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Wednesday, Oct 5, 2011 Sales Dips 2.9 Percent on Night 2 By Bill Finley LEXINGTON, KY-The momentum of a solid opening night at the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale didn’t quite carry over into the second session. A total of 158 horses went through the ring Tuesday night and they brought an average of $44,715. That was down 2.9 percent from 2010 numbers. On the first night, the sale was up 1.7 percent over 2010 figures. “Considering everything going on in horse business and everything going on economically in the world you have to be satisfied,” Sales Manager Geoff Stein said. “There’s no denying that the industry is facing a lot of up- hill battles, but it’s amazing how resil- ient the industry is. That’s a credit to the buyers. To be doing as well as we are doing is a credit to the people involved.” There was an obvious pattern to last night’s bidding. Horses with good pedigrees that were also lacking flaws sold for good money. But, whether it was a matter of a poor pedigree or certain blemishes, if a horse had a problem they just about couldn’t give it away. Some horses by major sires were a tough sell. Within the first 60 minutes a Conway Hall went for $12,000, a Deweycheatumnhowe for $7,000 and a Muscles Yankee for $6,000. “There are a lot of people eager to spend money,” Stein said. “There is plenty of money for the right horse. W e saw that tonight and will see it again tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. Where it gets a little spotty is with the horses that are not in demand or individuals who are not up to snuff. They get severely penalized “I think this is because there’s so much in the way of costs when it comes to training and staking and everything else. It’s gotten to point where people are not interested in training numbers. They are interested in training what they want. They’d rather wait and buy fewer and buy what they want. Really, it’s a case of the haves and have nots You can see that any time you send a horse ring with pedigree conformation. W hen that happens, the results are outstand- ing.” Trainer Greg Peck bought Hip 231, Southern Elegant, a Glidemaster filly, for $27,000. He liked the fact that the filly is a half-sister to Southern Rocketop, who lost by just a length to Peck’s Muscle Hill in the World Trotting Derby. “I bought the filly, but she had a cut and a lot of people don’t like that,” Peck said. “Me, I don’t care. The market, they want no blemishes. I don’t care; I just want one that can trot.” Cont. p2 Geoff Stein SESSION COMPARATIVE STATISTICS Sold Gross Average ‘10 Trotting Fillies 50 $1,903,000 $38,060 ‘11 Trotting Fillies 39 $1,648,000 $42,256 ‘10 Trotting Colts 42 $2,255,000 $53,690 ‘11 Trotting Colts 42 $1,720,000 $40,952 ‘10 Pacing Fillies 25 $1,094,000 $43,760 ‘11 Pacing Fillies 35 $1,569,000 $44,829 ‘10 Pacing Colts 37 $1,842,000 $49,784 ‘11 Pacing Colts 42 $2,128,000 $50,667 ‘10 Totals 154 $7,094,000 $46,065 ‘11 Totals 158 $7,065,000 $44,715

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Wednesday, Oct 5, 2011

Sales Dips 2.9 Percent on Night 2

By Bill Finley LEXINGTON, KY-The momentum of a solid opening

night at the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale didn’t quitecarry over into the second session. A total of 158 horseswent through the ring Tuesday night and they brought anaverage of $44,715. That was down 2.9 percent from 2010numbers. On the first night, the sale was up1.7 percent over 2010 figures. “Considering everything going on inhorse business and everything goingon economically in the world youhave to be satisfied,” Sales ManagerGeoff Stein said. “There’s no denyingthat the industry is facing a lot of up-hill battles, but it’s amazing how resil-ient the industry is. That’s a credit tothe buyers. To be doing as well aswe are doing is a credit to the peopleinvolved.” There was an obvious pattern to last night’s bidding.Horses with good pedigrees that were also lacking flawssold for good money. But, whether it was a matter of a poorpedigree or certain blemishes, if a horse had a problemthey just about couldn’t give it away. Some horses by major sires were a tough sell. W ithin thefirst 60 minutes a Conway Hall went for $12,000, aDeweycheatumnhowe for $7,000 and a Muscles Yankee for$6,000.

“There are a lot of people eager to spend money,” Steinsaid. “There is plenty of money for the right horse. W e sawthat tonight and will see it again tomorrow, Thursday andFriday. W here it gets a little spotty is with the horses thatare not in demand or individuals who are not up to snuff.They get severely penalized “I think this is because there’s so much in the way ofcosts when it comes to training and staking and everythingelse. It’s gotten to point where people are not interested intraining numbers. They are interested in training what theywant. They’d rather wait and buy fewer and buy what theywant. Really, it’s a case of the haves and have nots You cansee that any time you send a horse ring with pedigreeconformation. W hen that happens, the results are outstand-ing.” Trainer Greg Peck bought Hip 231, Southern Elegant, aGlidemaster filly, for $27,000. He liked the fact that the fillyis a half-sister to Southern Rocketop, who lost by just alength to Peck’s Muscle Hill in the W orld Trotting Derby. “I bought the filly, but she had a cut and a lot of peopledon’t like that,” Peck said. “Me, I don’t care. The market,they want no blemishes. I don’t care; I just want one thatcan trot.” Cont. p2

Geoff Stein

SESSION COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

Sold Gross Average

‘10 Trotting Fillies 50 $1,903,000 $38,060

‘11 Trotting Fillies 39 $1,648,000 $42,256

‘10 Trotting Colts 42 $2,255,000 $53,690

‘11 Trotting Colts 42 $1,720,000 $40,952

‘10 Pacing Fillies 25 $1,094,000 $43,760

‘11 Pacing Fillies 35 $1,569,000 $44,829

‘10 Pacing Colts 37 $1,842,000 $49,784

‘11 Pacing Colts 42 $2,128,000 $50,667

‘10 Totals 154 $7,094,000 $46,065

‘11 Totals 158 $7,065,000 $44,715

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The sale got off to a slow start with plenty of horses goingfor bottom dollar. But it picked up midway. The sale topperwas Hip 202, Spyglass Volo, who was knocked down for$210,000. A Donato Hanover colt, he was bought by Geraldand Norman Smiley and Theresa Silva and was sold byKentuckiana Farms. Kentuckiana also sold a $150,000 yearling, Hip 163,which was purchased by Robert Lindstrom, agent. She willbe campaigned in Sweden. “It is the same in Sweden that it is here,” Lindstrom said.“For the good ones you have to pay good money. W ith themedium stock, nobody wants them.”

Hip 202 Spyglass Volo $210,000b c Donato Hanover-Stroke Play

Purchased by Gerald & Norman Smiley & Theresa SilvaConsigned by Kentuckiana Farms

Hip 163 Gliding Light $150,000b f Yankee Glide-Pj Naomi

Purchased by Robert Lindstrom, Agent For ThomasPersson Finans AB

Consigned by Kentuckiana Farms, AgentHip 208 Mindset $150,000

b c American Ideal-Has An AttitudePurchased by Tony Alagna, Agent

Consigned by Brittany FarmsHip 215 Mattie Terror Girl $150,000

b f Western Terror-Mattcheck GirlPurchased by Big Al's Stables, Inc

Consigned by W alnut Hall Stock Farm, AgentHip 192 Profound Beauty $135,000

b f Art Major-Armbro BombayPurchased by Mac Nichol

Consigned by Preferred Equine, Inc., AgentHip 271 Shock It To ‘Em $120,000

b c Western Terror-Tootsie JPurchased by Chris Oakes

Consigned by Kentuckiana Farms, AgentHip 210 Wilcox $110,000

b c Somebeachsomewhere-Dark SecretPurchased by Issac W axman,

Agent for Brenda Selwyn WaxmanConsigned by Preferred Equine, Inc., Agent

Hip 221 Turbo Donato $110,000br c Donato Hanover-Sun Sentinel

Purchased by Myron Bell, AgentConsigned by Peninsula Farm, Inc., Agent

Hip 241 Do Not Lindy $102,000b f Donato Hanover-My Dolly's Dream

Purchased by Jonas Czernyson, Agent For Misty MillerConsigned by Preferred Equine, Inc., Agent

Team Smiley Goes Back To The Well

Gerald and Norman Smiley spent $130,000 at the 2007Lexington sale for Matchplay Volo, a Conway Hall filly. Thefilly had modest success on the track, banking $37,795during her career. But the Smileys weren’t discouraged.

