Deweycheatumnhowe Is Harness Champ
Winner Gets 10th Straight, Little Brown Jug's Tell All Beaten
Deweycheatumnhowe contined his reign last weekend, winning the Two-Year-Old-Colt Trot in the Breeders' Crown, his 10th straight victory. Tell All loses out.
While other season champs met defeat, Deweycheatumnhowe completed his dominance this year in winning harness racing's Breeders' Crown championship. He claimed his 10th straight race in the season ending championships in the Two-Year-Old Colt Trot at the Meadowlands in New Jersey last weekend.
Tell All, this year's Little Brown Jug and North America Cup champion, Donato Hanover, the season's Hambletonian winner, and Always A Virgin, a Little Brown Jug contender and winner of the 2007 Cane Pace and the Messenger Pace, lost out in their individual class championship drives.
Ray Schnittker, co-owner and trainer of Deweycheatumnhowe, took his champion two-year-old to the lead early, chasing down Lear Jetta, and the victorious colt finished his mile in 1:57-2/5.
Deweycheatumnhowe's filly counterpart, Snow White, took a big win for driver John Campbell. Snow White scored in the Two-Year-Old Filly Trot, devouring the field by 12-1/2 lengths. She raised her winning record to 11 for 13, and Campbell became the first driver to reach the $250 million mark in career purse earnings.
Tell All Gave the Feel to Driver Jamieson
A Feelgood story came out of this season's Little Brown Jug. In 2006, Mark MacDonald won pacing's classic event for three-year-olds with Mr. Feelgood. Fellow horseman Jody Jamieson shared his friend's joy in the victory.
In September of this season, Jamieson got the front end of the feel by winning Delaware, Ohio's $480,000 Jug with Tell All. After a night of restless sleep, Jamieson claimed, he decided to send Tell All charging from the gate. At full speed, Tell All dueled with Southwind Lynx through the first quarter of a mile.
Before the first half mile was up, Tell All was challengd by Hot Rod Mindale, while Southwind Lynx broke stride and Always A Virgin suffered traffic difficulties. Tell All got a half length victory over Hot Rod Mindale, blitzing through at 1:50-3/5 and equaling his North America Cup time. It was Tell All's 10th win from 18 starts.
Tell All has told everyone this season. He is trained by Blair Burgess.
Donato Hanover Powerful in the Hambletonian
In the 2007 Hambletonian, favorite Donato Hanover was huge, driving to a 1-1/4 length triumph over Adrian Chip and Laddie in 1:53-2/5.
Driver Ron Pierce had Donato Hanover completely in charge from the get-go. Donato Hanover stalked leader Adrian Chip through the clubhouse turn, then surged easily to the front entering the backstretch, as though he could call for the lead at any time.
The most prestigious race for three-year-old trotters, the $1.5 million Hambletonian, named after that great champion and sire, is regularly run in August at the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey.
Danae Captured Hambletonian Oaks
Danae, Resortful, and Sing Me To Sleep, resepectively, took the top three spots in the 2007 $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks. This filly counterpart to the boys' Hambletonian is also run at the Meadowlands.
Danae's victory came from a furious drive down the center of the track after the filly had run eighth through the early fast pace. Danae went under the wire 1-1/2 lengths ahead of Resortful in time of 1:54-2/5.
