Friday, April 27, 2012
and so would just about everybody else. The company
would go out of business.
I started out by putting $100 into a slot machine. I played
for about 20 minutes before the big hit and my total never
got below $90. Had I not hit it big and had I continued to
play for another 20 minutes or so I probably would have lost
about $20. In other words, I would have spent $20 for 40
minutes of entertainment, a reasonable price to pay. That’s
not something I would choose to do regularly, but it’s easy to
Chester Slots Players Aren’t As Dumb As You
see why that appeals to so many people.
Think
The reason why I could spend 40 minutes inside a casino
Horseplayers tend to look down on slots players. We are
and not necessarily go broke is because the takeout on the
the smart ones, using our brains to solve the complex puzslot machines at Chester is 9 percent. Every time I put my
zle that is a horse race. They, the slots bettors, are too
dollar into the machine the expected loss was 9 cents. As is
stupid to think, and that’s why they while away their hours
the case with the 3.99 jar of peanut butter, it’s a price most
mindlessly playing a game a trained chimpanzee could
consumers are willing to pay. Had the takeout, or price of
master in no time.
making a bet, been 75 cents per dollar, no one would pay it
But maybe we have it
and the casino would go broke.
all wrong. Are we, the
Had I been betting the horses I would have had a much
horseplayers, actually
different experience. The takeout on win, place and show
the dumb ones?
bets at Chester is 17 percent, almost twice the price of
I went to the races last making a bet on a slot machine. Had I been playing trifectas
week at Chester to inter- I would have been betting into a 30 percent takeout, more
view slots players on a
than three times the price of betting a slot machine. The
day when there was live takeout on superfectas is 32 percent.
racing and to ask them
No wonder they’re smiling, the
why they so preferred
takeout on slots is only 9 percent
the casino to the horses.
Chester is typical of most “racinos.” On this W ednesday
afternoon, the casino area was thriving while about 100
people were watching the races. They race for good money
at Chester, but the betting pools are anemic.
I never once bet on a horse during the Chester visit.
Instead, I played various casino games while chatting with
the patrons, asking them why they had no interest in playing the horses. The answers were just what you would have
expected: the slots are more fun, the races are all fixed, I
don’t understand how to bet on the horses, etc. Some
people just shrugged their shoulders.
I even experienced firsthand one of the reasons why
people like slots over horses. You can bet very little and
have some sort of chance of going home a big winner. I hit
a slot machine for $2,400 on a $1 wager.
W inning that money had an awful lot to do with dumb
luck, but at least I was playing a game where I had a fair
chance. That wouldn’t have the case had I instead been
betting horses.
Bettors are no different than any other consumers. They
are buying a product, in this case entertainment, excitement
and the hope that they can win money. W hether it’s a conscious decision or not, there is a certain price they are
willing to pay for that product. It’s no different than if they
were buying peanut butter. I pay $3.99 for a jar of peanut
butter. If they raised the price to $10 I would stop buying it
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• 4/27/12 PAGE 2 of 8
Playing the horses and betting the slots is not, of course,
the same thing. But it’s still gambling. W hen one form of
gambling costs 9 cents to make a bet and the other costs
30 or 32 cents, why would anyone choose the form that is
so much more expensive?
The irony is that racing’s marriage with casinos have
provided the sport with its best opportunity yet to drastically
cut the price of making bets. At places like Chester, as well
as a handful of thoroughbred tracks, the take from race
horse wagering has become a tiny fraction of the amount
that goes into purses and the coffers of track owners. You
could cut takeout rates to 4 or 5 percent and quite possibly
reinvent racing, creating a wildly popular and successful
game that a gambler could actually beat. The worst thing
that could happen is that the negligible amount of money
now coming in from pari-mutuel bets would drop some. As
long as the slots money keeps rolling in it wouldn’t matter
one bit.
Until the unlikely event that that happens, horse racing
continues to ask people to go against unreasonably high
takeout rates that make it impossible to win. The only players that have so much as a prayer are the whales getting
huge rebates.
Imagine if the takeout on a slot machine at Chester was
the same as a superfecta, 32 percent. I never could have
sat there for 20 odds minutes and lost only a few dollars.
My money would have been sucked away by that machine
in an instant. And I would have been playing in an empty
casino.
So eager to judge slots players and label them simpletons, it took me a little time to figure this out. As consumers,
they’re making a more rational decision than horseplayers
are. W e are the ones paying $10 for a jar of peanut butter,
and that’s the main reason so few people now partake in
wagering on horses.
I’ll be back at Chester in the summer to cover some of
their big races. This time, I’ll be sure to look over at the 100
or so people that chose the horses over the slots and perhaps I’ll think to myself, “look at those dummies.”
