Racing
Hill leads the Road to the Pace Week 7 after a dominant performance in the
Hempt Final. He takes a bye into the Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace
Final on Saturday, July 16.
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Rank
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Horse
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Driver, Trainer, Owner
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Justin Horowitz & Jenn Bongiorno's Comments
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1
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Racing
Hill
($583,666 – 1:49.0)
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B. Miller, T.
Alagna
Tom Hill
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Another
dominant winning performance in lifetime best (1:49.0) in Hempt Final.
As top earner in the field, took a bye straight to the final. Assuming a good
draw, squarely the horse to beat
Last Race: 7/2 – PCD – Hempt Final
– 1st (1:49.0)
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2
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Control
The Moment
($502,095 – 1:49.3)
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B. Sears, B.
Maxwell
Bradley R.
Maxwell, Howard A. Taylor, Edwin J. Gold, Ben D. Mudry
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Drops from the
top spot after parked out 4th place finish in hempt final. Draws
poorly again but picks up the 2005 Pace winning driver, Brian Sears. Still
feel that with a good draw, this horse can be right there in the final
Last Race: 7/2 – PCD – Hempt Final
– 4th
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3
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Boston
Red Rocks
($761,865
– 1:50.3)
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T. Tetrick,
S.Elliott
Peter R. Blood,
Rick Berks
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Returns to his
home track off 4th place finish in the NA Cup and 3rd
place finish in the Hempt. Still waiting for him to fire his best shot this
year. Has four-time winning Pace driver Tim Tetrick to help him try and get
it done
Last Race: 7/2 – PCD – Hempt Final
– 3rd
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4
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Lyons
Snyder
($121,218
– 1:49.0)
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D. Miller, M. Silva
Jeffrey S.
Snyder, Geoffrey Lyons Mound
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Well rested
after skipping the Hempt. Qualified last Saturday in a workmanlike 1:51.3;
27.4 on the end. Reunited with Hall of Famer David Miller, who was aboard for
his first career win back in April
Last Race: 6/18 – Moh – NA Cup
Final – 6th
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5
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JK
Will Power
($452,933 – 1:51.1)
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Y.Gingras, R.
Burke
3 Brothers
Stable
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Continues to
show up every start but lacks a signature win on his resume. Finished 2nd
at 26/1 in the Hempt Final behind Racng Hill. Coming into this as the best of
Burke’s three and gets 2012 Pace winning driver, Gingras
Last Race: 7/2 – PCD – Hempt Final
– 2nd
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6
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Talk
Show
($123,186
– 1:51.1Q)
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S. Zeron, S.
Elliott
Talk Show
Partners, LLC, Howard J Grant, Howard A Taylor
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Disappointing
effort never getting involved in the Hempt Final. Draws the rail in this
week’s elimination. The talent is there and this is the opportunity to show
that he belongs with the best of his class
Last Race: 7/2 – PCD – Hempt Final
– 8th
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7
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Check
Six
($490,988 – 1:50.3)
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M. Kakaley, R.
Burke
Burke Racing
Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, William L. Switala, James J. Martin
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Sat out the
Hempt to freshen up for the Pace. Added Lasix for his qualifier, which was
just fair finishing 3rd behind fellow Pace entrants, Good Living
and Ideal Rocky. His one start this year against non-restricted company
resulted in his only off-the-board finish
Last Race: 6/17 – PHL – PASS – 1st
(1:51.1)
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8
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Manhattan
Beach
($134,886
– 1:51.1)
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J. Bongiorno,
R. Burke
Burke Racing
Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, G Lyons Mound, Wingfield Brothers
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The third of
Burke’s Pace Trio gives 22-year-old Joe Bongiorno his first Pace drive. Tuned
up with a 3rd place finish behind 4-year-olds. Needs to step up
his game to contend for the top spot
Last Race: 7/2– M1 – N/W4 – 3rd
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9
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Ideal
Rocky
($263,873
– 1:52.4)
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C. Callahan, J.
Butenschoen
William C
Wiswell, Jean A Goehlen, Eugene Schick
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The second son
of ’05 Pace Winner Rocknroll Hanover in this year’s field, Rocky has yet to
win in 2016 but returns to the Meadowlands where he posted his best
performance in a narrow 2nd place finish to Boston Red Rocks in a
NJSS. Tuned up with good, closing 2nd in qualifier
Last Race: 6/18 – MOH – 3yo Cond –
4th
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10
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Another
Daily Copy
($125,310
– 1:50.0)
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J. Morrill Jr,
N. DeVita
Carl Sackheim
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Hasn’t been
seen since 6th place finish in Hempt Elim. Does own a win over
Check Six and JK Will Power. Gets Jim Morrill Jr, who famously authored the
biggest upset in Pace history with Holborn Hanover in 2004 ($119)
Last Race: 6/25 – PCD – Hempt
Elimination – 6th
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