With the May 21st deadline getting closer, to enter the 2nd annual COSA Fantasy Stable Contest, trainer Carmen Auciello shared his thoughts on the team he’ll select for the 2021 COSA contest.
Auciello has trained 1,599 winners to purse earnings of $24,931,684 and is a household name across the WEG Circuit. The resident of Stouffville caught up with
TROT while currently residing in the USA as a result of racing shutdown in Ontario due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Auciello offered up his high hopes for three-year-old trotting colt Macho Martini who highlights Group Q.
“I looked at this horse as a yearling. I never tried to buy him but after I saw him sell I thought he was a steal, and that he should have brought way more money than he did. I always kept my eye on him and he turned out to be an amazing two-year-old - I would imagine he is going to have a big three-year-old season after having the winter to grow and get stronger.”
With the May 21st deadline getting closer, to enter the 2nd annual COSA Fantasy Stable Contest, driver Scott Young delivered his thoughts on the team he’ll select for the 2021 COSA contest.
The 2020 William Wellwood winning driver, who was James MacDonald’s top choice for Group C, Young highlighted the three-year-old pacing filly Scarlett Hanover whom he selected for Group N, and predicted she will have another astounding season.
“Scarlett Hanover is not only an OSS caliber filly, she has shown she can compete at a Grand Circuit level as well. She won the Battle Of The Belles last year fairly early in the season and was still around to compete in the Breeders Crown at the end of the year. She has the potential to have another really great stakes season.”
With the May 21st deadline getting closer, to enter the 2nd annual COSA Fantasy Stable Contest, driver James MacDonald delivered his thoughts on the team he’ll select for the 2021 COSA contest.
James has high expectations for 2020 OSS Super Final winner Bulldog Hanover, who he selected from a highly-talented group of now sophomore pacers in Group K.
“Bulldog Hanover got shut down last year right when he was racing amazingly, which was probably the best thing for him. He destroyed the Super Final [field] and I would be thoroughly surprised if he didn’t come back bigger and stronger this year,” noted MacDonald.
It s just under three months away from opening day at Hanover Raceway and close to five months away from the eliminations of our biggest race, the Dream of Glory.
The race is open to three-year-old trotting colts and geldings with less than $75,000 in earnings last season and fillies who had earnings of less than $100,000.
Hanover Raceway has 94 horses being nominated and remaining eligible to the Dream of Glory. The track thanks all the trainers and owners who kept their horses eligible for this race, and promises to give its very best to give this event the spotlight it deserves. Along with a sizable purse, Hanover Raceway will also be giving the winner an Original Framed Art Work of the winning horses victory, created by famed artist Michelle Hogan (harnessartist.com), that has a value of $1,000 and is a lifelong keepsake for the winner.
Not many people can head into this weekend s O’Brien Awards knowing they have an award secured, but trainer Luc Blais is in that rare position.
The Quebec native, who has become the man in charge training Serge Godin’s Determination Stable, conditions both nominees for Two-Year-Old Trotting Male of the Year Macho Martini and On A Streak. Blais also trains nominee for Two-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year Donna Soprano, but can sit on the edge of his seat as that filly competes for the title against Paul Walker trainee Imextraspecial.
“It was an amazing year,” Blais said. “You know, when you win an O’Brien, for me, it’s the best [award] you can win. Because it touches a lot of people that are around that horse. The owner can be part of that, the groom, the blacksmith.lots of people are involved and they re very happy. That’s why it’s very special when a horse wins an O’Brien Award. We had a lot of thrills this year with the two-year-olds.”