Odds
on favorite Aunt Mel, who carried a three-race winning streak, broke in the
first turn and a strong challenge from Riverfest failed when she also broke
stride on the final turn, leaving Chilitodayhotamale, a daughter of Muscles
Yankee – Miss Molly Tamale, the easiest of winners in the stakes for
three-year-old New Jersey-sired trotting fillies, sponsored by the Standardbred
Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey.
Her
seventh race clocking matched the 1:56.3 stakes record established by another
daughter of Muscles Yankee, Muscle Shirt, in 2008.
Chilitodayhotamale
[$9.20, $5.00 – no show wagering] picked up her second win with three seconds
in 11 starts this year. Lifetime, the Trond Smedshammer trainee has
finished first or second in 10 of 19 tries. She has banked $180,811 for owner-breeder
Michael D. Andrew of Gorham, ME.
Chocolatta
De Vie by Chocolatier was second while Champagne Magic by Yankee Glide was 19 ¼
lengths back in third.
--Submitted
by Carol Hodes for the SBOANJ