They bought Hip No. 202,Matchplay Volo’s half-brother,for $210,000. Theresa Silvawas also in on the sale. The colt is named SpyglassVolo and is by Donato Hanoverout of W orld Champion StrokePlay. “W e own his sister, the firstfoal out of Stroke Play,” NormSmiley said. “She was a$130,000 yearling and she hada lot of speed but had very bad

feet. W e know how good Stroke Play was and this is a greatindividual.” Smiley figured he was in on an expensive night when theunderbidders included Erv Miller and Jimmy Takter. “Once we saw who else was bidding on this one, weknew it was going to cost a lot,” Smiley said. The colt will be trained by Casie Coleman.

Hip 202

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The Lone American Ideal Sells For $150,000

Anyone hoping to buy an offspring of American Ideal lastnight had only one option–Hip 208. Mindset, the only Ameri-

can Ideal in the catalogue on Night 2,went for $150,000 to Tony Alagna. Thecolt is out of Has An Attitude and this isher first foal. He was consigned andraised by Brittany Farms. “W e saw him out at the farm and hewas a clean colt,” Alagna said, “W hen Iworked for Erv Miller we trained the dam,and she was a very nice mare. W e likedthis colt and thought he had a pedigreethat matched up with the horse, so wedecided to take a shot.” As for American Ideal, Alagna said: “Ibelieved in the horse from the start. I al-ways thought he’d be a successful sire.He has had some great fillies, and nowhe’s got some good colts coming out,

and I think he’s just going to go upward. Now that he hasthe mares behind him he’s going to be a superstar, and Iam happy to have one.”

Just $12,000 For Big Bad John’s Little Sis

You can put a price on a filly named Cantputapriceonher.The W estern Terror filly, who happens to be a half-sister toLittle Brown Jug winner Big Bad John, sold for $12,000.She was bought by Fred Kruszelnicki from Brooks, Alberta,Canada. The knock on the filly was that she was tiny. “I am going to give her time to grow for a while and seewhat happens,” Kruszelnicki said. “W e’ll see if she grows tobe big enough. Her conformation is very good; she’s just alittle on the small side. But look at Chancey Lady. She’s notvery big and look how much money she made.” The buyer said that if Cantputapriceonher makes it to theraces he would look to campaign her in the U.S. If nothing else, Kruszelnicki may have a broodmare whois worth more than $12,000.

Emily’s Horse Wins Again

Jammin Joshua (Allamerican Captor), a $900 yearlinggiven to HRU contributor Emily Gaskin as a college gradua-tion present from her father, trainer Ernie Gaskin, wonagain yesterday, capturing a $40,000 Indiana Sires Stakesrace at Indiana Downs. The 2-year-old pacing colt earned$20,000 for the victory, pushing his career earnings to$104,150. The winning time was 1:54.3 and the colt wasdriven by Sam W idger.

For Wednesday, October 5

By Emily Gaskin

Hip 348,c, American Ideal--Nuke’s Diner--No NukesPreferred Equine, Agent

Here is the only American Ideal colt offered on day 3, thesecond foal of the talented No Nukes mare, Nuke’s Diner,who is a half-sister to the great Delinquent Account (On theRoad Again) 2,1:54.1; 3,1:53.3; 1:51.4 $1,038,997. Ameri-can Ideal has already proved he works well with this familyas this colt’s two-year-old full brother recently won a quali-fier in 1:57.0. “This is a very sharp colt,” Geoff Stein said ofthe March foal. “He’s athletic and well made, everything youwant to see in a pacing colt.”

Cont. p4

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Hip 351,c, Somebeachsomewhere--Armbro

Nest--Dragon’s LairDiamond Creek Farm

From the first crop of W orld ChampionSomebeachsomewhere who have been selling extremelywell here, this February-foaled colt sports one of the bestpedigrees for day 3. This colt’s dam was not only a consis-tent race mare but is now a consistent producer. The multi-ple stakes winner Armbro Nest made over $670,000 racingand is now responsible for Lotsa Clout (Jenna’s Beach Boy)2,1:52; 3,1:50 $781,342 and Harry Hornet (Artsplace)2,1:54.4; 3,1:51.2 $410,008. “We’ve heard plenty of peoplesay he’s a spitting image of his sire,” Diamond Creek’sAdam Bowden said of the bay. “He's a big strapping colt.”

