Glen McNeil Picks $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 21)
The full field of nine top-flight Open trotters will go postward in the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 21) afternoon.
Heading the list of starters is last year's Spirit champion and double millionaire, It's Academic, will be back to try and repeat for trainer Ron Burke along with his stablemate Chapercraz, who just won the $425,000 Hambletonian Maturity at the Meadowlands last Saturday (July 13).
The field also includes the Massachusetts-bred and two time Massachusetts Sire Stakes champion Incommunicado, Helpfirstedition, who finished only one-half length behind Chapercraz in the Hambo Maturity and one of the best trotters in Canada, Logan Park, who has been dominant in Preferred company at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
$250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot
1 Buddy Earl Matty Athearn Gretchen Athearn
2 Logan Park Doug McNair Robert Fellows
3 Esplosione Bruce Ranger Robert Fellows
4 Take All Comers Todd McCarthy Jim Campbell
5 Chapercraz Yannick Gingras Ron Burke
6 It's Academic David Miller Ron Burke
7 Delayed Hanover Jordan Stratton Kevin McDermott
8 Incommunicado Brett Beckwith Ake Svanstedt
9 Helpfirstedition Scott Zeron Linda Toscano
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