Harrington Raceway will offer a $6,000 guaranteed Pick 4 pool on the Monday (September 6) program, which also features two Bobby Quillen Memorial eliminations, hosting some of racing’s top older pacers.
The Quillen eliminations are slated as races eight and 10, while the Pick 4 begins in race three. The guaranteed Pick 4 is offered in conjunction with the USTA’s strategic wagering program. Handicappers wanting a sneak peak at the pick four and the entire Monday program can download it for free here.
A total of 11 horses entered the eighth annual Quillen this year, including last year’s champion Clear Vision, and two-time previous champ Foiled Again are among a stellar group that also includes recent Joe Gerrity Memorial (Saratoga) winner Dancin Yankee.
Racing fans who witnessed the 2013 Quillen final saw arguably one of the best stretch battles of the season as stablemates Foiled Again and Clear Vision battled head and head throughout the entire final quarter-mile with Clear Vision eventually edging clear of his ageless stablemate in an epic finish. The 10-year-old Foiled Again, the richest standardbred in history, is making a record sixth start in the Quillen, while Clear Vision is entering his fourth. Both horses are part of a powerful Ron Burke-trained stable.
Their rivalry will have to wait at least a week to be renewed as both previous Quillen regulars drew into different splits in the eliminations. Foiled Again (8-5, Yannick Gingras), owned by Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi and JJK Stables, drew post five in the first elimination and heads a five-horse field that includes I Like Dreamin (3/-, Pat Lachance), Tarpon Hanover (9-2, Brett Miller), Easy Again (2-1, Matt Kakaley) and Doctor Butch (4-1, Tim Tetrick).
Clear Vision (2-1, Miller) drew post five in the second elim, in a field with Dancin Yankee (9-2, Tyler Buter), Heston Blue Chip (9-2, Tetrick), who finished third in last year’s Quillen final, Bettors Edge (4-1, Kakaley), Aracache Hanover (5-1, Gingras), and Statesman N (6-1, Corey Callahan).
The top four finishers from the two divisions will return to compete in the $220,000 final on Monday, September 15.
Post time is 5:30 p.m.
(Harrington Raceway)