By Carol Hodes for the SBOANJ
MANALAPAN,
NJ – August 27, 2014 – Trainer Ray Schnittker will send out a trio of Muscles
Yankee colts in the first round of New Jersey Sire Stakes – Green Acres
Division action when Freehold Raceway re-opens for its 2014 Summer/Fall Meet on
Thursday, August 28.
The
48-day meet [August 28 through December 13] will occupy Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays each week along with a special Labor Day card on Monday, September
1. Post time is 12:30 p.m.
Seven
New Jersey-sired two-year-old trotting colts and geldings are scheduled to go
postward in the $7,000 first leg of the Green Acres, the third of 10 races,
with the Schnittker entry of Switchblade Hall, Cruizinwithmuscles and Broken
Record installed as the 1-5 morning line favorite by the newly adopted
TrackMaster automated morning line.
Broken
Record, leaving fro post six with Steve Smith in the sulky, has two wins and
three thirds from six starts and earnings of $41,763 for the ownership of
Schnittker and Ted Gewertz. He finished third in his last start, the
Tompkins at Tioga Downs.
Harry
Landy will handle Switchblade Hall from post three while Pat Berry has the
assignment behind Cruizinwithmuscles from post four.
The
other starters are Firestop [Muscles Yankee] from the rail with Eric Abbatiello
driving at 12-1; Wolfpack Muscle [Muscles Yankee] with David Pinkney Jr. at
25-1 from post two; the Francisco Del Cid trained and driven Mountain Top
[Muscle Hill], the 5-2 second choice from post five and Muscle Night [Muscles
Yankee] with Jim Marshall III from post seven at 25-1.
A
free t-shirt will be distributed with a paid Freehold live racing program
[while supplies last] on Thursday, August 28.
With
six in the box, there will be no eliminations on Friday of this week and all
the three-year-old filly trotters entered will advance to the $40,000 Helen
Smith Trot on Friday, September 5, 2014.
The
field includes Cee Bee Yes [Muscles Yankee], Celebrity Fantasy [Muscles
Yankee], Mistressswithmuscle [Muscle Hill], She Likes Candy [Chocolatier], Yoga
[Muscles Yankee] and You And I [Muscles Yankee].
The
Julie Miller trained Cee Bee Yes has banked more than $273,000 for Jason and
Douglas Allen of Vincentown, NJ, with six wins, five seconds and two thirds
from 19 career starts. This year, she has two wins and two seconds in
eight starts. She captured the $33,075 Lady Suffolk at Freehold on May 2
and was second in the $100,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Final at the Meadowlands
on May 31. She qualified for the Hambletonian Oaks but broke at the start
of the final and finished last.
Labor
Day is also Back to the Track, a cooperative effort by the United States
Trotting Association, its member racetracks, and horsemen from coast-to-coast
that combines exciting harness racing and fan-friendly promotions.
Freehold’s
Labor Day festivities include a free Back to the Track cap with paid Freehold
live program [while supplies last], 50-cent hot dogs, 50-cent sodas, drawings
for a season’s parking pass and Back to the Track t-shirts. Additionally,
there will be a drivers’ autograph session.
