The owners obvioiusly still have a lot of faith in him since he is breaking horses and racing a lot of horses in the OHSS for them, so it was not a "break."

If Big Ranger is good enough to become a viable stud they should give Gillespie at least a perpetual breeding and perhaps more, since, as has been pointed out, he "made" the horse.

I love Tetrick on pacers, be he is more problematic on trotters (higher % go galloping that I think should), so I find the driver choice a bit curious, but Anette Lorentzon is a gifted trainer of trotters.

There's also a rule if you go inside a certain number of pylons in a row, which he did, you're disqualified and placed las. That rule varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction .

You're wrong, it was an easy DQ!; When you go inside multiple pylons especially on the turn like he did, you're running a shorter distance than the other horses. The margin of victory was under a length so the DQ was warranted.. When you go inside pylons especially on the turn, you're gaining an unfair advantage.

....and the usual penalty for what you just described to a tee is to be DQ'ed and placed behind all horse that were lapped on.

That's NOT what happened!!!!!

You're wrong, it was an easy DQ!; When you go inside multiple pylons especially on the turn like he did, you're running a shorter distance than the other horses. The margin of victory was under a length so the DQ was warranted.. When you go inside pylons especially on the turn, you're gaining an unfair advantage.

In Range actually has a very good stallion pedigree, very solid, strong foundation. He's well bred. He was a $185,000 yearling, they were high on him as a 2yo, and he had an excellent freshman campaign. Didn't meet the expectations as a 3yo, but he showed up to some of the big dances. When they syndicated him, the shares sold out very quickly and they structured it with a four year deal attached to it. He's from the family of Yankee Duchess, who has a very strong lineage pedigree/family. Check out his extended pedigree. I think he's #3 on the earnings list, from a crop on the small crop---and both Chapter Seven and Captain Corey had bigger crops and more starters. I have no idea if the stallion is up for a move or not, but this was no backyard stud, LOL.