Make it nine straight wins for Geocentric

In the second of two $25,000 eliminations divisions of the Breeders Crown for freshman harness racing pacing females, 1-5 favorite Geocentric (Sweet Lou) with Tim Tetrick aboard, nailed down her ninth consecutive win for trainer Brian Brown in 1:51 for owners Leeman, Keith, Stambaugh and Sbrocco Friday, Oct. 20 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.  Geocentric pushed her career earnings to $549,251 with the win.

Ronnie Wrenn Jr. sent 43-1 shot Canigetalouploup to the lead in a :27.2 first quarter before being overtaken by the eventual winner, who paced through quarters of :56.3 and 1:25, before cruising under the wire well within herself.  My Girl EJ (Dexter Dunn) was second at 2-1, with Canigetalouploup third, Caviart Bell fourth, and Peace Talks fifth.

“She had picked a shoe half off in the post parade and we had to get it fixed,” said winning trainer Brian Brown about the slight race delay. “This mare doesn’t really do anything wrong. I was a little concerned about My Girl EJ coming down the stretch, but Timmy (driver Tetrick) never pulled the ear plugs.”

The filly is out of the unraced Somebeachsomewhere mare Geometry, bred by Diamond Creek Farm and has half-siblings in Horizontal (Always B Miki) p, 3, 1:48.4 ($99,182) and Divide (A Rocknroll Dance) p, 3, 1:54.1s ($46,733).

GEOCENTRIC REPLAY

Pass Line made it look easy in the first $25,000 Breeders Crown elimination for 2-year-old filly pacers.  The daughter of All Bets Off was the 3-5 choice among the bettors, securing the victory for trainer Ronnie Burke and driver Yannick Gingras.

The homebred bay filly is owned by Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, and Frank Baldachino and procured her sixth straight triumph with this win, the tenth of her career in 12 starts, and she now has $390,948 in career earnings for these connections.

“There was a lot of movement in the race and when I came up, they were going pretty slow up front,” said winning driver Gingras. “She can go pretty fast and this filly is Burke all the way in terms of breeding. They have more and more mares and the quality of them have gotten better over the past five years.”

When the gate opened in front of the field of six, 67-1 longshot Genie Hanover (Todd McCarthy) took the early lead to a :27 first quarter, before being overtaken by 52-1 Behest (Scott Zeron). Going to the half the leader was challenged by It’s A Love Thing (James MacDonald), the 4-1 choice, before Pass Line stormed quickly to the outside to the 1:26 three-quarters, pacing home to win easily in 1:53.  Blue Pacific got up for second, Camerican was third, with Behest and It’s A Love Thing rounding out the elim.

PASS LINE REPLAY

Pass Line is one of five horses trained by Burke in these two eliminations, while conditioner Brian Brown has two as well.

The field for the Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Filly Pace in post position order:

1. 1. Canigetalouploup
   2. Geocentric
   3. Behest
   4. Pass Line
   5. Canamerican
   6. It’s A Love Thing
   7. Caviart Belle
   8. My Girl EJ
   9. Blue Pacific
   10. Peace Talks

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Kimberly Rinker, for the Breeders Crown