BLUESTONE NEWS
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Hung Over makes his eighth trip to the winners circle
Hung Over (Marvin Luna) notched a front-stepping win in the 3-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Trot final with a 1:54 mile. Luna swooped to the point past a :27.3 first quarter and cruised through middle sectionals of :57.4 and 1:25.4 while Mister Dad (Dexter Dunn) climbed first over from third to try and cut into the loose leader’s margin. Mister Dad eventually leveled off from his bid through the final turn, leaving Hung Over to coast in a two-length winner over Mister Dad with International Law (Marcus Miller) closing for third and Crown Monarch (Andy McCarthy) finishing fourth. Bob Stewart trains Hung Over, a colt by Creatine out of the Yankee Glide mare Drunkard’s Dream. He’s now won seven times from 15 starts and earned $232,493 for owner and breeder Bluestone Farms LLC and Lynda Stewart. He paid $7.76 to win.
A filly by JK Endofanera out of the Bettor’s Delight mare Crucial Moment, Defining Moment collected her fifth win from 16 starts and has now earned $122,009 for owners Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, Frank Baldachino and Larry Karr. She paid $11.02 to win and was the second of trainer Ron Burke’s three wins in KYSS finals. Bluestone Farms LLC, Three Brothers Stable and Northwood Bloodstock stand JK Endofanera at Victory Hill Farm in Indiana
Hung Over showed no ill-effects of Pre-Jug partying and cruised to a 1 ½ length victory in the $131,906 Ohio Breeders Championship freshman colt trot in Tuesday (September 19) action at the Delaware County Fair. When the field of nine was sent on their way, Royal Precedent (Aaron Merriman) grabbed the early lead and parked Commander Tom (Chris Page) through the first half of the mile in :28.1 and :57.4. Dan Noble and the eventual winner found himself well back in the field in seventh at the half-mile station. Hung Over was sent three-wide past the three-quarter station in 1:27.3 and was able to get by Rose Run Zoom (Don Irvine, Jr.) to score a 1 ½ length win in 1:57.1. The pacesetting Royal Precedent held on for third. The winner is owned by the Bluestone Farms and Lynda Stewart and trained by Bob Stewart. The homebred son of Creatine won for the fifth time in nine seasonal starts. With the $65,953 first place check, he now has $145,433 in career earnings. Hung Over has won three straight here in the Buckeye State. Later on in the 16-race card in the third and final division of the $20,000 Buckeye Stallion Series event for freshman totting fillies, Maxine’s Hill (Chris Page) and Hot Tea (Tyler Smith) swapped the lead a couple of times in the final quarter of the race and hit the finish line together in a 1:58.2 dead-heat. Maxine Hill is co-owner by trainer Chris Beaver, Donald Robinson, VIP Internet Stable and Mark Schwartz. Hot Tea is owned by Joyce McClelland and conditioned by Virgil Morgan, Jr. The 22-race Wednesday card will go postward at 12:00 PM. Photo: The connections of Hot Tea (#7) and Maxine’s Hill (#6) fill the winners circle after their dead-heat in a division of the $20,000 Buckeye Stallion Series two-year-old filly trot. (Brad Conrad Photo)
Hopewell, NJ — It is with sadness that Bluestone Farms reports the death of Neverhaveneverwill (Big Towner-Keystone Wallis-Albatross). She was euthanized after many months of treatment for a navicular cyst and a calcified tendon. She was 28 years old. NeverhaveneverwIll (named Willy at Bluestone Farms where she was retired in 2016) was the dam of 13 foals. Her most accomplished son is Always A Virgin p,3,1:48.4 ($1,135,559) who stood stud duty in Indiana. His sons and daughters have thus far earned $67,332,149. Always A Virgin would go on to sire Always B Miki p,1:46 ($2,715,368) who reigned as the fastest Standardbred of all time from 2016 through 2021. Bluestone was a partner in Always A Virgin along with Bob Boni, Joe Hurley (the breeder of Always A Virgin), Lynn Jones, Marty Granoff and Elaine and Stuart Hankin. Bluestone, along with many of the partners named above, also owned Always B Miki . Bluestone Farms purchased Willy in 2016. In an article dated Nov. 10, 2016, Ellen Harvey (writing for Harness Racing Communications) relates how the employees of Bluestone Farms insisted that Willy be purchased, retired, and cared-for “for all she had given us.” True to their desire, Willy was never bred again, and had been well cared for these past seven years. Willy’s son, Always A Virgin, removed from stud duty this year, presently remains in retirement, at Bluestone Farms. He, too, is being well cared for.
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