Looks like an absolute monster for team Orange Crush but a bit concerned about the usage. 6 for 6 starts already racing the last two weeks in Kentucky. Set to go this week in a NJ Classic Elim, Final next week and then I presume back to Lexington 10 days later for the sire stakes final.
Thats 5 races in 5 weeks and 2100 miles in the van
Given Andy Miller's past participations in the Mohawk Million (having one the very first one with Venerate), I would expect that he has that as a target (notwithstanding, that as of today, the Mohawk Million's Canadian Money equates to about $715,000, but that is still a nice chunk of change.) Fillies have a solid history with Venerable having won, Donna Soprano having come in 2nd. Valentina Blu come in 3rd. etc. I would guess they missed out on making their first payment, in February for either the Wellwood or the Peaceful Way eligibility as Wall of Fame would have been a solid contender, and they were racing for 1/5 the money instead.
As with all 2 year olds, health, physical development, and how they come out of their 2yo racing season will determine what is there at 3, and even good work on those 3 factors does not guarantee that a really top horse at 2 attains the same status at 3; HOWEVER Wall of Fame is definitely one of the nicer looking 2yo filly trotters I have seen in a long time. Great gait, seems like a good head, reasonably steerable, and big lungs with the will to win. If it were my horse, Mohawk Million and Breeders' Crown....
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