This year Krivelin drove High Pan Tolerance to a 1:59.2
triumph and they turned back I’m Fabulous driven by Alan Schwartz and
Gary Campbell with The Windsurfer A.
At the start of the race Krivelin sent High Pan Tolerance to
the lead from the four-hole and they got away with a soft 30-second first
quarter. Backing off the half to 1:01.2 forced Schwartz to move I’m
Fabulous first- up but they never got alongside the leader. When the
timer at the three quarters flashed 1:29.4 the fans
knew why because the two horses just trotted a 28.3-second third stanza.
From there Krivelin kept after his charge and although they
opened daylight between themselves and Schwartz’s trotter still I’m Fabulous
was gaining ground in the deep stretch, but finished a length
behind High Pan Tolerance in the 58-second final half mile time.
“I was just following the trainer’s (Jennifer Lappe) instructions,”
Krivelin said.” She told me she’s seen I’m Fabulous race and that he’s a
good trotter so if was to win she wanted me to go a slow first half and
then step on the gas and when I pulled the plugs on the turn my horse took off
like a rocket.
“ He (High Pan Tolerance ) is good on the turns
so we gained ground on Schwartz and his trotter but I was
surprised that he was coming at me as we neared the wire.”
Krivelin’s victory was his third in the series with High Pan
Tolerance, having won two previous preliminary legs.
“It’s always a thrill to win a race at Yonkers,” Krivelin
added happily. “When I was a teenagers I always went to there
as a fan and when I was heading back to the winner’s circle I saw a
guy on the fence whom I remembered from those days- probably 40
years ago- so I invited him to join me in the winner’s circle presentation.
That made my win even more special.”
