Control The Moment Still On Top Road to the Pace

Control The Moment remains in top spot in the Road to the Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace Week 6

RANK	HORSE	DRIVER, TRAINER, OWNER	JUSTIN HOROWITZ & JENN BONGIORNO'S COMMENTS
1	CONTROL THE MOMENT ($462,095 – 1:49.3)	R. WAPLES, B. MAXWELL BRADLEY R. MAXWELL, HOWARD A. TAYLOR, EDWIN J. GOLD, BEN D. MUDRY	REMAINS IN THE TOP SPOT AFTER A GATE-TO-WIRE VICTORY IN HIS HEMPT ELIMINATION AT POCONO IN A LIFETIME BEST 1:49.3 OVER BOSTON RED ROCKS. DIDN’T DRAW WELL FOR THE FINAL (POST 8) BUT LOVE THE WAY THIS HORSE HAS RACED AT 3 AND HAVE TO THINK HE WILL LOVE THE BIG M LAST RACE: 6/25 – PCD – HEMPT ELIMINATION – 1ST (1:49.3)
2	RACING HILL ($333,666 – 1:49.1)	B. MILLER, T. ALAGNA TOM HILL	DOMINANT WINNER IN LIFETIME BEST (1.49.1) FASHION IN HIS HEMPT ELIMINATION AT POCONO. SEEMS TO BE PAST THE BREAKING ISSUE WITH BACK-TO-BACK STRONG PERFORMANCES. LOOKS TO GIVE ALAGNA HIS SECOND MEADOWLANDS PACE LAST RACE: 6/25 – PCD – HEMPT ELIMINATION – 1ST (1:49.1)
3	LYONS SNYDER ($121,218 – 1:49.0)	D. MILLER, M. SILVA JEFFREY S. SNYDER, GEOFFREY LYONS MOUND	WELL RESTED AFTER SKIPPING THE HEMPT. WILL TUNE UP IN A SATURDAY MORNING QUALIFIER WITH DRIVER DAVID MILLER NAMED TO DRIVE. AFTER WINNING HIS FIRST NA CUP, MILLER LOOKS TO ADD A PACE VICTORY TO HIS HALL OF FAME RESUME LAST RACE: 6/18 – MOH – NA CUP FINAL – 6TH
4	KATIES ROCKER ($318,005 – 1:50.3)	D. MILLER, J. CAMPBELL FASHION FARMS LLC	FINISHED A GOOD SECOND BEHIND RACING HILL IN FIRST PARI-MUTUEL START AFTER UPSETTING BOSTON RED ROCKS IN NJSS FINAL IN EARLY JUNE. LOOKS TO BE TIGHTER IN SATURDAY’S FINAL. WILL START FROM POST POSITION SEVEN. LAST RACE: 6/25 – PCD – HEMPT ELIMINATION – 2ND
5	BOSTON RED ROCKS ($701,865 – 1:50.3)	T. TETRICK, S.ELLIOTT PETER R. BLOOD, RICK BERKS	CHASED TOP-RANKED CONTROL THE MOMENT AND SPRINTED HOME THE FASTEST LAST QUARTER OUT OF BOTH DIVISIONS. SEEMED MORE LIKE THE BOSTON RED ROCKS THAT WAS 2YO CHAMPION. STILL FEEL LIKE ON HIS BEST DAY HE CAN GO WITH ANY OF THESE LAST RACE: 6/25 – PCD – HEMPT ELIMINATION – 2ND
6	JK WILL POWER ($327,933 – 1:51.1)	Y.GINGRAS, R. BURKE 3 BROTHERS STABLE	FINISHED THIRD IN HIS HEMPT ELIMINATION BEHIND CONTROL THE MOMENT AND BOSTON RED ROCKS. LOOKS TO BE THE BEST OF BURKE’S THREE HEMPT FINALISTS. 3 BROTHERS STABLE HAD BEATEN FAVORITE IN 2014 PACE, JK ENDOFANERA LAST RACE: 6/25 – PCD – HEMPT ELIMINATION – 3RD
7	CHECK SIX ($490,988 – 1:50.3)	Y. GINGRAS, R. BURKE BURKE RACING STABLE, WEAVER BRUSCEMI, WILLIAM L. SWITALA, JAMES J. MARTIN	SAT OUT THE HEMPT TO FRESHEN UP FOR THE PACE. IN TO QUALIFY ON SATURDAY MORNING AGAINST LYONS SNYDER. GET THE FEELING HE WILL APPRECIATE THE MOVE TO THE BIG TRACK AT THE MEADOWLANDS AS HE SHOWED LAST YEAR IN THE GOVERNOR’S CUP ELIM LAST RACE: 6/17 – PHL – PASS – 1ST (1:51.1)
8	TALK SHOW ($123,186 – 1:51.1Q)	S. ZERON, S. ELLIOTT TALK SHOW PARTNERS, LLC, HOWARD J GRANT, HOWARD A TAYLOR	MADE THE FINAL AS THE FASTEST OF TWO FIFTH-PLACE FINISHERS IN HEMPT ELIMINATIONS. STILL HAS TO PROVE HIMSELF ON THE GRAND CIRCUIT. LOOKS TO GIVE ZERON HIS FIRST PACE WIN LAST RACE: 6/25 – PCD – HEMPT ELIMINATION – 5TH
9	AMERICAN PASSPORT ($212,534 – 1:51.3Q)	T. TETRICK, T. ALAGNA BRITTANY FARMS, RIVERVIEW RACING, ALAGNA RACING, JODI L. SIAMIS	MADE A BREAK IN THE FIRST TURN OF THE HEMPT ELIM AND FINISHED LAST. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HE HAS MADE A BREAK IN FOUR PARI-MUTUEL STARTS THIS YEAR. GOES FRIDAY NIGHT IN A PACE PREP AT THE MEADOWLANDS AND WILL BE DRIVEN FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TIM TETRICK LAST RACE: 6/25 – PCD – HEMPT ELIMINATION – 6TH
10	BIG TOP HANOVER ($580,437 – 1:50)	M. KAKALEY, R. BURKE JT45, BURKE RACING STABLE	DECENT THIRD IN HIS HEMPT ELIMINATION BUT DREW THE DREADED OUTSIDE POST IN THE FINAL. WOULD BE HIGHER ON THIS LIST BUT CONNECTIONS HAVE INDICATED POTENTIALLY SKIPPING THE PACE LAST RACE: 6/25 – PCD – HEMPT ELIMINATION – 3RD