Arch Madness set a track and world record

Arch Madness improved his seasonal earnings to $471,910 for owners Marc Goldberg and Barry Goldstein's Willow Pond LLC. His

career total is now $2.9 million.

Arch Madness set a track and world record for an older trotting gelding with a 1:50.2 clocking in the
$220,750 Titan Cup on Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.
Arch Madness cleared the lead from Lucky Jim after a :55.1 half and drew off to an eight-length victory.
He supplanted Victory Tilly's 2002 record (for geldings five years old and up) in the Nat Ray by two-fifths
of a second. Lucky Jim was far behind in second, while Slave Dream picked up the show money.
Driven by Brian Sears, Arch Madness earned his first Titan Cup trophy in his fourth attempt. He paid
$2.60.
"We were stepping out of there and it looked like they were going to mix it up early," Sears said. "I let it
play out and it worked out well. He's super sharp; they've done a great job with him."
Arch Madness, trained by Trond Smedshammer, is now two-for-two since returning from a short
campaign in Europe. The seven-year-old gelding has won seven of eight starts in 2011, including the
Oslo Grand Prix. His only loss this year came in Sweden's Elitlopp. He won his elimination race before
finishing sixth in the same-day final on May 29 at Solvalla.
"He is starting to live up to what we thought he could do," Smedshammer said. "He has had some
bumps along the road. He always showed greatness, but he wasn't always the most consistent horse.
This is the horse we thought he would be as an aged horse. I thought he would show it as a five-year-
old. He didn't have a great year then, but this is certainly his year now."
Standardbred Canada