By Ray Cotolo, for The Red Mile
LEXINGTON,
KY— Supplemented by a swift pace, Hannelore Hanover catapulted off the rail in
the stretch, and was unleashed to a 1:49.2 victory in the $136,000 My MVP
Allerage Farms Open Trot, sponsored by Jeff and Paula Gural, at The Red Mile on
Saturday, October 7.
Positioned
third, Hannelore Hanover stalked a tempo set by I Know My Chip, revved up in a
battle to the quarter with Crazy Wow to set a :25.3 clip before attempting to
slow the pace through a :53.2 half. With Crazy Wow circling around I Know My
Chip as he faltered around the turn, Hannelore Hanover tracked that move,
moving towards the center of the track after a 1:22.3 third-quarter and
sprinted through the stretch clear of Homicide Hunter chasing in second and
Pinkman in third.
“Around
the last turn they were still trotting pretty strongly,” Yannick Gingras said.
“But she felt so strong in the lines—We took her shoes off for the first time,
and she definitely took to that. I knew she’d come up a huge quarter; I had
good horses behind me, but when she’s on her game—I’ve said this all
along—she’s the best in North America.
“Coming
to the wire, I knew I was going under [1]:50. I was just waiting to see where
the clock was going to stop, but [1]:49.2 is definitely a great achievement for
this mare; she definitely deserves it.”
A
five-year-old mare by Swan For All out of the Dream Vacation mare High
Sobriety, Hannelore Hanover, owned by Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi,
Frank Baldachino, and Jerry and Theresa Silva Stables, won her 33rd
race in 54 starts, amassing $2,084,439 in career earnings. The 1:49.2 mark
lowers her lifetime-best of 1:50.3 taken at the Meadowlands and tied at Tioga
Downs earlier this year. Trained by Ron Burke and driven by Yannick Gingras,
she paid $4.00 to win.
Hannelore
Hanover’s 1:49.2 mile lowers the previous world record on a mile track of
1:49.4 set by Jl Cruze in 2015 and the record for mare trotters on a mile of
1:50.1 set by Giant Diablo in 2007. The 1:49.2 clocking is the second-fastest
mile for a trotter all-time, with the all-time record being 1:49, set by
Sebastian K S in 2014 at Pocono Downs.
