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2004 Breeders Crown Fields & Notes
June 20, 2004

47 Enter $1.9 Million Breeder Crown Events
Defending Breeders Crown champions Fool's Goal, Eternal Camnation and Stroke Play headline the $1.9 million Breeders Crown Open events to be raced Saturday, July 31, at The Meadowlands Racetrack.

A total of 14 Breeders Crown Trot entries, including the mare Windylane Hanover, whose owners opted to enter her in the $800,000 event against males, will force a single elimination to be raced Saturday, July 24, at the Meadowlands. Fool's Goal, Cosington, Legendary Lover K and Windylane Hanover received byes to the final. The remaining 10 trotters will contest a $50,000 elimination for 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. The W.R. Haughton Memorial winner Four Starzzz Shark and 2003 Meadowlands Pace winner Allamerican Theory are among the entrants.

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.

Post positions will be chosen/drawn at the Breeders Crown press conference, noon, Tuesday, July 27, The Charthouse, Weehawken, N.J.

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
PP HN 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 at the Breeders Crown press conference, noon, 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
*Supplemental entry

Seven Mare Trotters
No eliminations; open draw for post positions at Breeders Crown press conference, noon, Tuesday, July 27.

$250,000 Mare Trot Field -- Armbro Affair, Delmartha, Gypsy Balance, Lost Lady One, Scully FBI, Stroke Play, Sunday Yankee.

11 Pacing Mares
Final races with one trailer; open draw for post positions at the Breeders Crown press conference, noon, Tuesday, July 27.

$300,000 Mare Pace Field -- Always Cam, Animated Art, Bunny Lake, Burning Point, Carolina Sunshine, Eternal Camnation, Jasper Avenue, Loyal Opposition, My Fantasy, Odds On Charmaine, Sure Sign.

The Breeders Crown Older Pace--July 31, 2004
This is the 20th year of the Crown Aged Pace, and it's been at the Meadowlands for eight years (1996-2002 & this year). 12 different tracks in total. The last three years are the three richest editions.

Art Major and McArdle last year became the first two horses to be 1-2 in the Breeders Crown at ages three and four. The 25.1 opening quarter in this race last year (Mini Me taking it over from Art Major) was the fastest ever Breeders Crown quarter.

The 1:48 mile by Western Ideal in 2000 was the fastest ever Breeders Crown mile. Four times this race has been timed under 1:49, thus, it is tied with the William Haughton for the most of any series or stake in harness history.

Life Source was third in 2002, Four Starzzz Shark third last year. They will try and become the 3rd and 4th horses to hit the board TWICE in this Crown event. Camluck won it in 1991 and was 3rd in 1992, and Red Bow Tie won it twice-1998-1999.

On The Road Again fell short of $3 million career, due in large part to his being twice defeated in the Breeders Crown in two tries.

57 board spots in the Breeders Crown in this division in 19 years, taken by 55 DIFFERENT horses. (Camluck-Red Bow Tie repeated) 41 of those horses, including every one in the new millenium, has won over $1 million career.

Sire Cams Card Shark looks for his first win in this race with Four Starzzz Shark. He was second in the 2000 final--the fastest ever Crown event--with Royalflush Hanover.

This years Crown will be raced five years to the day of Red Bow Tie's 1999 win, his second straight win, on July 31, 1999.

Cam Fella has sired three winners (most of any sire), and looks for his first grandson to win it in Four Starzzz Shark. Cam Fella has to his credit: Armbro Operative-1997, Village Jiffy-1994 and Camluck 1991.

Mike Lachance looks for his fifth Aged Crown victory. Previous winners include: 1985-Division Street, 1989-Matts Scooter, 1997-Armbro Operative, 2000-Western Ideal.

Sire Abercrombie's last major stakes win? It came in the 2001 $500,000 Breeders Crown with Goliath Bayama. Abecrombie is the sports #1 money-leading sire ever!!

Artsplace and Art Major are the ONLY father son winners of this race.

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