Breeders Crown Winner Takes Goldsmith Maid
Elimination
EAST RUTHERFORD - All The Time was last seen
in The Breeders Crown winner’s circle at Woodbine three weeks ago. The
Muscle Hill filly picked up right where she left off winning in authoritative
fashion in the $20,000 elimination for the $409,950 Goldsmith Maid Final, which
will be contested next Friday, November 20th.
All The Time left for position, while Ultimate Shopper appeared
intent on the lead in the early stages. Yannick Gingras guided the 4/5
favorite, All The Time, to the pylons briefly through a 29-second opening
quarter before showing her racetrack as the field turned down the
backstretch. The Breeders Crown champion easily cleared the lead before
the 58.1 half-mile and the lead would only grow from there. All The Time
powered away to a three length lead on the far turn, while Double Exposure
assumed the daunting task of trotting first over against the favorite.
All The Time reached three-quarters in 1:56.2 and poured it on to win by a
geared down two and three-quarters lengths, tripping the timer in 1:54.4.
Double Exposure trotted home well despite the first over trip to finish second
with Haughty third. The top nine finishers qualified for the Final,
therefore all but Lindy’s On Fire will move on to that Final next Friday night.
All The Time is a homebred of Marvin Katz and Al Libfeld and is
trained by Jimmy Takter. She has now won seven of 11 starts this season
with earnings of $452,240.
The mares got their final tune-ups for the $200,000 TVG Free All
Championships for both the pacing and trotting mares tonight. In the
$25,000 Mare Trot, Shake It Cerry, adding Lasix for the first time, made a
powerful first over move on the far turn and quickly trotted past pace-setter
Classic Martine and drew clear to win convincingly in 1:53.3. Longshot
Handover Bell was second while Classic Martine faded to third. Favored Bee
A Magician was fourth. The 2014 Trotter of the Year won for the fourth time
this season and she inched closer to $2.4 Million in her career. Shake It
Cerry was driven by Dave Miller for Jimmy Takter and the champion is owned by
Solveig’s Racing Partners.
The pacing mares also went in the final TVG preliminary leg for
$25,000. Sandbetweenurtoes was compromised by traffic in the stretch of
the Breeders Crown, but she faced no such issue on this night winning in wire
to wire fashion in 1:52 with Brett Miller in the sulky. Skippin By, a 24-1
longshot sat the pocket and stalked the winner throughout and mounted a strong
challenge up the pylons through the stretch, but Sandbetweenurtoes was
dead-game and held off the challenge for the fourth win of the season as she
closes in on $500,000 lifetime. In his 40th season racing a
horse at The Meadowlands, fittingly trainer Larry Remmen earned a victory on
opening night for owner Bradley Grant.
In other action, Penpal put forth a fine effort in her tune-up for
the $385,250 Three Diamonds Final with a three and a half length victory over
Albany Girl in a condition event for younger filly pacers. She scored for
Pat Lachance in 1:54.2.
Radar Contact returned to her favorite location, winning for the
seventh time in 15 starts at The Meadowlands in a condition event for pacing
mares in 1:52.3. It was not an easy victory as Radar Contact was headed
in mid-stretch by Sir Jillian Z Tam, but the battle-tested mare fought back
tenaciously to earn the victory for John Campbell and trainer Noel Daley.
The driving star of the night was Dave Miller, winning three
races, including the late Daily Double.
Total Handle for the opening night program was $2,127,362, a
slight increase from this same night in 2014. That is despite two less
races and being up against a 13-race card that featured six Breeders Crown
elimination races. The Late Pick 4 was well-received in its new eighth
race slot, handling over $76,000.
Racing
resumes on Saturday with a 13-race program that includes eliminations for the
Governor’s Cup and Valley Victory as well as the final preliminary legs for the
TVG Pacing and Trotting Championships. Post time for the Saturday program is
7:00 P.M.
