CURRIER & IVES FINAL 090629

RACE 1 - The Meadows - PA - June 4, 2010 Conditions: *****CURRIER & IVES***** 3 YEAR OLD OPEN 1ST OF 3 DIVISIONS Gait: Trot Purse: $50,000 Class: C&I - 3YO Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: FT Temp-Allow: 79-0 Off Time: 1:00 PM N:r Plac. Häst Kön Härstamning Kusk Tränare Tid Dist. Odds Pris 5 1 Levi's Lady s Angus Hall - Baltic Brat Dave Palone Dewayne Minor 1:55.4 1609 37 25 000 1 2 Ellisarro Hanover v S J's Photo - Esmeralda Hanover Mike Wilder Randy Bendis 1:56.2 1609 26 12 500 6 3 Tommaso v Tom Ridge - Bellissimo Brian Zendt Walter Dunn 1:57.2 1609 369 6 000 3 4 Money Man K h Revenue - Winning Missbrenda Bertt Miller Jim Arledge J:r 1:58.0 1609 75 4 000 2 5 Upandover Hanover v Andover Hall - Up Front Lisa Greg Grismore Scott Cox 2:01.0g 1609 169 2 500 4 d Chimon h Sj's Caviar - Gildone Marcus Johansson Jimmy Takter dg 1609 29 7 d Texas Ridge h Tom Ridge - Texas Winner Richard Stillings Rich Gillock dg 1609 75 Time: 28.4 57.4 (29.0) 1:26.0 (28.1) 1:55.4 (29.4) 1st Levi`s Lady (3, M Angus Hall - Baltic Brat - Baltic Speed) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Cowboyland Aalborg - MI Breeder(s): Winbak Farm - MD 2nd Ellisarro Hanover (3, G S J`s Photo - Esmeralda Hanover - Sierra Kosmos) Registered Owner(s): Randy Bendis - PA, William Varney - ME Breeder(s): Hanover Shoe Farms Inc - PA 3rd Tommaso (3, G Tom Ridge - Bellissimo - Lindy Lane) Registered Owner(s): Dunn Stable - PA Breeder(s): Dunn Stable - PA

RACE 4 - The Meadows - PA - June 4, 2010 Conditions: *****CURRIER & IVES***** 3 YEAR OLD OPEN 2ND OF 3 DIVISIONS Gait: Trot Purse: $50,000 Class: C&I - 3YO Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: FT Temp-Allow: 79-0 Off Time: 2:01 PM N:r Plac. Häst Kön Härstamning Kusk Tränare Tid Dist. Odds Pris 1 1 Hard Livin h Sj's Caviar - Affinity Marcus Johansson Jimmy Takter 1:56.0 1609 19 25 000 6 2 Mm's Lucky Boy v Malabar Millennium - American Leggs Eric Ledford Roland Mallar 1:56.0 1609 97 12 500 2 3 Freedom Ridge v Tom Ridge - Figlietta Hanover Bertt Miller Harold Brocklehurst 1:56.1 1609 28 6 000 4 4 Telephoto K h S J's Photo - America's Treasure Richard Stillings Rich Gillock 1:56.2 1609 217 4 000 3 5 Park Way v Broadway Hall - Memory Park Mike Wilder Jim Arledge J:r 1:56.2 1609 419 2 500 5 0 Can't Lose h Cantab Hall - Eicarls Theresa Dave Palone Jonas Czernyson 1:56.4g 1609 67 7 d Tough Call h Tom Ridge - Luchita Greg Grismore Rick Beinhauer dg 1609 295 Time: 28.2 56.4 (28.2) 1:25.3 (28.4) 1:56.0 (30.2) 1st Hard Livin (3, H Sj`s Caviar - Affinity - Victory Dream) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Christina Takter - NJ, John Fielding - ON, Falkbolagen Ab - SD Breeder(s): Brittany Farms - KY 2nd Mm`s Lucky Boy (3, G Malabar Millennium - American Leggs - American Winner) Registered Owner(s): Lindwood Farm - PA Breeder(s): William Altmeyer Sr - PA 3rd Freedom Ridge (3, G Tom Ridge - Figlietta Hanover - Sj`s Caviar) Registered Owner(s): Ginger Tree Stable LLC - PA, Harold Brocklehurst - PA, Daniel Courtemanche - MI, Thomas Courtemanche - MI Breeder(s): John Hurtgen - PA

