Fhld - MELADY’S MONET BIDS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT IN $25,000 NEW JERSEY SIRE STAKES

MANALAPAN, NJ – October 25, 2012 – Melady’s Monet, winner of two straight and five of his last seven, has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite in the $25,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes – Green Acres Final for three-year-old trotting colts on Friday, October 26, 2012 at Freehold Raceway.

Trained by Taylor Gower, Melady’s Monet is in the hands of Hall of Famer Cat Manzi, leaving from post five in the field of eight, carded as the seventh race.

The gelded son of Revenue won all three of his New Jersey Sire Stakes preliminary legs and has six wins, four seconds and three thirds from 19 starts this year, banking $48,064 toward a career total of $49,723 for owner-breeder Luca Balenzano of Pompano Beach, FL.

The NJSS-Green Acres stakes records at Freehold for three-year-old trotters is 1:58.4 for colts, set by Market Share in 2011, and 2:01.3 for geldings, set by Dreamlands Big C in 2004.

The field for the NJSS Final, in post position order with sire, driver, trainer and morning line odds:

1-New York Muscle-Muscles Yankee-Daniel Dube-Joseph Vance-6-1

2-Keystone Fugitive-Yankee Glide-Jim Marshall III-Donna Marshall-10-1
3-Muscolo-Muscles Yankee-Mike Lachance-Ray Schnittker-7-2
4-Volare De Vie-Yankee Glide-Jim Meittinis-Henrik Lundell-9-2
5-Melady’s Monet-Revenue-Cat Manzi-Taylor Gower-5-2
6-Kingapore-Revenue-Steve Smith-Ray Schnittker-7-2
7-Map of Hawaii-Chocolatier-Harry Landy-Zach Tackett-8-1
8-Kingstone-Muscles Yankee-Eric Abbatiello-Erv Miller-5-1
Muscolo and Kingapore are coupled in the wagering

--Submitted by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