By Carol Hodes for the
SBOANJ
MANALAPAN, NJ – September 3,
2014 – Cee Bee Yes had an ambitious mission a month ago in the Hambletonian
Oaks but now is back at Freehold, scene of her past successes, for the $40,000
Helen Smith Trot on Friday, September 5, 2014.
The Helen Smith is
restricted to New Jersey-sired three-year-old filly trotters and sponsored by
the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey.
The $500,000 Hambletonian
Oaks on August 2 at the Meadowlands would have been quite a feather in the cap
of the filly, a daughter of Muscles Yankee – Enbeecee. But she broke at
the start and was never a factor.
She won a qualifier on
August 21 at Freehold in 2:00.3 in preparation for the Helen Smith, where she
will leave from post three in the field of six. She has been installed as
the 9-5 morning line favorite.
“Cee Bee Yes made an
unfortunate break at the start of the Oaks,” trainer Julie Miller noted.
“Since them, we wanted to target the Helen Smith at Freehold. She has had
success at Freehold in the past. She is good and healthy, and ready to
return to action.”
At Freehold, Cee Bee Yes won
the $33,075 Lady Suffolk on May 3. At two, she was second to Chocolate
Crisp in the $58,025 Marion Dancer.
In New Jersey Sire Stakes
action at the Meadowlands, she won the $150,000 final at two and was second in
the $100,000 final for three-year-olds on May 31, 2014.
A $45,000 Harrisburg
yearling purchase, Cee Bee Yes has banked $273,182 for owners Jason and Douglas
Allen of Vincentown, NJ. This year she has finished first or second in
four of eight starts and has a lifetime record of six wins, five seconds and
two thirds from 19 starts.
With her husband, Andy, on
the sidelines, recovering from a racing accident, Miller is turning the lines
over to Steve Smith.
“Steve drove her last year
and got along real well with her,” she noted. “As a trainer, I take each
start race by race. As long as she is healthy, she still has stakes
racing to compete in.”
The field for the $40,000
Helen Smith, the seventh race on September 5 [with sire, driver, trainer and
morning line odds]:
1-Yoga-Muscles Yankee-Brett
Miller-Jimmy Takter-5-2
2-Shelikescandy-Chocolatier-James
Marshall IV-Dawn Anderson-12-1
3-Cee Bee Yes-Muscles
Yankee-Steve Smith-Julie Miller-9-5
4-You And I-Muscles
Yankee-Ed Lohmeyer-Ed Lohmeyer-7-1
5-Celebrity Fantasy-Muscles
Yankee-Eric Abbatiello-Jimmy Salerno-20-1
6-Mistresswithmuscle-Muscle
Hill-Jeff Gregory-George Ducharme-5-2
