Meadowlands Barn Notes - 47 enter $1.9 million Breeders Crown

July 20, 2004

Defending Breeders Crown champions Fool's Goal, Eternal Camnation and Stroke Play headline the 47 pacers and trotters entered in the $1.9 million Breeders Crown Opens to be raced Saturday, July 31, at the Meadowlands.

A total of 14 Breeders Crown Trot entries, including one mare, Windylane Hanover, were named to the $800,000 event, which will force a single elimination to be contested as the second race on Saturday, July 24, at the Meadowlands. First race post time is 7:30 p.m.

Based on their seasonal earnings, Fool's Goal, Cosington, Legendary Lover K and Windylane Hanover received byes to the final. The remaining 10 trotters will meet in the $50,000 elimination to determine who occupies the other six slots on the starting gate. The connections of the elimination winner may pick their post position for the final.

After an eight-year hiatus, the $250,000 Breeders Crown Mare Trot is back on the championship series roster. Seven mares entered the event, including 2003 sophomore Crown champion Stroke Play, a winner of six of her seven starts this year.

With 15 entered in the $552,500 Breeders Crown Pace, including supplemental contestant Eaton Road Kill, two $50,000 eliminations are necessary this Saturday night. The William R. Haughton Memorial winner Four Starzzz Shark drew the rail in the first division carded as the third race. Eaton Road Kill drew post six in the second elim, the fifth of 13 races on the program.

The $300,000 Breeders Crown Mare Pace drew 11 and the final will race with one trailer. Eternal Camnation, the richest pacing mare of all time with $3.59 million in earnings, will seek to become the first four-time Crown champion pacer. Nine of the entrants will meet in a $40,000 mares open, the sixth race, as they tune up for the final.

The Breeders Crown Finals on July 31 will be part of a twilight program that also includes the elimination races for the $1 million Hambletonian and the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks. First race post time is 5 p.m.

Post positions for the finals will be chosen or drawn at the Breeders Crown press conference, 12 noon, Tuesday, July 27, at The Charthouse, Weehawken, New Jersey.

The following four trotters automatically advance to the final (with driver and trainer):

Foreign classic winner -- Legendary Lover K (M. Lachance, G. Christiansen) Highest seasonal earnings -- Windylane Hanover*, $317,193, (R. Pierce, B. Bittle); Fool's Goal, $245,460, (J. Moiseyev, J. Doherty); Cosington, $183,772, (B. Sears, D. Menary). * Mare opted to enter Open Trot.

$50,000 Breeders Crown Trot Elimination
Post Postiion, Horse Number, Horse -- Driver -- Trainer

1 2 War Paint -- J. Campbell -- D. Tingley
2 3 Pinetucky -- G. Brennan -- R. McInnis
3 1 Center Field -- B. Sears -- T. Smedshammer
4 4 Stand Strong -- D. Miller -- J. Takter
5 1A Bebop -- T. Smedshammer -- T. Smedshammer
6 5 Meadowview Sunny -- TBA -- B. Shakes
7 6 Mr Muscleman -- R. Pierce -- N. Daley
8 7 Approved Action -- R. Daigneault -- J. Grasso
9 1B HP Paque -- T. Smedshammer -- T. Smedshammer
10 8 Elegant Man -- C. Manzi -- R. Bencal

15 Pacing Horses and Geldings

Two elims will be raced for 10 starters in the final. Elimination winners, in an order determined by lot, may choose their post position for the Final. All other post positions drawn on Tuesday, July 27.

$50,000 Breeders Crown Pace Eliminations

PP Horse -- Driver -- Trainer
1 Royal Mattjesty -- J. Campbell -- M. Langdon
2 Dr Drew -- D. Hiteman -- J. Seekman
3 Artesian -- D. Dube -- S. DePinto
4 Mini Me -- Y. Gingras -- B. Popfinger
5 Allamerican Captor -- L. Ouellette -- V. Morgan Jr.
6 Eaton Road Kill* -- D. Dube -- M. Harder
7 Life Sizzles -- Y. Gingras -- J. Smith

PP Horse -- Driver -- Trainer
1 Four Starzzz Shark -- M. Lachance -- D. Sabatelli
2 Camcracker -- M. McDonald -- M. Harder
3 Life Source -- C. Manzi -- R. Banca
4 Boulder Creek -- R. Pierce -- M. Silva
5 Allamerican Theory -- D. Miller -- D. Tackoor
6 Quality Western -- Y. Gingras -- B. Burgess
7 Whatanartist -- B. Sears -- V. Morgan Jr.
8 Peruvian Hanover -- J. Morrill Jr. -- N. Daley

Seven Mare Trotters No eliminations; open draw for post positions on Tuesday, July 27.

$250,000 Mare Trot
Mare, age, Sire - Dam
Armbro Affair, 4, Garland Lobell - Chiptease
Delmartha, 4, Conway Hall - Armbro Omegan
Gypsy Balance, 6, Balanced Image - Gypsy Melody
Lost Lady One, 6, Giant Hit - Lost
Lady Scully FBI, 6, S J's Photo - Sissy De
Stroke Play, 4, Yankee Glide - Lei Sunday
Yankee, 4, Muscles Yankee - Spiffey Yankee

11 Pacing Mares Final races with one trailer; open draw for post positions on Tuesday, July 27.

$300,000 Mare Pace

Mare, age, Sire - Dam
Always Cam, 5, Western Hanover - Sandlark Hanover
Animated Art, 4, Artsplace - Truly A Lady
Bunny Lake, 6, Precious Bunny - Lake Nona
Burning Point, 4, Camluck - Tour De France
Carolina Sunshine, 5, Cambest - Peggy Seale
Eternal Camnation, 7, Cam Fella - Cool World
Jasper Avenue, 4, Village Jasper - Lobro Xanadu
Loyal Opposition, 4, Cole Muffler - Tising Tising
My Fantasy, 4, Dream Away - My Little Pretty
Odds On Charmaine, 4, Western Hanover - Angel Be Good
Sure Sign, 4, Life Sign - Visi Darte