JACOBS GETS HIS
WISH WITH HESTON BLUE CHIP
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Track Record in Empire Breeders Classic victory
Prominent New York
owner Ken Jacobs really wanted his top 3-year-old pacer Heston Blue Chip to win
the Meadowlands Pace. But after his fourth place finish, the focus shifted
towards winning the Empire Breeders Classic at Tioga Downs. Jacobs got his wish
over the weekend when Heston Blue Chip not only won the $270,000 race, he also
broke his own track record in his 1:48.4 performance.
That win, plus Bettor B Lucky’s 14-to-1 upset over American
Jewel in the EBC Filly Final, are featured on this week’s episode of “Inside
Harness Racing.” The show airs today (Wednesday) at 6:00 PM and 10:30 PM on
Time Warner Cable Sports throughout Upstate New York. The program also airs on
HPI TV in Canada .
Viewers may also watch all episodes online via the Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs
YouTube page at www.youtube.com/tiogadowns.
Also on this week’s show, Hambletonian Oaks runner-up Win
Missy B tuned up for her rematch with Oaks winner Personal Style in the Moni
Maker at the Meadowlands. She cruised to victory in a division of the New
York Sire Stakes at Vernon Downs.
Plus, the next lesson from Harness Racing University
explores the importance of a horse’s final quarter mile time.