Tioga Downs held the draw on Wednesday morning (July 31) for the Empire Breeders Classic eliminations for 3-year-old New York bred pacers.
12 3-year-old
pacing colts were entered and were split into two six horse $12,500
eliminations set to go post ward in races four and eight on Sunday afternoon.
Leading the field of six in the first elimination is Adios
runner-up, Vegas Vacation from the powerful Casie Coleman stable, who has
listed Brian Sears to do the driving. Coming off of a second place finish to
Sunfire Blue Chip in the $450,000 Adios final, Vegas Vacation drew post
position number six. Here is the field in post position order with drivers
listed before scratch time: #1 Odds On Equuleus (John Campbell), #2 Sir Cary’s
Z Tam (Pat Lachance) #3 Source Of Pride (Mark MacDonald), #4 Thirty Two Red
(Ray Schnittker), #5 Doctor Butch (Jim Morrill Jr.), and #6 Vegas Vacation
(Brian Sears).
In the second $12,500 elimination, Adios winner Sunfire Blue
Chip from the Jimmy Takter stable leads a field of six pacing colts aimed towards
advancing to the $257,250 final. Yannick Gingras will once again do the driving
on the 3-year-old son of American Ideal – Shot Togo Bluechip from post position
number four on Sunday afternoon.
Here is the field in post position order with
drivers listed before scratch time: #1 Bet The Moon (Jim Morrill Jr.), #2
Captive Audience (Randy Waples), #3 Swift As A Shadow (Jim Morrill Jr.), #4
Sunfire Blue Chip (Yannick Gingras), #5 Olde Time Hockey (Jason Bartlett), #6 A
Bettor World (Jim Marohn Jr.).
Nine 3-year-old pacing fillies entered on Wednesday morning
for the $250,750 Empire Breeders Classic and all nine will move directly into
the final. Entries for the Empire Breeders Classic for sophomore pacing
fillies include: Ballineen, Bettor Think Twice, Cult Status, Give Me An Amen,
JK Black Beauty, Park N Orchard, Road Bet, Shebestingin, and Social Scene.
Tioga Downs continues live racing action on Friday, August 2nd
with a post time of 6:50pm. For more information on Tioga Downs please visit us
on our website at www.tiogadowns.com .
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