Hip 383,f, Art Major--Evening Jet--Jet Laag

Preferred Equine, AgentThis filly is a product of the multiple-stakes-winning mareEvening Jet, a half-sister to five great racehorses. Thisfilly’s second dam is the producer of over $1.5 million com-bined. New York-eligible, this filly is sired by Art Major whohas already proven he can produce champions regardlessof gender. “This is a very correct filly,” Preferred Equine’sGeoff Stein said of the roan filly. “She’s very well made anda very pretty filly.”

Hip 375,f, Conway Hall--Ilya’s Girl--Donerail

Kentuckiana Farms, Agent

One of only 12 Conway Hall fillies offered in Lexington, here

is the first foal of a Donerail mare that is a half-sister to

Promising Catch who made over $700,000 racing and hada lifetime mark of 1:55.3. This filly’s second dam is trotting

pedigree at its finest, as she is a full-sister to Camelia

Lobell 3,1:56.1 $550,000-int. Donerail mares have pro-duced the likes of millionairess and Hambletonian elimina-

tion winner Pampered Princess and Eight Bells 2,1:57.4,

$127,478.

Hip 397,c, Art Major--Jus Chillin Out--The Panderosa

Preferred Equine, Agent

“This has been one of our most popular colts all week,”

Geoff Sten said of the gray colt. “He’s getting a lot of atten-

tion and it’s well deserved as he is a beautiful, well-puttogether colt.” Art Major continues to dominate in the New

York Sire Stakes program and here is the first colt from the

ultra-fast mare, Jus Chillin Out 3,1:50.3 who made over$300,000 racing. This February foal is bred on the same

cross as this year’s Allerage Farms fillies and mares open

winner, On The Glass 4,1:49.0 $679,883

Cont. p5

HarnessRacingUpdate.com • 10/05/11 PAGE 5 of 9

‘John’ to Skip Tattersalls Pace; Target BC

By Mike Farrell

Trainer Ron Potter felt Big Bad John (Western Hanover)was a little tired at the end of his victory last weekend in theBluegrass Stakes at the Red Mile. So Potter decided to skip the Tattersalls Pace on Sundayand will train the colt up to the Breeders Crown. The 3-year-old, named the United States Trotting Association’s Horseof the Month for September, will be freshened for a late-season push. If anyone has earned a break, it is Big Bad John followingfour demanding wins in his last four outings. It started witha victory in the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Championship atHarrah’s Chester, the warmup to a thrilling straight heatsweep in the Little Brown Jug. Then came the Bluegrass, a 1:50.1 win over North Amer-ica Cup winner Up The Credit (W estern Terror) with DaveMiller at the lines. “Two heats at Delaware and then coming right back downhere, well we kind of learned our lesson racing him toomany starts in a row earlier in the summer,” Potter said.“He came out of the last race good, but Dave said he got alittle tired at the end of the mile. I don’t want to see him bethat way. The Breeders Crown is important to us. TheTattersalls Pace would be too, but we weren’t actuallyeligible to it.” The requirement to make a supplemental payment($40,000 to $60,000 depending on how many divisions) andthe desire to have a fresh horse for the Breeders Crownmade sitting out this week an easy call for Potter. Although he’s not racing, Big Bad John isn’t far from theRed Mile at KESMARC, the Kentucky Equine Sports Medi-cine and Rehabilitation Center in Versailles, Ky. From there he will head back to the Delaware FairGrounds, his home track, to prepare for the BreedersCrown. “He races just as well off a two- or three-week break,”Potter said. “He has had four races together and it was timefor a break.” KESMARC is a spa for horses. Big Bad John will get toswim, take the hyper baric oxygen therapy and munch somebluegrass. Cont. p6

HarnessRacingUpdate.com • 10/05/11 PAGE 6 of 9

“He won’t go near the racetrack and he loves it out there,”

Potter said. “It works really well for him.” There are two stakes left on Big Bad John’s 2011 calen-

dar: the Breeders Crown at W oodbine and the Messenger

at Yonkers Raceway. He has won 10 of 13 this year, includ-ing a North America Cup elimination and an Oliver Wendell

Holmes division at the Meadowlands.

Potter is hoping that no eliminations will be needed for theBreeders Crown, that the entrants will proceed right to the

final on Oct. 29.

“For the North America Cup, we shipped in on the race,”Potter said. “W hat I think I’ll do is probably train him up

pretty good on the Tuesday before he races and ship him

up on Wednesday so he’s up there maybe three days to gethim acclimated. It would be nice for me if they only have

one division. If they have eliminations, he’ll go up and stay.”