Sirius XM Radio To Cover Dozens of Major
Harness Races
In conjunction with Creative Media Productions, Sirius XM
radio will air more than 20 hours of live coverage of major
harness races this year, including many of the sport's biggest events like the Hambletonian, Little Brown Jug and
Breeders Crown.
"Tonight at the
Races" will kick off
June 2 with live coverage of the Art
Rooney Pace from Yonkers and will undergo a necessary
name change to "Today at the Races" for the Hambletonian
and Little Brown Jug. The race broadcasts will air on Sirius
Ch. 93 and XM Ch. 209.
Dave Johnson and Bill Finley will host the shows and
owner-trainer Peter Kleinhans will be the featured analyst.
The series was made possible due to the generosity of
five sponsors-the United States Trotting Association, Yonkers Raceway, the Hambletonian Society, the Pennsylvania
Harness Horsemen's Association and the Jeff Gural-owned
tracks, Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs and the Meadowlands.
"We're pleased to expand our harness racing coverage
this year," said the show's producer, Lucas Marquardt.
"W e've done a number of races in recent years but have
never had a schedule like this. W ith few exceptions, we will
be covering every major harness event in North America this
summer, plus the Little Brown Jug and the Breeders Crown
in the fall."
Sirius XM radio has more than 21 million subscribers in
North America.
Below are the dates and featured races that will air this
year on Sirius XM:
Date Time
Featured Race(s)
6-2
9:30-11 Art Rooney, Lismore
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6-10
6-16
6-30
7-7
7-14
7-28
8-4
8-12
8-18
8-19
9-3
9-20
10-27
3:30-5
9:30-11
9:30-11
9:30-11
9:30-11
9:30-11
TBD
3:30-5
9:30-11
TBD
3:30-5
TBD
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Bettor’s Delight, Artiscape
North America Cup, Fan Hanover
Ben Franklin, Max Hempt, Lynch
Yonkers Trot, Hudson Filly Trot
Meadowlands Pace, Stanley Dancer
Hambletonian eliminations
Hambletonian
Empire Breeders Classic Final
W illiam Haughton Memorial
Battle of Brandywine, Colonial Trot
Cane Pace, Shady Daisy
Little Brown Jug
Breeders Crown
In Ontario, Still More Questions Than Answers
By Perry Lefko
There may be some relief
for the 60,000 people employed in the Ontario horse
racing industry, which has
been feeling anxious for
several weeks following the
provincial government's
announcement to end its
OHHA’s Tropea: “Transition
racetracks slots partnercan mean a lot of things.”
ship.
Following an agreement with the New Democratic Party
on April 23 to support its recent budget, the Ontario Liberal
government has agreed to provide unspecified transitional
aid to help horsemen, who will be hard hit if, in fact, the
current revenue-sharing program with slots ends March 31,
2013.
The program, introduced in 1998, annually gives racetracks and horsemen 10% each of money bet on slots. Last
year that totaled $345 million, while the government collected $1.1 billion as part of its 75% share of the revenues.
The municipalities where the racetracks are based collect
5%. The horse racing industry considered it a win-win-win
situation for the government, the horsemen and the racetracks when the racetracks slots program began.
The province introduced the program to offset the loss of
money taken away from betting on horses and directed into
slots. It worked out well, but almost 15 years later the Ontario horse racing industry is concerned that removing slots
from racetracks and repositioning them at other locations
will impact on the betting, thus creating problems for the
businesses and individuals affected by it. The breeding
industry has already suffered damage because of concerns
from horse owners that purses which rose substantially
from the program will drop precipitously.
"W e don't know whether it's retraining or it's money or it's
a new deal or anything," Brian Tropea, general manager of
the Ontario Harness Horse Association, told Harness Racing Update. "There are lots of questions."
"W e've had conversations with all three (provincial) parties about sustainability for the industry and certainly transitional money has been discussed on numerous occasions,
but it has never been a first choice for us," Sue Leslie,
president of the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association,
told the Niagara Falls Review. "I don't think they have the
details yet, or we would have been made aware of it."
The Ontario government indicated heading into its proposed budget in late March that it subsidized racetracks,
causing a furor among the horse racing industry, which
began a campaign to refute the misinformation directed to
the public, including emails to politicians, rallies and a media
public relations blitz. The horse racing industry contends the
program has generated the greatest annual revenue of any
other government program and is providing value for money.
In addition to announcing the March 31, 2013 dropdate
deadline, the government also served notice to three of the
17 provincial racetracks that their slots would be shut down
as of this April 30, although they would still be paid for the
remainder of the year. The three tracks - W indsor, Sarnia
and Fort Erie - have been going through difficult times for
several years.
The government's revised thinking on the racetracks slots
program is part of a strategy by the Ontario Lottery and
Gaming Corporation to expand the regulated private sector
delivery of lottery and gaming. The plan is to give people
places other than racetracks and casinos to play the slots.
