Two -year -old Draft Colt Apex (Walner) and director Dexter Dunn turned out to be top dogs in the $ 512,431 Peter Haughton Memorial in Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday 12 September. The ‘victory and you are in’ event for the breeders crown, emphasized the 15-race card together with the Merrieveeulen $ 645,000 Jim Doherty Memorial won by Atlantic Summer (Captain Corey).
APEX was made the 2-5 favorite by the gamblers and departed from post two in a scratched field of nine Rookie-slumped foals. Dunn landed Apex in the third position in the first turn, while Magic Punk (Ake Svanstedt) pulled out the wings to take the command with Mr Big Spender (Mike Wilder) in the bag by a quarter of: 27.2.
The pace delayed on the rear stretch with magic punk that was only left to a half of: 57.1 when thinn had seen enough and had tipped the trainee of Marcus Melander van de Kegels. APEX entered the second in the last turn and racing the wheel of the leader when Magic Punk first came three -quarters in 1: 26.1.
The sprint had begun, with magical punk that was briefly away from the top at the top of the piece, so that Apex could briefly go back in the bag before he watched Slingshot lately.
Autoring Home in: 27.1, a renewed top was targeted and rose for magic punk in the last phases with half a length to score in 1: 53.3. Mr. Big Spender was held for the show position, with Hawt Yoga (Ricky Macomber Jr.) the Superfecta completed on 99-1.
“He really couldn’t have done it any easier,” Dunn said in the circle of the winner. “He gets better and better through experiences such as this one. He got really good, took a helmet, moved, was able to stop and then he ends the kilometers so impressive.”
Now a winner in five of seven lifetime starts, Apex has not yet missed the board in his career, while he banks $ 631,400 for owners Jeffrey Snyder from New York City, New York, SRF Stable from del Ray Beach, Florida and Steve Stewart van Paris, Kentucky.
APEX Replay
The generously bred foal from Walner from the world champion Mare Mission letter was bred by Mission Letter Stal and sold for $ 729.167 in the standard -wide horse sales of last fall.
The victory was the second consecutive for Dunn and Melander in the Peter Haughton Memorial, after cooperation with Maryland to take the 2024 edition.
In the Merrieveeulen the photo -finishing camera was needed to Atlantic Summer and driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr. To determine as the winners of the Jim Doherty Memorial.
Surded with the outer post nine in the field of 10, Atlantic Summer wasted little time to the cones when the 6-1 shot rose to an early lead by a quarter of: 27.3.
Once on the rear flow, Pocket-Sitter and 4-5 Favorite Lainey W (Scott Zeron) took control before they brought the mares in a lukewarm point in a luke To three quarters in 1:27.
Zeron started to work on the Favoyrite when Lainey W remained busy with a ruthless Westwinds Yahtzee to her outside and Atlantic Summer in a desperate need for racing room halfway through the track. The room came to the Atlantic Summer when Lainey W drifted just enough from the cones to let the trainee of Ron Burke shoot through the opening and to hurry home in: 28.2 to nail Lainey by a nose on the wire in 1: 55.4. Westwinds Yahtzee was kept in third place on 23-1, where the maker (Dunn) completes the Superfecta behind a wall of wall.
“She is incredibly useful and good,” said Wrenn Jr. In the circle of the winner. “She has a great capacity of the gate to get a position. I stabilized her a bit around the last turn and luckily got a small space in the piece to get up.”
Atlantic Summer noted the second victory of her career in six starts for her ownership group consisting of Burke Racing Stable by Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, Jim Simpson of Hanover, Pennsylvania, Lawrence Karr by Randolph, New Jersey, Pennyania.
Atlantic Summer Replay
Bred by winning Key Inc., the daughter of Captain Corey-Perfect Summer K was a purchase of $ 69,444 from last year’s Standardbred Bred Horse Sale and has now received $ 427,068 after her career-best effort.
Stripes extensively filled with poles -filled undercard
In addition to the two grade 1 Stakes events, Hoosier Park organized the penultimate leg of Indiana Sire Stakes for both two-year-old pacers divisions and three-year-old trotters together with the Hoosier Cup where many of the biggest names of the state yielded powerful versions.
In the $ 117,708 Hoosier Cup for Indiana-Sired Pacers, Rock remained perfect again through 11 starts in the year, and his Tyler George Stablemate, Somemore Soaring, scary to do this.