Fox Valley Velvet Looks to Land Lady Lincoln

By Mike Farrell

Fox Valley Velvet (Vaporize), a bargain buy for $2,700

last year at the Walker Standardbred Sale, could hit the

jackpot on W ednesday night in the $107,000 Lady Lincoln

Land final for 2-year-old Illinois conceived and foaled fillytrotters at Balmoral Park.

She is 3-2-2 in eight starts, missing the board only in herdebut from post No. 11. Fox Valley Velvet is the 2-1 favoritefrom post No. 4 with Marcus Miller set to drive for trainerJames Eaton. Fox Valley Velvet took last week’s elimination in 2:00.1while Fox Valley Helen (Vaporize) was the other elimwinner in 2:01.3. Eaton was pleased with last week’s effort, given the con-ditions. “The track wasn’t very good,” Eaton said. “It rainedhere most of the day. She was pretty good, considering therace the week before was her only start in the last month.She’s feeling good. She’s always been a pretty good feelinghorse.” It obviously didn’t take her long to get the hang of racing. “I hate to use the old cliche but she was good right fromthe beginning,” Eaton said. “She was always well gaited,really smart. Took to everything well. I never even schooledher before we went to qualify her. She just went right upbehind the gate like she had done it all her life. She actedlike an old horse right from the beginning.” Fox Valley Velvet took her mark of 1:58.3 at Springfield inthe State Fair Stakes after escaping traffic trouble. “She kind of got locked in and shuffled back,” Eaton said.“I was worried she wasn’t going to get out but when she did,she had a lot of go.” Cont. p7

HarnessRacingUpdate.com • 10/05/11 PAGE 7 of 9

Fox Valley Velvet cont.

That “go”is even more impressive when you consider the$2,700 price for the daughter of Vics Flag (Balanced Im-age). Therein lies a tale, having to do with her previous off-spring, a Conway Hall colt named Flying Fawago. Turns

out he created a bit of buzz. “I’ve trained horses for Phil Langley for quiet a long timeand he wanted to look at this Conway Hall to send out east.He was a nice looking horse, a little on the small side. Wewound up buying him and he sent him out East. “The dam hadn’t really produced much and when she(Fox Valley Velvet) came along the following year, theywere still pretty high on the colt (Flying Fawago) andthought he was going to be OK. The 2-year-old hadn’t donemuch racing at that point, so that’s why the price was only$2,700.” Turns out Flying Fawago never panned out, earning only$668 while Fox Valley Velvet could go over $110,000 with awin tonight.

Dear HRU Editor: The Hambletonian Society has had a terrific partnershipwith the Meadowlands management since 1981, and isparticularly proud of its singular record of Hambletonianbroadcasts on network TV. W e look forward to the samepartnership with Jeff Gural and the New MeadowlandsRacetrack. Since the Society has taken the lead in televi-sion negotiation for the past 25 years for the both theHambletonian and the Breeders Crown, I would just like toclarify some points about NBC and future Hambletoniancoverage. Our TV deal is negotiated many months and sometimeseven years in advance. Not continuing the Hambletonianbroadcast with NBC or Versus (soon to be known as NBCSports Network) and their other affiliates (USA, Bravo,CNBC, etc) was something we were made aware of monthsago, and is primarily a function of their 2012 Summer Olym-pic coverage, which will fill all their channels during anytime frame it was feasible to hold the Hambletonian. CBS isalso committed to a PGA Golf Package at that time. None-theless, as Jeff says, we are still exploring other TV optionsthat will suit the unique traditions of the race, maximizebetting and exposure, and retain the international audienceAmerica's classic trotting race so richly deserves.

As the recently-commissioned McKinsey report found andrecommended to thoroughbred leaders, television is a keycomponent in creating, maintaining and raising the profileof horse racing. The Society has worked hard to keep har-ness racing on TV in a cost-effective way, using both theHambletonian and the Breeders Crown. W e are currentlyclose to signing a deal for the 12 Breeders Crown racesfrom W oodbine, on Saturday, Oct. 29, which will air live onThe Score in Canada, to also air on a cable station in theU.S. We feel TV is still very much a key component and anecessary one in the media universe. --Moira Fanning, Hambletonian Society

HRU Race CriteriaThe following race results are contained in Harness Racing

Update: North American races with a purse value of $20,000

and over, and American-bred and sired winners of significantraces abroad. Stakes races with a purse value of $60,000 and

over are previewed in HRU.

