$125,000 Potomac Pace attracts stacked field

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — Breeders Crown champion Dandy Ideal heads a star-studded field of eight top free-for-all pacers to contest Sunday’s (Nov. 8) Grade 3 $125,000 Potomac Pace at Rosecroft Raceway.

Dandy Ideal, who rallied off cover to a 1:47.3 victory in the $662,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace on Oct. 24 at Eldorado Scioto Downs, has been installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite. As a 4-year-old, the American Ideal-OK Heavenly gelding has won seven of 12 starts, including the Dan Patch at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. His other signature wins include the 2025 Max Hempt Memorial and two Matron Stakes.

Tim Tetrick will drive Dandy Ideal from post 4 for trainer Brett Pelling and owners Susan Oakes and Alan Johnston.

Women Layer, whose cover carried Dandy Ideal to his Breeders Crown triumph, is the 3-1 second choice, and will start from the pole. A 33-time winner in his career, the 5-year-old Sweet Lou-Loreenas Ruffian gelding will be driven by Yannick Gingras for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr.

In all, the Potomac Pace entrants have earned over $11.1 million in purses. The Potomac Pace is scheduled as race 11 on Sunday’s 14-race card, with an approximate post time of 9:20 p.m. (EST).

The full field for the 11th edition of the Potomac Pace, in post position order, with drivers, trainers and morning line, is as follows:

1. Women Layer (Sweet Lou) (Yannick Gingras, Virgil Morgan Jr.) 3-1
2. Lou’s Starr (Sweet Lou) (Corey Braden, Scott Warnick) 15-1
3. Bythemissal (Downbytheseaside) (Dexter Dunn, Ron Burke) 12-1
4. Dandy Ideal (American Ideal) (Tim Tetrick, Brett Pelling) 8-5
5. Coaches Corner (Always A Virgin) (Jason Bartlett, Petter Engblom) 6-1
6. Prince Hal Hanover (Captaintreacherous) (Todd McCarthy, Dr. Ian Moore) 4-1
7. Mossdale Ben N (A Rocknroll Dance) (Jim Marohn Jr., Peter Tritton) 10-1
8. Surreal Ideal (So Surreal) (Justin Walters, Vernon Beachy) 8-1

The card also features the $50,000 Pete Medhurst Legacy Pace, which has attracted a field of eight Maryland-owned, -sired and -bred horses and will go as race 7.

Rosecroft, Mohawk to offer Ultimate Harness Pick-4

The Potomac Pace will be the anchor leg of the Ultimate Harness Pick-4, a 50-cent wager which will comprise the two featured races from Rosecroft and two events from Woodbine Mohawk Park. The lineup for the Ultimate Pick-4, with approximate post times, is as follows:

Leg A – Rosecroft Race 7 (Pete Medhurst Legacy Pace) – 8:00 p.m.

Leg B – Mohawk Race 6 – 8:41 p.m.

Leg C – Mohawk Race 7 – 9:02 p.m.

Leg D – Rosecroft Race 11 (Potomac Pace) – 9:20 p.m.

First post for the 14-race Potomac Pace card is 6 p.m. (EST). For more information, including entries, results, the Players’ Guide tip sheet, and live and archived video, visit www.rosecroftraceway.com.

From Rosecroft Raceway