Bay colt by Cams Card Shark – Allamerican Cool – No Nukes


BREEDERS: Hanover Shoe Farms Inc., Hanover, Pennsylvania

OWNERS: Adam Victor and Son Stable, New York, NY & John Fielding, Toronto, ON
STATISTICS:
2010 4 2 1 0 $164,588
2009 7 5 0 1 $497,380
Totals 11 7 1 1 $661,968

LIFETIME MARK: 3, 1:49.4, Mohawk

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS & NOTES:
Purchased for $60,000 at Harrisburg Sale in November 2008
Son of 1994 Pepsi North America Cup winner Cams Card Shark

At two:
• Won debut August 24 at Lexington in 1:56.1
• Finished third to Rock N Roll Heaven in Governor’s Cup elimination, September 13 at Chester
• Won Bluegrass division October 3 at Lexington in 1:50.3
• Won International Stallion Stakes October 9 at Lexington in 1:50.3
• Won $720,860 Breeders Crown at Woodbine October 24 in 1:52, upsetting favoured Sportswriter

At three:
• Won elim for New Jersey Classic in 1:50.4 on June 5 at the Meadowlands
• Finished second, a nose behind BG’s Folly, in $500,000 New Jersey Classic final, June 12 at the Meadowlands
• Won Pepsi North America Cup elim in career best 1:49.4, defeating Delmarvalous by three-quarters of a length

ELIMINATION QUOTES: Mike Vanderkemp (Trainer)

“I was a little bit worried at the head of the stretch when those two longshots were in front of him and even halfway down the stretch he got jammed up but then he shot threw to win.”

“We just added his head-pole back on after the New Jersey Classic because he really drifted in the stretch. He had worn it for much of his career and the last couple of months, he’d been straight as an arrow prior to that race. So we just decided to put it back on to be safe. He was very good.”

“He’s a character around the barn. He’s kind of quiet around the barn but once he gets to the races and gets his bridle on, he really wants to do it. His biggest thing is - and he’s proven it - it doesn’t matter what horse you put in front of him, he’s going after him.”


Trainer – Michael Vanderkemp
Career wins through June 21, 2010: 253
Career earnings through June 21, 2010: $9,054,746

• Mike Vanderkemp left his home of Maitland, Australia at the age of 16 to pursue a career in harness racing. He learned his early lessons from his father, Mike Sr., who also trained horses, including Australian legend Rip Van Winkle.
• Vanderkemp then came to North America in the early 2000’s to work with top New Jersey-based horseman, Noel Daley.
• In 2005 Vanderkemp and Daley won both the Breeders Crown Open Trot and the Maple Leaf Trot with superstar older trotting performer, Mr Muscleman. With over $4 million in career earnings, Mr Muscleman lowered the Mohawk track record to 1:52 with his Breeders Crown win.
• Vanderkemp and Daley have had plenty of success in recent years with prominent horse owners Adam Victor & Son Stable. In addition to Mr Muscleman, other stable stars have included Explosive Matter and My Little Dragon.


Driver – Ron Pierce
Age: 54
Career wins through June 20, 2010: 7,389
Career earnings through June 20, 2010: $164,546,511

• Although he has been one of the top drivers on the lucrative New Jersey circuit for many years, the trip down the road to success was not an easy journey for Ron Pierce. That road took Pierce all the way to Macao, a Portuguese territory in southeast China, near Hong Kong.
• “At that point of my career, I had nothing to lose, so I went over there,” Pierce said. “I had raced in Southern California in the spring of 1981, and I didn’t do very well, and when a friend of mine suggested I go to Macao to drive, I didn’t see any reason not to. “
• It didn’t take Pierce long to return to North America. He became a fixture on the California circuit in the mid-1980s and finally made it big by winning his first driving title during the summer fall harness meet at Los Alamitos in 1985.
• He expanded his horizons in 1986 as he was the leading dash winning driver during the spring meet at Fairplex Park and also at Canterbury Downs. Since moving to the Garden State in the late 1980s, Pierce has consistently been among the driving leaders there and his overall numbers have ranked him with the best in the sport.
• The past few seasons have been his most outstanding. In 2004 he finished first in the North American earnings with a bankroll of $12,329,238 and was named Driver of the Year by the United States Harness Writers Association.
• In both 2004 and 2005, he was named as Driver of the Year on the Grand Circuit. In 2006, Pierce won his second money title with a new career high of $14,439,087. His father, Don, was a top driver and trainer when he competed. Pierce said he knew at a young age that he wanted to be involved with horse racing. “I originally wanted to be a jockey,” Pierce said. “I loved quarter horses and Thoroughbreds, but I was too big to be a jockey. I galloped thoroughbreds on the East Coast, but there was just not enough money in galloping horses.”
• Donato Hanover was Pierce’s big gun in 2007, when he guided the sophomore trotter to a Horse of the Year title in the U.S.
• In 2008, he drove Art Official to an upset win over Somebeachsomewhere in the $1 Meadowlands Pace to hand that one the only loss of his career.
• He collected his 7,000th career win with aboard Montecito N on August 8, 2009.
• Pierce has competed in six NA Cups and has two wins - with Total Truth in 2006 and Well Said last year.
• Pierce received the sport’s highest honour when he was inducted into the Living Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y., in the summer of 2005.