The OLG has indicated the possibility of creating a
full-service casino in Toronto featuring gaming and tables
some time in the next few years. Woodbine Entertainment
Group, which operates harness and thoroughbred racing at
W oodbine, has indicated interest in becoming the site for the
casino.
To avoid a non-confidence vote of its budget, the minority
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• 4/27/12 PAGE 4 of 8
Liberal government needed support from more members of
the legislature, which required making some concessions
for the NDPs. The Liberals agreed to place a surtax for the
next five years on people earning $500,000 or more. Only
23,000 people in Ontario fall under that category, but that is
expected to raise $470 million a year and help to reduce the
deficit that now stands at $15 billion. The tax increase for
the rich was the big item on the NDP's wish list.
"I spoke to (NDP leader) Andrea Horvath and she's disappointed she wasn't able to get anything more than she did
for us," Tropea said. "We're obviously very thankful that she
put horse racing as one of the things on the list of concessions she needed to get to support the budget. She was
able to get us something. The most disturbing thing is that
there has been no pre consultation or post consultation
(from the government). Nobody has been able to speak with
anybody from the government about what their plans are or
how they plan on transitioning. Transition can mean a number of different things. It could mean they're going to give us
a payment and say, 'sorry you've lost a lot of money on
your farm and your equipment and the value of your horses.
Here's some money to offset your losses.' It could mean
they're going to say, 'we're putting some money aside to
retrain all you people who are no longer in the horse racing
industry.' It could mean a revenue-sharing arrangement
where the industry continues on. I'm hopeful the word transition means we're going to transition from one revenue-sharing arrangement and hopefully into another one
that allows the industry to sustain itself."
Springsteen Sets the Stage for a New Era of
Outdoor Concerts at Vernon
by Ursula Hardin Maunder, director of marketing, Vernon
Downs
Vernon, NY --- Vernon Downs has announced a continuation of its recent $8.1 million expansion by reviving the
racetrack as a major concert venue.
The Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band concert on
August 29 will rekindle the use of
the outdoor grandstand and track
for major concerts. Vernon Downs
has a history as one of New York’s
finest concert venues based on
successful performances in the recent past by Phish, Dave Matthews
Band and The Dead.
Jeff Gural, CEO of American Rac
ing and Entertainment, which owns
Vernon Downs, stated, “Vernon
Downs has a reputation for presenting some of the biggest acts and
the best entertainment using the
Miracle Mile track and grandstands.
W e are excited that bringing the
Bruce Springsteen will W recking Ball Tour of Bruce
be the biggest star to Springsteen & The E Street Band
will be the first of many uses of the
appear at Vernon
Dow ns since Niatross
outdoor facility for major concerts.
“A concert of this magnitude will bring major economic
benefits to the area and contribute to jobs, concessions
sales, hotel sales and all the benefits of bringing a large
group of people into the area.
“I am pleased to announce that Vernon Downs will contribute $1 to the Food Bank of Central NY and $1 to the
CNY-VOC (Veterans Outreach Center) per ticket sold and I
will personally donate an additional dollar per ticket as a way
to continue to give back to our local community. I would also
like to thank “The Boss” and Magic City Productions for
choosing Vernon Downs as a concert venue and a special
thanks to local government, town, and village officials for
their cooperation to make this event possible.”
Opened in 2006, Vernon Downs Casino Hotel occupies a
34,000 square foot gaming facility featuring over 750 video
gaming machines, restaurants, lounges and arcades in
addition to live and simulcast racing. The property also
offers an all-suites hotel and employs over 375 people.
In 2011, Vernon Downs expanded the hotel to accommodate small conventions, weddings, and meetings and have
plans for further expansion in the future if it receives one of
the seven casino licenses proposed as part of a constitutional amendment allowing casino gambling in New York
state. Vernon Downs Casino Hotel generated more than
$15.1 million for education during the 2011-2012 fiscal year,
according to the recently released data by the Division of
Lottery.
Check Me Out Qualifies at Pocono
By Hector G. Ramos
Check Me Out (Donato Hanover) continued her preparations for her first pari-mutuel start of 2012 yesterday with a
sharp win in a qualifier at Pocono Downs. W ith trainer Ray
Schnittker in the bike, last year’s champion won by 14 3/4
lengths and covered the mile in 1:55.
On the other side of the border, Up The Credit (W estern
Terror) had his first 2012 qualifier, finishing second at Mohawk. His time for the mile was 1:53.4 and he finished 3 1/4
lengths behind Dalhouse Davie (Astreos).
Riders Race Pacers Again at Northville
Pacing under saddle will be featured for the second
straight week at Northville Downs on Friday night.
Realgoodkisser (Real Desire) will be seeking to repeat his
victory last week with Natalie Zambrzenski in the stirrups.
