By Carol Hodes for the
SBOANJ
MANALAPAN, NJ – September
26, 2014 – Dealt A Winner and Smart Zone, New Jersey-sired two-year-olds, put
their winning streaks on the line in a pair of Lou Babic Pace finals on
Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Freehold Raceway.
Dealt A Winner [Cam’s Card
Shark] is the even-money favorite in the $100,000 Lou Babic for colts and
geldings, the ninth race, while Smart Zone [Rocknroll Hanover] is the 7-5
choice in the $59,000 Lou Babic for fillies, the seventh race.
Dealt A Winner has four wins
from his five starts, including his last three in-a-row. He took his mark
of 1:52.3 in the Reynolds at Tioga Downs on September 12
The Ed Hart trainee will
leave from post two with Jason Bartlett driving. He has banked $69,879
for owner Jeffrey Snyder of New York City.
Smart Zone, trained by Erv
Miller and driven by Steve Smith, carries a four-race winning streak into the
filly division of the Babic. She has finished in-the-money in six of nine
starts, earning $33,757 for Paymaq Racing of Long Grove, IL and D&M Trading
LLC of Chicago, IL.
The stakes record for the
Babic Open of 1:54.3 was set by Dontloseyourdayjob [Life Sign] in 2007.
The filly record, also 1:54.3, belongs to Ideal Helen [Western Ideal] and came
in 2013. Both events are sponsored by the New Jersey Sire Stakes program.
Also on Saturday as a
non-wagering event is a $7,000 third leg of the New Jersey Sire Stake – Green
Acres for three-year-old pacing colts.
The Babic fields with sire,
driver, trainer and morning line odds.
7th Race -
$59,000 Lou Babic Filly Final
1-World of Rock-Rocknroll
Hanover-Jim Meittinis-Chris Ryder- 15-1
2-Strut My Stuff-Western
Ideal-Jack Baggitt Jr.-Ross Croghan-2-1
3-Lissan-Rocknroll
Hanover-Jim Marshall III-Larry Remmen- 7-2
4-Smart Zone-Rocknroll
Hanover-Steve Smith-Erv Miller 7-5
5-Hollyrocker-Rocknroll
Hanover-Eric Abbatiello-Larry Remmen 9-1
6-New Joez-Western
Ideal-Jason Bartlett-Stacy Chiodo- 30-1
7-Cheyenne Robin-Rocknroll
Hanover-Daniel Dube-Robert Siegelman- 30-1
9th Race-
$100,000 Lou Babic Colt Final
1-Edward Teach-Rocknroll
Hanover-Pat Berry-Ron Burke- 15-1
2-Dealt A Winner-Cam’s Card
Shark-Jason Bartlett-Edward Hart- even
3-Too Darn Hot-Rocknroll
Hanover-Eric Abbatiello-Ron Burke- 2-1
4-Rock Of The Ages-Rocknroll
Hanover-Nick Surick-Nick Surick- 30-1
5-Devils Cut-Western
Ideal-Jim Marshall III-Stacy Chiodo- 15-1
6-Mitt Jagger-Rocknroll
Hanover-Scott Young-Ron Coyne Jr.- 20-1
7-Rock N’ Roll
World-Rocknroll Hanover-George Brennan-Nifty Norman- 6-1
8-Ticket To Roll-Rocknroll
Hanover-Daniel Dube-Tony Alagna- 30-1
