The Canadian Sportsman
September 22, 2010
It’s not the biggest payday of the year, but there’s still the prestige factor that comes from picking the Little Brown Jug winner many months in advance.
It won’t be Sportswriter, much to the dismay of the 261 Dream Stable managers who selected the now-retired North America Cup champion. However, the hopes of many others are still alive.
Here’s a breakdown of how many Dream Stablers have a rooting interest in the Jug starters:
Heat 1:
Kyle Major (3)
Rock N Roll Heaven (26)
Fred And Ginger (0)
Dreamlands Art (0)
Razzle Dazzle (0)
Foreign Officer (1)
We Will See (0)
Aracache Hanover (0)
Heat 2:
Delmarvalous (6)
Classic Rock Nroll (0)
Piece Of The Rock (0)
Docs Yankee (0)
Fools Gold (0)
Versado (0)
Just Crowned (0)
Urgent Action (0)
Heat 3:
Valentino (0)
Four Starz Trace (0)
Im Gorgeous (0)
Allthatgltrsisgold (0)
Malicious (8)
Rockin Image (189)
One More Laugh (8)
Poised to make the biggest move on Jug day is the man currently sitting in 10th place in the Dream Stable standings, Harold Fleet. Despite trailing Reg and Donna Higgs’ top stable by more than $600,000, Fleet could be upwardly mobile as he is the only top 10 manager with Rock N Roll Heaven on his team. Fleet is also one of six contestants in the top 10 who selected Rockin Image.
In a case of glass-more-than-half-full, the stable of Scott & Robert Young, currently in eighth place, will be sitting on the Dream Stable sidelines with no Jug starter on its roster (having selected Sportswriter and Hes Gorgeous for the contest).
In real life, however, the Youngs are in much better shape. Bob Young is the trainer and part owner of Piece Of The Rock, who will start from post 3 in the second Jug heat on Thursday at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. Good luck, Bob.
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July 22, 2010
A tip of the hat to the eight Dream Stable managers who count newly minted Meadowlands Pace champion One More Laugh among the three-year-olds in their barns.
As discussed previously here, one man, trainer Ray Schnittker, has One More Laugh in his barn — both literally and figuratively.
Reached by phone, one day after winning his first Meadowlands Pace to become only the sixth trainer in history to harness both a Hambletonian (Deweycheatumnhowe) and Pace winner, Schnittker got a chuckle over his jump up to 60th position in the contest thanks to One More Laugh’s big win.
“I like that thing, the contest,” said Schnittker, who selected eight of his own trainees when he filled out his entry form back in January and had no qualms about doing so, saying that a trainer simply must have confidence in his own crew.
Not surprisingly, when playfully reminded that the Dream Stable earnings were intended to represent fictional earnings for the contestants, Schnittker responded with a laugh once more.
The seven others who selected One More Laugh and were credited $500,000 for the win — but didn’t get to actually hoist the Pace trophy or cash any purse cheques — were as follows:
Jack Tindale (currently ranked #116)
Wayne Rowe (#185)
N R Clark (#236)
John Kuhns (#250)
Old Quarters Stable (#261)
Dave Landry (#270)
Thomas Wray (#274)
July 12, 2010
The North America Cup final may have been the first kingmaker of the Dream Stable season, with the 261 managers who selected Sportswriter for their stables catapulting to the top of the heap, but the upcoming million-dollar Meadowlands Pace will be another huge watermark for the prime contenders.
Will Sportswriter’s supporters surge even farther ahead of the competition? Will Pace elimination winner Rock N Roll Heaven’s backers take back the momentum? Will one of the other finalists, perhaps a horse that was only picked by one or two Dream Stable entrants, slide a few unexpected owners in the driver’s seat?
Just for fun, let’s look at just how popular the Pace finalists were back when the stables were picked at the beginning of the year.
Sportswriter won the early popularity contest in a landslide, with 261 Dream Stable managers selecting him as their go-to three-year-old colt pacer.
The breakdown for the other finalists is as follows:
Rockin Image (189)
Rock N Roll Heaven (26)
One More Laugh (8)
Kyle Major (3)
OK Commander (1)
Fred And Ginger (0)
Im Gorgeous (0)
Nova Artist (0)
Valentino (0)
Clearly, things are about to get very interesting. Good luck to all and enjoy the Pace.
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