Ecurie D DK became the first repeater of the Breeders Crown Open Trot Championship in 19 years on Saturday night (Oct. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, tying the stakes record of 1:51 in winning the $600,000 event while matching the successive scores of Fools Goal in 2002-2003 the latter win at Woodbine.
Ecurie D DK got in a prep for the Yonkers International Trot a week from Saturday by winning a qualifier in 1:57.1 over a “sloppy +2” surface on Wednesday morning (Oct. 5) at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
Harrah’s Philadelphia hosted its richest racing card of the year on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 4) with $1.3 million on the line in four $252,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championships for two-year-olds, their complementary $50,000 consolations, and a $40,000 Invitational among many other overnight events.
They turned for home in a $74,435 division of a Pennsylvania Sire Stake (PaSS) Sunday at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, and the two favourites were battling – the one with the driver with 14 lifetime wins in North America on the lead, the one with the driver with 12,982 wins coming on.