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When Eric Foster s teenage daughter Emmy christened one of the family s harness racing homebred filly trotters Emmys Mayflower, Foster was not a fan of the name. I told her I wish she named her something besides that, Foster said with a laugh. I didn t think that was a very good racehorse name, a winning name. I said, that s not going to be a good horse. She said, you just wait and see.
Emmys Mayflower, by
Anders Bluestone out of Stirling Charisma, was born May 1, 2017. Emmy Foster s 15th birthday was a day later. And in the ensuing time, the filly has rewarded Emmy s convictions, almost as if a gift. She heads to Thursday s $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund final for 3-year-old female trotters at Dover Downs with eight wins in 13 career starts and $128,224 in earnings.
When Eric Foster’s teenage daughter Emmy christened one of the family’s homebred filly trotters Emmys Mayflower, Foster was not a fan of the name.
“I told her I wish she named her something besides that,” Foster said with a laugh. “I didn’t think that was a very good racehorse name, a winning name. I said, that’s not going to be a good horse.
“She said, you just wait and see.”
Emmys Mayflower, by Anders Bluestone out of Stirling Charisma, was born May 1, 2017. Emmy Foster’s 15th birthday was a day later. And in the ensuing time, the filly has rewarded Emmy’s convictions, almost as if a gift. She heads to Thursday’s $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) final for three-year-old trotting fillies at Dover Downs with eight wins in 13 starts and $128,224 in earnings.
There s absolutely no doubt that the trotting mare Refined is in fine form. The daughter of Uncle Peter, despite being handicapped to the outside of a talented full field, swept to her third Open class victory in her last four starts in 1:52.4 on Thursday (Dec. 10) at Hollywood Dayton Raceway.
Sensing a torrid early pace, driver Brett Miller tucked Refined into the three-hole along the pylons halfway through the :26.1 opening panel. After just three-eighths of a mile, however, she was flushed back into the outer flow by Pass The Vape (Trevor Smith), and she responded by taking command just before the :56.1 halfway juncture. Following a :28 third quarter, Miller and Refined tacked on a :28.3 closing quarter to easily hold off Pass The Vape and third place finisher Whata Swan (Tyler Smith) in the day s $17,800 feature.