Diabolic Hill ready for Breeders Crown-final!

3-yo DIABOLIC HILL (US) – co-bred with Thomas Lind-Holm – is back on top and won a preliminary section of the Breeders Crown on Saturday evening local time at Scioto Downs in Ohio, where he relegated Hambletonian winner Apex to second place!

Diabolic Hill – trained by Annie Stoebe – was good from the start and took the lead after about 600 meters, but soon had to give way to Apex, who completed the first 800 meters after 1:09.6.

Apex also looked like the winner in the last turn, but on open stretch Diabolic Hill fought his way past to a narrow victory – both horses recorded a time of 1:09.2a/1609 meters.

Diabolic Hill – with Todd McCarthy in the bike – received $ 12,500 for the win and has now earned $ 748,917.

Diabolic Hill is now ready for the Breeders Crown Final on Saturday, October 24th at Scioto Downs with a total prize pool of $600,000!