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Harrington’s Tuesday’s Results:

6, Har, $22,500, Pace, FILLIES & MARES OPEN, 27.0,56.2, 1:24.4, 1:54.0, FTMelissa's Fancy (m, 5, Blissfull Hall--Everything's Easy,by Artsplace) O-Melissa's Fancy Lp. B-Lawrence S Smith.

T-Eddie Dennis. D-Tim Curtin, $11,250, Lifetime Record:67-11-16-9, $320,594 To view replay click here

Tuesday’s Results: 1, Indy, $40,000, Pace, **INDIANA SIRES STAKES** 2

Year Old Colts and Geldings-Leg 2 (purse reflects $33,900from SBDF), 27.3, 58.0, 1:27.3, 1:54.3, FTJammin Joshua (c, 2, Allamerican Captor--My GirlMaddie, by Jenna's Beach Boy), $900 2010 IND-SEL

O-Emily F Gaskin. B-David W ayne Yoder. T-Ernest Gaskin.D-Sam W idger, $20,000, Lifetime Record: 9-5-3-0,$104,150 To view replay click here

6, Indy, $40,000, Pace, **INDIANA SIRES STAKES** 2Year Old Colts and Geldings-Leg 2 (purse reflects $33,300from SBDF), 28.1, 56.1, 1:25.1, 1:52.2, FTFridaynightflight (g, 2, Panspacificflight--Ramblin

Rosie, by Grinfromeartoear), $47,000 2010 IND-SELO-W illiam C & William P De Long & Roger S Welch.B-Nina Kay Paddock. T-Roger Welch. D-Josh Sutton,$20,000, Lifetime Record: 11-5-3-2, $235,557 To viewreplay click here

11, Indy, $40,000, Pace, **INDIANA SIRES STAKES** 2Year Old Colts and Geldings-Leg 2 (purse reflects $33,800from SBDF), 26.3, 54.1, 1:23.1, 1:51.3, FTNext Flight In (g, 2, Panspacificflight--Society Brat, by

Ideal Society), $36,000 2010 IND-SEL O-Mystical MarkerFarms LLC & Mary Jane Anderson & Jack E & Peggy CHood. B-Edward A Miller. T-Erv Miller. D-Peter W renn,$20,000, Lifetime Record: 10-9-0-0, $135,000 To viewreplay click here

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10, Indy, $22,000, Trot, Invitational PP`S drawn by groups

(3-7), remainder assigned, 28.0, 57.4, 1:26.3, 1:54.3, FTAbc Mercedes (g, 6, Abc Garland--Mercedes Kosmos,

by Royal Troubador) O-Larry W Miller. B-Perry Coblentz.T-Joe Putnam. D-Joe Putnam, $11,000, Lifetime Record:77-48-8-6, $849,656 To view replay click here

‘Gorgeous’ Gets It Done

W indsong Gorgeous endured a demanding 26.3 openingquarter and had just enough to hold off the pocket-sittingValentowner and capture Tuesday’s $22,500 Winners Over$10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.Although Valentowner had post-position advantage andused it to sting W indsong Gorgeous in that first panel,W indsong Gorgeous and Dave Palone foiled that strategyby pacing home in 28.1 and scoring in 1:52.2. Valentownercame up a nose short, with the ground-savingStraighttalkxpress third. Ron Burke trains W indsong Gor-geous, a 4-year-old Rambaran-Surviving Trouble geldingwho has won four of his last seven starts, for Burke RacingStable, W eaver Bruscemi LLC, M1 Stable and Louis Starr,Jr. Palone drove four winners--three for Burke--on the15-race card while Eric Ledford and Brett Miller each fash-ioned a three-bagger.

