But
the fastest split was posted by Find The Magic, a daughter of Chocolatier, who
was clocked in 1:58.1.
Find
The Magic got up at the wire to record a nose victory over Miss Steele [Muscles
Yankee] while Sturdy Muscles [Muscles Yankee] was two and a half lengths back
in third in the fourth race which carried a purse of $20,000.
Find
The Magic, driven by Brian Sears and trained by Dane Snyder, is unbeaten in two
starts, including a division of the Reynolds stakes. She has now banked
$23,813 for Thomas King III of Valencia, PA.
Lady
Dynamite [Muscles Yankee] reached the winner’s circle in her first pari-mutuel
start with a two-length tally over Time To Kill [Muscles Yankee].
Southwind Cocoa [Chocolatier] was third by four lengths in the seventh
race. The mile was timed in 1:59 flat.
Driven
by Yannick Gingras, Lady Dynamite is trained by Mark Harder and owned by the
Chris Alexander Stables and Stephen Palermo, both from Ontario.
Two
divisions of colts were claimed by sons of Muscles Yankee.
In
the first race, the Purple Haze Stables’ Timo Deo, was a neck winner over
Muscle Mountain [Muscles Yankee]. Marion Mayday [Chocolatier] was third
by eight and a quarter lengths.
Trond
Smedshammer is the driver-trainer of Timo Deo, who trotted the mile in 2:00.2.
In
the third race, Corky, driven by David Miller for trainer Jimmy Takter, picked
up his first win in 1:59.1. It was four and a quarter lengths back to
King Muscles [Muscles Yankee] in second and six lengths to Team Zordin [Muscles
Yankee] in third.
Corky,
who was making his third career start, is owned by Christina Takter of East
Windsor, NJ and brothers John and Jim Fielding of Toronto, Ontario.
--Submitted
by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