Burke duo favoured in Adios eliminations

Fifteen horses, including one filly, have entered the Grade 1 Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids, presented by 1/ST BET.  Elimination races will take place this Saturday, July 18, carded as races 6 and 7.   A pair of Ron Burke-trainees have been installed as the morning line harness racing favorites in their hometown race.

The top four finishers in each $25,000 elimination race will advance to the July 25 final, along with the fifth-place finisher with the highest career earnings.

Two horses – Odds on Mr Mamba and No Waitlist – supplemented to the event for a fee of $35,000 each.  The Adios will now have a $420,000 purse for the final, including those supplemental fees.

Loua Dipa, trained by Ron Burke for the Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi, LLC, becomes the first filly entered in the Adios since With Thanks in 1969.  She has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite in the first elimination, while stablemate Al Papi, fresh off a second-place effort in the Meadowlands Pace, is the 2-1 early choice in the second elimination.  Al Papi is owned by the same connections, in partnership with J&T Silva, Purnell & Libby, and Larry Karr.

The eliminations, with trainers, listed drivers, and morning line odds:

Race 6

1. Frantic Hanover (Stay Hungry), Ron Burke, Tim Tetrick, 5-1
2. Treacherous Lou (Captaintreacherous), Robert Cleary, Tim Tetrick, 8-1
3. Another C Note (Captaintreacherous), Ron Burke, Ronnie Wrenn Jr, 4-1
4. Loua Dipa (Sweet Lou), Ron Burke, Ronnie Wrenn Jr, 5-2
5. Stingman (Perfect Sting), Rick Hercules, Dave Palone, 6-1
6. Odds On Mr Mamba (Odds On Equuleus), Melanie Wrenn, James MacDonald, 7-2
7. Apocalypsebluechip (Papi Rob Hanover), Joe Bongiorno (trainer & driver), 8-1

Race 7

1. No Waitlist (Cattlewash), Blake MacIntosh, Doug McNair, 6-1
2. Southwind Spencer (Tall Dark Stranger), Doug Snyder, Todd McCarthy, 10-1
3. Al Papi (Papi Rob Hanover), Ron Burke, Yannick Gingras, 2-1
4. Thai Hanover (Stay Hungry), Mitchell York, Jeremy Indof, 8-1
5. Melillo (Sweet Lou), Ron Burke, Ronnie Wrenn Jr, 4-1
6. Toast Of The Town (Sweet Lou), Noel Daley, Todd McCarthy, 8-1
7. Easy Breeze (Sweet Lou), Eddie Dennis, Andrew McCarthy, 10-1
8. Sweet Lovin Lou (Sweet Lou), Daniel Lagace, Scott Zeron, 9-2

Final driver choices are due on Thursday morning.

Post time for the card this Saturday, featuring the elimination races, is 12:45pm.  Post time on Saturday, July 25, will be 11:30am.

For complete race entries, click here: US Trotting entries.

by Jeff Zidek, for The Meadows