The 7-year-old gelding was a winner in 2:10 over the
half-mile oval last Friday. Chasing the winner across the
wire were pacers ridden by Staci Chrastek and Kris
Konesto.
The runners-up will be back in action tonight at Northville
hoping for revenge. Chrastek will ride Andy’s Black Colt
(Fit For Life) and Konesto will saddle Fantasy Beau (Island
Fantasy).
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Saturday at Yonkers
Race 7. $297,000, Pace. Blue Chip Matchmaker Final
Post-PN-Horse
Sire
Trainer/Driver
1 2 See You At Peelers Bettor’s Delight
Takter/Sears
2 1 Rocklamation
Rocknroll Hanover Burke/Gingras
3 3 Anndrovette
Riverboat King
Fraley/Tetrick
4 4 Fox Valley Sage
Richess Hanover Anderson/Manzi
5 1a Ginger And Fred
Real Artist
Burke/Bartlett
6 5 Billmar Scooter
Keystone Raider Buter/Goodell
7 6 Chancey Lady
Camluck
Fraley/A. Miller
8 7 Western Silk
Western Terror
Harris/Brennan
Race 8. $100,000, Pace. George Morton Levy-Consolation
Post-PN-Horse
Sire
Trainer/Driver
1 1 Dancin Yankee
Yankee Cruiser
Green/Bartlett
2 2 Flipper J
Art Major
Green/Tetrick
3 3 Razzle Dazzle
Real Desire
Silverman/Sears
4 4 Sea Venture
Western Terror
Pena/Brennan
5 1a Summer Camp
Rocknroll Hanover Green/A. Miller
6 5 Clear Vision
Western Hanover Burke/Gingras
7 6 Valentino
Rocknroll Hanover Surick/Manzi
8 7 River Shark
Four Starzzz Shark Ford/MacDonald
Race 9. $455,000, Pace. George Morton Levy Final
Post-PN-Horse
Sire
Trainer/Driver
1 2 Blatantly Good
Albert Albert
Fraley/Brennan
2 3 Art Z
Artiscape
Rubin/B. Miller
3 1 Atochia
Dragon Again
Burke/Pierce
4 4 Fitz’s Z Tam
Cole Muffler
Raymer/Sears
5 5 Strand Hanover
Modern Art
Alagna/Ouellette
6 6 Nob Hill High
McArdle
Saunders/Stratton
7 7 Real Nice
Real Artist
Banca/Bartlett
8 1a Foiled Again
Dragon Again
Burke/Gingras
4-25 Milano
Race 7. Mago d'Amore's Race. 3-year-olds. $27,700. 1,600
meters. 1:56.3 (mile rate)
Picone (c, 3, Credit Winner-Fabiaz) O&B-Scuderia Don
Miguel. T&D-Santo Mollo, $11,600, Lifetime Record:
12-5-0-2, $41,500
4-22 Ascot Park Raceway, Invercargill
Race 7. Southland Oaks Final (G2). Pace. 3-year-old fillies.
$33,000. 2,200 meters. 1:57.4 (mile rate)
Gaylee's Delight (f, 3, Bettor's Delight-Everly Blue) O-L
Hope. B-G&P Hope. T-G&N Hope. D-Dexter Dunn, $20,000,
Lifetime Record: 20-4-5-1, $40,000
Race 9. Southern Supremacy Stakes Final (G2). Pace.
3-year-old colts & geldings. $33,000. 2,700 meters. 1:59.1
(mile rate)
Texican (g, 3, Bettor's Delight-Bury My Heart) O-A&Dr S
W akefield. B-M Carson. T-Cran Dalgety. D-Dexter Dunn,
$20,000, Lifetime Record: 22-10-2-1, $212,000
4-25 Solvalla, Stockholm
Race 7, V86-4. Scarlet Knight's Race - 3-year-old Spring
Final. $61,000. 2,140 meters. 2:03.0 (mile rate)
Jackpot Comery (c, 3, Amigo Hall-Jewelry Store)
O-Star-Racing Oy & Heikki Korhonen. B-Isto Maki-Tulokas.
T-Pekka Korpi. D-Orjan Kihlstrom, $30,000, Lifetime Record: 7-3-0-2, $48,000
To View TrackMaster pp’s for Races 7, 8, 9 at Yonkers click Sunday’s Results
here
4, Chst, $20,000, Pace, NW $18,000 in Last 5 Starts 4 Yr.
