Googoo Gaagaa top choice for Yonkers Trot
July 5, 2012YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) - Googoo Gaagaa tops a five-horse field for Saturday's Yonkers Trot, the first leg of trotting's Triple Crown.
The 3-year-old colt has won 11 of 12 races, and is coming off a world record 1:50 4/5 effort in last weekend's Earl Beal Jr. Memorial final at Pocono. The time is the fastest over a five-eighths mile oval.
Richard Hans is the breeder, owner and trainer of Googoo Gaagaa. The driver is Corey Callahan.
Also entered in the $450,000 race are Stormin Normand, Market Share, Muscolo and Archangel. Post time is about 9 p.m.
The other races in the trotting Triple Crown are the Hambletonian at East Rutherford, N.J., and the Kentucky Futurity in Lexington, Ky.