by Carol Hodes, for SBOANJ
MANALAPAN, NJ – October 4,
2014 – Nubble Light was widest of all in a four-horse charge to the wire,
winning by a neck in the $25,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes – Green Acres for
three-year-old pacing colts and geldings, the sixth race on Saturday, October
4, 2014 at Freehold Raceway.
Steve Smith tipped Nubble
Light [Rocknroll Hanover] wide in the stretch, getting up in the final strides
to catch Sassy Hanover [Western Ideal] in a career best 1:55 flat. It was
half a length to Card Shock [Cam’s Card Shark] in third.
Nubble Light paid $8.60 to
win as the third choice in the wagering.
The Deleston Cote trainee
also won the $25,000 Green Acres Final as a two-year-old on October 19, 2013.
Nubble Light now has five
wins, two seconds and four thirds in 19 starts this year and has finished in-the-money
in 13 of 28 career starts for a bankroll of $54,619. The gelding races
for the partnership of Deleston Cote of Cream Ridge, NJ; Henry Faragalli III of
Bryn Mawr, PA; Trevor Johnson of Phoenixville, PA and Jeffrey Ruben of Bryn
Mawr, PA.
In the third race, the third
leg of the Green Acres for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings, Too Darn Hot
[Rocknroll Hanover] was a head winner over 1-2 favorite Rock N Roll World
[Rocknroll Hanover] in 1:58.4.
Devils Cut [Western Ideal]
was two lengths back in third.
Too Darn Hot [$5.40], driven
by Eric Abbatiello and trained by Ron Burke, picked up his fifth win and has
been first or second in seven of 10 starts. He is owned by Burke Racing,
Our Horse Cents Stables, Weaver Bruscemi and Larry Karr.
The $25,000 Green Acres
Final for three-year-old trotting fillies drew three entrants and will be raced
as the first of two non-wagering events on Thursday, October 9, 2014.
Shelikescandy [Chocolatier],
who won all three of the preliminary legs, will bid for a sweep, facing Coin
Collector [Chocolatier] and Revergreen [Revenue]. Shelikescandy, trained
by Dawn Anderson and owned by George Beck of Freehold, NJ, will leave from post
three with Steve Smith driving.
The second non-betting event
is the $7,000 second leg of the Green Acres for three-year-old trotting colts
and geldings.
