Two heavily favored trotters lead fields of nine in Memorial Day’s Empire Breeder’s Classic finals at Vernon Downs: Honorable Daughter in the $212,875 final for the ladies, and Donttellmywife in the $206,275 final for the men.
These two talented sophomore trotters each won their respective eliminations last Saturday night and the connections were given the opportunity to pick their own post positions for the final. Donttellmywife's connections opted for post position number three, while the connections of Honorable Daughter selected post position number five.
Honorable Daughter will once again be piloted by Jim Morrill Jr. for trainer Larry Remmen. She was voted 2-year-old trotting filly of the year last year, which included a world record mile of 1:55.1 for 2-year-old trotting fillies on a five-eighths mile track in the final of the Matron at
Honorable Daughter’s stablemate Matchplay Volo won the other elimination for trotting fillies last week and her connections have selected post position number four. Morrill also steered her to victory for trainer Remmen, but will continue to drive Honorable Daughter in the final. Stephane Bouchard has been listed on the driving assignment of Matchplay Volo who is a daughter of world champion millionaire Stroke Play.
The undefeated Donttellmywife will be steered by regular pilot Jeff Gregory for trainer George Ducharme. A perfect eight-for-eight in his young career, Donttellmywife will look to keep it that way in the richest race of his career to date. Owned by Ducharme, Nicola Oliva, and Harrah's Chester on-track analyst Shannon Di Antonio, Donttellmywife earned over $220,000 as a freshman and took a mark of 1:58.2 in the
Also featured on the Monday afternoon card at Vernon Downs, Lantern Kronos will race in the $9,000 Open Trot for driver-trainer Jimmy Takter. Lantern Kronos won 12 of her 18 starts last year at age three and banked over $914,000, but she has yet to hit the board in two efforts this season.
Below are the fields for the Empire Breeder’s Classic Finals at Vernon Downs: Race 7 Purse: $206,275 EBC 3-year old Colt & Gelding Trotters # PP Horse Driver Trainer 1 1 Brother Nick Ray Schnittker Ray Schnittker 2 2 3 3 Donttellmywife Jeff Gregory George Ducharme 4 4 Tip The Tide Howard Okusko Jr. Jessica Okusko 5 5 Danger Hall Fern Paquet Jr. Jonas Czernyson 6 6 Calchips Brute Trond Smedshammer Trond Smedshammer 7 7 Russell Hill Jim Morrill Jr. Jimmy Takter 8 8 9 9 Dillar A Dollar Dan Daley Dan Daley Race 8 Purse: $212,875 EBC 3-year old Filly Trotters # PP Horse Driver Trainer 1 1 Porque Jeff Gregory Linda Toscano 2 2 Sister Marcy William Bailey David Dewhurst 3 3 Beachcomber Andrew McCarthy Jan Johnson 4 4 Matchplay Volo Stephane Bouchard Larry Remmen 5 5 Honorable Daughter Jim Morrill Jr. Larry Remmen 6 6 7 7 Social Butterfly Ray Schnittker Ray Schnittker 9 9 The Ice Queen Trond Smedshammer Trond Smedshammer
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