RACE 6 - The Meadows - PA - June 4, 2010 Conditions: *****CURRIER & IVES***** 3 YEAR OLD OPEN 3RD OF 3 DIVISIONS Gait: Trot Purse: $50,000 Class: C&I - 3YO Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: FT Temp-Allow: 79-0 Off Time: 2:40 PM N:r Plac. Häst Kön Härstamning Kusk Tränare Tid Dist. Odds Pris 5 1 Baximum h Cantab Hall - Bax Machine Dave Palone Jonas Czernyson 1:56.2 1609 21 25 000 7 2 On The Tab h Cantab Hall - CR Sister Suzie Marcus Johansson Jimmy Takter 1:56.2 1609 79 12 500 4 3 Kash's Caviar v Sj's Caviar - O'cala Kash Chip Noble Danny Collins 1:57.0 1609 39 6 000 6 4 Nightime Flash v S J's Photo - My Sabrena Charlie Norris Charlie Norris 1:57.0 1609 351 4 000 1 5 Chipariffic h Chip Chip Hooray - Missing Dough Ray Paver Joseph W Miller 1:57.2 1609 107 2 500 3 0 Tsm Photo Bugger v S J's Photo - Rewarding Wink Richard Stillings Jan Fread 1:57.2 1609 236 2 0 B Winner K h Sj's Caviar - Brenda B Winnin Bertt Miller Jim Arledge J:r 1:57.1g 1609 48 Time: 28.1 57.3 (29.2) 1:27.1 (29.3) 1:56.2 (29.1) 1st Baximum (3, H Cantab Hall - Bax Machine - Earl) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Robert Rosenheim Stbs LTD - CT Breeder(s): Windsong Stable - PA 2nd On The Tab (3, H Cantab Hall - Cr Sister Suzie - Royal Troubador) Registered Owner(s): Christina Takter - NJ, John Fielding - ON, Louie Camara - ON, Falkbolagen Ab - SD Breeder(s): Rod Allen Inc - FL 3rd Kash`s Caviar (3, G Sj`s Caviar - O`cala Kash - Overcomer) Registered Owner(s): Slaughter Racing Stb LLC - KY, Wayne Zollars - OH Breeder(s): Slaughter Racing Stb LLC - KY, Wayne Zollars - OH, Larry Spearman - OH

Levis Lady Turns Gaffe To Gold

Forced to race against the boys when her connections missed the entry deadline for the Currier & Ives filly division, Levis Lady turned gaffe to gold Friday at The Meadows when she captured the fastest split in the stake’s open division.

The $150,000 event was contested over three divisions, with Hard Livin and Baximum taking the other splits. Dave Palone enjoyed a Currier & Ives double (Levis Lady, Baximum) among his three winning drives on the 15-race card.

Trainer DeWayne Minor candidly acknowledged that he missed the entry deadline for Thursday’s filly division. Rather than pass on the event, he devised a back-up plan: enter Levis Lady — an eight-race maiden, no less — in the open division.

“You want to know the truth?” Minor said. “I was training her the morning entries were due, and I forgot to enter her. She needed a race, and I figured that many of the better colts are just starting their seasons and might not be there. I thought she would have a shot.

“I know she’s as tough as any of the boys, but she’s pretty anxious in wanting to do her work. You have to monitor her behind the gate. If you get her in too quickly, she gets too fired up and may break.”

Palone was able to keep Levis Lady together behind the gate and urge her to the front. Although she scored handily in 1:55.4, Palone’s stretch drive was interrupted by a nagging concern.

“Here I’m thinking, ‘We’re going to win, and they’re going to take it away from us because she’s a filly,’” Palone said.

But open divisions in most stakes aren’t gender restricted so Levis Lady will keep her $25,000 winner’s share, which compares favourably to $20,250, the most she could have earned in the filly division. Ellisarro Hanover was second, 2-3/4 lengths back, while Tommaso rallied for show.

Cowboyland Aalborg owns Levis Lady, a daughter of Angus Hall-Baltic Brat, who was the only filly among Friday’s 21 Currier & Ives competitors. Minor said the $30,000 yearling acquisition would ship to Canada to continue a sophomore campaign pointing to the Hambletonian Oaks.

Hard Livin’s journey to the winners’ circle also required improvisation. Marcus Johansson wanted him on the early lead, but the son of SJs Caviar-Affinity would have none of it.

“He’s a little tricky behind the gate, and I got there too early,” Johansson said. “He started fighting me, so I had to back him off. Then I had a little trouble popping the earplugs. There were a lot of things going on. He’s a good horse, and he got the job done.”

Hard Livin made the lead with a quarter-pole move. Though his early antics may have contributed to late fatigue — he came home in :30.2 — he was able to hold off the first-over MMs Lucky Boy by a neck in 1:56, with Freedom Ridge third. Jimmy Takter trains Hard Livin, who extended his career bankroll to $261,551, for Christina Takter, John Fielding and Falkbolagen AB.

Baximum was not in a promising position for a young trotter, trailing by 6-1/2 lengths at the half and forced into a third-over trip. But the even-money favourite trotted strongly through the stretch, prevailing in 1:56.2 by a half length over On The Tab, with Kashs Caviar third.

“His lines showed that he was a little flat footed leaving, so I wanted to put him in the race,” Palone said. “He just didn’t feel comfortable to me. I really wasn’t that confident going into the last turn with that much ground to make up. But when I moved him, he felt good and solid.”

Jonas Czernyson trains Baximum, a son of Cantab Hall-Bax Machine, for Robert Rosenheim Stables