East
Rutherford, NJ – The Saturday,
July 2 edition of Breakfast With The Babies at The Meadowlands started with a
bit of a chill in the air with the temperature in the high 60’s and a
significant breeze in their face through the stretch that gradually eased as
the temperature rose during the card.
Walner
impressed for the second time in as many appearances this morning in 1:57.4.
The son of first crop sire Chapter Seven drifted away from the gate for Tim
Tetrick then took over from He's Gone just past the quarter. Tetrick let
Walner go along as he pleased through the middle half in 59.2 then pressed the
accelerator as they straightened up for a 28.1 final quarter response.
He's Gone (Dave Miller) held for second with Labero (Jimmy Takter) third. Linda
Toscano trains the winner for Ken Jacobs who bought him for $90,000 at the
Lexington Selected Yearling Sale last fall.
Jimmy
Takter struck early and often opening the day with the $230,000 (LEX) Cantab
Hall x Mom’s Millionaire filly That’s All Moni winning in 1:57.2 for Yannick
Gingras. The talented lass has been handled with care in each of her three
appearances by Gingras and was held in fourth through the 59.3 half then
followed the cover of Overdraft Volo (Andy Miller) around the final turn before
fanning off her and marching by that rival with a 28 second close into the
considerable head wind. Ellerie Hanover (Dave Miller) and Aperfectpak (Tim
Tetrick) trotted home nicely as well. Brittany Farms, Marvin Katz and Al
Libfeld.
That
trainer / driver duo connected again with Electric Lemonade in race
two. This Cantab Hall filly from Birthright was making her very first
appearance for owners Christina Takter, John & Jim Fielding and Herb
Liverman, who paid $52,000 for her at the Lexington sale last fall. Yannick let
her go forward from the gate and led through a 32.2 opening quarter before
releasing Aight Hanover and Ake Svanstedt who trotted a 59.4 middle half. In
the stretch, those two battled to the wire with Electric Lemonade just edging
by her game rival in 2:00.3. Casaubon (Tetrick) was third.
Hillary’s
Bid was successful this morning at The Meadowlands for John Campbell, leading
all the way in 2:01.3 / 29.3. The Lucky Chucky filly from Hillary’s Halo dug in
to hold Morning Glow (Tetrick) at bay with Deeply (Svanstedt) third and Seaside
Breeze (Scott Zeron) flashing good late foot for fourth. The winner is trained
in the Ross Croghan stable for Dockside Stable.
Campbell
came right back to win with Sunshine Delight leading all the way in 1:59.2 with
an impressive 28.4 final quarter for trainer Staffan Lind. She’s a Credit
Winner from On The Bright Side that cost James Wilhite, Jr $125,000 at the
Lexington sale. Eddiction (Gingras) followed along to be second and Magic
Presto (D. Miller) held for third.
Trotting
colts were up next and Andy Miller drove Sheer Assault to a 2:00.4 / 29 win in
his first career outing for his wife, trainer Julie Miller. Leaving from post
seven, Miller went forward and wound up in a pocket to Break Free (Andy
McCarthy) before storming past that rival early in the stretch. Body Slam
(Svanstedt) trotted up late to be third. From the Chapter Seven first crop,
Sheer Assault came with a $205,000 price tag last fall in Kentucky for Andy
Miller Stable, R. Allen and breeders Marvin Katz and Al Libfeld.
Simply
Volo won the sixth for Corey Callahan and trainer John Butenschoen. Well back
early as Exotic Wager, Mushana and Brown Bear exchanged leads, Simply Volo
charged through the 29.4 final quarter to track down Brown Bear (Brett Miller)
and get the 2:00.4 win in his very first try. Mushana (Trond Smedshammer) stuck
around for third. The winner is a Crazed colt from Sterling Volo owned by the
partnership of Miller, Means, Schick and Kentuckiana Farms who got him for
$30,000 at last fall’s Lexington Select sale.
Vero
Amore Bi was a 1:59.1 winner with Tim Tetrick aboard for the Tony Alagna barn.
Tim moved him to the front on the backstretch then held off Live For Greatness
with a 29 final quarter. Tiki Taka (Marcus Miller) closed for third. The winner
(Manofmanymissions x Muscovite) was a $20,000 bargain buy in Lexington for the
trainer along with Crawford Partners and Mystical Marker Farms.
Pacing
fillies took over with the ninth and Chris Ryder made a statement driving
That’s The Ticket to a convincing 1:58.1 / 27.2 victory. Chris left from post
six into a pocket but didn’t sit for long, brushing his filly to the front
through a 1:00.4 middle half before sprinting home. Ann Hill (Brett Miller) and
Everyone’s Watching (Zeron) followed her in. That’s The Ticket is a Winbak
homebred Roll With Joe from Art Account.
The
homebred Well Said filly Beautiful Lass was a winner for owner Tom Hill in 1:57
this morning, Brett Miller sent her to the front early, rated even fractions
then used a 28.4 final quarter to seal the deal. Get A Clue (Gingras) was
second and Caviart Malin (D. Miller) third. Tony Alagna trains the winner.
Somesleazetoplease
has a naughty moniker, as do all the daughters of Christina Takter’s broodmare
West Side Glory led by the million dollar winning See You At Peelers. This
filly, the first by Somebeachsomewhere from that mare, looks like the real deal
as Brett Miller moved her to the front through a 28 flat third panel then
tacked on a 28.1 to close out the 1:56.1 mile. Awash (Gingras) was close up
throughout and held second over the closing Sweetest Emotion (Tetrick). Jimmy
Takter trains the winner for and her partners John Fielding and Bud Hatfield.
Tribal
War was another Chris Ryder winner today as Dave Miller sent the Rock N Roll
Heaven x Mystical Gypsy gelding to the front early on, opened a long lead
around the final turn and held safe in 1:57 / 28.4. Chris owns him in
partnership with breeder Diamond Creek Racing. Hypothetical (Zeron) closed up
nicely to be second.
Photobombr
Hanover looked fantastic this morning, taking over as they moved by the half in
59, zipping through a 27.4 third quarter then closing out the mile 1:55 for
Dave Miller with plenty in reserve. He’s a Somebeachsomewhere from Pilgrim’s
Witchie that trainer Tom Fanning haltered on behalf of Howard Taylor and Susan
Kajfasz for $30,000 at Harrisburg last fall. Western Hill (B. Miller) and
Captain Velocity (Tetrick) were second and third respectively.
Odds
On Delray sprinted through the stretch to win in 1:55.4 for Scott Zeron in the
fourteenth race. He has the championship gene, being by Somebeachsomewhere from
the one-time fastest female harness horse ever, My Little Dragon. Zeron held
the colt in third as first Humboldt then TimCat Hanover swapped leads then cut
Odds On Delray loose through the 27.2 final quarter to get up. The winner was a
$105,000 Lexington yearling selected by trainer Tony Alagna for Odds On Racing.
