Jockey Chantal Sutherland-Kruse rides trotter to North American record at The Meadows
Monday, September 23, 2013 - by Dan Leary, USTA director of marketing and communications
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Washington, PA --- Chantal Sutherland-Kruse, the Canadian Thoroughbred jockey who is the only female rider ever to win the Santa Anita Handicap and Hollywood Gold Cup, added harness racing rider to her resume when she rode trotter DW’s NY Yank to a North American record 1:59 mile on Monday afternoon (Sept. 23) at The Meadows Racetrack.
Chantal Sutherland-Kruse rode trotter DW’s NY Yank to a North American record 1:59 mile.
The time trial set a record for trotting under saddle on a five-eighths-mile track, previously set by rider Karen Isbell and trotter Fort Valley As (1:59.1) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on June 29.
Sutherland–Kruse was amazed at the differences between riding a Thoroughbred and Standardbred. The biggest difference, she said, was how jockeys must “push” a Thoroughbred in order to get them to go faster, while Standardbred riders must hold the bit in the horse’s mouth or they will begin to gallop, negating any record attempts.
“I just had to keep pulling,” said Sutherland-Kruse. “Pull, pull, pull. Every time I let up on the reins he would break. I won’t be able to wash my hair tonight.”
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