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Maebelle Hopes to Get Well in Diva (06/13/10)Posted Sunday June 13, 2010 By Mike Paradise Sunday’s $9,000 Fox Valley Diva lured all the top Illinois bred 3-year-old filly trotters including the first five Violet stake final finishers, along with last season’s freshman distaff champion Southern Maebelle who didn’t compete in the division’s first major added money event. The Fox Valley Diva will be Southern Maebelle’s second start under the care of trainer Gerry Hansen. The daughter of High Falls was a non-threatening fourth a week ago in her initial start for her new barn when she was reunited with driver Brian Carpenter. Brian drove the filly in her first three 2-year-old starts including her second place finish in the Springfield Final. Southern Maebelle went on to capture the Du Quoin Championship and Balmoral’s Violet Final racing for trainer Robert Taylor. Southern Maebelle was third in her 2010 bow in an ISOBA stake on May 9 prior to joining Hansen’s stable and the filly went a month in between those starts. “We scoped her afterwards because she was a little empty on the end and she scoped a ‘seven.’ So she was sick. When she’s 100 per cent she’s a very good filly and we are expecting some big things from her this year. She’s even staked to some races in Canada. “Southern Maebelle is Southern Rocketop’s half sister and it was Gerry who developed (Illinois Trotter of the Year) Southern Rocketop and his brother Spirit Warrior,” added Brian. All three trotters are out of owner and breeder Claude Power’s Donerail mare Summer In The City who was honored as the 2009 Illinois Broodmare of the Year by the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders Association. Southern Maebelle is the 3-1 luke-warm morning line favorite in Sunday’s seventh race feature. Violet stake champion K’spictureperefct (Leroy Miller) starts to her left in the five slot. The first four posts belong to St Louis Holiday (9-2, Mike Oosting), Powerful Bella (5-1, Marcus Miller), Fox Valley Click (7-2, Dale Hiteman) and Fox Valley Genuine (10-1, Steve Searle). Claire’s Rose (6-1, Homer Hochstetler) has the outside seven-hole. The second consecutive Sunday stake for ICF freshman pacing colts and geldings will go as a pair of $5,000 Bingo Johnnie divisions this time. Last week’s Jimmy Sunshine front-stepping winner Little Pauli (Art Gregory) is listed as the 3-1 second choice in the third race second split with No. 1 Eggroll (Dave Magee) programmed at 5-2. A pair of Roger Welch trained youngsters are the first division favorites. Dr Alfonso (Mike Oosting) is the 2-1 first flash favorite while his stable-mate Little Gus (Dave Magee, a first-time starter, is at 5-2. They’ll race un-coupled in the second race event. The Price Is Right: Saturday was another good night for "Mike's Price Shots" when Mack Hill popped at $24.20 in race twelve. We also had the winning $181.80 Exacta cold in that race. To view Archived Notes and Quotes click here. County Fair Report The Downstate Classics for Illinois bred 3-year-olds were decided Saturday at the Macon County Fair conducted on the Decatur race track new back-to-back filly trotting track records established, followed with a pair of Erv Miller trained fillies, both driven by his son Marcus, each capturing a $6,684 division for pacing fillies. . . The first split went to Fox Valley Dazzle who was staying sharp for her next in Friday’s $100,000 Maywood Filly Pace on the Chicago circuit’s half-miler. Dazzle won for the fifth time this season in 2:01 flat, beating her stable-mate Lyfslyaboxachclt by more than three lengths. One event later Miller’s She’s Stella was much the best when she took the second division in 1:59 by almost five lengths, her second win in three season starts . . . The first filly trot division saw Dirk Simpson’s Miss Brody prove best in 2:01.2 with front-stepping victory, a new track mark for sophmore filly trotter, and shortly thereafter in the second $7,212 filly trot split Dave Avenatti’s Fox Valley Sienna also went wire-to-wire in a new record time on 2:01 when she posted her second consecutive victory on the fair circuit . . . Jodi Peacock’s Super Sonic Flash (Rick Schrock) came first over and drew off to a two-length triumph in the $12,145 Downstate Classic 3-Year-Old Colt Trot with a 2:02.1 mile . . . Tom Simmons guided Buzz On Sudzz to a 2:03.2 front-end victory in the first sophomore colt division while NJ’s Fletcher (Mike Cox) was a game first up 2:01.2 victor, his fifth season triumph for trainer John Fletcher. MACON COUNTY FAIR Saturday, June 12 Results FIRST: Downstate Classic, 3-Year-Old Filly Trot, 1st Div, Purse $7,212: SECOND: Downstate Classic, 3-Year-Old Filly Trot, 2nd Div, Purse $7,212: THIRD: Downstate Classic, 3-Year-Old Colt Trot, Purse $12,145: FOURTH: Downstate Classic, 3-Year-Old Filly Pace, 1st Div, Purse $6,684: FIFTH: Downstate Classic, 3-Year-Old Filly Pace, 2nd Div, Purse $6,684: SIXTH: Downstate Classic, 3-Year-Old Colt Pace, 1st Div, Purse $7,604: SEVENTH: Downstate Classic, 3-Year-Old Colt Pace, 2nd Div, Purse $7,604: The remaining Saturday card was canceled due to heavy rains. Sunday's scheduled races were also canceled.
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