By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
CHESTER PA – Ron Burke achieved his 16,000th career training victory earlier this week, and based on the action at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, he seems to want to get to 17,000 in the shortest amount of time possible.
During $237,566 of third round stakes action for the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series two-year-old pacing males, Burke sent out four of the winners, including both divisional Sire Stakes winners. One of the Sire Stakes winners in now perfect in three PaSS starts – and the other heat went faster, and Burke horses finished 1-2.
It may be a slight injustice to say that the Stay Hungry – Francessa colt Frantic Hanover, the triple PaSS winner (he won a PA All-Stars division in his only other career race), was the “slower” winner, because the fleet freshman was raced off the pace by Tim Tetrick in a race with a :58 clocking to the half. But Frantic Hanover made up the requisite ground late to win by three quarters of a length over Ain’tplayinnice in 1:52.1 – Frantic Yankee posted individual back numbers of :53.3 – :26, numbers more associated with free-for-allers over a mile track. Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Knox Services Inc., and Brad Grant have a horse who has already earned the title of ”star,” having never come his last quarter as “slow” as :27, not even in his first qualifier – and no other PaSS horse in the group has been able to post even two victories.
The “faster” of the two Sire Stakes, 1:51.3, saw the Burke Brigade finish first and second, as the Papi Rob Hanover – Baron Remy colt Al Papi quarter-moved for driver Yannick Gingras, then continued on with relentless speed to also post a three quarter length margin, with stablemate Melillo slow to gain full clearance and flying in the stretch but just having too much ground to make up. Al Papi, who also has a PA All-Stars credit to his name and who lowered his mark with this victory, is owned by Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC along with partners J&T Silva- Purnel & Libby and Lawrence Karr.
Gingras also drove Burke’s two winners in the five division Stallion Series competition, including another winner who is undefeated in three PA program stakes start while the opposition has yet to achieve a double. That one is named Another C Note, a Captaintreacherous – Kate Can’t Wait colt, and he also posted the quickest StS time, a new mark of 1:52.1, dashing home in :55.4 - :27.3 after being parked three-eighths to get the lead and then holding it for Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Let It Ride Stables Inc., and Scott Dillon to run his win streak to three.
The fourth Burke stakes winner and second in the PaStS was Loumelo Ball, a son of Sweet Lou (of whom his “instructor” could not be more proud) – Fashion Fluzzy, with the gelding breaking his maiden in 1:53.2 for Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Libby And Purnel, and Lawrence Karr.
As noted, Captaintreacherous sired the fastest Stallion Series winner Another C Note, and “The Captain” added two more credits with colts in other Stallion Series events: with Treacherous Lou (dam Sweet Lacy Lou, a daughter of Sweet Lou), who lowered his mark to 1:53.3 for driver Eric Goodell and trainer Robert Cleary, and, on a day where no other stakes winner paid better than 3-1, with the $36.20 winner Secret Society (dam Drop The Ball), whom David Miller drove to a new speed badge of 1:54 for trainer Noel Daley.
The final Stallion Series winner was McHungry, an altered son of Stay Hungry – Mcgibson who broke his maiden in 1:53.3 for trainer Dan Altmeyer and driver/son-in-law Mike Wilder, speeding home in :27.2.
Burke added a fifth winner for the day in an overnight event, and jumped from joint twelfth to joint sixth in the local trainers derby in one card. As for the day’s top driver, Tim Tetrick (also the meet’s runaway top driver) may have won only one stakes race, but he won the majority of the overnight races on the program, visiting Victory Lane seven times in all on a profitable afternoon.
Racing will continue at Philly on Friday at 12:25 and Sunday at 12:40. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
CHESTER PA – Ron Burke achieved his 16,000th career training victory earlier this week, and based on the action at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, he seems to want to get to 17,000 in the shortest amount of time possible.
During $237,566 of third round stakes action for the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series two-year-old pacing males, Burke sent out four of the winners, including both divisional Sire Stakes winners. One of the Sire Stakes winners in now perfect in three PaSS starts – and the other heat went faster, and Burke horses finished 1-2.
It may be a slight injustice to say that the Stay Hungry – Francessa colt Frantic Hanover, the triple PaSS winner (he won a PA All-Stars division in his only other career race), was the “slower” winner, because the fleet freshman was raced off the pace by Tim Tetrick in a race with a :58 clocking to the half. But Frantic Hanover made up the requisite ground late to win by three quarters of a length over Ain’tplayinnice in 1:52.1 – Frantic Yankee posted individual back numbers of :53.3 – :26, numbers more associated with free-for-allers over a mile track. Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Knox Services Inc., and Brad Grant have a horse who has already earned the title of ”star,” having never come his last quarter as “slow” as :27, not even in his first qualifier – and no other PaSS horse in the group has been able to post even two victories.
The “faster” of the two Sire Stakes, 1:51.3, saw the Burke Brigade finish first and second, as the Papi Rob Hanover – Baron Remy colt Al Papi quarter-moved for driver Yannick Gingras, then continued on with relentless speed to also post a three quarter length margin, with stablemate Melillo slow to gain full clearance and flying in the stretch but just having too much ground to make up. Al Papi, who also has a PA All-Stars credit to his name and who lowered his mark with this victory, is owned by Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC along with partners J&T Silva- Purnel & Libby and Lawrence Karr.
Gingras also drove Burke’s two winners in the five division Stallion Series competition, including another winner who is undefeated in three PA program stakes start while the opposition has yet to achieve a double. That one is named Another C Note, a Captaintreacherous – Kate Can’t Wait colt, and he also posted the quickest StS time, a new mark of 1:52.1, dashing home in :55.4 - :27.3 after being parked three-eighths to get the lead and then holding it for Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Let It Ride Stables Inc., and Scott Dillon to run his win streak to three.
The fourth Burke stakes winner and second in the PaStS was Loumelo Ball, a son of Sweet Lou (of whom his “instructor” could not be more proud) – Fashion Fluzzy, with the gelding breaking his maiden in 1:53.2 for Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Libby And Purnel, and Lawrence Karr.
As noted, Captaintreacherous sired the fastest Stallion Series winner Another C Note, and “The Captain” added two more credits with colts in other Stallion Series events: with Treacherous Lou (dam Sweet Lacy Lou, a daughter of Sweet Lou), who lowered his mark to 1:53.3 for driver Eric Goodell and trainer Robert Cleary, and, on a day where no other stakes winner paid better than 3-1, with the $36.20 winner Secret Society (dam Drop The Ball), whom David Miller drove to a new speed badge of 1:54 for trainer Noel Daley.
The final Stallion Series winner was McHungry, an altered son of Stay Hungry – Mcgibson who broke his maiden in 1:53.3 for trainer Dan Altmeyer and driver/son-in-law Mike Wilder, speeding home in :27.2.
Burke added a fifth winner for the day in an overnight event, and jumped from joint twelfth to joint sixth in the local trainers derby in one card. As for the day’s top driver, Tim Tetrick (also the meet’s runaway top driver) may have won only one stakes race, but he won the majority of the overnight races on the program, visiting Victory Lane seven times in all on a profitable afternoon.
Racing will continue at Philly on Friday at 12:25 and Sunday at 12:40. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
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