Jug winner headlines Juravinski Memorial elims

Fifteen of harness racing’s top four-year-old pacers, including Little Brown Jug champion Bythemissal (Downbytheseaside), will compete in the Charles Jurvainski Memorial Cup eliminations on Sunday (May 14).

The $35,000 preliminary contests for Flamboro Downs’s signature race, formerly known as the Confederation Cup, were drawn today. The $260,000E final is set for Sunday, May 21.

The track renamed the race last season in honour of its founder, Charles Juravinski, who passed away earlier in the year. Linedrive Hanover won the first edition under the new moniker in 1:49, a Canadian record for a half-mile track.

The elimination fields feature big names such as Bythemissal, recent Ontario-sired Graduate Series champ Cold Creek Queso (Betterthancheddar), Messenger Stakes winner Pleaseletmeknow, and Pennsylvania Sires Stakes final winner Fourever Boy (Sweet Lou). Two of the best drivers in the United States, Dexter Dunn and Yannick Gingras, are slated to make the trip north.

The full elimination fields are listed below:

Elimination 1

1. Birthday (Sweet Lou) – Yannick Gingras – Ron Burke
2. Dreamfair Arnie B (Sportswriter) – Travis Cullen – Jodie Cullen
3. Frozen Hanover (Somebeachsomewhere) – Louis-Philippe Roy – Luc Blais
4. Mind Hunter (Captaintreacherous) – Doug McNair – Per Engblom
5. Fourever Boy (Sweet Lou) – Dexter Dunn – Tim Twaddle
6. Layton Hanover (Captaintreacherous) – James MacDonald – Travis Alexander
7. Camara Moment (Control The Moment) – Doug McNair – Richard Moreau

Elimination 2

1. Trendy Teen (Always B Miki) – Doug McNair – Per Engblom
2. Cold Creek Queso (Betterthancheddar) – Sylvain Filion – Murray Brethour
3. Pleaseletmeknow (American Ideal) – James MacDonald – Travis Alexander
4. Ron (Sportswriter) – Phil Hudon – James ‘Friday’ Dean
5. Kolby Two Step (Betterthancheddar) – James MacDonald – Tim Gillespie
6. Roll With The Flow (Roll With Joe) – Bob McClure – Blake MacIntosh
7. Bythemissal (Downbytheseaside) – Yannick Gingras – Ron Burke
8. Energetic Hanover (Captaintreacherous) – Doug McNair – Tony Alagna

For complete race entries, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink