Down Under Winners from North America – 2nd July

Swedish Starlet, a New Zealand bred daughter of Mach Three, hoisted a fresh lifetime mark  of 1:52 in leading throughout from the No. 8 gate in the $20,000 Fillies and Mares’ Open Handicap at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (June 25). It was her seventh harness racing success for the season. 

SWEDISH STARLET REPLAY

The Sir Lincoln gelding Bundoran, who was bred by the late Mike Stratford, became the latest NZ pacer to enter the 1:50 list in America when he clocked 1:49.8 winning a $17,000 race at Hoosier Park on Friday (June 28), while Mirragon (by Art Major) earned a new speed badge of 1:49.8 in winning at Pocono Downs on Saturday night (June 29). 

In The Spotlight, a six-year-old Bettor’s Delight mare, led in an ANZAC quinella when she went wire-to-wire in 1:52.2 in the $12,000 mares’ feature at Tioga Downs on Friday. Oaxacan Dream finished runner-up. 

Heaven On High NZ, a son of Rock N Roll Heaven, tied his lifetime mark of 1:51.8 when he scored a 3-1/4 lengths romp in a $15,000 Open at Saratoga Raceway on Saturday. 

Meanwhile, the Victorian bred Drain The Swamp (by Somebeachsomewhere) took a new lifetime mark of 1:50.8 winning the $10,000 feature at Tioga Downs on Sunday (June 30). 

 

Monday, June 24 

Grand River Raceway, Ontario 

Reactor Now (Auckland Reactor) 1:52.4 – $7,200 

Harrington Raceway, Delaware 

Willie Go West NZ (Auckland Reactor) 1:54.8 – $11,000 

Plainridge Park, Massachusetts 

Paternity Suit (Rock N Roll Heaven) 1:52 – $15,000 

Saratoga Raceway, New York 

Fond Memories (Mach Three) 1:55 – $5,250 

Yonkers Raceway, New York 

Hemsworth NZ (Sweet Lou) 1:51.2 – $39,000 

Sumomentsomewhere (Somebeachsomewhere) 1:51.8 – $24,000 

Venturesome Arden NZ (Captaintreacherous) 1:53.2 – $35,000 

 

Tuesday, June 25 

Oak Grove, Kentucky 

Doug’s Babe (Western Terror) 1:50.6 – $41,000 

Plainridge Park, Massachusetts 

Swedish Starlet NZ (Mach Three) 1:52 – $20,000 

Yonkers Raceway, New York 

Micky Gee NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:52.4 – $30,000 

Okinawa Beach (Somebeachsomewhere) 1:52.6 – $22,000 

All The Rage NZ (Captaintreacherous) 1:53.2 – $18,000 

 

Wednesday, June 26 

Harrington Raceway, Delaware 

Tiger Thompson NZ (Big Jim) 1:55.2 – $5,500 

Monticello Raceway, New York 

Sweet N Fast NZ (Christian Cullen) 1:55.4 – $6,500 

The Meadows, Pennsylvania 

Infinite Symbol (Indomitable Saab) 1:51.8 – $7,800 

Yonkers Raceway, New York 

Ignatius (Roll With Joe) 1:54.2 – $18,000 

Sheikh Yabooty NZ (Big Jim) 1:58.6 – $15,000 

 

Thursday, June 27 

Monticello Raceway, New York 

Provocative Prince NZ (Grinfromeartoear) 1:57.4 – $4,000 

Scioto Downs, Ohio 

Newsy NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:51 – $8,000 

 

Friday, June 28 

Cumberland Raceway, Maine 

Chumlee (Somebeachsomewhere) 1:59.8 – $3,500 

Harrah’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Never Say Never NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:51.2 – $11,000 

Nota Replica (Courage Under Fire) 1:52 – $8,000 

Blood Moon (Pet Rock) 1:53.2 – $9,500 

Hoosier Park, Indiana 

Bundoran NZ (Sir Lincoln) 1:49.8 – $17,000 

Knight’s Templar (Art Major) 1:50.4 – $15,200 

Howard Hughes NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:50.8 – $13,700 

Meadowlands, New Jersey 

Majorly Sexy (Art Major) 1:53.2 – $11,500 

The Meadows, Pennsylvania 

Kilowatt Kid NZ (American Ideal) 1:51.8 – $12,000 

Tioga Downs, New York 

In The Spotlight NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:52.2 – $12,000 

Yonkers Raceway, New York 

Mighthavtime NZ (Betterthancheddar) 1:54.4 – $18,000 

 

Saturday, June 29 

Buffalo Raceway, New York 

Mach Le More (Mach Three) 1:53.2 – $14,000 

Georgian Downs, Ontario 

Louis Litt NZ (Art Major) 1:59.2 – $5,250 

Northfield Park, Ohio 

A Delightful Act NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:52 – $20,500 

Pocono Downs, Pennsylvania 

Mirragon (Art Major) 1:49.8 – $11,000 

Typhoon Banner NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:50.2 – $14,500 

Saratoga Raceway, New York 

Heaven On High NZ (Rock N Roll Heaven) 1:51.8 – $15,000 

Rhythm N Blues NZ (Rock N Roll Heaven) 1:54 – $9,000 

Becher’s Brook (Somebeachsomewhere) 1:54.4 – $11,500 

Woodbine Mohawk Park, Ontario 

Flight Crew NZ (Panspacificflight) 1:51.4 – $18,000 

Yonkers Raceway, New York 

Alotbettor NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:54.4 – $15,000 

Waimac Attack NZ (Mach Three) 1:54.4 – $13,000

 

Sunday, June 30 

Bangor Raceway, Maine 

Late Mail NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:57.4 – $4,400 

Vergeofgreatness NZ (Washington VC) 1:59.6 – $4,000 

Harrah’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Pat McGarry (Million Dollar Cam) 1:49.8 – $14.000 

Northfield Park, Ohio 

Statement Made (Bettor’s Delight) 1:54.2 – $8,400 

Ocean Downs, Maryland 

On The Cards NZ (Bettor’s Delight) 1:52.8 – $12,000 

Mongolian Hero NZ (Mach Three) 1:55.2 – $6,500 

Pocono Downs, Pennsylvania 

Mach Doro (Mach Three) 1:51.6 – $11,000 

Tioga Downs, New York 

Drain The Swamp (Somebeachsomewhere) 1:50.8 – $10,000 

Vulcan Star NZ (A Rocknroll Dance) 1:53.8 – $7,000 

 

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by Peter Wharton, for Harnesslink