East
Rutherford, NJ - Saturday night will
see the return of the Kindergarten Pacing Series at The Meadowlands with two
divisions for each
The dozen fillies split
nicely into a pair of sixes and will race back to back
in the second and third events.
The second race is a
very competitive group with Ameraway looking to make amends for her
disappointing performance as the favorite in last week's Kindergarten race,
having given way to last after moving first over for driver Marcus Miller. The
beautifully bred but lightly raced Gallic Sea (Somebeachsomewhere- Galleria)
made a dynamic close for second in that one for Jimmy Marohn, Jr. and is
improving.
Despite their presence,
Miss Jones may well be the filly to beat from post two. A good second in the
PASS consolation, Miss Jones has never missed the board in six tries while
collecting more than $60,000 for Crawford Farms, Val D'Or Farms and Ted
Gewertz. Joe Holloway trains and Kyle Husted, in from Chicago, picks up the
drive.
Jenny's Terror heads up
division two on the strength of her win in last Saturday's race. She stormed
home from well back to be one of four winners on the night for Victor Kirby,
who is back in the bike for trainer Noel Daley and owner The OK Corral.
The colts go in races
five and eleven, both quite similar in composition to the September 10
divisions.
Manattack is back to
tussle with Machiavelli (Andy Miller) who he tracked from the pocket before
brushing by in the stretch for the mild upset a week ago. Vic Kirby picks
up the Manattack mount for this race, driving for trainer Jessica Okusko and
owner M&L of Delaware. The new shooter in here is Mac's Jackpot (Marohn)
who won a division of the Grand Circuit Nassagaweya and gave a solid
performance in the Metro recently.
Northwest Yankee was the
runner up to Cougar Bait last week and with that one not entered on Saturday,
become the morning line choice in the eleventh. Winless in eight attempts,
Northwest Yankee starts from post six for Brett Miller who has the assignment
for trainer Nifty Norman and the Pinske Stable.
Thirteen races compose
the Saturday offering with plenty of competitive, full fields that resulted in
excellent value for The Meadowlands faithful a week ago. Favorites won just
four of the 25 races conducted last Friday and Saturday while the average win
payoff last weekend was more than $12. The average $2 exacta payoff was just
under $100 and the average $2 trifecta was more than $600.
The Meadowlands will now
go dark until live racing resumes with
Breeders Crown eliminations and the big 40th Anniversary spectacular on the
weekend of October 21.
For more information,
please visit The Meadowlands website.
