Rocknroll
Hanover, who stands at Perretti Farms in Cream Ridge, NJ, tops all stallions
with his progeny earning $4,953,236 thus far in 2012.
Pet
Rock’s trainer Virgil Morgan opted to bypass the New Jersey Sire Stakes in
favor of the Rooney.
“The history of this race is
short fields,” Morgan explained. “Tonight, there were only six going for
$300,000. A lot of it is luck of draw and things might have worked out
differently had we had the five or the six. The purse money here was better
than the race at the Meadowlands, and those races might have been
tougher. I think this was a wise decision.”
Pet Rock, driven by Brian
Sears and owned by Frank Bellino of Bronxville, NY, set a stakes and
three-year-old pacing colt track record with his time of 1:51.
At the Meadowlands, a
quartet of New Jersey Sire Stakes Finals for three-year-olds was in the
spotlight with A Rocknroll Dance going off as the 3-5 favorite. Instead,
Time To Roll, driven by Andy Miller and trained by Jimmy Takter, prevailed in a
four-horse photo.
Time To Roll, who paced the
mile in 1:50 flat, finished a nose ahead of A Rocknroll Dance, and it was a
neck back to Simply Business in third. All three colts are sons of
Rocknroll Hanover.
Time To Roll, bred and owned
by Lothlorien of Cheltenham, Ontario, picked up his third win in five career
starts. He was third in his New Jersey Sire Stakes Final as a
two-year-old, finishing behind I Fought Dalaw and Pet Rock.
-Submitted
by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ
