East
Rutherford, NJ – The swan song of the
2016 Breakfast With The Babies season took place this morning (Saturday, July
30) on a nice day of around 8o degrees and no wind.
The
day began with a qualifier for older horses, as many of the drivers had to hop
a plane to get to The Meadows for this afternoon’s Adios.
That
first race heralded the return to racing of 2015 Trotter of the Year
Pinkman with a 1:53.2 winning effort. He set all the fractions for Yannick
Gingras and held on through a 27.2 final quarter resisting the strong close of
Rose Run Parker. Hambletonian contender Marion Marauder was drawn into this
qualifier but did not appear.
Future
Secured, the most costly of all 2015 yearlings at $500,000, has recently been
relocated to the Ake Svanstedt barn by owners Bender Sweden and Roy Holth. She
was a winner at first asking for Ake in 1:57 leading virtually every step
and winning easily over Way Out West (Corey Callahan).
Corey
won the second race in 2:01.1 on Devanly for trainer Jonas Czernyson. The
Donato Hanover lass inherited the lead on the backstretch from a breaking Barn
Goddess and held sway over Ophelia (Joe Bongiorno) and Vicky Kronos IT (Marcus
Melander). Devany was a $30,000 Harrisburg buy for Millstream Stable,
Alderbaran Park, Joe Sbrocco and Little E, LLC.
Explosive
Ridge was the easiest kind of winner for Marcus and Nancy Johansson cutting the
1:59.2 mile, then sprinting home in 28.3. He’s a Kenny Ross homebred Explosive
Matter that Nancy is now a partner on. Muscle Almighty (John Campbell) was
second.
Oscar
Florhed drove Ebury Street to a 1:59.2 win for his boss Ake Svanstedt in the
Andover Hall colt’s very first start . Ebury Street sat patiently in the pocket
behind Takter and Nobel Prize for Oscar then went by willingly on his own for
the win. Knutsson Trotting and Courant AB own the $37,000 Harrisburg yearling.
Pacers
come onto the track after a break and John Campbell steered Ozzy Blue Chip to a
front-stepping 1:56.2 win for trainer Steve Elliott. Candell (Mark MacDonald)
rallied up the inside after a pocket ride to be second and Mr Varsity
(Callahan) had good late pace for third. The winner, a $95,000 Lexington
yearling is owned by the Breeder Blue Chip Farms with Fred Monteleone.
Passport
To Art looked sharp in a 1:55.3 win today for driver Joe Bongiorno. He cut the
mile and sprinted home in 27.3 under his own power to win by a couple over Rock
N Blue (Campbell). Tony Alagna trains the winner, an $80,000 Harrisburg buy,
for Crawford Farms, In The Gym Stables, Joe Sbrocco and Adriano Sorella.
Kiss
Kiss won the final baby race of the season for a couple of legends, driver John
Campbell and trainer Ross Croghan. She followed the lead of Emily R Hanover
(Keith Kamann) through easy fractions then engaged that one through the 27.3
end to the 1:56 mile. Let It Ride and Dana Parham own the American Ideal filly.
It’s
Hambletonian Oaks elim night at The Meadowlands with several exciting stakes on
the bill as well as the popular Brews, Blues & BBQ. Post time is 7:15 p.m.
