Race #1 18:05 Shakertown – Grade II
5 1/2 Furlongs Turf Stake Purse $200.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up.

Bound To Laff has won his last two starts and looks the one to beat here in The Shakertown with the main rivals looking to be Speedy Scrapper and Swamp Fox.

Shakertown – Grade II

Ye Charley

Kopites

Purchased by his present owner for $200.000 after winning his first race a maiden at PEN by a head. Since then won one from six starts in The BC Juvenile Turf – Grade I by a head following that by finishing second in an allowance at FG beaten by three quarters of a length.

Phooeys Quest

Smokey Stover

Purchased by his present owner for $40.000 before going to the track and since won three from five starts, a maiden at TUP in his first race, an allowance at GG also his last race in The Texas Glitter by a length.

Bound To Laff

Hambletonian Stable

Won ten from twenty five starts, Purchased by his present owner for $40.000 after winning at GG. Since then won eight from thirteen, two allowances both at GG also five Stakes, The CC Canterbury, The KLAQ Handicap, The Turf Dash and his last two starts in The Colonel Power Stakes and The Silks Run.

So Mi Dar

Maxmillion Farm

Won three from nine starts, claimed by his previous owner for $20.000 after finishing third at FG running only once since finishing second in an allowance at SA beaten by half a length and he has just been purchased by his present owner for $25.000.

Brumeii Bachelor

Eastern Equine

Won seven from twenty starts, Claimed by his present owner for $75.000 after finishing third at GP beaten by a length and since then won three from nine starts, an allowance at SA also two Stakes in The Lure Stakes and The BC Turf Sprint – Grade I by a nose following that with a second in The San Simeon Stakes – Grade III and sixth in The Canadian Turf – Grade III.

Owen Wolff

John Henry

Won six from twenty two starts, winning The Turf Monster Handicap – Grade III and The Woodford – Grade III for a previous owner. Purchased by his present owner for $60.000 after finishing fourth in The BC Turf Sprint – Grade I beaten by three quarters of a length and since ran three times winning his last race in an allowance at FG by two lengths.

Speedy Scrapper

Gdp Inc

Won six from fourteen starts, a maiden at FG in his second race, four allowances at CD, BTP, FE and FG also his last race in The Captiva Island by a nose.

Swamp Fox

Blushing Meadows

Won ten from thirty nine starts, Purchased by his present owner for $20.000 before going to the track, won a maiden at LAD in his second race, three allowances also six Stakes, The Unbridled Stakes, The Play The King Stakes – Grade II, The Kennedy Road Stakes – Grade II, The Turf Dash, The Frontier Turf Sprint and The Fourstardave Handicap – Grade I. he last ran in The Colonel Power Stakes finishing second beaten by three quarters of a length.

Playboy Ray

Angelos Stable

Won three from eight starts, purchased from the auction before going to the track for $1.000 winning a maiden at GG in his second race, an allowance at CRC also The Hutcheson Stakes – Grade III by a neck. He last ran in an allowance at GG finishing third beaten by a length.

The Star Of Jones

McCarthy T

Won two from eleven starts, a maiden at SA in his fifth race and an allowance at BE. He last ran in an allowance at TAM finishing fifth beaten by a length.

Good luck to all.

The Englishman.

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