Broadway Donna Rides Again, Captures Crown Filly Trot
Broadway Donna & David Miller
by Frank Cotolo, Hambletonian Society
East Rutherford, N.J. -- Broadway Donna and David Miller continued to swoon the division by earning an easy win in the $500,000 Breeders Crown for 3-year-old trotting fillies at The Meadowlands in 1:53.1.
The Jim Campbell-trained daughter of Donato Hanover from the Broadway Hall mare Broadway Schooner, didn’t make her move until mid-race and was never urged to coast down the stretch and win.
Emoticon Hanover and Fad Finance left quickly from the gate with the former getting the top to cut tepid :28 first panel. Caprice Hill stalked those two in third until All The Time pulled to first over as the field went to a half in :56.3. All The Time got the best of Emoticon Hanover to take the lead and that’s when Broadway Donna began to stride rapidly on the outside.
Earn Your Wings picked up live cover but Broadway Donna was in full flight at three-quarters in 1:25.3, wearing down All The Time, who held for third, while Emoticon Hanover shook loose to get second.
Owned by Fashion Farms LLC, Broadway Donna won the Breeders Crown final after a victory in her elimination, coming off a straight-heat score in the Kentucky Filly Futurity to register her seventh win in a dozen starts as a 3-year-old.
Broadway Donna paid $3.60 to win.
“I was hoping to get away somewhere in the middle and come with cover,” said Miller, “but, right off the gate nobody from the inside was even pushing off, so I had to do something. I got around, and when Yannick [on All The Time] was moving back, I [knew] I was going to be first over. She really has [gotten better through the season]. She’s way sharper now than she was half way through the summer, and that’s always a good thing.”
“[Jules Siegel and I] are both very happy," remarked Campbell. "From Mr. Siegel's point of view, he bred her, and to have a filly like this and put her over one-million dollars lifetime [is incredible]. When you breed one and race one that does that for you, you’re supposed to be happy. Jules is always extra proud of his homebreds.”
