Filly World Trotting Derby Drawn
The draw for the $166,000 World Trotting Derby for three-year-old fillies was conducted last night at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in Illinois.
The event will take place during the Friday afternoon card at the fairground. First race post time for the card is 12:00 noon.
The connections of Andover Hall filly Emma Rose and Lindy Lane bay Morguns Sweetheart made the $5,000 supplemental payment to have their lasses participate in the event.
In post position order, the field, with driver and trainer listed after the horse's name, is below.
1 - Saorse - TBA, M. Ortolan
2 - Emma Rose - B. Holland - E. Miller
3 - No Pain No Gain - D. Miller - J. Czernyson
5 - Blue Darter - TBA - M. Ortolan
6 - Diana Hall - D. Magee - F. De Cid
7 - Lantern Kronos - J. Takter - J. Takter
8 - Two Nts With Her - T. Tetrick - T. Hagmann
9 - Poster Pinup - D. Miller - T. Smedshammer
10 - Morguns Sweetheart - E. Goodell - B. Sholty
The conditions of the race call for purse payouts to tenth place. The breakdown is as follows:
1st - $76,360
2nd - $36,520
3rd - $18,260
4th - $11,620
5th - $6,640
6th through 10th place receive $3,320
The top ten fillies with the highest career purse earnings are accepted to enter the race; the filly All Our Moni entered the race, but her earnings were less than the ten who will race on Friday and she will not start.
(With files from Harness Racing Communications)