcome all the problems and the obstacles 

that were thrown at him. To me it was remarkable his will to 

win." 

"He had such an incredible desire to win and that you can't 

teach a horse," Toscano added. "Either they're that 

competitive or awesome or they're not, and from day one 

working was his strongest point. He loved so much going out 

every day and I think that had as much a part of it as 

anything. I had no clue whatsoever that he was a good horse 

at all, let alone a great horse. He was just a horse. He wasn't 

staked because we thought he was a great horse, but once 

we got him to the races even then I wasn't sure." 

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Actor Emilio Estevez to Apply For “Q” License 

By Bill Finley 

FORT LAUDERDALE--His interest in harness growing 

due to his involvement in the upcoming movie Johnny 

Longshot, actor and director Emilio Estevez is in the 

process of applying for a license to drive horses in 

qualifying races. 

Estevez wrote the screenplay for the movie and will also 

act in it and direct the movie. Shooting for the movie is set 

to begin this spring and much of it will be done at Lebanon 

Raceway in the Cincinnati area. 

USTA Director Chris Schick learned of Estevez’s desire 

to drive when talking to the actor. 



“He said he wants to try driving,” Schick said. “He thought 

it would help him promoting the movie, but it’s not just that. 

He’s really interested in it. From what I understand he’s 

already trained a few horses at Scioto Downs Let’s hope he 

gets hooked.” 

Can Racing Get Slots Players to Cross Over? 

By Bill Finley 

FORT LAUDERDALE-- Day 

Three of Harness Racing Congress 

VI was highlighted by a spirited 

debate among panelist who were 

given the task of explaining how 

racetracks can get slot players to 

wager on horse racing. And in one 

of the more blunt comments that you 

would ever hear at a racing industry 

get-together such as this one, Mark 

Loewe, Vice President of Ohio 

Racing Operations for Penn National 

Loewe: “Slots players 

are not going to be on 

horse races.” 

Gaming called any efforts to get slot 

bettors to play the races a “waste of 

time.” 

Loewe referred to studies and 

articles that pointed out that slots players and horseplayers 

are completely different animals. 

“We are expending too much energy on slot players 

because what we are really trying to do is change the mind 

set of a gambler, a gambler who seeks entertainment and 

amusement from mindless instant gratification,” he said. “We 

are trying to convert them to a cerebral form of entertainment 

with a human element involved in the outcome.” 

Loewe argued that racing should instead target potential 

customers who have discovered other gambling games that 

involve skill. 

“We should look to go after people who prefer games of 

skill, people at chess tournaments, poker tournaments, 

bridge players. And I think the biggest pool of potential 

players are fantasy sports enthusiasts. These are people 

who scour data day after day and look to have a competitive 

edge over their rivals. If racing can get our data into the 

hands of these people I believe there is an untapped pool of 

players whose egos would make them our players. They will 

want to prove they can disseminate the data better than their 

colleagues and have a greater monetary return on their 

investment. I am not trying to be negative at all. There is a 

lot of potential and a lot of untapped resources that we at 

Penn National, and in our new ventures in Ohio, are 

exploring.” 

For the most part, the other panelists did not agree. Stacy 

Cahill spoke of the massive handle increase at Scioto 

Downs once the slots were put in place and Steve Wolf 

extolled the virtues of promotions Pompano Park did to get 

its casino customers involved in racing. One was a 

promotion tied in to the Kentucky Derby and another was 

allowing fans to ride in the starting gate car. 

Jason Settlemoir used facts and figures to show that 

racing and slots mixed well at the two New York tracks 

owned by Jeff Gural, Vernon Downs and Tioga Downs. 

“This is a marriage that can work,” Settlemoir said. 

Settlemoir said studies showed that 70 percent of the 

people who played slots at Tioga Downs also bet on horse 

racing, at least occasionally, and said the same figure for 

Vernon was 66 percent. He also noted that slot play at 

both tracks increased by about 32 percent during racing 

season. 

