CURRIER & IVES 3YOT 2022-06-06

N:r Plac. Häst Kön Härstamning Kusk Tränare Tid Dist. Odds Pris 2 1 Fawkes h Sj's Caviar - Up Front Peg Aaron Merriman Jonas Czernyson 1:55.3 1609 495 62 500 4 2 Glidenfordollars h Glidemaster - Viking's Goddess Dave Palone Jimmy Takter 1:55.4 1609 38 31 250 7 3 Mythical Hall h Andover Hall - Myth Mike Wilder Jim Arledge J:r 1:56.2 1609 170 15 000 3 4 S J Better Days v Sj's Caviar - Chaka Khan Brian Zendt Walter Dunn 1:56.3g 1609 500 10 000 5 5 Bloomington v Cantab Hall - Burst Into Bloom Kyle Bolon Rodney Bolon 1:57.0 1609 149 6 250 6 0 Not Nice v Glidemaster - Justgotafeeling Marcus Johansson Jimmy Takter 1:57.1 1609 48 9 0 Buffalino Hanover h Cantab Hall - Beignet Hanover Andy Miller Todd Schadel 1:58.4 1609 46 8 0 Top Kick v Andover Hall - Workout Doll Ray Paver Ray Paver 1:59.3 1609 884 1 d Washingtonian v Malabar Millennium - P Town Girl Richard Stillings Rich Gillock dug 1609 28 1st Fawkes (3, H Sj`s Caviar - Up Front Peg - Andover Hall) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Ole Nielsen - NJ Breeder(s): C Mullinax - OH, James Simpson - PA 2nd Glidenfordollars (3, H Glidemaster - Viking`s Goddess - Armbro Goal) Registered Owner(s): Brittany Farms - KY, Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc - NY, Little E LLC - NY, Credit Caper Partners - KY Breeder(s): Sherri Meirs - NJ, W Henderson - PA 3rd Mythical Hall (3, H Andover Hall - Myth - Lindy Lane) Registered Owner(s): Thomas York Jr - OH, Joe Sbrocco - OH Breeder(s): Az Ag Cimarosa Di Sirtori - IT

Fawkes Shocks In Currier & Ives

In 1605, Guy Fawkes gained fame of sorts in a failed effort to blow up the British House of Lords. Monday at The Meadows, the equine Fawkes gained his own measure of fame when he blew up the tote board in the $125,000 Currier & Ives for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters, pulling off a 48-1 explosion.

Out of the money in both of his 2011 starts, Fawkes got away in mid-pack for Aaron Merriman when things started to go his way. Washingtonian, the 2-1 favourite, was off stride early and suffered broken hopples. Buffalino Hanover, co-second choice at 7-2, had to labour for the lead from Post 9 and figured to be vulnerable late. Not Nice, the other 7-2 selection, was pinned along the pylons.

Still, the relentless first-over move that Fawkes unleashed to erase a 5-1/2-length deficit was a surprise.

“You have to give horses a chance,” Merriman said. “The horse felt really good, and sometimes you have to ignore the odds. I had planned to follow Washingtonian, but when he ran, I thought, ‘There goes my cover.’

“He went as much as he had to. When I got after him, he kind of pinned his tail a little bit, but he kept going. You have to give his team credit. They had him really good.”

Glidenfordollars, who broke his maiden last week at the Meadowlands, moved forward again by finishing second while early leader Mythical Hall rallied for show. Jonas Czernyson trains Fawkes, a son of SJs Caviar-Up Front Peg, for Ole Bach Nielsen. It was one of three wins for Merriman on the 15-race card.