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Quality harness racing filly Virginia Clowers (Creatine) is at the head of the class when it comes to Arna Donnelly’s runners for Cambridge tomorrow night. Three of her last five starts have been in group company. At her last start she got keen behind the mobile and broke, taking no part. In Race One she ....
Australian import Let It Ride N will make his Yonkers Raceway debut in the featured $30,000 open handicap pace on opening night, Monday (Jan. 11). The move to the Hilltop comes after the Rock N Roll Heaven gelding took a Meadowlands Preferred/Open Handicap in such style as to garner praise like, “he really amazed me,” from trainer Nifty Norman. In that start Jan. 2, driver Dexter Dunn slotted Let It Ride into seventh after starting from post 9 as Harambe Deo ripped an opening quarter in :26.1. Let It Ride N followed cover from Rock Diamonds and drew within four lengths of the lead as Harambe Deo blitzed a :53.2 half-mile. Dunn tipped Let It Ride N three-deep at the midway point of the final turn and the pacer rocketed into contention. ....
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. ....