Pacing filly seeks 21st straight win
The biggest star in harness racing will attempt to run her unbeaten record to 21-0 on Thursday night in the New York Sire Stakes at Yonkers Raceway.
See You At Peelers was made the 4-5 favorite in a field of seven and will leave from the No. 7 post with Marcus Johansson driving. The 3-year-old pacing filly won her 20th straight on July 17, taking the Tarport Hap at The Meadowlands.
See You At Peelers' unbeaten record comes a year after thoroughbred racing's Zenyatta ran her undefeated mark to 19-0 before losing her final start in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
The filly is 7 for 7 this year, including a win against colts in the Art Rooney Pace last month.
See You At Peelers is trained by Harness Racing Hall of Fame nominee Jimmy Takter for owners Christina Takter and Jim and John Fielding. Takter is pointing See You at Peelers to the Little Brown Jug in Delaware, Ohio, on Sept. 22, where she will go against colts.
''I have said all along and we decide to go to Delaware, I don't think I want to go to the Jugette,'' Jimmy Takter said of the filly version of the Jug. ''It's too hard of racing for little money if you potentially have to race three heats. If she goes, she will race against the colts.''
See You At Peelers has earned more than $1.2 million.