$600,000 Breeders Crown
Two-Year-Old Filly Trot
Southwind Samurai
Breeding
Breeder(s)
Owner(s)
Sales Info
Trainer
Driver
Year
2009
2, b, filly by Conway Hall - Southwind Seasons - Valley Victory
Southwind Farm, Pennington, NJ
Scuderia S Giuliano, Comp Benzo, Italy
$27,000 Harrisburg Yearling Sale
Bjorn Noren
Trevor Ritchie
Starts
10
1st
2
2nd
4
3rd
0
Earnings
$83,661
Mark
2,1:57.0 M
Quotes & Notes
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Southwind Samurai finished second by a neck in her Breeders Crown elimination as a 67-1
longshot to the winning Christiana Hanover, and was clocked in 1:57. After trotting comfortably
through fractions of :27.3, :58.3 and 1:28.4 Southwind Samurai was just nipped at the wire by her
hard-charging rival.
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“Her strong suit is that she’s rock solid both off the gate in a race, which is really an important
factor when you’re on a track like this and you need to be up near the front,” Campbell explained.
“I’ve been very impressed with her in both of her recent starts—here and especially a week ago
at Lexington.”
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Southwind Samurai had breaking issues earlier in the season but by mid-summer seemed to
have gotten her mind on racing, with wins coming at Monticello Raceway in a $36,490 New York
Sire Stakes when she won in wire-to-wire fashion in 2:04.4, and in an $11,000 Meadowlands
overnight, when she was clocked in 1:57.
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Southwind Farms, Pennington, NJ, was founded in 1978 by Mr. and Mrs. Allen Skolnick, who
bought three yearlings in partnership with several other racehorse enthusiasts. One of the three
yearlings was Royce P3,1:53.4 $424,000, who became their inspiration to stay in the business,
and expand further into the Standardbred world. They first purchased a breeding farm in New
York, but soon moved to New Jersey. There they stood the incomparable racehorse and pacing
stallion Artsplace among others. The two-year-olds of 2009 are Artsplace’s final crop. Southwind
Farms is home to current World Champion and Breeders Crown winner Chocolatier 3,1:53
($1,324,800) and will stand leading horse of the Year contender Muscle Hill next year.
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Trainer Bjorn 'Bernie' Noren, 33, spent many years as an assistant trainer for the Jimmy Takter
Stable, until late 2008, when he opened his own stable. Since then, the Haffesled, Sweden native
has amassed 16 winners who have earned $643,083.