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Du Quoin, American Nationals Next (08/22/10)Posted Sunday August 21, 2010 By Mike Paradise However compared to years past there’s an abbreviated schedule at the DuQuoin State Fair with just three days of racing (instead of the normal five), starting Friday afternoon with a number of Topline Stakes and County Fair Challenges. Next Saturday five Illinois bred stakes will be contested, a trio for three-year-olds and a pair for freshman fillies—the $35,000 Shawnee for troters fillies and the $35,000 Director’s Awards stake for distaff pacers. The three $20,000 events for sophomores are the Time Dancer for filly pacers and two trots—the Pronto Don for males and the Windy Skeeter for fillies. The last day of racing at DuQuoin is a week from today on Sunday, August 26, headed up by the $45,000 Governor’s Cup for freshman pacing colts and geldings. Also on tap is the $35,000 Darn Safe for first season trotting males, the $20,000 Dudley Hanover for sophomore pacing males and two $8,000 stakes for older ICF pacers—one for males and one for fillies and mares. Entries for the first Friday and Saturday will be taken Tuesday morning at Maywood Park (due by 10 am). Entries for Du Quoin’s Sunday card will be taken Thursday morning, also at Maywood (708-343-7800). Maywood Park will host The Egyptian this upcoming Friday night. The $30,000 (est.) stake is the second leg of the Maywood Pacing Series ($200 starting fee) and it’s the first stake race on the circuit’s half-miler since July 9 (eight weeks ago) and there won’t be another at there until the two-year-old Cardinal and Violet eliminations on Oct. 6. That’s one stake race at Maywood Park in a 13-week span . . . not a good thing. Balmoral Park hosts the first two of eight American National stakes on Saturday night. It’ll be interesting to see how many out-of-town three-year-old trotters come in for the estimated $155,000 pot for colts and the $145,000 added money event for fillies without the World Trotting Derby and its companion stake the Filly World Trotting Derby going on this year at Du Quoin. The estimated purses on the current condition sheet for these two American Nationals are down around $40,000 from the original educated guesses posted on the stakes schedule ($200,000 for the boys and $180,000 from the gals). The remaining six American National championships all will be decided on Saturday, November 13 when the Crete, IL facility hosts its American National Festival of Racing. Meanwhile tonight leg two of the Pacific Series for freshman filly pacers and three divisions will be raced. The $5,000 (est.) Pacific Final is next Sunday evening. The $5,000 Big Dog Final and $3,500 Consolation is on next Saturday’s card.
To view Archived Notes and Quotes click here. Country Fair Report WHITESIDE COUNTY FAIR AT MORRISON Saturday, August 21 Results FIRST: Free For All Pace, 1st heat, Purse $650: SECOND: ICF Four-Year-Olds and Up, Trot, 1st Heat, Purse $6,600: THIRD: Non-Winners $1,000 in 2010, 1st Heat, Purse $375: FOURTH: Non-Winners $1,000 in 2010, 1st Heat, Purse $375: FIFTH: Free For All Pace, 2nd Heat, Purse $650: SIXTH: Non-Winners $1,000 in 2010, 2nd Div, Purse $375: SEVENTH: Non-Winners $1,000 in 2010, 2nd Div, Purse $375:
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