Saturday, October 29, 2011

Check Me Out Wins Easily in Second ‘Crown’ Event


TORONTO, ON— Check Me Out won the $600,000 Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Filly Trot in 1:54.4, a stakes record, paying $2.90 to win. Win Missy B finished second, For A Dancer finished third, Miss Paris finished fourth and dfkdkf finished fifth.

Circles, For A Dancer, Win Missy B and Check Me Out all left the gate with speed. For A Dancer cleared heading to the first turn, with Win Missy B first over in second and Check Me Out following in third. For A Dancer went by the quarter in :28.

Win Missy B cleared heading down the backstretch. Check Me Out came right next to her in second and she cleared the lead approaching the half. For A Dancer was in third and Uncommon Night progressed into fourth from the back of the field. Check Me Out took them by the half in :57.1 (:29.1).

Check Me Out was drawing away around the far turn. Win Missy B sat at the rail in second and For A Dancer was in third. Check Me Out lead the field by three-quarters in 1:26.4 (:29.3).

Check Me Out had a good lead into the stretch. Win Missy B was at the inside in second and For A Dancer was coming two-wide with rally. Miss Paris came off cover [from Uncommon Night] and moved into fourth, passing Circles. Check Me Out was clear and she won. Win Missy B finished second, For A Dancer was third, Miss Paris was fourth and Circles finished fifth.

Check Me Out is a two-year-old filly by Donato Hanover out of the mare Illusion Bi by Toss Out. She was bred by Az Agricola Biasuzzi SRL and Scuderia Gina Biasuzzi. She is owned by Ray Schnittker and Charles Iannazzo, trained by Ray Schnittker and Ron Pierce picked up the drive for Tim Tetrick, who unfortunately was stranded in New Jersey with George Brennan, Yannick Gingras and David Miller due to the Nor’easter.   

“We just floated out of the gate and we reached the top easy enough. She is a great filly; I didn’t have to ask her to go,” driver Ron Pierce said.  

“I was here in 2007 with Deweychetumnhowe and they said I will never have a good horse again,” co-owner Charles Iannazzo said.

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