Joie De Vie and Buddy Gilmour win the Trotting Triple Crown leg at Yonkers Raceway over the 1983 Hambletonian winner Duenna & Stanley Dancer, Rikis & Bill Haughton, Brookside Pride & Frank Popfinger, Florida Sun & Howard Beissinger, Sherwood Lobell & Berndt Lindstedt, Killbuck Count & Jan Nordin, Play Action & Carl Allen, and Speedy Claude & Eldon Harner

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Lexington, KY --- Somebeachsomewhere drew away from his Bluegrass foes with one mission in mind: become the fastest Standardbred ever. He and driver Paul MacDonell valiantly attacked the 1:46.4 race record and managed to equal that mark with a victory at The Red Mile on Saturday afternoon (September 27).

MacDonell sent Somebeachsomewhere to the lead and he did all the work himself, pacing through fractions of :26.4, :52.4 and 1:19.2. The din of the crowd grew to cheers of encouragement as the son of Mach Three-Wheres The Beach crossed under the wire, tying Holborn Hanovers race record set at The Meadowlands in 2006.

Somebeachsomewhere faced 70-degree temperatures and a 10 mph headwind in the backstretch. MacDonell said he hopes for better conditions next week to take on the record again.

The conditions werent exactly 100 percent, he said. He did have a bit of a breeze in his face, but this just shows how great of a horse that he is. The track condition was excellent, though.

Once he got to the quarter in :26.4 I let him step up a little bit. I wanted him to get down to the half a little faster, but I talked to John Campbell before the race and he said dont worry about the early fractionsand he was right.

Trainer Brent MacGrath had to treat some sickness before he arrived with Somebeachsomewhere earlier this week.

He had three weeks off and he was a little sick in his last start, he said. I think weve got him close to 100 percent now. I think hes got another half-second in him.

---from USTrotting.com

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October 04, 2008

It was Deweycheatumnhowe's day in Lexington as the Muscles Yankee colt sat behind Celebrity Secrety in the race-off for the $684,000 Kentucky Futurity, then in the homestretch sprint pulled alongside his rival and finally put his nose on the wire first in 1:59.3.

Celebrity Secret drew post one for the race-off and driver John Campbell took control of the race at the start, and trainer-driver Ray Schnittker willingly took the tuck behind with Dewey. Celebrity Secret trotted through fractions of :30.2, 1:02 and 1:33.1 before the homestretch sprint.

The two Futurity victories on Saturday gave Dewey a slate of 11 wins and one second and one third in 13 starts this season for the Deweycheatumnhowe Stable, Charles Iannazzo and Ted Gewertz. (from Harnessracing.com )

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Starting car interviews

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