Shifting the subject somewhat, Loewe suggested that the 

best way to increase handle was to offer a quality racing 

product. 

“It’s about the product and that is what we have to focus 

on,” he said. “The quality of the product is the primary 

factor and one of the ways to guarantee a good product is 

to not race as much as we do.” 

The morning sessions began with a panel entitled 

“Surveying the Legislative Landscape in the Wake of 

Ontario.” The panelists shared their ideas about how to 

keep the slot revenue in their states and provinces from 

going away and each one said that building relationships 

with politicians was a must...even if that meant greasing a 

few palms. 

“This is going to be a struggle every single year,” said 

Ron Battoni, the executive director of the Pennsylvania 

Harness Horsemen’s Association. “The government is 

always looking for money and the first place they look at is 

the racing industry.” 



Battoni said one of the most effective tools in the fight to 

keep slots was to form a PAC. He chided the many 

Pennsylvania horsemen who refused to contribute to his 

organization’s PAC. 

“We approach people about our PAC and far too many 

people ignore us,” he said. “The political leaders were are 

talking to will come to us and say there’s a tough election 

coming up, can you help us, we need some money. It’s 

devastating and frustrating to see people who are racing for 

$120 million on the harness side turn their backs on us. 

Eighty percent of the people won’t help us out. It’s your call, 

horsemen. Wake up and smell the coffee. This is not going 

away. They’ll come in one day and with one stroke of the 

pen this could all be gone.” 

Joe Faraldo, the President and CEO of the SOA of New 

York, concurred: “Dip into your pockets. You have the 

money. Horsemen need to support PACs.” 

At a USTA Rules Committee meeting the subject of 

whipping came up with committee members acknowledging 

that the way the USTA rules on the subject were written 

made them confusing and hard to enforce. It was suggested 

that some of the language be changed in order to make the 

penalties listed mere suggestions. Sensing that the public at 

large would not agree to any rules that may look as a 

softening on the subject of whipping the language was not 

changed. 

Committee member Alan Leavitt argued that more, not 

less, needed to be done when it comes to whipping 

violations. 

“Unless we ban one-handed whipping we will not have a 

sport that appeals to the type of people we are trying to 

appeal to,” he said. “Whipping is offensive and it has to stop. 

We banned one-handed whipping in Kentucky and not one 

dollar was lost in handle and the horses were going just as 

fast.” 

Fellow committee member Billy Johnston took the other 

side, noting that gamblers at the Chicago tracks not only 

didn’t seem t mind whipping but could often be heard yelling 

for drivers to hit the horses more during a stiff stretch drive. 

Luchento Named Harness Horsemen 

International's President 

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – March 2, 2013 – Freehold, New 

Jersey’s Tom Luchento was voted president of Harness 

Horsemen International at the association’s annual meeting 

on March 1, 2013 at the Westin Beach & Spa Resort in Fort 

Lauderdale, FL. 

Harness Horsemen International [HHI] is a consortium of 

horsemen’s organizations from 16 states and provinces. 

Luchento, president of the Standardbred Breeders & 

Owners Association of New Jersey, fills the vacancy created 

by the retirement of Gene Oldford, 80, of St. Clair, MI, who 

has been president of HHI for five years. 

"I appreciate the support of my fellow horsemen and look 

forward to representing them as their president," said 

Luchento. 

The 67-year-old Luchento, a former harness driver-trainer 

and restaurateur, was the 2011 recipient of the Governor’s 

Trophy as Horseperson of the Year in New Jersey and 

saluted by the Monmouth County Freeholders with the 

proclamation of Thomas F. Luchento Day on April 27, 

2011. He was presented with the HHI Appreciation Award, 

also in 2011. 

In 2012, he received both the Man of the Year Award 

from the New Jersey Sportswriters Association and a 

President’s Award from the United States Harness Writers 

Association. 

