Sunset Warrior - 2CP
The only event to be split into eliminations In all three editions of the Breeders Crown, the Two-year-old Colt Pace was the firsf of the four races held at Garden State Park on November 14, and the $817,000 contest set the tone for the surprising night of racing that followed.
Track Robbery was the first to hit the wire in the eariier, and weaker of the eliminations, but the Governor Skipper colt broke into a gallop shortly before the finish and was placed second behind the valiant Maxamllion Hanover, who cut every step of the 1 :55.3 mile before succumbing to Track Robbery's surge. Third and fourth places, and spots in the final, went to Meadowbranch Bret and the favorite, Nukem,
The second elimination was a showcase for the richest two-year-old in the history of harness racing, Jerry Smith's Redskin. The chestnut Storm Damage homebred was sent to the front past the halt, and posted an easy 1 :55.3 victory for driver BIii O'Donnell. Three Jongshots followed the 1 • 5 shot across the wire: Savage Breeze, the lightly-raced Sunset Warrior, and Run The Table, a stablemate of Maximlllon Hanovsr In the Del Insko shQdiow.
The final was a shocker. Sunset Warrior, who had fll'llshed fastest of al in the eliminations, was sent to the front by Bil Gale, and, when O'Donnell, who had worked out a perfectsecond-ov81'voyage fo<the odds-on choice, asked Redskin for speed, Sunset Warrior responded with just a little more. Bm Gale popped the earplugs out of the homebred Sundance Sklpper colt's ears, and the pride and joy of the Little Farm and trainer Bob McIntosh chugged onward, malntaining a three-quarter of a length lead at the wire. Maxamillon Hanover was third, four lengths behind the winner.
Owner
Little Farm
Trainer | Driver
Bob McIntosh | Bill Gale
