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Breeders Crown Friday Eliminations Results

Friday, November 18, 2005

$25,000 Breeders Crown Elim, Three-Year-Old Filly Pace
PP Horse                     Driver
7 Restive Hanover         Andy Miller
1 Modern Medicine         Brian Sears
5 Digga Digga               Pat Berry
3 Born Storyteller          Jonathan Roberts
6 Copywriter                George Brennan
*First five qualify for the final*
Time: :27 :55 1:22.3 1:51.4
The Skinny: "She's had a tough year and Erv's (trainer Miller) has done a great job of being patient with her," said winning driver Andy Miller of Restive Hanover. "She bled in the Cinderella at maywood Park and we put her on lasix that night and she's responded well to that. I sat with her tonight and she really dug in tough in the lane."
Note: Resitive Hanover won The Two-Year-Old Breeders Crown Championship for these same connections. Owned by the Starmaker Farm of Cynthiana, Kentucky, Restive Hanover posted her second win of the year and has now finished in-the-money in six of eight starts in 2005.

$25,000 Breeders Crown Elim, Three-Year-Old Filly Pace
PP Horse                Driver
2 Chotat Milk           David Miller
1 West End             George Brennan
3 Cabrini Hanover   Brian Sears
6 Just Wait Kate       Eric Ledford
5 Belovedangel        Ron Pierce
*First five qualify for the final*
Time: :27.2 :57.2 1:26.2 1:53.1
The Skinny: "I just wanted to make the final,” winning driver David Miller noted. “We were going pretty slow the middle half and I took a shot and came first up, just rode up there. When I called on her, she just sprinted home. She didn’t race very well in the Jugette. Her last couple starts have just been fair. That was a big effort out of her. She must just like this racetrack. The track is good, it’s in good shape, nice cushion on it, nice and fast. I knew I was giving her a good trip.”
Note: Trained by Virgil Morgan Jr. and racing in the name of the Morgan Stables, Jay Corey of Morgantown, West Virginia and David Haberger of Salem, Ohio, Chotat Milk improved her 2005 record to six wins, one second and four thirds from 16 starts.

$25,000 Breeders Crown Elim, Three-Year-Old Filly Trot
PP Horse                Driver
4 Blur                      Brian Sears
1 Her Culese            Ron Pierce
2 Lady Lifter            George Brennan
5 Courtney Hall       Mark MacDonald
7 Jersey Gal            Kevin Lare
*First five qualify for the final*
Time: :28.3 :58 1:27.1 1:55.3
The Skinny: “My mare is really sharp right now,” said Sears. “I’m really happy with the way she’s been training. She had a really good qualifier down at Gaitway [Farm on November 10]. I just let her trot down the lane and she fought it off pretty good. She might have raced pretty light [making only her ninth start of the year], but at least she has the money to show for it. She likes to pass horses, and she’s a really nice mare. It will be a good race.”
Note: Owned by Barry Goldstein of Hewlett, New York, Blur is closing in on $700,000 in career earnings. This year she has four wins and two seconds in nine starts. She was second by a nose to Jalopy in the $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks on August 6 at the Meadowlands.

$25,000 Breeders Crown Elim, Three-Year-Old Filly Trot
PP Horse                     Driver
8 Flawless Bluestone     David Miller
6 Just Like Dream          John Campbell
1 Reinvent                     Eric Ledford
3 Coulantine                 Charlie Norris
4 Jaloopy                        Jeff Gregory
*First five qualify for the final*
Time: :28.3 :58.4 1:27.3 1:55.4
The Skinny: “She has been a pleasant surprise,” said Joe Holloway, who trains Flawless Bluestone for Carol Agins of New York, New York; Clare Russell of Lawrence, New Jersey; Steven Arak of Boca Raton, Florida and the Bluestone Farms of Hopewell, New Jersey.
“She is handy and better off cover. The tough part with her is getting her on the track. Most Donerails explode on the track. She usually wants to do it before, in the paddock.” “She raced very well,” winning driver David Miller noted. “We left from the gate and got into position. The pace slowed up so we moved to the lead. She was just full of pace in the stretch.”
Note: Flawless Bluestone owners made the announcement that the Donerail filly will not race as a four-year-old, but instead will head to the breeding shed. Flawless Bluestone now has six wins, five seconds and one third in 16 starts this year and has nudged her career bankroll over the $400,000 mark.

$25,000 Breeders Crown Elim, Three-Year-Old Colt Trot
PP Horse                       Driver
6 Muscle Memory              Cat Manzi
4 Smooth Muscles             W. Mike Wilder
5 Farmer Jones                Ron Pierce
3 Clearaway                    Ray Schnittker
2 Musclesextrodinair         David MIller
*First five qualify for the final*
Time: :28.3 :58.2 1:27 1:56.1
The Skinny: "This horse was sharp tonight," said winning driver Cat Manzi. "He's a good horse. He can handle these." "Muscle Memory he was second in the Canadian Classic and then got sick in the final and was still sick in the Kentucky Futurity. I was happy with his performance in here tonight. He's developed into a very big, classy horse," said winning trainer Jimmy Takter.
Note: Muscle Memory posted his fifth win with one second and three thirds from 15 starts this year. He races for Edward and Diane Smith of Syracuse, New York; Paul Nojaim of Camillus, New York and Christina Takter of East Windsor, New Jersey.

$25,000 Breeders Crown Elim, Three-Year-Old Colt Trot
PP Horse                     Driver
4 Strong Yankee            Brian Sears
2 Vivid Photo                 Roger Hammer
1 Northern Ensign          Rick Zeron
3 Self Professed            Tyler Stillings
6 Sir Perserverance       George Brennan
*First five qualify for the final*
Time: :29.2 :58.4 1:26.3 1:54.4
The Skinny: “I was very pleased,” said winning driver Brian Sears. “He felt brave down the lane. He was very relaxed on the front end. I’m looking forward to next week.”
Note: Strong Yankee, trained by Trond Smedshammer for the Strong Yankee Stable of Port Perry, Ontario, posted his seventh win of the year. He has finished in-the-money in 13 of 17 starts and earned more than $830,000 this year toward a career bankroll in excess of $1 million.