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Nuncio made it five wins in a row, grabbing the lead before the second turn and never yielding the position on his way to a three-quarter length victory over Harper Blue Chip in 1:54.1 over a �good� track in Thursday�s $200,350 Matron Stakes for 3-year-old male trotters at Dover Downs...read on
3 �riga hingstar 1.609 m auto Purse: $200 350
RACE 10 - Dover Downs - DE - November 6, 2022
Conditions: MATRON STAKES 3 Year Old Colts & Geldings
(Limited to the 8 highest money winners in 2014 at time of declaration who enter)
Gait: Trot Purse: $200,350 Class: 3YrCMatron Distance: 1 Mile Track Cond: GOOD
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1st Nuncio (3, H Andover Hall - Nicole Isabelle - Lindy Lane)
Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Stall Tz Inc - FL
Breeder(s): Russell Williams - PA
2nd Harper Blue Chip (3, H Majestic Son - Winning Jonlin - Muscles Yankee)
Registered Owner(s): Landmark 6 Racing Stable - ON, David McDonald - ON, David Reid - ON, George Judson - ON
Breeder(s): Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc - NY, Ray Schnittker - NY
3rd Hillustrious (3, H Muscle Hill - Mom`s Millionaire - Pine Chip)
Registered Owner(s): Deo Volente Farms LLC - NJ, Rivers Stable Inc - NJ, T L P Stable - NJ
Breeder(s): Moni Market Breeders - NY |
Nuncio was a 1:54.1 winner in the Matron Stakes for 3-year-old male trotters. |
Nuncio made it five wins in a row, grabbing the lead before the second turn and never yielding the position on his way to a three-quarter length victory over Harper Blue Chip in 1:54.1 over a �good� track in Thursday�s $200,350 Matron Stakes for 3-year-old male trotters at Dover Downs.
Hillustrious charged from near the rear of the field through the stretch to finish third. Father Patrick, the 1-2 favorite, went off stride soon after the start and was not a factor.
Starting from post eight, Nuncio was second to Harper Blue Chip in the opening quarter-mile, but took the lead as the horses passed the grandstand for the first time. Nuncio, driven by John Campbell, was the 6-5 second choice.
�I didn�t realize (Father Patrick made a break); I was concentrating on my horse and just keeping him to his task,� Campbell said.
Nuncio has won 11 of 16 races this year, including two jewels in the Trotting Triple Crown, the Kentucky Futurity and Yonkers Trot, and earned $1.39 million. He is owned by Stall TZ Inc. and trained by Jimmy Takter.
For his career, the son of Andover Hall-Nicole Isabelle has won 16 of 26 starts and never finished worse than second.
�He�s certainly one of the most consistent (horses) that I�ve been around,� Campbell said. �He just goes out and does his work. We had a little trouble last year sometimes rating him, but even when he was like that, he still was hard to beat.
�Jimmy worked with him, especially training down (this year) and made sure he came from behind all the time, and now he�s just turned into a professional where I can do whatever I want with him.�
Nuncio also won the 2013 Matron Stakes for 2-year-old male trotters.
�He gets around any sized track,� Campbell said. �When he�s come down here, he gets around it fine. He�s a horse that races good up near the front, and that works well here too.�
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