Odds On Racing - Harness Racing

Balmoral Hosts American Nationals & Fairy Godmother Stake This Weekend
June 30, 2004
by Kimberly A. Rinker

Fairy Godmother Field Features Nine Top Distaffs
The $86,000 Fairy Godmother stake for aged pacing mares is slated as race seven on Balmoral's Saturday night (July 3) card. Both Odds On Michelle and Odds On Charmaine will step postward for the Odds On Racing team. "Michelle" will leave from post three for driver Tim Tetrick, while Charmaine will have Dale Hiteman in the sulky from post seven.

Odds On Michelle, a winner of $139,272 lifetime, had a month-long rest and then qualified at Balmoral on June 9, before racing in the Filly & Mare Open Handicap at the Crete oval on June 24, pacing in 1:51.3 with Tetrick at the lines. She'll be seeking her first win of 2004 in the Fairy Godmother.

Odds On Charmaine won her last start at Balmoral on June 24, pacing in 1:51.4 for Hiteman, with a last quarter timed in :27.1. This daughter of Western Hanover has four wins and a second to her credit in nine starts this year and $77,927 in earnings. Lifetime she's amassed $209,717. Both of these fine fillies will face some of the tougest mares in North America. The field is below:

The $86,000 Fairy Godmother Stake for Fillies & Mares
Post 1-CC Spice (Dave Magee)
Post 2-Cinder Best (TBA)
Post 3-Odds On Michelle (Tim Tetrick)
Post 4-Valley Electric (TBA)
Post 5-Artistic Vision (Tony Morgan)
Post 6-Parklane Powerful (Ron Marsh)
Post 7-Odds On Charmaine (Dale Hiteman)
Post 8-Loyal Opposition (Andy Miller)
Post 9-Eternal Camnation (Eric Ledford)

Eternal Camnation is a world champion mare and winner of over $3.5 million in her career. She's a multiple Breeders Crown winner and has captured nearly every major stake from age two through her current age of seven. The daughter of Cam Fella is trained by Jeff Miller for the Eternal Camnation Stable of Haviland, Ohio.

Loyal Opposition will join the battle and comes into the Fairy Godmother fresh off her blazing victory in the $238,600 Lady Liberty Stake at the Meadowlands on June 18, when she became the fastest Illinois-bred pacing mare in history with her 1:48.4 mile for driver George Brennan. Lifetime the duaghter of Cole Muffler has earned $1.5 million for owner Dan Waxman of Ontario. She is trained by Springfield, Illinois-based conditioner Erv Miller.

Parklane Powerful is another top Illinois-bred mare, who hails from the Homer Hochstetler Stable. This five-year-old Sportsmaster filly is owned by the Fighting Major Stable and has earned nearly half a million in her career. She tooka mark of 1:50 for Marsh on June 17 at Balmoral in the Filly & Mare Open, a career best.

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Quik Pulse Mindale Favored in $235,000 American National Sophomore Colt Pace
Lloyd and Nancy Arnold's Quik Pulse Mindale heads a full field of ten three-year-old pacing colts in Balmoral's fifth race on Saturday night (July 3), the $235,000 American National Colt Pace. Slated as race five, Quik Pulse Mindale will leave from post ten for driver Tony Morgan. The son of Jenna's Beach Boy is trained by conditioner Mike Arnold.

Morgan piloted Quick Pulse Mindale to a 1:51 victory in the first of two nine-horse, $29,500 eliminations for three-year-old pacing colts on June 26. Using his typical, come-from-behind style, the Jenna’s Beach Boy youngster rallied from near last to score a one-length victory, his sixth of the season in as many tries.

"This horse is just awesome," Morgan noted. "He just does whatever you ask him to do, and he does it so easily, that it’s really deceptive, because you don’t realize how fast he’s going, because he doesn’t seem to put out much effort to get the job done."

