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Arch Madness snaps Donato's streak at 19

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November 17, 2007

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Arch Madness turned in the most shocking performance Saturday night at the Meadowlands, handing Donato Hanover his first loss of the season in the first of two eliminations for the $610,000 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt Trot.

Arch Madness, with Brian Sears at the lines, dueled with Donato Hanover through the stretch and edged past him in the final strides for a neck victory in 1:52.2. The victory validated owner Barry Goldstein and Marc Goldberg�s decision to pay $62,500 to supplement Arch Madness to the Breeders Crown. The Trond Smedshammer trainee improved his record to nine wins 20 starts this season.

�This horse has been super sharp,� Sears said. �Since Lexington, he�s just been getting better and better and it was quite a duel down the lane but my horse just pinned his ears back and kept digging. Who knows what�s going to happen next week (in the final), but we�re glad to get the victory tonight that�s for sure.�

Donato Hanover�s winning streak was snapped at 19 races. The front-runner for Horse of the Year honors had not lost a race since making his career debut.

�The five weeks off really hurt him,� said driver Ron Pierce. �He didn�t get much of a qualifier at Gaitway. He wasn�t quite up to that fast of a mile. I kind of figured it would take me awhile to get to the lead. That�s the way I�ve been racing him all year�floating him away from the gate. We had a soft middle half, but the other horse has been racing every week.�

John Campbell steered his own Flirtin Man to a new mark of 1:51.1 in the second of the eliminations for sophomore colt trotters. Please Poppy closed along the pylons to finish second, while Standpoint nabbed the show spot.

Also advancing to next�s final were Prayer I Am, Photo Maxx, Bayside Volo, Laddie and Great Success. (Meadowlands)

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