Rock shines again and driver Trace Tetrick departed aggressive from post seven, runs around his Stablemate Somemore Soaring (Dunn) on the first corner by a quarter of: 27.1 before the ODDS (Joey Putnam) of third place was charged to conquer the lead in half: 54.4. Rock seems to express again from behind the leader on three-quarters in 1:23 when the 1-9 favorite grabbed which seemed to be an impressive lead with an eighth of an miles. Somemore Soaring, however, shook loose after he was marred in traffic problems, stretch late, but came a quarter of his stablemate in 1: 49.4. Special Pete (Dave Miller) became third after a first grind at 33-1.
Owned by Ricky Redder and TG Stable, the winning son of Rockin image-Bikini Star earned $ 237,793 in the season after he became profitless in 11 starts.
Not to be surpassed, only a few races earlier, to Norway, his win reak expanded to 14 in the season with a 1: 53.1 front-end score for driver John de Long in the $ 69,444 First Indiana Sire Stakes for three-year scraps. Leaving from the Outside Post Eight as the 1-20 favorite, On To Norway Got Away Fourth Through a Quarter of: 27.1, Before moving to the lead Through Middle fractions of: 57.1 and 1: 26.1 then Coasting Home A Winner-by a Measure (Dunn) and Massive Desire (Tetrick).
The disguised son of Muscle-ONE Class Act is trained by Ron Burke and only tasted the defeat in his first start this season before he plays his current win reak, $ 330,836 in the season for owners Burke Racing Stable, Frank Baldachino, Black and White Stable and Michael Rosenthal.
The second division of $ 70.139 for a second-year student who played Colts went to 1-5 favorite operator and driver Kyle Wilfong with a pocket-rocket score in 1: 52.2 on a game Eugene The Genius (Dunn) and hard load Major Velocity (Brad Ferguson). The Gelded Son of You, trained by Jay Hochstetler, knows that you have won DO-CrazyAsClassic half of his eight starts, with three second place in the season for owners Connie and Homer Hochstetler, Robert Buddig and Allen Schwartz.
Two -year -old Pacing Merrieveeulen Somemore Blue Stayed perfectly through seven career -outs and took a division of $ 92,361 from Indiana Sire Stakes for Rookie Fillies. Driven by Marcus Miller, Somemore Blue moved after a quarter of: 27.1 to the leadership, with things her way through middle fractions of: 56.2 and 1: 25.2 before he alternated Millionondollarimage (Jordan Ross) in a career best 1: 51.3. ENVER MILLER trains the winning daughter of Rockin Image-MissSomebeach who has earned $ 253,071 for owners Doug Overhiser, Kenneth Duffy, Lava Java Stable and never 2 late stable.
The other split for Pacing Fillies was won by Whaomp (John de Long) in a career-best 1: 51.3 with 2-1/4 lengths about cruising Halle (Kyle Wilfong) after a perfect pocket trip as the even money favorite. The self -burned daughter of Roger Welch Rockin image-Nightcap has won five of her 10 races for owners William, Patrick and Jesse de Long.
The only division of $ 181,250 for two-year-old Pacing Colts was won with 1-20 favorite opportunities on Mr Mamba on the heels of his record record-similar performance. Dexter Dunn jumped for the first time in the bike behind the madness of Opportunities on Carpis-Honky Tonk-Vrouw, who takes the pocket trip before he travels home, a targeted 2-1/2-length winner about PaceSetter DancingDreamer (Dave Miller) in 1:50 with JK the Great (Marcus Miller) third. Melanie Wrenn trains the chances of Racing HomeBred, who has now won four of the five career attempts.
Martz Seven and driver Kyle Wilfong were at the forefront of the first of two divisions of $ 70.139 for three-year-old Trotting Fillies, who stormed home from third-over with a: 27.1 last quarter to track down a million dances (Mike Oosting) in a 1: 53.2 Score (trace tetrick) third. Walter Haynes Jr. Training the super -final champion of last year, who won four of 11 this year, for owners Stephen Stoll and Black -and White Stable. Roman Stoll breeding the daughter of Swan for everyone-The look.
Fifty to win, driven by Marcus Miller, recovered from a few defeats in her last two to win 6-5 in the Second Division for trotting mares, methodically working to the lead from the outer post before he with two lengths over 22-1 shot Bluebird Lola (John de Long) in 1: 54.3. Experience Miller trains the daughter of Fiftydallarbill-Be Winnin for owners Doug Overhiser, Macomber Racing and M and M Racing. Fifty to win has won five of its 10 starts in the year. Swan Jewel (athlee Bender) closed the top three.
The Week of Racen on Hoosier ends with a 14-race card on Saturday 13 September, starting at 5:30 PM
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