By
john manzi for NAADA
Hunch
players who wagered on Gimme The Loot capitalized when Bobby Krivelin drove the
10 year old Credit Winner gelding to 2:01 victory in the NAADA Trot at
Monticello Raceway on Thursday afternoon, July 9. And those with winning
tickets on Gimme The Loot were saying just that when they went to the mutuel
windows for the $35.60 payoff.
Overlooked from post position six and sent off at odds
of over 16-1, Krivelin drove Gimme The Loot like he was the odds-on favorite in
the race when he sent the veteran trotter to the lead and parked all comers.
Among those on the limb was the 3-5 favorite Bluebird Kidsqueen driven by Dave Offenberg.
Also getting fresh air on the outside behind Offenberg was second choice,
Casanova Lindy and driver Hannah Miller.
It
was clear that Krivelin wanted to be on the lead and his trotter responded well
rebuffing all challenges. Casanova Lindy started from the seven-hole, never saw
the pylons and although he had to go the long mile he still was strong enough
to make up three lengths in the stretch to finish just one length behind the
winner. Third place went to Typical Newyorker in rein to Alan Schwartz.
“The
public made Offenberg’s horse the hot favorite but I knew the one to beat was
Hannah Miller because I chased her and Casanova Lindy home and finished second
to her last Sunday at Goshen,” Krivelin
said in the winners circle after his victory. “I was inside of her (Hannah)
today and I wanted to be on the lead. As it worked out she had road trouble and
couldn’t get a clear shot at me early on. But her horse went a big trip on the
outside the entire mile.”
Owned
by the Hero Stables of Goshen, NY and trained by Krivelin, Gimme The Loot
notched his third seasonal triumph. For Krivelin who was USHWA’s Amateur Driver
of The Year last season, it was his seventh seasonal driving victory and 174th
of his amateur career.
Later
that afternoon at the Afton (NY) Fair (some 75 miles from Monticello) there was
a Billings Trot carded and immediately after her second place finish at
Monticello Raceway in the NAADA Trot "Hurricane Hannah" drove for one
and half hours to Afton, NY to participate in Billings contest there.
In
the short five- horse field at Afton Hannah had the four-hole with Pembroke
Snapshot, a trotter with whom she won with at Monticello Raceway earlier this
year.
Over
the Afton Agricultural Fair’s double-oval Miller and Pembroke Snapshot defeated Drill Sergeant Sam and Tony “the
Capo” Verruso in a time of 2:08. Third place went to Mighty Moe and driver
“Bullet Bob” Davis.
The
winner is owned by the Nick Surick Stable and the JL Benson Stable and trained
by Surick.
It
was the fourth seasonal triumph for Pembroke Snapshot and the 21st
driving victory this season for Ms. Miller.
And
let it not be said that “Hurricane Hannah” doesn’t dance every dance. Besides competing in the Billings Series she
also participates in the NAADA Trotting Series, the Catskill Club’s pacing
events, and the GSY Series at the Meadowlands.
After
her second place finish at the Mighty M on Thursday and her victory at Afton
later in the day the 23 year old miss now has a phenomenal .500 UDR on the
strength of 21 wins, 12 seconds and 10 thirds in