It’s The Product, Stupid 

By Bill Finley (reprinted with permission of ESPN.com) 

At a track that was supposed to have been closed by 

now, in a sport many have written off for dead, business is 

booming at the Meadowlands. Total all-sources handle for 

the 2013 meet is up a whopping 33 percent. On a recent 

Friday night, handle was up 60 percent over the same 

night a year earlier. A $3 million night in handle used to be 

a cause for celebration. In 2013, it has become the norm. 


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2012 Horse of the Year 

CHAPTER SEVEN 

2,1:55f; 3,1:52.4; 4,1:50.1 ($1,954,966) 

at the Harrisburg Yearling Sale 

Bred by Richard Banca and consigned by 

Concord Stud Farm, Agent. 

Owned by Richard Gutnick, Southwind Farm 

and Jerry & Theresa Silva, trained by 

“Trainer of the Year” Linda Toscano 

and driven by “Driver of the Year” Tim Tetrick. 

Harrisburg yearling sale grads also 

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Credit goes to the Meadowlands management team, but it 

didn't exactly reinvent the wheel or the sport of harness 

racing. None of this has been done with gimmicks, T-shirts 

giveaways or by bringing in fading rock stars for concerts. 

Rather, the Meadowlands realized that it had to put on a 

better product. 

Horse racing really isn't any different than any other 

business that sells something to the consumer. Give them a 

good product and price it fairly and people will buy it. 

Horse racing really isn't any different than any other 

business that sells something to the consumer. Give them a 

good product and price it fairly and people will buy it. 

McDonald's sells inexpensive burgers and fries that are 

tasty, and that's how it has become one of the most 

successful businesses in the world. 

Somehow, though, that simplest of philosophies has been 

forgotten at so many racetracks. Small fields, unplayable 

races, too many racing dates and high takeouts have 

become the norm, no matter that they are a guarantee for 

disaster. 

At some tracks, especially harness tracks, putting on a 

good show is no longer important. Their money is made in 

the casinos and racing exists as a necessary annoyance. 

Good racing? Bad racing? They have no reason to care. 

That's not the case at the Meadowlands, which can't get 

alternative gaming because of Atlantic City's influence on 

key politicians like Governor Chris Christie. The lifeblood of 

the track is betting handle and management set out this 

year to get every penny possible to come through the 

betting windows. They knew the only way to do that was to 

put the very best possible product on the racetrack every 

night. 

One of harness racing's biggest problems is that favorites 

dominate. At some tracks, particularly the half-milers, it's not 

unusual to see the chalk winning at 45 percent or so. Even 

with a one-mile track, Meadowlands racing had become way 

too predictable. 

Management realized that part of the problem was the way 

races had been written. "Conditioned" races allowed horse to 

qualify based on how much money they had earned over 

their recent starts and oftentimes horses with huge class 

advantages were able to slip in. The result was an 

overabundance of races with unbeatable odds-on favorites, 

exactly the type of race most bettors deplore. 

Condition races were largely done away with and replaced 

with "ABC" races. Just as they do at the dog track, 

Meadowlands horses were classified as A's, B's, or C's 

based on their ability and each letter group races against 

one another. The result has been evenly matched fields and 

wide open betting affairs. Favorites win only 21 percent of 

the time in the ABC races. 

The racing secretary's office also deserves an A plus. It 

has consistently filled the races with 10 or more horses. 

When it looks as if a race is going to fall short of a full field, 

in many cases it isn't held. With 11 nominees to the Overbid 

Series of stakes races, the racing office took no chances on 

winding up with a six-horse field. The race was scrapped. 

"The racing itself has been just fantastic," said 

Meadowlands Director of Racing Operations Darin Zoccali. 

"[Racing Secretary] Peter Koch has done a tremendous job 

of classifying the horses. Many of the races are difficult, 

but this game is supposed to be challenging. That's what 

makes it great." 

