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Louprint "only" paced a middle half of 52 flat last night. The fact that he lived to tell about it shows how great a colt he is.Madden Oaks was tremendous in defeat--both he and Louprint are eligible to the Meadowlands Pace. Should be a fantastic rematch.
1:19.1, 1:47.1 nothing ordinary about that. Six horses within two and a quarter lengths.
Dunn's drive was a genius drive. the horse just didn't have it.He was behind the winner parked but did not want to go first over. So he gapped enough to let the 2 out whom went first over and his horse had a perfect 2nd over trip. He just did not have it. This was just his 3rd start of year. That's steep for 3 starts. A lot better drive that D Miller gave on the 9. Btw the 2 that went first over finished 9th.
agree--he was intentionally parked the mile last week in his elim and won--nobody complained last week
Congratulations to Ronnie Wrenn Jr and Louprint, not so much to the trainer and connections. It's had to have been a tough year for him with Hunter's tragic death. Score one for the Midwesterners driving colony. On another note, my selection Captain Optimistic was hung the whole mile by Dexter and still got 4th without a ton of urging down the lane. If that was a "regular" race someone would have given him a hole. It was nice to see the no holds barred, non buddy system in effect, at least for a few races. Watch out for Captain Optimistic moving forward.
Burke has been loyal to his drivers thru the years, first Palone, Gingras, Brennan at Yonkers, Chris Page and now Ronnie Wrenn.
There are always exceptions like when Gingras drives at Yonkers in the winter, Brennan gets the boot most of the time. When a driver is doing well with a horse Burke almost always sticks with them, I admire his loyalty.
