Keystone Classic 3YOFT 2010-09-15

RACE 6 - The Meadows - PA - September 15, 2010 Conditions: *****KEYSTONE CLASSIC***** 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES 1ST OF 3 DIVISIONS Gait: Trot Purse: $27,334 Class: KC-3YOF Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: FT Temp-Allow: 75-0 Off Time: 8:27 PM HN Horse PP Finish Actual LQ Odds Driver Trainer 7 Bone A Fide 7 1/1Q 1:55.2 29.1 2.70 Dave Palone Ron Burke 5 Barham Hanover 5 2/1Q 1:55.3 29.1 2.20 Mike Wilder Dan Altmeyer 2 Apple Plush 2 3/5Q 1:56.2 30.0 *1.60 Eric Ledford Roland Mallar 4 Keystone Fling 4 4/8Q 1:57.0 30.1 23.70 Tony Hall Steve Schoeffel 3 Lindy`s Got Back 3 5/8H 1:57.0 29.4 28.60 Richard Stillings Frank Antonacci 1 Whisk Hanover 1 6/12 1:57.4 30.4 11.10 Ray Paver Marty Wollam 8 Upfront Ob`s Janet 8 7/DIS 14.50 Greg Grismore Kelly O`Donnell 6 Si Bon Hall X6X 8/DIS 45.60 Brett Miller Jim Pollock Jr 1st Bone A Fide (3, M S J`s Photo - On The Bones - Dem Speedy Bones) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Burke Racing Stable LLC - PA, Sam Pullano - OH, Lawrence Karr - NJ, Phillip Collura - NJ Breeder(s): Richard Jones - NJ 2nd Barham Hanover (3, M Cantab Hall - Bar Queen - Malabar Man) Registered Owner(s): Dan Altmeyer - PA, Heather Wilder - PA, Richard Kelson - NY, Jack Piatt II - PA Breeder(s): Hanover Shoe Farms Inc - PA 3rd Apple Plush (3, M Sj`s Caviar - Miss Molly Tamale - Final Score) Registered Owner(s): Michael Andrew - ME Breeder(s): Michael Andrew - ME

RACE 8 - The Meadows - PA - September 15, 2010 Conditions: *****KEYSTONE CLASSIC***** 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES 2ND OF 3 DIVISIONS Gait: Trot Purse: $27,334 Class: KC-3YOF Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: FT Temp-Allow: 75-0 Off Time: 9:05 PM HN Horse PP Finish Actual LQ Odds Driver Trainer 1 Behindclosedoors 1 1/H 1:55.3 29.0 *0.30 Dave Palone Chuck Sylvester 3 Up Front Juansteen 3 2/H 1:55.3 28.4 7.00 Tony Hall Kelly O`Donnell 2 Ally-gal Ridge 2 3/2T 1:56.1 29.1 7.70 Greg Grismore Ron Burke 7 Pursuit Of Dream 7 4/6Q 1:56.4 30.0 18.60 Eric Ledford Henrik Hollsten 6 Flawless Lindy 6 5/7 1:57.0 29.0 80.40 Rodney Bolon Rodney Bolon 8 Sabana Hanover 8 6/12 1:58.0 29.4 80.60 Doug Snyder Clarence Martin Jr 4 Liz 4 7/28T 2:01.2g 33.3 7.10 Mike Wilder John Alley 5 Andovermetreasure X5X DNF 73.30 Brett Miller Rich Gillock 1st Behindclosedoors (3, M Andover Hall - Margarita Nights - Yankee Glide) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Melvin Hartman - ON, Herb Liverman - FL, David Mc Duffee - FL Breeder(s): L&L Devisser LLC - MI 2nd Up Front Juansteen (3, M Andover Hall - Yankee Dakota - Balanced Image) Registered Owner(s): C Mullinax - OH, Murray Brown - PA Breeder(s): Hanover Shoe Farms Inc - PA 3rd Ally-gal Ridge (3, M Tom Ridge - Armbro Waikiki - Garland Lobell) Registered Owner(s): Kenneth Ross - PA, Claire Ross - PA Breeder(s): Kenneth Ross - PA

