Peoplesayimnogood equals York (PA) all-age record

YORK PA — The "King of the Pennsylvania Fairs," Roger Hammer, has generated a lot of headlines during the summer season with his two-year-old trotting filly A Little Laid Back, who has set three divisional track records, and now it looks like he may sweep the Fair Championship filly trots, as Peoplesayimnogood has nobody saying that after the sophomore equaled the all-age track trotting record of 2:01.2 here Tuesday, closing day of a two-day meet.

 

The Lear Jetta filly Peoplsayimnogood had been the division's leading pointwinner in an evenly-matched group summerlong, but she claimed a spot alongside sophomore trotting colt Southwind Nitro in the boldface York record books as she trotted in 29.4, 1:00.1, and 1:31.1 en route to the record-equaling clocking for owner/trainer/driver Hammer.

 

A divisional track record had been demolished on Monday as the homebred Explosive Matter – Tahiti Springs freshman trotting gelding Major Matter cruised the slick York oval in 2:02.1, wiping out the previous mark of 2:03.4 set by Markup Hanover, with trainer Rick Beinhauer, also the trainer, in the sulky; Beinhauer also co-owns the fast gelding with wife Regina. Major Matter is undefeated in four fair starts, but he may have to win at Gratz and Bloomsburg, the circuit's last two stops, to get enough points to guarantee himself a spot in his $25,000 Fair Championship October 10 at The Meadows.

 

Hammer's powerhouse pair of pacing colts kept rolling along; in one case, his chief rival kept pace, while the other was upset in his York start. The Nuclear Breeze-B T Falcon gelding Billy's Falcon (12-10-2-0 at the fairs) won a division of the two-year-old event in 2:01.4 for his owner/trainer/driver, while archrival Well Lets See (12-10-0-2) ran his win streak to five in 2:04.1, with Brandon Givens driving the Well Said – Lionness Hanover colt for trainer Kevin Lare and owner Frank Chick.

 

On the sophomore side, R N Nate made it seven straight and 11-10-1-0 for the year, the Nuclear Breeze gelding buzzing home in 27.3 to complete a 2:00 mile for his breeder/owner/trainer/driver. But in the other section, Royaltyhasarrived lost his ten-race winning streak when Hammer's friendly wrestling rival from high-school days, Sam Beegle, guided Modern Yankee, a 1:51.2 winner at Philly on August 30, around the York oval in 1:58.3, with "Royalty"'s furious rally into the mile's 29 kicker coming up just a neck shy. The victorious Yankee Crusier colt is also trained by Beegle, USTA District Directorvfor Pennsylvania and president of the PHHA, for his Ginger Tree Stable LLC, James Brown, and Donald Currie.

 

In fact, Beegle wound up with the two fastest miles of the meet, as three races later, the sophomore Quik Pulse Mindale filly Angel Fling toured the twicearound in 1:59.4-28.1. This was the initial fair appearance for both of Beegle's three-year-olds and thus they are unlikely to make the Championships, so defending divisional champ Kesytone I Wish, who won the other 3PF section in 2:00.2 for Todd Schadel, might well repeat. (Schadel was unlucky the day before: his 2TC St Michel Hanover won in 2:03.3, which eclipsed the local divisional standard at the start of the day, but Major Matter's record mile was carded just ahead of his.)

 

One double-digit fair winning streak still alive is that of the Moon Beam – DVC Ibleievnangles baby pacing filly Unbeamlievable, who won for the tenth straight time in 2:02, a divisional season's record for the fairs. The filly, now 11 for 12 at the fairs, is campaigned by Team Shaw — driver Chris, trainer Jason, and "sophomore" owner Mason — who also have the filly Tropical Terror, last year's winningest two-year-old in all of North America.