KINDERGARTEN
TROTTING SERIES KICKS OFF AT THE MEADOWLANDS
Five divisions for
Two-Year-OIds headline Friday, July 23 program
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (July
23, 2015) – The final stretch of the
Meadowlands Championship Meet gets underway Friday (July 24) with five
divisions of the Kindergarten Series for freshman trotters.
The first of three divisions
for the boys opens the twelve-race program. Taco Tuesday draws morning-line
favoritism for trainer Frank Antonacci and driver Tim Tetrick. The Cantab Hall
colt makes his pari-mutuel debut off a trio of qualifying wins, the last of
which came by nearly ten lengths in 1:58.1. Pick Up The Tab also makes his
pari-mutuel debut. He was a $220,000 Lexington Select yearling and a full
brother to millionaire Uncle Peter.
The second division for the
colts and geldings is the second race and includes a pair of promising
youngsters that competed in the New Jersey Sire Stakes. Waitlifter K finished
fourth in the $100,000 Final while Jack Vernon was sixth after winning one of
the preliminary legs.
The high-priced Winter Harbor
leads the third and final male division in race four. Brittany Farms, John
Cancelliere, Jeff Gural’s Little E, and Winter Harbor Partners own the Muscle
Hill colt that cost $240,000 at Lexington. He makes his pari-mutuel debut for
Tony Alagna off a pair of eye-catching qualifying wins. Scott Zeron has the
drive. Among his rivals is $320,000 Lexington yearling, The Perfect Lindy,
whose family includes last year’s Hambletonian winner, Trixton.
The two divisions begin in
race nine. Jimmy Takter sends out morning line favorite Hollywood Hill, who won
a preliminary leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes in 1:56.2 before finishing
fifth in the final last week.
An overflow field of eleven
will contest the second division for fillies in race eleven. Takter has the
favorite here as well with Twice Is Right, a Donato Hanover filly who was third
last out in a PA Sire Stakes. Julie Miller sends out Hustle Heart, a Credit
Winner daughter of the great Creamy Mimi, who has tuned up for her pari-mutuel
debut with a pair of wins in qualifiers.
Friday’s program also
includes an Open Trot featuring Market Share and the East Coast return of
Indiana star Natural Herbie, who is preparing to contest the John Cashman
Memorial on Hambletonian Day. His owner/trainer/driver, Verlin Yoder, will be
the “In The Sulky” guest on the Meadowlands pre-race show beginning at 6:45
p.m.
The last race Jackpot Super
High Five carryover has grown to more than $208,000.
Post time is set for 7:15
p.m.
