Once again, I am providing my selections for Wednesday's card at Delaware. The drivers from the East finally make their appearance. If you want a detailed analysis of the Jugette, click here.
Besides for racing for smaller purses (the overnights) and racing at any number of fair tracks, there are other challenges to handicapping the races at fairs. For example, on Tuesday, the horse The FF Squire was in to go in the eleventh race making his first lifetime start. The problem is it really is his first lifetime start as he shows no qualifier or a start at any fair track; nothing. Clearly tote board watching is the order of the day.
Then, remember the 30 (45) day rule at your local racetrack; the rule which says if a horse has not shown a satisfactory charted line within the 30 (45) days, they needed to qualify before they race? Well at Delaware, we get horses like Special D in the fourth race on Wednesday; hist last charted line shows a race almost six months ago back on March 29 at Yonkers Raceway. Special D makes his return to the racing war in the fourth race without the benefit of a qualifier and he is 4-1. While he appears to overlay this field, you assume the horse is ready, but do we really know? We will find out.
You will also see fairs with FFAs and Open races. With the few racing conditions fair tracks tend to have, an Open or FFA is more of a catch-all condition versus than an indication of a high quality horse. All challenges to the fan not intimately familiar with the fair circuit. Also, you see a greater number of horses who come back to race quick. For example, in the fifth race on Wednesday, Sunny Victory returns from a Sunday afternoon race at Delaware in the Ohio Breeders Championships and I Look Dynamic was scheduled to race Monday evening at Ashland (Midnight Foray was scratched from his Delaware race on Monday).
However, this is what makes handicapping the races challenging. If you love harness racing, you can't help but give it go.
Delaware County Fair
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
1st Trot - $3,000; New Century Series - 3yo Fillies (1st Div)
6 - Miss Ohio Spur (Wengerd, 5-2)
3 - Sierra's Jessie (Holton, 7-2)
4 - Count On Kate (K Sugg, 8-1)
2nd Pace - $2,800; FM Winners Over $20,000 Lifetime (AE: NW $1,000 in 2010)
5 - Don't Blame Her (B Miller, 5-2)
6 - Tomorrowpan (Sears, 2-1)
3 - Mattress Dancing (Wengerd, 4-1)
3rd Trot - $3,000; New Century Series - 3yo Fillies (2nd Div)
1 - Peach Me (K Sugg, 10-1)
6 - Fried By Five (Winters, 7-2)
2 - Sublime Begonia (Greeno, 6-1)
4th Pace - $2,800; HG Winners Over $20,000 Lifetime
6 - Eagle Flight (B Miller, 6-1)
7 - Miers Hanover (Page, 3-1)
3 - Special D (D Miller, 4-1)
5th Trot - $3,000; New Century Series - 3yo Fillies (3rd Div)
4 - Medoland Jesse (Wengerd, 7-2)
3 - Sunny Victory (Steck, 8-1)
1 - Midnight Foray (Noble, 12-1)
6th Trot - $16,691; Ohio Breeders Championship; 3yo Colts and Geldings (1st Div)
6 - Jailhouse Scorpion (D Miller, 4-1)
4 - Hezahumer (Campbell, 6-1)
3 - Buckeye Man (Noble, 2-1)
7th Trot - $16,691; Ohio Breeders Championship; 3yo Colts and Geldings (2nd Div)
4 - Oh No It's Steveo (Stillings, 3-1)
3 - Lima Apollo (B Miller, 8-1)
5 - Bookem (D Miller, 4-1)
8th Trot - $31,550; The Standardbred - 2yo Fillies (1st Div)
1 - Jogging Home (D Miller, 5-2)
6 - Finaltab Hanover (Ouellette, 4-1)
2 - Lyrical Lady (Hammer, 3-1)
9th Trot - $4,000; New Century Series - 3yo Colts and Geldings (1st Div)
3 - Lima Ghost (J Sugg, 6-1)
4 - Senator Sam (Pfister, 4-1)
2 - Tough Touch (Myers, 8-1)
10th Trot - $31,550; The Standardbred - 2yo Fillies (2nd Div)
4 - Cheetah Hall (B Miller, 3-1)
2 - Swing Anna Cash (Mc Kirgan, 6-1)
1 - Hall-N-Flori (Gingras, 2-1)
11th Pace - $21,886; Ohio Breeders Championship - 2yo Colts and Geldings (1st Div)
2 - Dancin Yankee (Ater, 2-1)
3 - Glenn's Countryboy (Dube, 10-1)
4 - Lima Thunder (D Miller, 6-1)
12th Trot - $98,025; The Buckette - 3yo Fillies
6 - Costa Rica (Pierce, 3-1)
10 - Bramalea Hanover (D Miller, 4-1)
2 - Up Front Juansteen (Campbell, 8-1)
7 - Secret Magic (Gingras, 10-1)
13th Trot - $4,000; New Century Series - 3yo Colts and Geldings
5 - Count Dracula (B Miller, 3-1)
4 - Win Master (Short, 10-1)
3 - Chip's Shadow (K Sugg, 8-1)
8 - Triple G (Campbell, 6-1)
14th Pace - $56,544; The Jugette - 3yo Fillies - 1st Heat (1st Elim)
6 - Dancinwiththestarz (Sears, 2-1)
4 - Rock N Soul (Gingras, 4-1)
5 - A and Gs Princess (7-2)
7 - Seriously (Jamieson, 6-1)
15th Pace - $56,544; The Jugette - 3yo Fillies - 1st Heat (2nd Elim)
6 - Panagler (Palone, 4-1)
1 - Dancin Barefoot (Dube, 7-2)
2 - Native Doll (B Miller, 9-2)
7 - Full Picture (Pierce, 8-1)
16th Pace - $21,886; Ohio Breeders Championship - 2yo Colts and Geldings (2nd Div)
2 - Hare Craft (Page, 4-1)
6 - Magical New Day (D Miller, 2-1)
4 - Cruise Thru (Stahl, 6-1)
17th Trot - $16,691; Ohio Breeders Championship - 3yo Colts and Geldings (3rd Div)
7 - Just Like Jessee (Palone, 3-1)
1 - Count Till Dawn (Charlino, 4-1)
3 - Too Good Too Pass (Sears, 5-2)
18th Pace - $169,632; The Jugette - 3yo Fillies - 2nd Heat
Top four finishers from races fourteen and fifteen return for this race.
19th Trot - $4,000; New Century Series - 3yo Colts and Geldings (3rd Div)
7 - Jess Coy (Myers, 6-1)
3 - Helpmerhon (D Miller, 3-1)
4 - Victory's Message (Page, 9-2)
6 - Jailhouse Rockie (Beatty, 4-1)
20th Pace - $70,680; The Jugette - 3yo Fillies - Race-off (If needed)
If no horse has won two heats, the winners of the races fourteen, fifteen, and eighteen return for this race.
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