Olds & Older Last Start for a purse of greater than $25,000
Saturday at Northfield Park
ineligible AE: NW 9 Ext. PM Races or $90,000 Lifetime,
Race 11. $86,000, Pace. The Courageous Lady
28.4, 57.0, 1:25.1, 1:53.0, SY
Post-Horse
Sire
Trainer/Driver
Versado (g, 5, Dragon Again--Beach Jenny, by Beach
1 Podges Lady
The Panderosa
Seekman/Stahl
Towel) O-Kdm Stables Corp.. B-Joseph C & Nancy L
2 Destiny’s Chance
Four Starzzz Shark Burke/Palone
Vander Heyden. T-Nicholas Surick. D-Yannick Gingras,
3 Cruzin Tothe Dance
Yankee Cruiser
Morgan/Wengerd
$10,000, Lifetime Record: 66-15-11-9, $533,158
4 Princess Cruiser
Yankee Cruiser
Mullinix/Kauffman
Harness Racing Update is distributed each
5 Frontierpan
No Pan Intended Burke/Wilder
and every day on the grounds of the
6 Sand Latte
Real Desire
Loy/Merriman
Lexington,
7 Darena Hanover
Yankee Cruiser
Burke/Hall
Harrisburg and the January Select Mixed
Sale.
8 Blows Me Away
American Ideal
Schillachi/Schillachi
9 Babe Per View
Rocknroll Hanover Burke/Page
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6, Chst, $23,000, Pace, NW $25,000 in Last 5 Starts, 28.0,
57.3, 1:25.2, 1:53.0, SY
Sir Ziggy's Z Tam (h, 4, Art Major--So Far Away, by Jate
Lobell), $55,000 2009 LEX-SEL O-Patrick D Lachance & Z
Tam Stables LLC & Ira Rosenblum. B-Nexstar Racing
Stable. T-Pat Lachance. D-Pat Lachance, $11,500, Lifetime Wednesday’s Results
Record: 43-10-8-11, $496,481
9, HoP, $24,000, Trot, OPEN (ISP), 28.2, 58.3, 1:27.4,
1:55.3, FT
10, Chst, $20,000, Pace, NW $18,000 in Last 5 Starts 4 Yr. Haulin Laser (g, 4, Broadway Hall--Lisa's Laser, by
Olds & Older Last Start for a purse of greater than $25,000 Armbro Laser) O/B-Dm Stables LLC & Denny Miller. T-Jim
ineligible AE: NW 9 Ext. PM Races or $90,000 Lifetime,
Mulinix. D-Peter W renn, $12,000, Lifetime Record: 26-8-2-2,
28.2, 57.2, 1:25.1, 1:53.4, SY
$123,501
Vertical Horizon (h, 6, Western Ideal--Summer Mystery,
by Artiscape), $65,000 2007 LEX-SEL O-Kdm Stables
12, HoP, $24,000, Pace, OPEN (ISP), 27.2, 56.4, 1:24.3,
Corp. & Anna M Glide. B-Brittany Farms & Daisy Acres.
1:52.1, SY
T-Nicholas Surick. D-Pat Berry, $10,000, Lifetime Record:
Freddyscooter (g, 7, I Scoot Hanover--Precious Sarah,
91-17-17-13, $851,329
by Artsplace) O-Steve J Brannan & Frederick C Shiery.
B-Steve J Brannan. T-Steve Brannan. D-Trace Tetrick,
12, Chst, $30,000, Pace, W inners Over $25,000 Lifetime,
$12,000, Lifetime Record: 86-31-20-15, $644,435
28.0, 55.2, 1:23.3, 1:51.4, SY
1-Special T Rocks (g, 4, Rocknroll Hanover--Ladys
Special Girl, by Artiscape) O-Daryl Scott Bier & Forrest L
Bartlett & Joann Dombeck. B-4 For 3 Stable. T-Daryl Bier.
D-Daryl Bier, $15,000, Lifetime Record: 39-18-9-2,
$219,964
2-Nova Artist (h, 5, Real Artist--Avon Lady, by Elegant
Monday’s Results
Osborne), $35,000 2008 SHS-HBG O-Howard Edward &
6, Mea, $30,200, Trot, ***THE SIR CAVIAR TROT*** Kathleen Davis. B-Arlene L & Jules J Siegel. T-Martin DaFINAL FOR 3 YEAR OLD C&G NW 2 EXT PM RACES OR
vis. D-Yannick Gingras, $7,500
$25,000 LIFE UP TO AND INCLUDING 02/01/2012 W /O
3-Drumfire A (g, 9, Aces N' Sevens--Kit Star, by Road
$40,000 LIFE AS OF 02/01/2012 NE (PA SIRED), 28.2,
Machine) O-Randall B Bendis & Jack B Piatt II. B-J J Starr, 58.3, 1:28.2, 1:59.0, SY
AS. T-Randy Bendis. D-Andy Miller, $3,600
1-Bob And Bobby (g, 3, Andover Hall--Armbro Prowess,
Calls: Q, 3H, 3T, 4, 1
by Speedy Crown), $4,500 2010 SHS-HBG O-Susan A
Finish Order: Andy Roo, Meant To Be Me, Dirty Devil, Twin Daugherty. B-Robert Rosenheim Stbs LTD. T-William
B Legend, W ink N Atcha
Daugherty Jr. D-Aaron Merriman, $15,100, Lifetime Record:
21-8-3-4, $51,659
Thursday’s Results
2-Keystone Wyatt (g, 3, Cantab Hall--W omanly Image, by
9, Chst, $20,000, Pace, Fillies & Mares NW $18,000 in Last Balanced Image), $4,500 2010 SHS-HBG O-William W ilbur
