sundays 2 year old colts and geldings pacers group 1

[the galah]

Last year they had 11 starters ,7 of which were from the all stars barn.

This year there is only 7 starters and 3 of the 7 are non win 2year olds.2 being from the all stars barn.

The leading 2 year old ,chase a dream was taken out of the race a couple of days after his big group 1 race last month. Apparently a blood test taken from him showed he needed a spell. From hitting the line strongly for an outstanding perfomance to needing a spell within a couple of days. I'm certain they know what they are doing,but would be interesting to know what the blood tests showed.Was it his red cell count?

The 2 year old colts and geldings trotters race only has 9 starters,4 of which are non win horses.

The 2 year old fillies have reasonable size fields.

so it seems the perdicted increase in numbers,because of running these big races in december has not eventuated in the last couple of years as was predicted..

Edited December 6, 2023 by the galah

[Chief Stipe]

5 minutes ago, the galah said:

The leading 2 year old ,chase a dream was taken out of the race a couple of days after his big group 1 race last month. Apparently a blood test taken from him showed he needed a spell. From hitting the line strongly for an outstanding perfomance to needing a spell within a couple of days. I'm certain they know what they are doing,but would be interesting to know what the blood tests showed.Was it his red cell count?

2yr olds can go off real quick.  September foal.  I've always been of the opinion whatever you can get at 2 is a bonus and don't go to the well too often.  Perhaps Swayzee is a case in point.

[Gammalite]

5 hours ago, the galah said:

The leading 2 year old ,chase a dream was taken out of the race a couple of days after his big group 1 race last month

not just the Sires stakes last month either. a lot of the good ones had to be at best a month prior to that too ..   All near their peak in October for the Harness Million $200,000 race. 

none of these below from October have made it to Sundays Ace of Spades $110,000 race .

e	Barrier	Hcap	Stakes	Fav	Time	Margin	Driver	Trainer
1	3	Cold Chisel	3	fr	100,000.00	5/4	2-23.1		Z E Butcher	Barry Purdon & Scott Phelan
2	15	Chase A Dream	15	fr	30,000.00	2/2	2-23.2	0.50	Mark Purdon	Mark & Nathan Purdon
3	4	Le Major	4	fr	16,000.00	1/1	2-23.2	0.70	B D Butcher	Arna Donnelly
4	13	Vessem	13	fr	8,000.00	3/3	2-23.3	1.40	B N Orange	Mark & Nathan Purdon
5	9	Hawkeye Pierce	9	fr	6,000.00	10/10	2-23.8	3.80	A G Herlihy MNZM	Logan Hollis & Shane Robertson
6	2	Always B Elite	2	fr	5,000.00	9/6	2-23.8	3.90	T W Mitchell	Barry Purdon & Scott Phelan
7	14	Renegade	14	fr	5,000.00	4/5	2-24.3	6.20	R T May	Brendon Hill
8	6	Commander Joe	6	fr	5,000.00	11/11	2-24.6	7.70	S J Ottley	Brent & Tim White
9	7	Hadron Collider	7	fr	5,000.00	7/7	2-24.6	7.70	John R Dunn	Robert & Jenna Dunn
10	11	Miki's Courage	11	fr	5,000.00	6/9	2-24.6	7.90	R J Butt	Robert & Jenna Dunn
11	5	Minos	5	fr	5,000.00	12/13	2-26.5	17.00	M P Jones	Mark Jones
12	12	Double Jeopardy	12	fr	5,000.00	8/8	2-26.5	17.30	T M Williams	Steve & Amanda Telfer
13	8	Shards Matrix	8	fr	5,000.00	13/12	2-45.1	110.00	S E O'Reilly (J)	Brent & Tim White