In that race, Quick Pulse Mindale bested rivals Prince Vince (Mike Oosting) and Yankees In Seven (Tim Tetrick), who will also join the winner in the rich final, along with fourth-place Nineteenth Hole (Dale Hiteman) and He Does It All (Eric Ledford). The win pushed The Provincial Cup winner’s seasonal earnings to $205,565 and his career earnings to $225,920.

The other American National elimination was won just as easily by favorite Georgia Pacific, who cruised to a 1:49.4 clocking for driver Andy Miller. The gelded son of Western Hanover is conditioned by Randy Bendis, and co-owned by Bendis, S. Castelli, J. Campbell and W. Varney of Pennsylvania and Maine.

Georgia Pacific grabbed the lead at the :54.2 half and never looked back, winning by a length over rival Sparkler (Brent Holland) and Enemy At The Gate (Dave Magee). Droppin’TheHammer (Ryan Anderson) and Fresh Heir (Mike Oosting) also nailed down starting berths in the final for themselves.

The victory was the fourth of the year in 11 tries for Georgia Pacific and pushed his seasonal earnings to $207,851 and his lifetime bankroll to $303,455. The field is below:

The $235,000 American National Three-Year-Old Colt Pace Stake
1-Sparkler (Brent Holland)
2-Prince Vince (Mike Oosting)
3-Nineteenth Hole (Dale Hiteman)
4-Georgia Pacific (Andy Miller)
5-He Does It All (Eric Ledford)
6-Fresh Heir (Pat Berry)
7-Droppin'TheHammer (Ryan Anderson)
8-Enemy At The Gate (Dave Magee)
9-Yankees In Seven (Tim Tetrick)
10-Quik Pulse Mindale (Tony Morgan)

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Kikikatie Invades Balmoral for $122,000 American National Filly Pace
A field of nine three-year-old filly pacers will vie in the $122,000 American National Pace on July 3 at Balmoral, headed by last year's Dan Patch winner Kikikatie, a winner of $800,345 lifetime. The daughter of Real Artist-Katies Lucky Lady won her lonly start of the season on June 18 at the Meadows in 1:52.4 by four lengths over her rivals in a Pennsylvania Sires Stakes event for driver Richard Stillings and trainer Joe Seekman. She will vie from post nine for driver Dale Hiteman in the night's third race.

At two Kikikatie romped to 14 wins in 15 tries for her connections last year as a freshman, winning the $100,000 American National, the $115,000 Bluegrass Stakes, and the $225,000 Matron, among others. The field is below:

The $122,000 American National Stake for Three-Year-Old Pacing Fillies
1-Shakeitupamy (Ryan Anderson)
2-Nu-Diamond Star (Ron Marsh)
3-Ms Pininfarina (Mark Evers)
4-Creative Lass (Andy Miller)
5-Special Magic (Dave Magee)
6-Artbitration (Pat Berry)
7-Princess Justic (Tony Morgan)
8-Honey Bunch (Jeff Edwards)
9-KikiKatie (Dale Hiteman)

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Fox Valley Flan Heads Field of Seven in $100,000 American National Filly Trot
Fox Valley Flan looks to be the likely favorite in a small field of seven distaff trotters that will go postward in the $100,000 American National Trot for sophomore filly trotters on Saturday night, July 3. She will leave from post one with Andy Miller in the sulky in the first race of the night.

The daughter of Vaporize--Yankee Salsa has amassed career earnings of $188,520 to date, and scored a winning 1:57 mile at a DuQuoin matinee on June 26 for driver Andy Miller, besting her rivals by 13+ lengths. Fox Valley Flan is conditioned by Erv Miller and is three for four starts this year, with $32,345 in seasonal earnings. The field is below:

The $100,000 American National Stake for Three-Year-Old Trotting Fillies
1-Fox Valley Flan (Andy Miller)
2-Winning Missbrenda (Charlie Norris)
3-Pacific Hall (Dale Hiteman)
4-Pixie's Dixie Gal (Tony Morgan)
5-Merit Badge (TBA)
6-American Graffiti (Dan Shetler)
7-R Royal Belle (Eric Ledford)

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