In
the $34,000 colts and geldings division, Smilin Eli trotted a last quarter in
26.4 to post a length and a half victory over Muscle Mountain in 1:54.4.
Tim
Tetrick was at the lines of Smilin Eli, who was unraced at two and was making
his three-year-old debut in the second race.
Muscle
Mountain edged his stablemate, Corky, who was third by two and a quarter after
cutting most of the mile.
Smilin
Eli, trained by Deshawn Minor, races for his owner-breeder Nicholas F. Cimino
of Pompano Beach, FL. He paid $5.20 to win.
All
three top finishers are sons of Muscles Yankee.
In
the $36,000 fillies division, Shared Past posted a lifetime mark of 1:53.4 in
the co-featured sixth race.
The
daughter of Chocolatier, driven by Yannick Gingras and trained by Jonas
Czernyson, was a length and a half winner over Vintage Oaks [by Muscles Yankee]
and two and a quarter over Southwind Cocoa [Chocolatier] in third.
Shared
Past, bred by Fair Winds Farm of Cream Ridge, NJ and owned by WJ Donovan of Ft
Lauderdale, FL, picked up her second win with four seconds and four thirds in
13 career starts. It was her season’s debut.
She
paid $3.60 to win.
--Submitted
by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ
