{"id":271004,"date":"2026-08-24T03:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271004\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T03:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:08:10","slug":"svanstedt-sweeps-pennsylvania-sire-stakes-with-captain-corey-colts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271004\/","title":{"rendered":"Svanstedt sweeps Pennsylvania Sire Stakes with Captain Corey colts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by\u00a0PHHA\/Harrah’s Philadelphia<\/a> <\/p>\n

CHESTER PA \u2013 Five years ago to the week, trotter Captain Corey and horseman \u00c5ke Svanstedt teamed to win the Earl Beal Trot up the road from Harrah\u2019s Philadelphia at Pocono Downs. Five years on and the pair are stlll teaming for harness racing winners circle visits, as now-sire Captain Corey and trainer-driver Svanstedt combined to win the two divisions of the fourth and final preliminary leg of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for freshman male trotters on Sunday at Philly, which offered $170,842 between the two PaSS divisions and three sections of the PA Stallion Series.<\/p>\n

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The faster of the two sections was the 1:55 mile by Jimdougie Armitage (dam Quick Bet), a $750,000 yearling who recorded a second straight Sire Stakes prelim win. From seven-eighths of this mile things went as they appeared they would on paper, with Dream Shaq, who won his first two Sire Stakes legs, taking the leading after a :28 quarter and going to the half in :57.1, with \u201cJimdougie\u201d starting an uncovered move midway down the backstretch that saw the two leaders battling at the 1:24.4 three-quarters. Red Andray was staying semi-connected in third, and the rest of the field seemed closer to the Philly Airport than the front of the pack.<\/p>\n

The first-over horse looked ready to take the measure of the pacesetter, which wouldn\u2019t be unusual since he beat him last week, but then the two hooked up in a fierce battle in midstretch. That too wasn\u2019t strange given the quality the two had demonstrated \u2014but what\u00a0was\u00a0unexpected was that Red Andray was gaining good ground and two from the far end of the field were similarly narrowing rapidly. The last quarter went in :30.1, with Jimdougie Armitage living up to his pedigree and purchase price by lowering his mark to 1:55. He defeated \u201cShaq\u201d by three-quarters of a length, with Red Andray only a neck off place and five horses in all within three lengths at the finish.<\/p>\n

Jimdougie Armitage is owned by S R F Stable, Knutsson Trotting Inc., Brochart Stable Inc., and Svanstedt & Midnight Sun \u2013 and now new Hall of Famer Svanstedt has fifteen days to get the colt (who had heretofore failed to beat :29.1 home only over a sloppy oval) set before his $300,000 Sire Stakes Championship, to be held Labor Day Monday at Pocono.<\/p>\n

JIMDOUGIE ARMITAGE REPLAY<\/p>\n

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Things weren\u2019t quite as dramatic in the other Sires cut, as Big Time Trot S (dam The Grand Filly) sat second behind Svanstedt\u00a0stallkamarat\u00a0Red Storm Hanover through fractions of :28.1, :57.2, and 1:26, then was set down by \u00c5ke and went by to be 1\u00bd lengths good on the money while taking a maiden mark of 1:55.1. Fourth, third, and second in his prior Sires prelims, Big Time Trot S looks to be trending well for most of the same connections as his stablemate: Knutsson Trotting Inc., Double S Stables, S R F Stable, and Svanstedt & Midnight Sun.<\/p>\n

BIG TIME TROT S REPLAY<\/p>\n

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We spoke of Pocono and Captain Corey \/ Svanstedt winning the Beal in 2021 \u2013 Pocono \u00a0also figures heavily in the Stallion Series tale, as the oval\u2019s leading driver, Tyler Buter, won all three of the StS legs, a boost for those horses eyeing their $40,000 series Championship at The Meadows on September 5. Buter had one Captain Corey winner \u2013 the gelding Strapped (dam Borrow And Spend), who has two straight StS victories after tallying in 1:56.2 for trainer Nick Devita and owners David Hamm and Glenn Phillips.<\/p>\n

The other Stallion Series success stories were Friday Night Fats, a Cantab Hall \u2013 Lovely Liv colt who won his third straight StS race while equaling his mark of 1:57 for trainer Matthew Burkholder and Dark Horse Farm LLC, and the Greenshoe \u2013 Tuscany colt Scarpa, also undefeated in two straight Stallion Series races after posting the quickest time of the today in this division, 1:56 (a new mark), for trainer Nifty Norman, whose Enzed Racing Stable Inc. shares ownership with Melvin Hartman.<\/p>\n

Buter won for three different trainers, but other doublers had a trainer-driver connection: Svanstedt of course as trainer\/driver; driver Jim Marohn Jr. and trainer Scott Di Domenico; and driver Trae Porter and trainer Howard Birney.<\/p>\n

Next week Harrah\u2019s Philly will be racing on its usual weekly schedule of Thursday and Friday at 12:25 and Sunday at 12:40. The top attraction of the period will be the final Pennsylvania Sire Stakes \/ Stallion Series preliminary of the season during the Sunday (August 30) card, when three-year-old trotting males will be looking to finalize spots in their Sire Stakes Championship (Sunday, September 6) at Philly, or the Stallion Series Championship (at The Meadows the day before). Free Philly program pages are or will be available at\u00a0www.phha.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For complete race results, click here:\u00a0US Trotting results<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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