Massachusetts Trot Eligibles Unveiled
Plainridge Park has released the list of eligibles for its signature event, the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot, which will be contested on Friday, July 28).
The roster was confirmed after the second sustaining payments were received on Monday, May 15.
Thirty-four horses and geldings and four mares make up the 38 qualified to vie for the nine starting slots in the one-mile event.
The all-star field of aged Open trotters is highlighted by five millionaires, namely International trotting star Resolve ($2,299,754), 2015 Colonial Trot and multi-stakes-winning Crazy Wow ($1,772,564), 2016 Hambletonian champion and 2016 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year Marion Marauder ($1,791,518), 2016 Dan Patch aged male Trotter of the Year Obrigado ($1,670,999) and 2016 Dan Patch Trotting Mare of the Year Hannelore Hanover ($1,478,478).
The competition for this race is heating up as probable entrants are already making headlines in other events globally.
Resolve recently finished third in the Elitlopp in 1:51.3; Crazy Wow won the Charlie Hill Memorial Trot at Eldorado Scioto Downs, defeating Obrigado in a track record time of 1:52; Marion Marauder won his seasonal debut in the Graduate at Tioga Downs in 1:52.4, and Hannelore Hanover won back to back stakes in her last two outings at Mohawk Racetrack in 1:52.4 and 1:52.2.
Needless to say, the Plainridge Park all-time trotting mark of 1:53.1 will be in definite peril on that last Friday of July.
A complete list of all 38 eligibles to the Spirit of Massachusetts Trot appears below.
CENTURION ATM
CLASSIC VENTURE
CRAZSHANA
CRAZY WOW
CRESCENT FASHION
CUFFLINK HANOVER
DAYSON
DUPREE
FASHION CREDITOR
FLOWERS N SONGS
GURAL HANOVER
HANNELORE HANOVER
HEMI SEELSTER
HOLLYWOOD HIGHWAY
HOMICIDE HUNTER
JL CRUZE
MAESTRO BLUE CHIP
MAJOR ATHENS
MAMBO LINDY
MARION MARAUDER
MASTER OF LAW
MIDNITE CRAZE
MUSCLE DIAMOND
OBRIGADO
PASITHEA FACE
PRAIRIE FORTUNE
RESOLVE
RUBBER DUCK
RULES OF THE ROAD
SIXTEEN MIKES
SKATES N PLATES
TROLLEY
TUONOBLU REX
UP THE ALLEY
WAITLIFTER K
WIND OF THE NORTH
WINGS OF ROYALTY
WINTER HARBOR
(Plainridge Park)