East
Rutherford, NJ - Picture perfect weather conditions greeted a large crowd on
Saturday evening at The Meadowlands for live racing on the track and the annual
Winefest off the track.
The featured event of the night, a conditioned event carrying a purse of
$18,000, lived up to expectations with the classy Bettor's Edge (Victor Kirby)
surviving a tough journey to score in 1:48.2, just one-fifth of a second off
his career best.
Titus Seelster (Eric Abbatiello) blasted off the wings but faced immediate
earlier pressure from Seeley Man (Christian Lind), the former Maine superstar
who was 24 for 24 at the ages of two and three. Those two dueled through an
opening split of 26.4, with Seeley Man eventually muscling his way to the lead.
Shortly after clearing for the lead, it was millionaire In The Arsenal (Vinnie
Ginsburg) who launched an attack, clearing to take over shortly after the half
in 53.3.
Bettor's Edge was left uncovered after In The Arsenal cleared to the lead, but
the classy son of Bettor's Delight eventually wore down that rival shortly
after three-quarters in 1:21, and staved off a mild late bid from More Dragon
(Marcus Miller) to pick up his 36th career win. Jennifer Lappe conditions the
winner and co-owns with Robert Santagata, both of Campbell Hall, NY. With the
win, Bettor's Edge is now less than $40,000 shy of $2 million in career
earnings.
Total handle on the 11-race card was $2,229,351.
Live racing resumes next Friday featuring a retirement celebration in honor of
Hall of Famer John Campbell.
For more information, visit www.playmeadowlands.com.