The push for a bigger handle included an increased 

emphasis on low takeout bets that were proving popular 

with the public. The Meadowlands' most popular bet was 

the Pick 4 with a 15 percent takeout. Meanwhile, the Pick 

Six was proving to be a tough sell. So management got rid 

of the Pick Six and added a second Pick 4, again with the 

reasonably low 15 percent take. The bettors have loved it. 

The final piece of the puzzle became the customer 

experience. Good racing, full fields and low takeouts won't 

work if the customer has a lousy meal or gets barked at by 

a surly mutual clerk. 

The final piece of the puzzle became the customer 

experience. Good racing, full fields and low takeouts won't 

work if the customer has a lousy meal or gets barked at by 

a surly mutual clerk. Meadowlands owner Jeff Gural 

brought in Jason Settlemoir, who had been running his two 

upstate New York tracks, Vernon Downs and Tioga 

Downs, and Settlemoir made it his mission to see to it that 

everyone who comes through the Meadowlands turnstiles 

has a good experience. 

Settlemoir invites customers to personally contact him 

when they have a complaint and he makes sure that 

someone on the management team responds to every last 



Jason Settlemoir: This man 

takes soup seriously 

patron. When one customer 

griped that they kept serving 

the same soup night after 

night at a track restaurant, 

Settlemoir called the fan 

personally, apologized and 

ordered his catering 

company to start mixing up 

the soups. 

The Meadowlands has 

gotten here after some of 

the darkest days in its 

history. The Meadowlands 

was previously owned by 

the state and Christie 

wanted it closed because it 

was losing money. It looked 

like no one would take it off 

the state's hands until Gural 

came in at the eleventh hour 

and leased the track. 

According to sources, it is 

now profitable. 

Yes, Gural is gambling that someday the Meadowlands will 

get slots, but he's also trying to prove that horse racing can 

still work. That's why he cares so much about the show he 

and his staff put on. What they've done is to sell a good 

product, and people are buying it again. It's a lesson for all 

horse racing. 

Just Wondering 

In regards to your Ron Burke article, the only thing that 

troubles me about him is his dismal record(as opposed to 

his normal record) when his horses race out of detention) 

especially at The Meadowlands. Sweet Lou is a good 

example. 

- Greg Gogoel 

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on the great American pastime, harness racing. I have a 

suggestion that will increase your viewership 100x: iInclude 

updates on violations at the tracks! List the tracks and all 

violations for the week ... the fans have a right to this 

information and should not have to be a detective to find it. 

I think this would be a great service to the fans of the sport. 

Newspapers have sections for people who break the law ... 

why not Harness Racing Update?? 

Thanks again for your awesome harness racing 

newsletter! 

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Leg, M, 27.3, 55.2, 1:23.0, 1:50.0, FT 

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by Falcon Almahurst), $25,000 2010 LEX-SEL O-Bruce A 

Soulsby & Mark A Harder. B-Cool Winds Farm. T-Mark 

Harder. D-John Campbell, $4,200 

Calls: 3T, 1, 2H, 1Q, 1T - Finish Order: One Through Ten, 

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In the first leg of the Aquarius series, Bakin On The 

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first turn. Post time favorite Escape The News (Yannick 

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by Warrawee Needy (Mark MacDonald, $5.60) swinging 3 

wide to take the lead just before the half and hanging on 

for the win (1:50.0) in his 2013 debut.

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7, M, $25,000, Pace, A-2/Preferred Handicap Post Positions 

Drawn According to Class, M, 26.0, 55.0, 1:24.1, 1:50.3, FT 

Rockin The House (g, 6, Rocknroll Hanover--Donkeys 

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Theodore Gewertz. B-Steve Jones. T-Ron Burke. D-Yannick 

Gingras, $12,500, Lifetime Record: 91-22-17-15, $401,147 


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Lifetime Record: 11-4-1-1, $48,065 

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O-J&T Silva Stables, LLC & Kenneth R Tucci. B-Hanover 

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Bay, Beachfront 


In The Junior Trendsetter Final, Humility (Tim Tetrick), 

Wilcox (Yannick Gingras) & Resistance Futile (Andy Miller, 

$2.80) all had an aggressive start but A Bettor World (David 

Miller) lead into the first turn and was able to hang on until 

just after the 1/2. A Bettor World eased up on the outside 

and Silva Stables was holding on to a group lead at the 3/4. 

