Bay colt by Art Major – Allamerican Toffee – Western Hanover


BREEDERS: Spring Haven Farm, Utica, OH & Lake To SKY Farms LLC, Milwaukie, OR

OWNERS: David Scharf, New York, NY; Steve Elliott, New Smyrna Beach, Florida & Martha Frank, Fairlawn, NJ

STATISTICS:
2010 3 0 1 0 $10,280
2009 4 2 0 0 $51,590
Totals 7 2 1 0 $61,870

LIFETIME MARK: 2, 1:51.2, Chester

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS & NOTES:
Purchased for $100,000 at Lexington Select Sale in October 2008

At two:
• Won debut at the Meadowlands August 19 in 1:52.4
• Finished fourth to One More Laugh in Governor’s Cup elim, September 13 at Chester
• Won Governor’s Cup Consolation September 20 at Chester in career best 1:51.2

At three:
• Finished fourth to We Will See in third Pepsi North America Cup elimination and drew into final


ELIMINATION QUOTES: Toni Rose (Assistant for trainer Steve Elliott)

“I think he’ll be a little bit stronger for the final. It took a lot out of him shipping up here. It was very hot and he only got here on Thursday. He was hard-used in his last race before the elimination so it will be good that he’ll be here and settled for a full week.”

“This colt is still green and doesn’t really know what he’s doing out there. He doesn’t really smooth out until he hits high speeds. We never seem to have one driver for him all the time so it’s hard to get used to a horse that way.”


Trainer – Steve Elliott
Age: 56
Career wins through June 21, 2010: 580
Career earnings through June 21, 2010: $22,506,848

• Steve Elliott has a strong grip on what the sport of harness racing is all about. Originally from Detroit, Elliott has been one of the top trainers in the sport for the past two decades and has definitely known the ups and downs that are associated with training Standardbreds.
• Elliott reached the pinnacle of the sport in 1988 when three of his trainees earned divisional titles. Sweet Reflection, who was also one of the top freshman filly pacers in 1987. The 2-year-old pacing colt Totally Ruthless chalked up victories in large stakes en route to being named 2-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year by a 203-68 margin over Kentucky Spur. The son of Walton Hanover won 12 of his 15 juvenile starts and earned $938,539 that year.
• Nearly two decades after his remarkable 1988 campaign, Elliott was back in the headlines with the remarkable colt trotter Donato Hanover. As a 2-year-old in 2006, Donato Hanover lost his first start, then ripped off eight straight victories on his way to a landslide triumph in the Dan Patch Awards balloting. But it was in 2007 that Donato Hanover really shined. He won 11 times in 13 trips to the post and banked $2,336,190, the most ever earned by a trotter in a single season - his biggest win coming in the $1.5 million Hambletonian. Donato was a landslide choice as U.S. Horse of the Year, Trotter of the Year, and top 3-year-old trotting colt in the Dan Patch Awards balloting.
• Elliott also campaigned another Dan Patch divisional champion in 2007, a three-year-old pacing filly named Southwind Tempo. She was a winner in 16 of her 21 races, with earnings of $863,604. Free for all pacer Artistic Fella also enjoyed a solid 4-year-old campaign for him that year, capturing the $500,000 Breeders Crown Final and the $200,000 Dan Patch on his way to cashing $674,640. These horses helped Elliott to 2007 training earnings of $5,051,665, a career best total which ranked him third among all conditioners in North America.
• He was honored with the Glen Garnsey Trainer of the Year Award by the United States Harness Writers Association. Elliott also won the scribes’ W.R. Haughton Good Guy Award.
• He won the Pepsi North America Cup in his fourth attempt in 2009 with Well Said.


Driver – Yannick Gingras
Age: 30
Career Wins through June 20, 2010: 3,512
Career Earnings through June 20, 2010: $52,603,951

• Yannick Gingras is a third-generation horseman who grew up on a farm. He followed in the footsteps of Stephane Bouchard, Daniel Dube and Luc Ouellette, leaving his native Quebec for the U.S. In 2001, Gingras moved to Yonkers and was the top driver at the fall meet. In 2004, he moved his base to the Meadowlands and continues to rank near the top at both there and Harrah’s Chester.
• He was chosen as the Rising Star Award winner by the United States Harness Writers’ Association (2003).
• He is best known as the regular driver of Darlin’s Delight, who banked more than $2.9 million in her five years on the track.
• Since 2002, he has compiled more than 273 wins a year. He has 198 wins so far in 2010.