Text Me Looks For More ‘Goodtimes’

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A total of 27 sophomore trotting colts, including Ontario Sires Stakes superstar Text Me, have entered in the Goodtimes Trot and will face off this Saturday in three eliminations for a spot in the $387,000 final

, which will take place on Pepsi North America Cup night, Saturday, June 26.

Text Me heads into Saturday’s eliminations coming off a 1:55.1 career-best victory in the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold final on May 31 at Mohawk Racetrack. With $455,326 stashed away in earnings, the 2009 O’Brien Award finalist is the leading money-earner out of the 27 colts entered.

Randy Waples is listed to drive the homebred Kadabra-Dial Nile colt, who has drawn Post 6 in the second elimination slated for Race 3 (8:12 p.m. post time). Trainer Bob McIntosh shares ownership of the bay with C S X Stables of Liberty Center, Ohio and Dave Boyle of Bowmanville, ON.

Last year’s Kentucky Sires Stakes champion, Victors Future, will make his season’s debut in the same elimination for trainer-driver Trond Smedshammer and owner Joseph Muscara of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. The son of Valley Victor-Baby Bella, who earned $185,252 at two, has been assigned Post 8.

Meanwhile, Grumpy Jake and Zorgwijk Kingpin, last year’s OSS Super Final runner-up and third-place finisher to Text Me, will face off in the first elimination set to open Saturday’s card (7:30 p.m. post time). Grumpy Jake and Jack Moiseyev will leave from Post 5 for trainer Mike Guitard while Zorgwijk Kingpin will make his season’s debut for conditioner Ronnie MacLean with Trevor Ritchie from Post 4.

In the third elimination set for Race 4 (8:33 p.m. post time), this year’s Tie Silk Trotting Series winner, Lorenzo Dream, and driver Sylvain Filion have been assigned Post 3 for trainer Vincent Courne and owner-breeder Reve Avec Moi Dreamwithme of Knowlton, QC.

Here are the complete fields for this Saturday’s Goodtimes Trot eliminations:

Goodtimes Trot Elimination #1 - Race 1
1. Windsun Galaxie
2. Jetblue Volo
3. Priority Photo
4. Zorgwijk Kingpin
5. Grumpy Jake
6. Quantum Antonio
7. Onmyagame
8. Hard Cider
9. Oh No Its Steveo

Goodtimes Trot Elimination #2 - Race 3
1. Newport Volo
2. Rock Hollywood
3. Windsong Geant
4. Look Closer
5. Ive Got It All
6. Text Me
7. Call The Warden
8. Victors Future
9. Rodeo

Goodtimes Trot Elimination #3 - Race 4
1. Brother Glide
2. Beer League
3. Lorenzo Dream
4. Sailaway Dream
5. Southwind Wrangler
6. Southwind Voltage
7. The First Time
8. Sing Jesse Sing
9. Adrion Dream

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