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Tuesday’s Results:

1, Mea, $22,500, Pace, *W /O $10,000 LIFE/PREFERREDHANDICAP* P.P.1-4 DRAWN; 5-6 DRAWN, 26.3, 55.2,1:24.1, 1:52.2, SYWindsong Gorgeous (g, 4, Rambaran--Surviving Trou-

ble, by Survivor Gold), $30,000 2008 CAN-OPENO-Burke Racing Stable LLC & W eaver Bruscemi LLC & M1Stable LLC & Louis E Starr Jr. B-W illiam H Loyens, CA.T-Ron Burke. D-Dave Palone, $11,250, Lifetime Record:54-9-9-5, $232,232 To view replay click here

Tuesday’s Results:

10, PcD, $24,000, Pace, 3 & 4 Year Olds Claiming Handi-cap $25,000 - $30,000 Post Position By Price, 27.0, 55.1,1:22.4, 1:51.0, FTBorder Fighting (g, 3, I Am A Fool--Magic Moments, by

Artiscape) O-Lightning Lane Stable. B-Perfect W orld En-terprises. T-Lou Pena. D-Geo. Napolitano Jr, $12,000,Lifetime Record: 28-10-4-4, $124,189 To view replay clickhere

9, PcD, $22,000, Pace, Fillies & Mares NW $17,000 in Last

5 Starts 4 Year Olds & Older Last Start for a purse greaterthan $26,000 ineligible AE: NW 8 EXT PM Races or$70,000 Lifetime, 26.2, 55.3, 1:23.4, 1:53.1, FTRunaway Tray (m, 5, Blissfull Hall--Traker Dream, by

Dream Away) O/B-Booff Stable. T-Alex Kavoleff. D-AnthonyNapolitano, $11,000, Lifetime Record: 85-13-19-4,$165,442 To view replay click here

Tuesday’s Results:11, YR, $23,000, Pace, CLAIMING ALLOW ANCE $25,000

W INNERS OVER $35,000 IN LAST 6 STARTS NOT ELIGI-BLE. LAST 4 OUT OF 6 STARTS MUST BE IN NEWYORK. 3 YO 50%, 4 YO 25%, F&M 20%, 7, 27.0, 55.4,1:24.2, 2:00.2, FTMercurio N (g, 6, Christian Cullen--Dance Card, byAlbert Albert) O-Ian B Kaufman. B-Stonewall Stud LTD,

NZ. T-Ian Kaufman. D-George Brennan, $11,500, LifetimeRecord: 64-17-10-7, $169,128 To view replay click here

8, YR, $20,000, Pace, 3&4 YEAR OLD CLAIMING ALLOW -

ANCE $20,000 WINNERS OVER $30,000 IN LAST 6STARTS NOT ELIGIBLE. 3 YO 50%, 4 YO 25%, F&M 20%,7, 27.4, 56.3, 1:25.3, 2:02.3, FTAdrenaline (g, 4, Mach Three--Sand Sweetness, by

Presidential Ball) O-Owen C Eiler Jr. B-Jana Lee & Ken-neth M Rucker. T-Owen Eiler Jr. D-Eric Abbatiello, $10,000,Lifetime Record: 53-8-3-5, $195,604 To view replay clickhere

9, YR, $20,000, Pace, 3&4 YEAR OLD CLAIMING ALLOW -

ANCE $20,000 WINNERS OVER $30,000 IN LAST 6STARTS NOT ELIGIBLE. 3 YO 50%, 4 YO 25%, F&M 20%,7, 27.2, 58.0, 1:27.0, 2:02.3, FTPhilanthropist (g, 4, Village Jolt--Laagapalooza, by

Laag), $30,000 2008 LEX-SEL O-Patrick J O'Brien & Jo-seph Davino. B-Jane C Glass. T-Mark Kesmodel.D-George Brennan, $10,000, Lifetime Record: 47-4-11-5,$117,382 To view replay click here

10, YR, $20,000, Pace, CLAIMING ALLOW ANCE $20,000

W INNERS OVER $30,000 IN LAST 6 STARTS NOT ELIGI-BLE. 3 YO 50%, 4 YO 25%, F&M 20%, 7, 27.3, 57.0,1:26.2, 2:02.1, FTMax Will Start (g, 6, Mach Three--Storm's Rage, by

Storm Damage) O-Robert P Pucila. B-Lori M Ferguson, CA& Richard G Gibbard, CA. T-John Mc Dermott. D-DanielDube, $10,000, Lifetime Record: 85-13-14-6, $108,084 Toview replay click here

HRU Race CriteriaThe following race results are contained in Harness Racing Update: North

American races with a purse value of $25,000 and over, and American-bred and

sired winners of significant races abroad. Stakes races with a purse value of$60,000 and over are previewed in HRU.