Down the stretch, Terror High (Ron Pierce, $4.40) started a 

move through the pack while Resistance Futile went 3 wide 

in 1:51.3 and gave Axiom Hanover (Corey Callahan, $4.60) 

a familiar view from mid February. 

2, Wdb, $24,000, Pace, NW 4 RACES OR $125,000 

LIFETIME. AE: 4 YEAR OLDS, CLAIMING $50,000. 13, 

26.4, 56, 1:24.4, 1:38.2, 1:52.3 

Twin B Impressive (b,g,4 - Bettors Delight - Impeccant 

- Jate Lobell) O-Gestion Jean Yves Blais B-Twinbrook 

Limited T-Richard Moreau D-Sylvain Fillion, $12,000 

Lifetime Record: 25-8-5-3 $112,412 


4, Wdb, $20,000, Pace, NW $16,000 LAST 5 STARTS OR 

NW $30,000 LAST 10 STARTS. 12.4, 26.1, 55, 1:23.2, 

1:38, 1:51.4 

Thepaninsulahotel (b,h,7 - No Pan Intended - 

Onenightinpangkok - Matts Scooter) O/T-Gary Kingshott 

B-Peter Pan Stables D-Randy Waples, $10,000 Lifetime 

Record: 144-16-20-29 $408,715 


5, Wdb, $20,000, Trot, NW 3 (FM 5) RACES OR $81,000 

(FM $105,000) LIFETIME. 13.2, 27.3, 58, 1:27.1, 1:41.2, 

1:56.2 

Mego Moss (b,g,4 - Amigo Hall-Taras Terror-Brisco 

Hanover) O/B-Shaun Moscrop T-Ronda Markle D-Billy 

Davis Jr., $10,000 Lifetime Record: 19-6-2-3 $63,955 


9, Wdb, $27,000, Pace, NW $30,000 LAST 5 STARTS. 

AE: NW $200,000 LIFETIME. 12.4, 27.1, 55.2, 1:23.2, 

1:37.1, 1:52 

Hard To Mach (b,h,4 - Mach Three-Angel In 

Disguise-Camluck) O-Lindsey & Connie L Rankin B-Two 

Creeks Farm T-Gregg McNair D-Doug McNair, $13,500 



10, Wdb, $20,000, Pace, 5 YEAR OLDS & YOUNGER, 

NW 3 RACES OR $75,000 LIFETIME. AE: CLAIMING 

$40,000 FOR NW $100,000 LIFETIME. 12.4, 26, 54.1, 

1:22.4, 1:36.4, 1:51.1 

St Lads Zoom Zoom (b,g,4 - Apaches Fame-St Lads 

Sassy-No Pan Intended) O-St. Lads Farm, Jason Brewer 

B-St. Lads Farm T-Jeff Brewer D-Jason Brewer, $10,000 



1, Wdb, $24,000, Trot, NW 4 (FM 6) RACES OR $120,000 

(FM $150,000) LIFETIME. 13.1, 27, 56.4, 1:26, 1:40.4, 

1:55.2 

Burnin Money (b,g,5 - Cash Hall-Sister Shuzy-Sir 

Taurus) O-Wheelhouse Racing Stable B-Morrisville Col Fdn 

Inc. T-Carmen Auciello D-Jonathan Drury, $12,000 Lifetime 

Record: 46-11-2-5 $44,880 


3, YR, $21,000, Pace, NON-WINNERS OF $18,000 IN 

LAST 6 STARTS, M, 27.2, 57.4, 1:26.3, 1:55.1, FT 

On The Brink (g, 8, Dream Away--Tiburon Jane, by On 

The Road Again), $23,000 2006 MORRIS O-T R Stables. 

