In
the first split, the eighth race, Jeff Gregory guided For A Dancer [$3.00,
$2.20, $2.20] to a length and a quarter victory over the pacesetter, Chocolatta
De Vie [$2.80, $3.00] in 1:58.3. It was six and three-quarter lengths
back to Starglow Hall [$4.00] in third.
For
A Dancer, trained by Joe Holloway and racing in the name of Bluestone Farms LLC
of Hopewell, NJ, was making her 2012 debut. At two, she was third in the
Breeders Crown, finished on-the-board in 10 of 11 starts, including eight wins,
and banked $262,332.
In
the second division, the tenth race, Cocktail Attire [$3.40, $2.10, $2.10],
driven by Tony Schadel and trained by Linda Schadel, took the lead off the gate
and never relinquished it, winning by a half-length over Loose Deuce [$2.60, $2.20].
It was six and a half lengths to Kristins Victory [$4.00] in third.
Cocktail
Attire extended her winning streak to four with a mile in 1:57.4, only a fifth
of a second off the Lady Suffolk stakes record of 1:57.3 established in 1996 by
Stacy Spice.
Owned
by Tony and Linda Schadel of Sacramento, PA, Cocktail Attire improved her
career record to four wins and two seconds in seven starts for earnings of
$44,941.
-Submitted
by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ
