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.
New to the panel of experts this year is trainer Nancy Takter, who has offered her analysis for the 2020 Fantasy Stable. After back-to-back Dan Patch Awards in the two-year-old pacing colt division with Captain Crunch (2018) and Tall Dark Stranger (2019), Takter's insight for that division in the 2020 Fantasy Stable is not to be overlooked. And quite understandably, she's selected two colts she knows very well -- One Eight Hundred and Gretzky.
"One Eight Hundred and Gretzky are both very well-bred sons of Somebeachsomewhere both have trained down to this point very easily. They are both great gaited and have good attitudes."
Sold as Some Terror at the 2019 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, One Eight Hundred was a $800,000 yearling sale purchase of Takter and Brixton Medical Ab. A son of Somebeachsomewhere from the world champion Economy Terror, One Eight Hundred fetched the highest price ever for a pacing yearling selling at auction.
Originally named Full Of It Hanover, Gretzky (Somebeachsomewhere - Francessa) was a $310,000 Harrisburg purchase with Diamond Creek Racing,J And T Silva Stables, Order By Stable and Howard Taylor partnering on the ownership. Gretzky is the first foal of Francessa, a half-sister to double millionaire Downbytheseaside.
Group A:
Tall Dark Stranger
Group B:
Gimpanzee
Group C:
Manchego
Group D:
American History
Group E:
Hypnotic AM
Group F:
JK First Lady
Group G:
Cattlewash
Group H:
JK American Beauty
Group I: Two-Year-Old Colt Pacers:
One Eight Hundred (sold as Some Terror)
Gretzky (sold as Full Of It Hanover)
Group J: Two-Year-Old Filly Pacers:
Caviart Audrey (sold as Beach Finale)
Odds On Whitney (sold as Panda Hanover)
Group K: Two-Year-Old Colt Trotters:
Really Fast
Damien
Group L: Two-Year-Old Filly Trotters:
The Ice Countess
Illicit Funds
Group M: Trainers 1:
Nancy Takter
Group N: Trainers 2:
Blake MacIntosh
Group O: Drivers 1:
Yannick Gingras
Group P: Drivers 2:
Andy McCarthy
Group Q: Drivers 3:
Bob McClure
Group R: Drivers 4:
James MacDonald
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:
► Gabe Prewitt
► Emily Gaskin
► Ken Middleton
► Paul Kelley
► Greg Blanchard