B-Winbak Farm. T-Michael Temming. D-George Brennan, 

$10,500, Lifetime Record: 159-17-26-26, $609,061 

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6, YR, $35,000, Pace, OPEN HANDICAP POST 

POSITIONS 1-8 ASSIGNED, M, 27.0, 55.2, 1:23.4, 1:52.2, 

FT 

1-Tobago Cays (h, 6, Rocknroll Hanover--Bunny Lake, by 

Precious Bunny), $45,000 2008 SHS-HBG 

O-Brian Nixon. B-W Springtime Racing Stb & John W Stark 

Jr. T-Ross Croghan. D-Jim Pantaleano, $17,500, Lifetime 

Record: 111-23-13-13, $669,317 

2-Electrofire (h, 6, Electric Stena--Temples May Day, by 

Smartest Remark), $3,300 2008 NSPE 

O-West Wins Stable, CA & David S Miller. B-Arnold W J 

Fitzgerald, CA. T-Casie Coleman. D-Brian Sears, $8,750 

3-Nob Hill High (h, 7, McArdle--Anniecrombie, by 

Abercrombie) 

O/B-Robert A Mondillo & Donald E Robinson. T-Bruce 

Saunders. D-Eric Goodell, $4,200 

Calls: 2, 1T, 1H, 1T, H - Finish Order: Our Cullenscrown N, 

Something For Doc, Sapphire City, Rockin Robert, Hypnotist 




Montreal Phil (g, 9, Blissfull Hall--Matter Of Style, by 

Matt's Scooter) O-Hudson Standrdbrd Stb Inc, CA. B-Bami 

Farms Inc, CA. T-Pat Lachance. D-Jordan Stratton, $10,500, 





Great Vintage (h, 5, American Ideal--Art's Vintage, by 

Artsplace), $65,000 2009 LEX-SEL O-Christina Takter & 

John D Fielding, CA & Goran N Anderberg, SD & 

Falkbolagen Ab. B-Brittany Farms & Brian P Monieson 

Revtrust. T-Jimmy Takter. D-Eric Goodell, $12,000, 





Whackamole Hanover (h, 6, Cam's Card 

Shark--Western Duel, by Western Hanover), $40,000 

2008 SHS-HBG 

O-White Birch Farm. B-Hanover Shoe Farms Inc. T-Tony 

Alagna. D-Brent Holland, $12,000, Lifetime Record: 

79-17-17-10, $375,346 


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8, YR, $28,000, Pace, WINNERS OVER $25,000 IN LAST 6 

STARTS, M, 26.2, 56.0, 1:24.2, 1:53.1, FT 

Flem N Em N (g, 8, Courage Under Fire--Equus Franco, 

by Falcon Seelster) O-Bamond Racing LLC. B-Spreydon 

Lodge LTD, NZ. T-Pj Fraley. D-Brian Sears, $14,000, 





Ok Braveheart (g, 7, Bettor's Delight--Color Me Beachy, 

by Jenna's Beach Boy), $115,000 2007 SHS-HBG 

O-John J Kokinos & Jennifer L Lappe. B-W Springtime 

Racing Stb & Shannon C Brott. T-Jennifer Lappe. D-Brian 

Sears, $7,875, Lifetime Record: 111-23-16-19, $507,348 




A J Corbelli (g, 6, Rocknroll Hanover--Valabesta, by 

Cambest) O-Anatolia Racing Stb Inc & Michel Allard, CA. 

B-Anatolia Racing Stb Inc. T-Rene Allard. D-Brian Sears, 

$10,500, Lifetime Record: 80-20-11-8, $312,134 


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