5 Starts 4 Yr. Olds & Older Last Starts for a purse of greater Zendt & Gary A Saul. B-George F Hempt. T-W illiam Zendt.
than $25,000 ineligible AE: NW 9 Ext. PM Races or
D-Tony Hall, $7,550
$90,000 Lifetime, 27.2, 56.1, 1:24.1, 1:52.1, FT
3-Prime Caviar (g, 3, SJ's Caviar--Sally Hanover, by AmeriDawn's Legacy (m, 6, Western Ideal--Dawn Q, by Falcon can W inner), $6,200 2010 HOOSIER O-James Daumit.
Seelster), $47,000 2007 LEX-SEL O-Maureen A & Stanley B-Hanover Shoe Farms Inc. T-Jeffrey Indof. D-Mike W ilder,
M Kuchar. B-Steve H Stewart & Alan H Quinn. T-Anthony
$3,624
Mannino. D-David Miller, $10,000, Lifetime Record:
Calls: 7H, 5H, 1H, 1, 2Q
81-21-8-14, $350,853 To view the replay click here
Finish Order: Hoorayforvacation, Blokbuster Hanover, Sky
Lav, Man's Treasure, Lucky Yim, Hawaiiancaviar
11, Chst, $20,000, Trot, NW $18,000 in Last 5 Starts 4 Yr.
Olds & Older Last Starts for a purse of greater than $25,000 Tuesday’s Results
ineligible AE: NW 9 Ext. PM Races or $90,000 Lifetime,
1, Mea, $22,500, Pace, ***PREFERRED HANDICAP***
27.4, 57.2, 1:25.3, 1:55.3, FT
P.P.1 ASSIGNED; 2-6 DRAW N, 28.0, 57.1, 1:24.3, 1:52.2,
Unefoisdansmavie (m, 5, Revenue S--Peace To The
FT
World, by Yankee Glide) O-P Kleinhans Racing Inc & Ajks Schoolkids (h, 6, I Am A Fool--Game Bunny, by PreRacing. B-Ronald K Turcotte. T-Orjan Torstensson. D-Andy cious Bunny) O-New Jennaration LLC. B-Tactical Armor
Miller, $10,000, Lifetime Record: 37-8-5-3, $105,417
Prods Inc. T-Michael Palone. D-Dave Palone, $11,250,
To view the replay click here
Lifetime Record: 96-30-8-12, $823,300
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6, Mea, $32,400, Pace, ***THE HERE W E GO AGAIN
PACE*** - FINAL FOR 3 YEAR OLD C&G NW 2 EXT PM
RACES OR $25,000 LIFE UP TO AND INCLUDING
02/01/2012 W /O $40,000 LIFE AS OF 02/01/2012 NE (PA
SIRED), 27.0, 56.2, 1:23.4, 1:53.2, FT
1-Rage N Ryan (c, 3, Allamerican Native--Southwind
Wesley, by The Panderosa) O/B-Chester G Lebo Jr &
Justin Lebo. T-Justin Lebo. D-Tony Hall, $16,200, Lifetime
Record: 7-3-2-0, $38,020
2-One Lucky Dragon (g, 3, Dragon Again--Kiss My Lips,
by Artsplace), $90,000 2010 SHS-HBG O-W inchester Baye
Acres Inc. B-Roll The Dice Stable. T-Bruce Riegle. D-Brett
Miller, $8,100
3-Dungeon Dragon (g, 3, Dragon Again--Caitlin Q, by
Artsplace) O-Howard A Taylor & Abraham N Basen.
B-Linwood M Higgins & Dr John M Egloff. T-Ron Burke.
D-Dave Palone, $3,888
Calls: 1H, 1H, 1H, 2, HD
Finish Order: Doctor Rj, Chicago Hanover, Let's Cruise,
Tsm W arhol T, Remix, Cyrus Seelster
1- Im On Cloud Nine (f,3 - Angus Hall-Celebrity Angel-Yankee Glide) O-W .J. Donovan. B-Kentuckiana Farms.
T-Kevin O’Reilly. D-Jack Moiseyev, $25,000. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-1, $75,360
2-Sugar Wheeler (f,3 - Angus Hall-Quick Credit-Credit
W inner) O-P C W ellwood Enterprises Inc, Alan C
Hainsworth, W illiam B W eaver III, Kelley Racing Stable LLC.
