On Saturday, May 16, Barber Pole, River Shark, Chasin Racin, Arctic Warrior and Dan Carter will head up a field of talented three-year-old pacing colts and geldings that will be converging on Pocono Downs
for the eliminations for the Max C. Hempt Memorial Pace.
Three $25,012 elims have been drawn. The top three finishers from each elim will move on to the $300,140 final, to be contested Saturday, May 23.
Race 7 on the 16-race Pocono card will feature Arctic Warrior, coming off a third-place finish in the $230,000 final of the Berry’s Creek at the Meadowlands, along with Dan Carter, who recently swept the Mohegan Pace finals with a 1:50.3 clocking over the five-eighths mile oval. Johnny Z and 2009 Matts Scooter victor Chasin Racin will compete as a entry in the dash from the barn of trainer George Teague, Jr.
Barber Pole -- the subject of a recent Trot Insider exclusive -- will contest the second elim, carded as Race 9. Schoolkids, ranked as the 25-1 tenth choice in Trot Magazine's 2009 Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book, will also partake in the second elim.
The third elim (Race 11) will feature Sheer Desire, the 12-1 fifth choice in Trot's Spring book.
Elim #1
Post - Horse
1 - Johnny Z
2 - Rays Western
3 - Gallant Yankee
4 - Arctic Warrior
5 - Chasin Racin
6 - Dan Carter
7 - Picassos Boy
Elim #2
Post - Horse
1 - Lahaye
2 - Schoolkids
3 - Barber Pole
4 - Magicmaker Hanover
5 - Spring Again
6 - River Shark
7 - Mr Wiggles
Elim #3
Post - Horse
1 - Sand Benelli
2 - Rustys All In
3 - Upfront Hoosierboy
4 - Bunkmeister
5 - Sheer Desire
6 - Built To Drive
7 - Mobile
(With files from Pocono)