East
Rutherford, NJ – Two sure signs
of spring, tax day has passed and the good horses begin to show up for
qualifiers at The Meadowlands in anticipation of stakes season. The sky was
cloudless, the wind negligible and the temperature hovered around fifty degrees
when 3 year old filly trotters stepped onto the track to open the card.
Predictably,
a Takter horse won the first race. Sunset Glider a Cantab Hall filly that won
the Kentuckiana Sales stake at Hoosier last summer. She led all the way through
slow numbers then sprinted home in 27.1 on the end of the 1:57.2 mile for Dave
Miller. Wildflower, winner of the Kindergarten final last year, was second for
Ake Svanstedt and Kathy Parker came third. Brittany Farms, Marvin Katz and Al
Libfeld are the owners.
Ake
took revenge in the second, cutting the mile to win in 1:57.4 with the Credit
Winner filly New Sheriff In Town over a fast closing Miss Tezsla (Takter) and
Brett Miller. Mellby Gard owns her.
Going
back to the NYSS well that produced a million dollar return on investment last
season, Crazy Wow, Ronnie Burke unveiled new purchase Dayson in the third. He
led all the way through well rated fractions then edged away to a clear 1:55.2
/ 27.3 score with driver Yannick Gingras motionless in the sulky. Honor Above
All and Granite State followed him in. Burke Racing, Our Horse Cents, J&T
Silva and Rossie Smith are now the owners of Dayson.
The
fifth qualifier contained a few of the finest trotters in the land. Trainer
Nifty Norman was recently quoted as saying Bee A Magician might be better than
ever and off her pair of qualifiers the consensus is a resounding “You might by
right, Nifty!”
She
drafted along behind Aged Breeders Crown winner Creatine who clicked through
fractions of :29, :58 and 1:26.4 before Brian Sears tipped her and sat up. Bee edged
past Creatine, who held well in his first outing, in a 27 flat conclusion to
the 1:53.4 mile. Resolve sat mid pack early and gained some ground to be a
controlled third. Mel Hartman, Herbie Liverman and David McDuffee own Bee A
Magician.
Pacers
started up after the break and sophomore fillies went a mile in 1:54.3 with JK
Fannie and John Campbell holding off the late bid of last year’s Three Diamonds
winner Yankee Moonshine. She is owned by 3 Brothers Stables.
The
seventh race pit last season’s winners of the NJ, PA and NY Sires Stakes 2 year
old filly finals and they finished right across the track in that order. Blue
Moon Stride and Andy McCarthy set fractions of 29.1, 57.4, 1:26.4 with Dime A
Dozen in the pocket and Dan Patch champ from last year Pure Country third. They
fanned across the track in the stretch and Blue Moon Stride held off the late
rally of Pure Country by an inch with Dime A Dozen another head back third in
1:54.1. Emillio and Maria Rosati own the winning filly, Mark Harder trains.
JK
Will Power looked sharp this morning dragging Yannick around the oval in 1:53.1
/ 27.1 in a winning effort over Carlos Danger and Sapient Hanover. The three
year old pacing colt is trained by the Burke stable for 3 Brothers.
Burke
sent out Check Six next and he looked sharp today winning for Yannick in 1:52.
Settling third through the first three quarters, Check Six took off when shown
racetrack and drew off over Love Tap Hanover and Western Dynasty with the 26.3
final stanza. He owned by Burke, Weaver Bruscemi, Switala and Martin.
Always
B Miki made a good appearance in his first qualifier, setting slow fractions
then sprinting home in 26.3 (and he didn’t really start pacing until inside the
final eighth) to close the 1:52 mile well in hand. National Seelster and Big
Top Hanover both logged good efforts on the chase. Dave Miller drove for Takter
and owners Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable and Christina Takter.
Older
mare pacers closed the card with Katie Said making an impressive appearance
with a pillar to post 1:54.1 / 27.3 win for Brett Miller. She’s as fast as any
when on her game and today was one of those days. Stacia Hanover and
Bedroomconfessions followed her in with solid efforts. Black Horse Racing owns
the winner.
Post
time for the live card tonight is 7:15 p.m.