B-Valley High Stable. T-Michael Keeling. D-Paul Macdonell.
3-Sher To Be (f,3 - Keystone Nordic-Patagonia-Mr Lavec)
O-Estate Of Charles F Kline. B-Charles Kline. T-Tom
Roach. D-Randall W aples.
W inning Margin: H
Wednesday’s Results
5, Mea, $27,400, Trot, ***THE ACTION-BROADW AY
TROT*** - FINAL FOR 3 YEAR OLD FILLY NW 2 EXT PM
RACES OR $25,000 LIFE UP TO AND INCLUDING
02/01/2012 W /O $40,000 LIFE AS OF 02/01/2012 NE (PA
SIRED), 28.2, 58.3, 1:27.1, 1:56.3, FT
Cocktail Attire (f, 3, Broadway Hall--Doitwithclass, by
Muscles Yankee) O-Tony B & Linda J. Schadel. B-Robert
Rosenheim Stbs LTD. T-Linda Schadel. D-Tony Schadel,
$13,700, Lifetime Record: 6-3-0-2, $36,516
8 Wdb, $50,000, Trot. Open. 27.1, 55.4, 1:25, 1:40.1, 1:55
SY
1-Windsong Geant (g,5 - Kadabra-Early Secret-Earl) OThe Brabant Stable, Fred D Brayford. B-W illiam and
Paulette Loyens. T & D-Rick Zeron, $25,000. Lifetime Record: 58-10-11-8, $382,059
2-San Pail (g,8 - San Pellegrino-Village Beauty-Balanced
Image) O-Glenn Van Camp, Hughes Stable Inc. T-Rod
Hughes. D-Randall W aples
3-Dig For Dollars (g,9 - Tony Oaks-Good Golly-Mr Drew) O
& T-Jim Oscarsson. D-Luc Ouellette.
W inning Margin: T
6 Wdb. $25,000, Pace. PRINCESS - 1ST LEG - 3 YEAR
OLD FILLIES. 28, 57.2, 1:25.4, 1:40.3, 1:55.4 SY
Stage It Right (f,3 - Artiscape- WhenuwishuponastarCamluck) O-Richard M Lombardo, Howard A Taylor. BRobert McIntosh Stables, Clifford N. Grundy, David Kryway,
Leo Beaudoin. T-Rick Zeron D-Mario Baillargeon, $12,500.
Lifetime Record: 7-4-2-1, $47,804
10 Wdb. $25,000, Pace. THE DIPLOMAT - 1ST LEG - 3
YEAR OLDS. 28.3, 57.3, 1:26.1, 1:40.1, 1:54.4 SY
Piston Broke (g,3 - Shark Gesture-Rebid-Sportsmaster)
O-Robert Don Fellows, Willard S Sabrosky, Arpad J Szabo.
B-Ervin Miller Stable Inc & Edward A, Miller. T-Robert Don
Fellows. D-Sylvain Filion, $12,500. Lifetime Record: 20-8-31, $124,529
Tuesday’s Results
10, PcD, $25,000, Pace, Mares W inners Over $25,000
Lifetime, 26.2, 55.1, 1:22.3, 1:51.1, FT
Odds On Aventure (m, 6, Camluck--Odds On Affair, by
Artsplace) O-Triple D Stables Inc & Jay E Spector & Daniel
F Kiwak. B-Odds On Racing. T-Scott Di Domenico. D-Tyler Thursday’s Results
Buter, $12,500, Lifetime Record: 92-16-14-14, $153,413
5 Wdb. $50,000, Trot. TIE SILK - FINAL - 3 YEAR OLDS.
28.2, 57.1, 1:25.3, 1:56.1 FT
1-Knows Nothing (c,3 - Kadabra-Savvy Yankee-Balanced Image) O-Al J Libfeld, Marvin Katz,Mac T
Nichol,J Gillis, G Stay. B-Herb A. Liverman. T-Jeff Gillis. DMonday’s Results
Jody Jamieson, $25,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $49,000
3 Wdb. $25,000, Pace. THE DIPLOMAT - 1ST LEG - 3
2-Cold Certified (g,3 - Kadabra-I Like StephaYEAR OLDS. 29.2, 59.1, 1:27.3, 1:42.1, 1:56.1 SY
nie-Ilooklikemymom). O & T-Gary J. Lance. B-Roi Stable. DState Treasurer (c,3 - Real Desire-Ideal TreaJason Brewer.
