Spirit of Massachusetts Trot draws full field of nine
At 10h28, on July 19, 2023 • By PLAINRIDGE
The field for the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot, which will be held at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 23), has attracted nine top Open trotters — eight males and one mare. The biggest race of the year in Massachusetts has been carded as the ninth race on an 11-race card.
Hall of Fame trainer Ron Burke brings a lethal one-two punch to the Bay State in the $1.5 million earner It’s Academic along with stablemate Hillexotic. Plainridge regular and Massachusetts-bred Marquis Lafayette was awarded with an “at-large” entry, determined by the Harness Horseman’s Association of New England, the Hambletonian Society and Plainridge Park.
$250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot
- Kildare King (driver TBA, Christopher Beaver)
- Rattle My Cage (Åke Svanstedt, Åke Svanstedt)
- Marquis Lafayette (Bruce Ranger, Domenico Cecere)
- Hillexotic (Yannick Gingras, Ron Burke)
- Herculisa (Austin Siegleman, Matty Medeiros)
- Balenciaga (Mark MacDonald, Paul Kelley)
- Delayed Hanover (Andy Miller, Kevin McDermott)
- Asteroid (Dexter Dunn, Åke Svanstedt)
- It’s Academic (David Miller, Ron Burke)
