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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

M1 - PREP RACES CARDED FOR NEW JERSEY CLASSIC & MISS NEW JERSEY



MANALAPAN, NJ – July 23, 2013 – The Meadowlands has carded prep races on Saturday night for the finalists in the $250,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic and the $125,000 Thomas D’Altrui Miss New Jersey.

Neither of the two events for New Jersey-sired three-year-old pacers, which are sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey, required elimination races.

The New Jersey Classic drew 11 entrants, nine of whom will compete in the $25,000 prep carded as the fourth race on Saturday, July 27, 2013. 

All seven of the entrants in the filly companion stakes, the Miss New Jersey, will compete in the $20,000 prep, the first race, including 3-5 morning line favorite I Luv The Nitelife, who swept three major stakes – the Fan Hanover, Lynch and Mistletoe Shalee – and has won six of seven starts this year.

The daughter of Rocknroll Hanover, driven by Tim Tetrick and trained by Chris Ryder, drew post four in the Miss New Jersey Prep.  Lifetime, she has banked $1,191,577 for Richard and Joanne Young of Coconut Creek, FL.  The filly has finished in-the-money in 16 of 17 career starts.

Ms Caila J Fra, who swept the New Jersey Sire Stakes, including the $150,000 final on June 1, is rated the 3-1 second choice.  Simon Allard will drive the Steve Elliott trainee.

A daughter of Western Ideal, Ms Caila J Fra was unraced at two but has accounted for $136,225 in earnings this year, finishing in-the-money in nine of 14 starts for her owner-breeder, The Fra Stable LLC of Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Installed as the 9-5 morning line favorite in the New Jersey Classic Prep, the fourth race, is the Tony Alagna-trained duo of Emeritus Maximus and Wake Up Peter, both sons of Rocknroll Hanover. 

Tim Tetrick has the call on Emeritus Maximus, post six, who has five wins in nine starts this year, including the Hempt Elim on June 22 at Pocono.  He has a career bankroll of $100,908 for the Cheap Speed Stable of Steger, IL, Alan Alber of Ontario and Eagle Soar Partners of Staten Island, NY. 

Entrymate Wake Up Peter, with Ron Pierce driving, is still looking for his first win of the year but was third in the $980,000 North America Cup.  He leaves from post eight.

Wake Up Peter races for the Wake Up Peter Partners, Brittany Farms, Lou Willinger and Eagles Soar Partners.  He has a career record of two wins, four seconds and three thirds from 16 starts and earnings of $446,453.

Rockin Amadeus, who won the $150,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Final on June 1, is the 2-1 second choice from post four with Yannick Gingras in the sulky for trainer Jimmy Takter. 

The son of Rocknroll Hanover has banked $552,390 lifetime for owner-breeder Lothlorien of Ontario. 

Skipping the prep will be the Casie Coleman-trained Lucan Hanover, who won a Summertime Stakes at Mohawk on July 19, and Word Power, from the Larry Remmen Stable, who is scheduled to compete in the $450,000 Delvin Miller Adios Final on July 27.

Stakes records are held by Panther Hanover in the New Jersey Classic [1:47.2 in 2012] and Put On A Show in the Miss New Jersey [1:50 in 2010].

The draws for the preps [in post position order with sire, driver, trainer and morning line].

FIRST RACE -- $20,000 Thomas D’Altrui Miss New Jersey Prep
1-Ideal Ginny, Western Ideal, Marcus Miller, Erv Miller, 12-1
2-Ms Caila J Fra, Western Ideal, Simon Allard, Steve Elliott, 3-1
3-Certified Ideal, Western Ideal, John Campbell, Ross Croghan, 20-1
4-I Luv The Nitelife, Rocknroll Hanover, Tim Tetrick, Chris Ryder, 2-5
5-JK Letitgo, Western Ideal, David Miller, Linda Toscano, 10-1
6-Authorize, Western Ideal, Ron Pierce, Tony Alagna, 30-1
7-Jerseylicious, Western Ideal, Corey Callahan, Wayne Givens, 9-2

FOURTH RACE -- $25,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic Prep
1-Always There, Western Ideal, John Campbell, Nick Surick, 12-1
2-Ideal Carver, Western Ideal, David Miller, Casie Coleman, 10-1
3-Rocks N Bonds, Rocknroll Hanover, Mike Lachance, Joseph Poliseno, 15-1
4-Rockin Amadeus,, Rocknroll Hanover, Yannick Gingras, Jimmy Takter, 2-1
5-Real Rocker, Rocknroll Hanover, Corey Callahan, Trish Foulk, 10-1
6-Emeritus Maximus, Rocknroll Hanover, Tim Tetrick, Tony Alagna, 9-5
7-Only The Lonely, Western Ideal, Pat Berry, Nick Surick, 12-1
8-Wake Up Peter, Rocknroll Hanover, Ron Pierce, Tony Alagna, 9-5
9-Johny Rock, Rocknroll Hanover, Andy Miller, John Butenschoen, 7-2
Always There and Only The Lonely are coupled as 1 & 1A; Emeritus Maximus and Wake Up Peter are coupled as 2 & 2A.

--Submitted by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