Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes

It was a slow weekend for us on the betting platform because we were mostly done in by public choices. The one we wanted, the beast of pacing, Captaintreacherous, put in a dynamic performance to win a North America Cup elim. He was challenged in the stretch and met that by dismissing the challenger and pacing to a win in 1:48.4. 

 

We were second with second-choice Odds On Equuleus in another elim (won by the top betting choice, Vegas Vacation) and third with Martini Hanover, in the other elim (won by a 5-2 co-favorite). “Martini” was more than 20-1. 

 

Also in the mix of an Armbro Flight elim, our 30-1 Bax Of Life made the final, finishing third. We lost the other elim with Dorsay, who made a good front-trotting effort to three-quarters at 13-1, to the public choice, Maven.

 

The sole Fan Hanover elim was won by another big choice, I Luv The Nitelife, though our choice, Parlee Beach, finishing eighth, made next week’s final. 

 

For result stories and our winners on soph-colt-and-filly trotters’ stakes, visit the Hambletonian Society’s special archive page for the Hambletonian Trail stories. 

 

 

$5.00 Neverdie, Bangor
$4.60 Peaceful Prince, Pompano

$2.60 Nineleven Hero, Maywood

 

The following are the horses that finished second or third along with their post-time odds. Special notes on those finishes follow. 

 

Seconds:
Blueridgevalentino (26-1), Maywood; Shark Waves (7-1), Maywood; Mach Made Her (11-1), Pompano; Prince Of Desire (9-2), Scarborough; Zindelight (2-1), Scarborough

 

Thirds:
Mr Abundance (4-1), Scarborough; Bombay Away (7-1), Buffalo

 

Blueridgevalentino was second to the favorite, paying $15.60 to place and combining for a $48.60 exacta. Meadows H2W horses will be updated here as six go to post on June 10.

 

All adjustments for returnees to the list and additions will be in the Thursday blog.

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Two-year-olds continue to tune up for the 2013 racing season. The Meadowlands hosted baby races Saturday, June 8 and a herd of youngsters took to the limestone. Here is a treated report we received from Nick Salvi at the baby-race program to help you keep an eye on freshmen coming to post soon. A sharp trotting colt named Jetta Liner from the first crop of Pennsylvania sire Lear Jetta impressed a lot of people. The colt led all the way to win. Paul Reid trains. 

 

 

 

 

The pacers impressing included Schnittker’s Art Major filly, Hay Stacked, Ali Blue (an American Ideal filly trained by Takter), Western Ideal filly My Lady Day (Joe Holloway trains), American Ideal colt Bakersfield (Takter trains), Always A Virgin-sired Always B Miki with an impressive front-pacing effor (Holloway trains), Maxi Bon, sprinting home in :26.4 (Tony Alagna trains) and Tellitlikeitis, a Well Said first cropper from Kikikatie for Team Takter.