RACE 10 - The Meadows - PA - September 15, 2010 Conditions: *****KEYSTONE CLASSIC***** 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES 3RD OF 3 DIVISIONS Gait: Trot Purse: $27,334 Class: KC-3YOF Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: FT Temp-Allow: 75-0 Off Time: 9:42 PM HN Horse PP Finish Actual LQ Odds Driver Trainer 4 Action-broadway 4 1/NK 1:54.4 29.2 1.60 Brett Miller Virgil Morgan Jr 1 Christiana Hanover 1 2/NK 1:54.4 29.0 *1.20 Riina Rekila Riina Rekila 6 Merger Blue Chip 6 3/1T 1:55.1 29.3 15.40 Greg Grismore Bjorn Noren 5 Cessna Hanover 5 4/4T 1:55.4 29.4 39.20 Tony Hall Jonas Czernyson 7 Perfect Photo 7 5/8T 1:56.3 30.0 14.70 Eric Ledford Julie Miller 2 Agenda Tom Ridge 2 6/14Q 1:57.3 31.2 15.40 Mike Wilder Ron Burke 8 Miss Ridge 8 7/15Q 1:57.4 30.4 103.90 Randy Tharps Kelly O`Donnell 3 Easy Dream 3X 8/DIS 4.50 Dave Palone Henrik Hollsten 1st Action-broadway (3, M Broadway Hall - Photo With Molly - S J`s Photo) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Kenneth Sommer - OH Breeder(s): Kenneth Sommer - OH 2nd Christiana Hanover (3, M Andover Hall - Cr Calendar Girl - S J`s Photo) Registered Owner(s): Overseas Farms LTD - ON Breeder(s): Hanover Shoe Farms Inc - PA 3rd Merger Blue Chip (3, M Cantab Hall - Caviar Please - Royal Prestige) Registered Owner(s): Lars-Goran Jonsson - SD Breeder(s): Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc - NY

Keystone Classic Stakes Record For Action Broadway

Action Broadway powered to the lead with a quarter-pole move and held on late to capture a division of Wednesday’s Keystone Classic at The Meadows in a stakes-record 1:54.4.

The $82,002 event for three-year-old filly trotters was contested over three divisions, with Bone A Fide and Behindclosedoors taking the other splits. All three fillies bettered the previous stakes record of 1:55.4 established by Swoosh Hanover in 2008. Dave Palone enjoyed a stakes driving double, among his six victories on the 15-race card, with Bone A Fide and Behindclosedoors.

Action Broadway was making her second start following a costly break in the American National and appeared in top form. Nevertheless, she was all out for Brett Miller to fend off the late charge of Christiana Hanover, who fell a neck short. Merger Blue Chip was third.

“In my opinion, when she’s right, she’s the fastest trotting filly in the country,” Miller said. “She’s a little tough to drive, and she had a little accident after the Elegant Image. She just now seems to be coming back into form.”

Virgil Morgan, Jr. trains the daughter of Broadway Hall-Photo With Molly, who extended her career bankroll to $238,238, for Ken Sommer.

Bone A Fide earned more than $200,000 at two and looked to be a force in her division. But her sophomore campaign became what conditioner Ron Burke calls a “train wreck.”

“It’s been a disaster,” Burke said. “Anything that can go wrong has gone wrong. She showed some flashes, but every big race, we ended up in the wrong spot or made a break. She really hasn’t been as bad as it seems. I have no doubt she’ll be a very nice mare at four and five. She’s got the body, the size and the ability.”

Treated with Lasix for the first time In the Keystone Classic, Bone A Fide showed signs of turning things around, scoring a facile front-end victory in 1:55.2. Barham Hanover was 1-1/4 lengths back in second, with Apple Plush third.

Burke said Burke Racing Stable, Sam Pullano, Larry Karr and Phillip Collura might send the daughter of SJs Photo-On The Bones to the Breeders Crown.

“We’ve thrown good money after bad already with her,” Burke said. “We stick to it. We’re not quitters.”

Sent off the 1-5 favourite, Behindclosedoors made the lead before the quarter but had to dig in to thwart the late threat of Up Front Juansteen and down that rival by a half-length in 1:55.3. Ally Gal Ridge completed the trifecta.

“I think I’d have been better off stretching her out,” Palone said, “because when you go slow fractions like that, you let others in the race. I wasn’t dissatisfied with my filly. I knew Up Front Juansteen would be a handful. It was still a good mile — especially off slow fractions.”

Chuck Sylvester trains Behindclosedoors, a daughter of Andover Hall-Margarita Nights, who now boasts earnings of $365,630, for Melvin Hartman, Herb Liverman and David McDuffee.