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 Honorary Drawmasters Lennox Lewis, boxing's heavyweight champion of the world, and Glen Grunwald, General Manager of the Toronto Raptors, presided of the post position draws for the 3-year-old Trot and Pace. |
Dateline: 10/15/02
North America's best two and three year old harness horses will gather at Woodbine on Saturday night for the Breeders' Crown. Like its Thoroughbred counterpart, the Breeders' Cup, the Breeders' Crown was instituted by the Hambletonian Society in 1984 with the objective of stimulating public awareness of racing and uniting the sport's stars in a finale to the racing season, settling the year-end championships on the track. Because there are so many divisions in harness racing, the older horse events are held at the Meadowlands at the end of July while the 2 and 3 year old events are only now being contested.
Although all the races are headliners, the main events will be the 3-year-old colt and geldings Trot with a purse of $861,111 and Pace with a purse of $793,650. Kadabra, a son of Primrose Lane trained by Jimmy Takter, is the 7-5 morning line favorite for the Trot despite drawing post number 8. He is closely followed by 2-1 second choice Like A Prayer, breaking from post 7, who has been his rival several times this year. This race will be the fourth event on the card with a post time of 8:28pm.
 Red River Hanover winning the North America Cup over Mach Three and McArdle. |
The Pace will be the ninth race with a post time of 10:45pm and features four millionaire equines. McArdle, coming in off a five race win streak, will take on the Bill Robinson trained Art Major, Mach Three, and Red River Hanover. Art Major, winner of the fastest elimination, is a narrow favorite at 9-5, followed by McArdle at 5-2, Mach Three at 7-2, and Red River Hanover at 6-1. Last time they met at Woodbine, Red River Hanover came out on top with Mach Three second and McArdle third in the North America Cup.
 Cameron Hall, winner of last year's 2-year-old Filly Trot, is back again as the favorite in the 3-year-old Filly Trot. |
Here are the fields for all the races with post position and morning line odds. Check back on Sunday for results and photos from all the races.
$769,206 Two-Year-Old Filly Trot 1. More Rail 10-1 2. Malabar Malfemmena 8-1 3. Delmartha 8-1 4. Under My Thumb 7-2 5. Graceful Touch 5-2 6. Filly At Bigs 6-1 7. Paradise Justine 15-1 8. Pick Me Up 3-1 9. Jujitsu Hanover 20-1 10. Tasty Chip 20-1 $754,761 Two-Year-Old Colt Trot 1. Macs Crown K 20-1 2. Bertolio 7-2 3. Political Briefing 8-1 4. Broadway Hall 8-5 5. Garden Spot 12-1 6. Sugar Trader 30-1 7. Livorno 12-1 8. Constable 6-1 9. Above The Bar 20-1 10. Man Of Action 5-1 $829,047 Two-Year-Old Filly Pace 1. The Patriot 10-1 2. Ladys Special Girl 10-1 3. Armbro Amoretto 7-2 4. Pan Hanover 20-1 5. Remember When 3-1 6. Gordons Jin Ms 8-1 7. Dream Of Mimi 8-1 8. Princess Callie 6-1 9. Christines Return 20-1 10. Must See 4-1 $943,809 Two Year-Old Colt Pace 1. No Pan Intended 12-1 2. Gone West 8-1 3. Whatanartist 7-2 4. Bradley Hall 6-1 5. Armbro Animate 10-1 6. Totally Western 8-1 7. Allamerican Magic 12-1 8. Tough Customer 15-1 9. Allamerican Native 3-1 10. Yankee Cruiser 4-1 $793,650 Three-Year-Old Filly Pace 1. Worldly Beauty 4-5 2. Allamerican Nadia 15-1 3. Precious Delight 6-1 4. Always An Art 8-1 5. Cam Swifty 12-1 6. Roses For Sammie 15-1 7. Northern Sky 20-1 8. Always Cam 5-1 9. Modern Life 20-1 10. Lady Graceful 15-1 $793,650 Three-Year-Old Colt Pace 1. Red River Hanover 6-1 2. Art Major 9-5 3. Life Is A Cabaret 12-1 4. Royal Mattjesty 20-1 5. Western Resolve 20-1 6. Yankee Sensation 30-1 7. McArdle 5-2 8. Allamerican Ingot 15-1 9. Ashlees Big Guy 20-1 10. Mach Three 7-2 $861,111 Three Year-Old Filly Trot 1. Missys Goalfire 8-1 2. Sturdy Lori 5-1 3. Pepi Lavec 15-1 4. Glide Path 20-1 5. Windylane Hanover 4-1 6. Dig That Girl 15-1 7. Malabar Mist 12-1 8. Cameron Hall 3-1 9. Norway But My Way 6-1 10. Lissome Hanover 5-1 $861,111 Three Year-Old Colt Trot 1. Fresh Winner Pearl 8-1 2. Rotation 15-1 3. Living Image 20-1 4. Ens Snapshot 12-1 5. Victory Cruise 20-1 6. Malabar Maple 15-1 7. Like A Prayer 2-1 8. Kadabra 7-5 9. Hamerikanoz 30-1 10. Civil Action 10-1
Photos ©2002 Cindy Pierson Dulay, licensed to About.
