Who would harness racing's sharpest minds select in the 2020 Trot Magazine Fantasy Stable? Trot Insider will feature 'expert picks' in advance of the deadline for this year's contest.
Trot Insider asked Gabe Prewitt, announcer for Pompano Park & The Red Mile and TV analyst for The Meadowlands, to send it in and offer his analysis for the 2020 Fantasy Stable. Prewitt thinks Looksgoodinaromper looks like a solid choice in Group G for a number of reasons.
"I absolutely loved watching Looksgoodinaromper early last year in Ohio to begin her career, and I remember chatting with Ronnie on Ohio Super Night at Northfield and he couldn’t have possibly been any higher on her. I know he believes she has elite Grand Circuit type talent, I just believe she may have been a little raced out last year by the time the end of the year came around. It wouldn’t shock me at all to see on the very highest stages this season. Plus I think Ohio may get back racing before some other jurisdictions which should give her a bit of a head start in earnings."
Looksgoodinaromper (Pet Rock - Dont Blame Her) posted a 5-1-2 summary in 12 starts last year and accrued $331,346 in earnings for trainer Ron Burke and owners Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC. The filly established a new world record in taking her 1:52.3h lifetime mark at Northfield Park.
Group A:
Tall Dark Stranger
Group B:
Caviart Ally
Group C:
Manchego
Group D:
American History
Group E:
Hypnotic AM
Group F:
Priceless
Group G:
Looksgoodinaromper
Group H:
Captain Victorious
Group I: Two-Year-Old Colt Pacers:
Beachhead
One Eight Hundred (sold as Some Terror)
Group J: Two-Year-Old Filly Pacers:
Three Way Split (sold as Takeaway Hanover)
Three Times A Lady (sold as Emissary)
Group K: Two-Year-Old Colt Trotters:
Maverick
Damien
Group L: Two-Year-Old Filly Trotters:
The Ice Countess
Illicit Funds
Group M: Trainers 1:
Tony Alagna
Group N: Trainers 2:
Carmen Auciello
Group O: Drivers 1:
Tim Tetrick
Group P: Drivers 2:
Andy McCarthy
Group Q: Drivers 3:
Bob McClure
Group R: Drivers 4:
Jody Jamieson
Entries for the 2020 Fantasy Stable Contest can be made up until 5:00 pm (EST) on Friday, May 17. Stables cannot be altered once submitted. Click here to enter!
The contest is based on total earnings of selected horses and five percent of the earnings of selected trainers and drivers between May 17 and December 31, 2020..
For the purposes of the fantasy bankroll, the winners (horses only) of the 2020 Breeders Crown Finals will each receive a $200,000 contest bankroll bonus. Also, in the two-year-old categories, contestants are once again asked to select TWO horses.
At the end of the year, the winner of the contest will receive entry into and travel to the 2021 World Harness Handicapping Championship, a prize valued at (approx) $1,300.
PLEASE NOTE: TROT/SC reserve the right to change the entry, start and/or end dates of this contest, depending on how the 2020 harness racing season may be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Stay tuned to the Standardbred Canada website for more details.
Previously Featured Expert Picks:
► Emily Gaskin
► Ken Middleton
► Paul Kelley
► Greg Blanchard