sure-Western Ideal) O-Sally A Macdonald, Sophie M
3-Midfield Magic (g,3 - Kadabra-Midori Hanover-Sierra
Macdonald. B-Brittany Farms. T-Dr. Ian Moore. D-Jody
Kosmos) O-Franco Cianci, Isidoro Russo, Vincenzo
Jamieson, $12,500. Lifetime Record: 9-2-2-1, $62,213
Monticciolo, John D Fielding. B-Valley High Stable. T-Frank
O’Reilly. D-Rick Zeron
5 Wdb. $50,000, Trot. CELIAS COUNSEL - FINAL - 3
W inning Margin: nk. To view replay click here
YEAR OLD FILLIES. 28.3, 58.3, 1:28.4, 1:43.3, 1:58.2 SY
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7 Wdb. $30,000, Trot. SW ING INTO SPRING - 2ND LEG 4 YEAR OLDS & OLDER. 27.1, 56.1, 1:25.4, 1:40.2, 1:55.1
FT
Rockys First (g,4 - Hard Rock N Roll-Tara EmeraldBalanced Image) O, T & B-Victor Hayter. D-Jason Brewer,
$15,000. Lifetime Record: 17-7-3-2, $96,300.
To view replay click here
Knows Nothing increased his bankroll to $49,000 for
trainer Jeff Gillis, who co-owns the bay with Al Libfeld,
Marvin Katz, Gerald Stay and Mac Nichol. Knows Nothing
paid $3.10 to win.
Also, on Thursday’s 11-race programme, the Swing Into
Spring Series continued with a pair of second-leg divisions.
Rockys First and Jason Brewer captured the first division
in 1:55.1. Brewer used the same front-end tactics as he did
8 Wdb. $30,000, Trot. Swing Into Spring–2nd Leg. 27.3,
last week as Rockys First put up fractions of :27.1, :56.1 and
57.1, 1:26.2, 1:41.2, 1:56.3 FT
1:25.4, before brushing home to score the victory over Poof
A Crown For Lindy (h,6 - Cantab Hall-Lady Starlet-Joie
K (Sylvain Filion). Incredable Frank (Doug McNair) finished
De Vie) O-Hughes Stable Inc. B-Lindy Racing Stable. Tthird.
Rod Hughes. D-Randy W aples, $15,000. Lifetime Record:
Ed Hayter trains Rockys First, a career winner of $96,300,
64-17-11-7, $223,801
for his father, Victor. The son of Hard Rock N Roll is now a
To view the replay click here
six-time winner. He paid $14.60 to win.
Rockys First will look
to sweep the series as
Knows Nothing Delivers In Tie Silk Final
the $50,000 final is
By Greg Gangle
slated for Monday, May
Knows Nothing remains unbeaten in his career as he
found the winner’s circle once again in the $50,000 Tie Silk 2.
A Crown For Lindy,
Series final on Thursday evening at W oodbine.
driven by Randy
The lightly-raced son of Kadabra-Savvy Yankee notched
W aples, posted the 6-1
his third career victory in a career-best clocking of 1:56.1.
minor upset in the secIn the early going,
ond leg.
Cimeronken (Sylvain
A Crow n For Lindy (New Im age
The Rod Hughes
Filion) alertly left the
Media photo)
trainee marched to the
gate to lead his nine
rivals past the opening opening station in :27.3 with post time favourite, Order By
Roosevelt (Paul MacDonell) in the pocket.
station in :28.2.
Heading towards the half, Bullet (Keith Oliver) made a bid
Cradabra (Keith Oliver)
for
the lead, but the lead would not last long as Order By
was in the pocket with
Roosevelt
cleared to the front at the half in :57.1.
heavily favoured Knows
Order
By
Roosevelt would lead his rivals past
Nothing still on the outKnows Nothing (New Im age
three-quarters
in 1:26.2.
side from his post nine
Media photo)
Turning
for
home,
Order By Roosevelt was still in comstart.
mand,
but
began
to
tire
in deep stretch as A Crown For
Cimeronken would allow Knows Nothing to take over
Lindy
found
late
racing
room
to capitalize in 1:56.3. Order
command, but Cold Certified (Jason Brewer) was on the
By
Roosevelt
stayed
for
second,
with Bullet finishing third.
accelerator and marched past Knows Nothing at the half in
A
17-time
winner,
A
Crown
For
Lindy is trained by Rod
:57.1.
Hughes
for
Hughes
Stable
Inc.
The
son of Cantab Hall now
Knows Nothing, who captured his division last week, was
has
career
earnings
of
$218,801.
He
paid $15.60 to win.
on the attack again as Jamieson urged the bay alongside
Cold Certified past three-quarters in 1:25.3.
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“That was a big effort from him tonight,” Jamieson said
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tions due to the wind, I thought his performance was terrific.”
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Jamieson also believes Knows Nothing is on the right
and every day on the grounds of the
path to a profitable season.
Lexington,
“The sky’s the limit of what this horse can achieve,” he
Harrisburg and the January Select Mixed
said. “He’s got great breeding and all the right attributes.
Sale.
He’s still a green colt, but he can really trot for a piece of a
mile. He’s on the right track.”