Freshman pacers ready for Crown clashes
October 26, 2022, by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager
Hightstown, NJ — Confederate stepped up to the Grand Circuit for the first time in his Breeders Crown elimination for 2-year-old male pacers last week and handled the assignment like each of his previous four races — by winning.
The Brian Brown trainee captured the faster of the event’s two $25,000 elims, stopping the clock in 1:50.2 as he defeated Ervin Hanover by 2-1/4 lengths with a gate-to-wire performance at Woodbine Mohawk Park. He is the 7-5 morning-line favorite in Friday’s $600,000 final, when he will start from post three with Tim Tetrick in the sulky.
