Friday
nights at The Meadowlands customarily feature the top class mare pacers and the
cream of the trotting crop. This was the course of events for the April 25 card
with the mares up first in the second half of the Daily Double.
The
Sweetheart stakes winner from 2012, Jerseylicious opened her four year old
season in style with a 1:51.2 win in a $22,500 B-1/A-2 on Friday night at The
Meadowlands. A nine time winner while amassing nearly $300,000 as a sophomore,
the Western Ideal mare cashed in on a perfect steer from Corey Callahan to
score over Scandalous Hanover and Marty Party. Jerseylicious began her
three year old season a perfect eight for eight and so far she is one for one
in 2014.
Wayne
Givens trains Jerseylicious for Legacy Racing of Delaware and Pamela Curran.
A strong
field of trotters took the track for the $30,000 eleventh race feature. Modern
Family came in with credentials that drew play enough from the punters to go
off as the short 3-5 favorite and he did not disappoint.
Tim
Tetrick was designated to drive the Cantab Hall horse by trainer and part owner
Daryl Bier and Tim landed a pocket trip behind Daylon Magician that proved to
be the path to victory. Drafting along behind honest fractions led to a near
track record 1:51.1 mile. Uncle Peter was a brave second in his first start as
a five year old and Daylon Magician held third.
Bier’s
partners are Charles Dombeck and Richard Poillucci. The whole gang is likely
looking forward to the Arthur Cutler Memorial two weeks hence and beyond.
The
$25,000 Dash For The C Notes, a weekly staple during the spring racing season
devised by Director of Racing Peter Koch, facilitated the C-2 trotters and
March Awareness took home the top prize for Carolyn Brechler and John Rhodes,
Jr of Ohio.
Driver
Scott Zeron put the Ken Warkentin gelding on the lead going to the half and
held sway for a comfortable 1:54 win. Brookroad Knight took the place and For
You Almost Free held on for the show after a first over trip. The Remmen stable
conditions the winner.
Racing
returns on Saturday with first post time at 7:15 P.M., featuring the first
stake of the year as the grand circuit makes a stop at The Meadowlands for the
three year old pacers in The Reynolds Stakes. Additionally, Saturdays
Revived continues at Victory Nightclub with music from 92.3 Now’s D.J.
Toro. Doors at Victory open at 10:00 P.M. For more, check out
playmeadowlands.com.
