Odds On Racing - Harness Racing

Restive Hanover Takes Cape & Cutter Final

February 24, 2006

Restive Hanover bested Loyal Opposition to win the $100,000 Cape & Cutter Final Friday night at the Meadowlands. Burning Point who cut the fractions, was third by two and three-quarter lengths. Restive Hanover matched her lifetime best with a time of 1:51.4 for the mile. The Dan Patch divisional champion at two, Restive Hanover’s victory pushed her career bankroll over the $900,000 mark. It was her fifth win in seven starts this year and sixth in her last eight starts, including the $183,376 Matron at Dover on December 13.

“She was tremendous that day at Dover and tremendous ever since,” said Eric Ledford, who guided Restive Hanover to victory. “Erv [trainer Miller] has done a great job keeping her healthy. The second-over trip behind Loyal Opposition was exactly where I wanted to be if you could text book it out.”

Starmaker Farm of Cynthiana, Kentucky owns Restive Hanover, a four-year-old daughter of The Panderosa – Razzle Hanover. She was a $17,000 Harrisburg Sale yearling purchase. At two, she dominated her division with nine wins and three seconds in 14 starts, banking $590,607 thanks to victories in the $576,800 Breeders Crown, $180,000 American-National and $200,000 Three Diamonds. Lifetime, she has 17 wins, six seconds and three thirds from 32 tries.

Future Destiny is now a perfect two-for-two with her two-length victory in the co-featured $64,000 Tender Loving Care Final for three-year-old pacing fillies, carded as the seventh race. Gro was second, with Pacific Philly in third. Future Destiny, driven by Ron Pierce and trained by George Teague, paced the mile in 1:53.2. Unraced at two, she won her career debut the last week’s second round of the Tender Loving Care.

“Future Destiny got sick on me around the first of April last year,” the 38-year-old Teague explained. “She was as good as [$700,000 earner] Western Ace at the time. She was impressive right from Day One. Unfortunately, she got a bellyache. We took her to the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania. It turned out to be just gas, but it cost us the season. She just wasn’t very comfortable, and I didn’t want to take any chances.

“I thought she was nice right along,” said Teague, who owns the filly, a $10,000 yearling purchase, in partnership with his sister, Brenda, and K&R Racing LLC of Houston, Delaware. “I’m not surprised at what she’s done so for. She’ll get a little bit of a rest and then we’ll start her back up for the Blossom [in April] and the [Miss New Jersey] and see how good she is and whether she can tangle with the top fillies.”

The victory lifted the Artiscape filly’s earnings to $38,250.

$100,000 Cape & Cutter
PP Horse           Driver
3 Restive Hanover Eric Ledford
8 Loyal Opposition Andy Miller
7 Burning Point Brian Sears
4 Pacific Illusion B Givens
1 Miss Galvinator A Campbell
2 Young’s Tower G Brennan
6 Shezahotmark Ron Pierce
5 Sleazebiscuit Cat Manzi
26.3      56.      1:24.      1:51.4

$64,000 Tender Loving Care
PP Horse         Driver
3 Future Destiny Ron Pierce
4 Gro Andy Miller
7 Pacific Philly David Miller
8 Kyoto’s Express G Brennan
9 Dixie Dame Yannick Gingras
2 Blaze of Color Brian Sears
1 Annie Duke Mike Lachance
5 Campanellino John Campbell
6 Sweet Baby Jan Eric Ledford
10 Lest Daniel Dube
27.1      57.1      1:25.      1:53.2