Hambletonian Weekend 2009

N:r Plac. H�st H�rstamning Kusk Tr�nare Tid Dist. Odds Pris 2 1 Cantab It All Cantab Hall - Better Odds John Campbell Jimmy Takter 1:55.3 1609 18 10 000 5 2 In The Mean Time Muscles Yankee - Soutaine Hanover Mike Lachance Chuck Sylvester 1:55.3 1609 239 5 000 8 3 Ipo Blue Chip Yankee Glide - Paloma Hanover Andy Miller Julie Miller 1:56.1 1609 46 2 400 7 4 Action-Broadway Broadway Hall - Photo - With Molly Brian Sears Virgil Morgan J:r 1:56.4 1609 153 1 600 9 5 Cathywithac Yankee Glide - Carrigan Hall Jan Johnson Jan Johnson 1:57.0 1609 706 1 000 1 0 Wingbat Windsong's Legacy - Edith's Chip David Miller Antonella Galie 1:59.1 1609 301 4 0 Nice Kronos Viking Kronos - Sweet Sound Ron Pierce Lutfi Kolgjini 1:59.3g 1609 197 6 0 Fortunes Dream Cantab Hall - Fortuna Dream Tim Tetrick Anette Lorentzon 2:00.2g 1609 42 3 0 Levi's Lady Angus Hall - Baltic Brat Dewayne Minor Dewayne Minor 2:09.0g 1609 571

N:r Plac. H�st H�rstamning Kusk Tr�nare Tid Dist. Odds Pris 6 1 Costa Rica Muscles Yankee - Examination Ron Pierce Jimmy Takter 1:56.4 1609 27 10 000 7 2 Behindclosedoors Andover Hall - Margarita Nights John Campbell Chuck Sylvester 1:56.4 1609 59 5 000 8 3 Spicy Wings Andover Hall - Angel Fire Hanover Brian Sears Ross Croghan 1:57.1 1609 255 2 400 5 4 Secret Magic Cantab Hall - Chorine Hanover Mike Lachance Ron Gurfein 1:57.2 1609 100 1 600 4 5 True Advantage Conway Hall - Paragon Princess David Miller Jonas Czernyson 1:57.2 1609 414 1 000 1 0 Fashion Feline Broadway Hall - Sly Fox Dave Palone Jim Campbell 1:57.4 1609 25 2 0 Jettalady Muscles Yankee - Galahad's Damsel George Brennan Larry Rathbone 2:02.0 1609 531 3 0 Nannina Valley Victor - Nannina Ambrosio Andy Miller Julie Miller 2:10.1g 1609 103 9 str Glide Power Yankee Glide - Armbro Vote Ron Pierce Jan Johnson Struken

N:r Plac. H�st H�rstamning Kusk Tr�nare Tid Dist. Odds Pris 3 1 Poof She's Gone Kadabra - Travelin Superlite David Miller Richard Norman 1:56.1 1609 29 10 000 9 2 Bone A Fide Sj's Photo - On The Bones Yannick Gingras Ronald Burke 1:56.2 1609 63 5 000 4 3 Nimble Kronos Viking Kronos - Twiggy Fc John Campbell Lutfi Kolgjini 1:57.0 1609 278 2 400 1 4 Springtime Volo Classic Photo - Silver Springs Jan Johnson Jan Johnson 1:57.0 1609 267 1 600 6 5 Lindy's Two Step Muscles Yankee - Let's Do The Lindy Ron Pierce Linda Toscano 1:57.4 1609 44 1 000 5 0 Twist In The Tail Cantab Hall - A Girl Named Sugar Daniel Dube Jimmy Takter 1:58.4 1609 76 8 0 Croquet Style Yankee Glide - Glamour Shot Tim Tetrick Anette Lorentzon 2:00.0g 1609 56 2 0 Yansky Muscles Yankee - Mystic Memory John Sugg John Sugg 2:02.2g 1609 1072 7 0 Religulous Muscles Yankee - Mallelujah Brian Sears Ross Croghan 2:05.1g 1609 110

The field for the $525,800 Merrie Annabelle for two-year-old filly trotters was decided by a trio of elimination races Thursday at the Meadowlands.

The first three finishers in each elimination, plus the fourth-place finisher with the highest career earnings, advanced to the Merrie Annabelle Final on Hambletonian Day, Saturday, August 8.

Cantab It All, the first of two elim winners for trainer Jimmy Takter, popped the pocket at the top of the stretch and flew home to take the fourth race of the night in 1:55.3. In The Mean Time rallied late to finish a half-length behind in second, while the pace-setting Ipo Blue Chip held on for third.

The daughter of Cantab Hall-Bettor Odds was an $80,000 yearling purchase for owners Christina Takter of East Windsor, NJ, John Fielding of Toronto, ON, Melvin Hartman of Ottawa, ON and Falkbolagen Ab of Malmo, SWE. Cantab It All, driven by John Campbell, is now perfect in four lifetime starts.

Costa Rica, another Takter trainee, got away fourth off the gate, made a move up the backstretch and powered home to win the second elimination in a lifetime best of 1:56.4. With driver Ron Pierce in tow, Costa Rica dug in gamely to overpower the late rally of Behindclosedoors and take the fifth race on the card. Spicy Wings was third.

The Muscles Yankee-Examination filly was a $23,000 yearling purchase by Takter�s wife, Christina, and John and Jim Fielding. Costa Rica has now won three of four lifetime starts.

�These fillies are different.� Takter said after winning the second elimination. �This filly [Costa Rica] is really tough, she never gives up. She really had to work hard today, coming first up. It�s really hard for a young horse to do those things, she held her own down the stretch and I really like this filly.�

Secret Magic, who finished fourth in the second elimination, also moved on to the final.

Poof Shes Gone took the third Merrie Annabelle elimination easily in a lifetime best of 1:56.1. Driver David Miller steered Poof Shes Gone to the lead at the half and she held off a late rally by Bone A Fide for the victory. Nimble Kronos was third.

It was the first win of two lifetime starts for the Richard �Nifty� Norman trainee. The daughter of Kadabra-Travelin Superlite was a $170,000 yearling purchase by Melvin Hartman of Ontario, Herb Liverman of Miami Beach, FL Dave McDuffee of Nashua, NH and John Fielding of Toronto, ON.