The Meadowlands hosted
19 Baby Races for freshman trotters and pacers on a bright, sunny Saturday
morning.
The day began just like last week, with a pair of impressive trotting fillies from the Jimmy Takter barn. Lifetime Pursuit (Cantab Hall) won the opener in 1:57.4 / 28 under no encouragement from Yannick Gingras, aboard for breeder / owner Brittany Farms.
Shake It Cerry (Donato Hanover X Solveig) won right back
for Takter with Ron Pierce driving. She came from well back into soft fractions
and went by easily to win in 2:01.3 with her individual last quarter in the 28-
range.
Violet Eyes won the third for the Bob Key stable. The Tom
Ridge filly was comfortable trotting the mile in 2:00.4 with a 28.3 kicker for
John Campbell. Paul Reid is her trainer.
Southwind Confetti, from the first crop of Muscle Hill,
won the fourth race for Tim Tetrick. She set most of the fractions and cruised
home in 28- to finish the 2:00.4 mile. She comes from last year’s Hambo winning
connections, owner Richard Gutnick and trainer Linda Toscano.
The fifth was won in 2:03.3 by Master Kemp, a Yankee
Glide colt trained by Tony Alagna for Eagles Soar Partners, Minisink Farms, Joe
Sbrocco and TLP Staples. Tim Tetrick guided the colt through a very game
stretch drive for the win.
Musclesprinctonian won right back in race 6 for Jim
Campbell and Fashion Farms. The well bred Muscle Hill finished off the 2:00.1
mile with a 28.1 final stanza for Tetrick.
Next up was another Muscle Hill winner, this one called
Great Society. Mike Lachance steered the Alagna trainee to an easy 2:00.3 /
27.4 front end win for Brittany, Katz, Goldband & Libfeld, Sbrocco and CA
Dreamin Stable.
Marzipan (Chocolatier) won the eighth for “Captain” Corey
Callahan. He sat just behind the lead of Jetta Liner and brushed past in a 29
second close to the 2:00.4 mile. Trainer Jonas Czernyson owns the colt along
with Jamie Marra and Pete Weisberg of Florida.
Father Patrick was ultra impressive in the ninth, winning from third with a quick move on the final turn in 1:59.1 trotting his last quarter in 27.2. Gingras drove the Cantab brother to Pastor Stephen for trainer Takter and the Father Patrick Stable.
Chris Ryder drove his Muscle Hill colt Muscle On In to a front stepping 2:01.2 win, holding sway over Sarcastic Man in a 28.2 last quarter. Chris owns him in partnership with Robert Mondillo and Max Wernick.
Pacing fillies started with the eleventh race. Sweet Charity won handily with a sharp closing quarter of 27- in the 1:55- mile for Andy McCarthy. Jerry & Theresa Silva and Ken Tucci own the filly and Aaron Lambert trains.
Chris Ryder drove another winner from his barn in the Rocknroll Hanover filly Cut A Deal, rolling by the leaders with a 27.3 close to a 1:55- mile. Diamond Creek Farms is the owner.
Race 13, more filly pacers and the winner was another Rocknroll filly. This one is Surfside Sexy from Mark Harder’s barn, who rode a pocket and closed in 27 on the 2:00- mile. Tetrick drove the winner for Perretti Farms.
Secluded Beach stormed home in 27- on the end of a 1:59.1 mile for Tetrick. She is another from Tony Alagna’s barn for owners Cheap Speed Stable, Joe Sbrocco and Eagles Soar Partners.
Ideal Magic was another Alagna winner and this American Ideal colt was geared down late by Tetrick, winning by open lengths in 2:00- with a 27.2 kicker. This one is the property of Cheap Speed, Eagles Soar, Sbrocco and Louis Willinger.
Sweet Rock won the sixteenth for John Campbell in 1:56.3 / 27-. Another sharp Rocknroll colt, this fella is trained by Larry Remmen for Ted Gewertz, Bridle Path Stables and Bradley Grant.
El Bloombito was a winner for the Toscano barn in race seventeen, finishing the 1:57.2 mile with a 27.2 final quarter. Fair Winds Farm is the owner and Jeff Gregory drove the American Ideal freshman.
Perspective took them from start to finish in the 18th with Tetrick aboard for Alagna again. This one is from Art Official’s first crop and he zoomed home 27.2 to close out the 1:56.2 mile. Eagles Soar, Equus Standardbreds, Sbrocco and Bella Racing share the ownership.
The 19th and final went to McCarthy and Lambert with In The Clear. The Western Ideal gelding held late in 1:56.4 with a 27- close. He also belongs to Silva and Tucci.
See charts and video on The Meadowlands website.
