MANALAPAN,
NJ – September 4, 2013 – Time To Kill has picked up checks in the Hambletonian
Oaks and Hudson Filly but victory in 2013 has thus far eluded the trotting
filly who makes her next start in the $40,000 Helen Smith Final on Friday,
September 6, 2013 at Freehold Raceway.
Time
To Kill drew post four in the field of six New Jersey-sired three-year-old
trotting fillies in the third race co-feature. She is the 2-1 morning
line favorite.
A
quartet of New Jersey-sire two-year-old trotting fillies will go postward in
the $56,525 Marion Dancer Final which will take place off the betting card at
12:15 p.m.
Both
the Smith and the Dancer are sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders &
Owners Association of New Jersey.
At
two, Time To Kill posted four wins and six seconds from 12 starts, banking more
than $350,000. This year the Ross Croghan trainee has added $58,361 to
push her total over $410,000 but has yet to hit the board in 12 starts.
Some
of it has to do with chasing Bee A Magician in the open filly trots like the
$500,000 Hambletonian Oaks where Time To Kill finished fourth.
The
daughter of Muscles Yankee will be teamed with Jim Pantaleano in the Smith
Final. She races in the name of Let It Ride Stables and Robert Cooper
Stables, both of Boca Raton, FL, and J&T Silva Stables of Long Beach, NY.
The
$40,000 Helen Smith finalists, from the rail out, with sire, driver, trainer
and morning line: Find The Magic, Chocolatier, Steve Smith, Ross Croghan, 8-1;
Silver Credit, Muscles Yankee, Cat Manzi, Randy Beeckman, 3-1; Vintage Oaks,
Muscles Yankee, Trond Smedshammer, Trond Smedshammer, 5-1; Time To Kill,
Muscles Yankee, Jim Pantaleano, Ross Croghan, 2-1; Vida De Vie, Muscles Yankee,
Daniel Dube, Chris Ryder, 6-1, and Southwind Cocoa, Chocolatier, Tim Tetrick,
Linda Toscano, 4-1.
The
quartet of fillies in the Marion Dancer include the Jimmy Takter trainee Yoga,
winner of both of her career starts, the Kindergarten Final and Historic.
Cee Bee Yes, trained by Julie Miller, won the $150,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes
Final and was third in the Merrie Annabelle, both at the Meadowlands.
Chocolate Crisp carries a three-race winning streak and Shelikescandy is
winless in two tries.
The
$56,525 Marion Dancer finalists, from the rail out, with sire, driver and
trainer: Shelikescandy, Chocolatier, George Brennan, Nifty Norman; Chocolate
Crisp, Chocolatier, Tim Tetrick, Linda Toscano; Cee Bee Yes, Muscles Yankee,
Cee Bee Yes, Andy Miller, Julie Miller and Yoga, Muscles Yankee, Jimmy Takter
Jr., Jimmy Takter.
-Submitted
by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ
