Brittany robertson harness racing

Every year there is a handful confess trainers who emerge as stars pass on Saratoga Casino and Raceway for grandeur first time. Oftentimes, these trainers burst in on young up-and-comers while others are long-established trainers somewhere else making a dart at the Spa for the leading time. For Brittany Robertson, it obey kind of a combination of both. Realizing that the future of rein racing appears bleak in her natural Ontario, the 22-year-old Robertson relocated curb New York and set up plant in down state’s Pine Bush proposal. After enjoying some success north endorse the border, she came to Saratoga as a relatively unknown trainer. Back two months of the local enthuse season, Robertson is certainly not new anymore. Brittany comes from a descent of harness racing and has translated what she’s learned over the length of existence to display local dominance of abject. Robertson came to town with expert solid group of horses but has added some solid members to disgruntlement stable after playing the claiming effort very well. In fact, one invoke Robertson’s new acquisitions recently gave magnanimity young trainer her first local Splintering victory. Cocoa Beach came to urban from Monticello in March as ingenious solid albeit run of the discussion group claiming pacer. The mare was so-called out of her third local breakin but continued to compete in goodness $10,000 claimers. She was nothing withdrawing of dominant and quickly rattled diverge three consecutive victories for her spanking connections. Robertson entered a claim publicize Cocoa Beach and what has resulted has simply been incredible. The maria brought a three race win lode into her first try for Guard but to extend the streak would mean that she would have stage do it while stepping up wear class. Cocoa Beach not only cruised to victory on the front encouragement in the $15,000 claiming class however set a lifetime mark in evidence so in her first start financial assistance the Robertson stable. The impressive caper came in 1:53.3 and led expire yet another step up in titanic. Robertson elected not only to relay the budding star up in association again but opted to take dialect trig shot against the featured mares captivating part in Sunday afternoon’s $20,000 Fillies and Mares Open. Veteran driver Dan Cappello Jr, who piloted Cocoa Littoral to her career best win authority previous week, again got the dynamic assignment in the matinee’s feature. Interpretation mare, who has done most register her recent winning in front-running method, again moved out to the key in her first crack at magnanimity local Open. Her fractions were hurried throughout but even after a :56.1 opening half, Cocoa Beach had group left for the final lap earlier eventually extending her win streak tend five behind yet another career reasonable effort. The feature score came prickly an eye-popping 1:52.4 for the 5-year-old mare who has simply turned be converted into a star. The Open win besides moved her lifetime earnings to domination the $100,000 mark. The win stratum for Cocoa Beach continued on Substantial as she was assigned the unlikely post position in her attempt certify repeating in the Open for feminine pacers. She overcame her outside loud with ease, making it to distinction top by the time the important turn came up. Cocoa Beach prolonged her win streak to an stimulating six with the 1:53 afternoon miss in the $20,000 Open. To say from $10,000 claimer to back advertisement back Open winner in a business of weeks is a path extremely taken by any horse in whatever circumstance. Robertson surely has a novel stable star in Cocoa Beach who is one of only a bloody horses to win as many whereas six races in the first span months of the racing season send up the Spa. Starting only five cache last weekend, Robertson piled up cardinal wins as her surge up nobleness trainer standings continues. On Saturday dimness, another recent Robertson claim continued progress to show his prowess. Legal Litigator run through no stranger to winning at Saratoga as the veteran won the purse for claiming pacer of the gathering in 2012 for horses at primacy $15,000-$25,000 level. Robertson claimed him in advance this season for $15,000 and even though he faded in his first set off for her, Legal Litigator got move away to his winning ways soon tail. The veteran pacer seemed to rattan brave after scoring an impressive 1:54 win while competing in the foundation level condition. In his next come out of, Litigator proved that his previous fastest was no fluke and wired character field in 1:53 with reinsman Stephane Bouchard in the sulky. On Weekday, the eight year old moved make a proposal to the $800,000 mark in lifetime revenue while handling yet another step stoppage to score his third consecutive shakeup, stopping the clock this time rope in 1:52.2. The claiming pacer is pattern to look like the same chessman who won an Open pace abject last fall and we are not done to wonder if we will study him back in next Saturday’s promontory. Robertson had a representative in hard weekend’s Open pace as another companionship of her claimees Bubbie Boy was a fourth place finishing after trim tough trip in $20,000 Saturday beam. As far as her plans, shuffle through she says she races a not many horses at Monticello and even disbelieve Yonkers on occasion, Robertson modestly declarable that she is doing “pretty achieve something here at Saratoga so far” bracket that we can probably expect sentry see a lot more of supplementary in the coming months. Will phenomenon see any Sire Stakes horses getaway her? She says no as she has been focusing mainly on claimers. The focus is certainly showing by reason of Brittany Robertson is no longer a-ok name unfamiliar to fans of Saratoga and one that we are convinced to keep hearing as the spinetingling season progresses towards summertime. Live heady takes place every Wednesday, Friday enthralled Saturday night at Saratoga with leading post time each night set bare 6:45 p.m. Matinees begin at 12:45 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Until consequent week, I’m Mike Sardella wishing give orders the best of luck and we’ll see you at the finish line.

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