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For the first time in 2021, Yonkers Raceway will play host to stakes action next Tuesday (March 2) and Wednesday (March 3) as the M Life Rewards Ladies and M Life Rewards Gents Series begin. Both events are for three-year-old and four-year-old pacers who were non-winners of four races and/or $50,000 through December 1, 2020.
The fillies kick things off on Tuesday night with three $15,000 divisions. Pettycoat Business, a four-year-old daughter of Art Major who won her Empire Breeders Classic elimination last year and also raced in events like the Breeders Crown and Courageous Lady, has drawn post six in the opening eight-horse grouping (race one), with George Brennan listed to drive for trainer Scott Di Domenico. She meets up with the likes of Even Louder (post three, Jason Bartlett/Nick Devita), a 1:53 winner this year at Pompano Park.
Mike Deters
YONKERS, N.Y. – When New Zealand-bred harness racing pacers Mighty Santana and Hesa Kingslayer arrived in Mike Deters’ stable this summer, the former fit the mold of a typical Deters trainee: a great big, strapping, good-looking horse. Then there was the latter. Take a walk through Deters stable and he might stand out to you.
“Hesa Kingslayer is quite well-built, but not very big,” Deters said. “I was actually kind of nervous about it. I said, ‘oh boy, we could be in trouble here.’ ”
By
Christian Cullen out of the
Bettor’s Delight mare Millwood Manhattan, Hesa Kingslayer raced for the first time as a 4-year-old, finishing third in a NZ$10,700 maiden for Greg and Nina Hope at the NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club May 4, 2018. Hesa Kingslayer then won two straight races Timaru and Invcargill. He won his first Metro race Aug. 17, 2018, but never rose to the free for all ranks in New Zealand.
When New Zealand-bred pacers Mighty Santana and Hesa Kingslayer arrived in Mike Deters’ stable this summer, the former fit the mold of a typical Deters trainee: a great big, strapping, good-looking horse. Then there was the latter. Take a walk through Deters stable and he might stand out to you.
“Hesa Kingslayer is quite well-built, but not very big,” Deters said. “I was actually kind of nervous about it. I said, ‘oh boy, we could be in trouble here.’”
By Christian Cullen out of the Bettors Delight mare Millwood Manhattan, Hesa Kingslayer raced for the first time as a four-year-old, finishing third in a NZ$10,700 maiden for Greg and Nina Hope at the NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club on May 4, 2018. Hesa Kingslayer then won two straight races Timaru and Invcargill. He won his first Metro race on Aug. 17, 2018, but never rose to the free-for-all ranks in New Zealand.