By
Carol Hodes for the SBOANJ
MANALAPAN, NJ – July 3, 2015 –
Veteran driver John Campbell expertly guided a trio of first-time starters to
victory in first round New Jersey Sire Stakes for two-year-olds on Friday
night, July 3, 2015 at the Meadowlands.
Hall of Famer Campbell won
with filly pacer Rock My Girl in the $25,000 first race, colt trotter Jack
Vernon in the $20,000 fourth race and colt pacer Boston Red Rocks in the
$25,000 fifth race.
Rock My Girl [$9.20] was a
length and a half winner over Blue Moon Stride. It was three and a half
lengths to Show Time Hill in third. All three fillies are daughters of
Rocknroll Hanover.
Trained by Casie Coleman, Rock
My Girl paced the mile in 1:53.3, tossing in a last quarter in 27.1.
Owned by West Wins Stable,
Adriano Sorella and Ron Broadstone, she was a $20,000 Lexington Selected Sale
purchase.
Jack Vernon [$6.60], a Muscle
Hill son of Vernon Blue Chip, trotted his mile in 1:57.2, finishing a
half-length ahead of Dominion Beach [Muscle Hill]. Southwind Flash
[Muscle Hill], who won both of his baby races and was the betting favorite, was
third by three quarters of a length.
Racing in the name of Miller’s
Stable Inc. of Leburn, KY, Jack Vernon is trained by Randy Beeckman and was
purchased out of the Lexington Selected Sale for $50,000.
Boston Red Rocks [$5.80] was a
two and a quarter length winner over Katies Rocker. It was two and
three-quarter lengths to Ideal Rocky in third. All three are sons of
Rocknroll Hanover.
The Steve Elliott-trainee
paced the mile in 1:53.2. Purchased for $50,000 out of the Harrisburg
Sale, Boston Red Rocks races in the name of Rick Berks of Boca Raton, FL.
In other New Jersey Sire
Stakes divisions for trotters, Southwind Frank [$3.00] won the $20,000 second
race for colts and Hollywood Hill [$14.40] captured the $20,000 sixth race for
fillies.
Southwind Frank, driven by
Yannick Gingras and trained by Ron Burke, prevailed by a head over Brooklyn
Hill in a stretch duel that featured a 26.3 final panel in a 1:56.3 mile.
It was two and a half lengths to Bar Hopping in third. All three are sons
of Muscle Hill.
Southwind Frank, a $100,000
Lexington Selected Sale purchase, belongs to the partnership of Burke Racing
Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, Our Horse Cents Stables and J&T Silva
Stables.
Hollywood Hill, driven and
trained by Jimmy Takter, coasted to a two and a half-length tally over
Southwind Adele. It was three and three-quarter lengths to Silvia in
third. The three fillies are all daughters of Muscle Hill. The mile
was timed in 1:56.2.
The winner is owned by breeder
Goran Falk of Allentown, NJ.
In the last division, the
$20,000 ninth race for trotting fillies, Gifted Lady [$4.40] was a length
winner over Dream Child in 1:57.4. Skara Brae was third by five and a
half lengths.
All three fillies are
daughters of Muscle Hill.
Jimmy Takter drives and
traines Gifted Lady, for owner-breeder Silver Linden Farms of Woodburn, IN.
The two-year-olds have another
week of prelims before meeting in $100,000 finals on July 17, 2015 at the
Meadowlands.
