“He just loves to race, and he loves to chase horses.” “At the top of the stretch I was just hoping for a check, but he just kept picking up horses,” Hochstetler continued. As Charlie May and Abuckabett Hanover dueled in the stretch, Ponda Warrior came fourth over with a :25.4 final panel to soar by his rivals and become just the second Indiana-sired horse to win the Dan Patch trophy. The duo established fractions of :53.1 for the half-mile and 1:20.3 for three-quarters.Īs the field turned for home, Charlie May and Brett Miller had moved into second to launch their bid with Ponda Warrior in fifth. Abuckabett Hanover and Scott Zeron, however, had other plans and went to the front prior to the half-mile marker. The only horse to ever leave from the trailing post 11 in this race, Ponda Warrior and his pilot, Kyle Wilfong, were content to settle in eighth as Lou’s Pearlman (David Miller) immediately took the lead with a first quarter in :26.1. Winning this race with this horse, which I picked out at the sale, is what dreams are made of. “I have believed in this horse since Day One,” said trainer Jay Hochstetler after the victory. Ponda Warrior captured the 30th edition of the Dan Patch Stakes at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Friday night at odds of 17-1. Dean Gillette Photography.
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