MANALAPAN,
NJ – October 17, 2013 – Two-year-old pacers will be in the spotlight on
Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Freehold Raceway in a pair of $25,000 New Jersey
Sire Stakes – Green Acres Finals for colts and fillies.
Seven
fillies will face off in the third race where Ideal Helen, teamed by Andy
Miller for trainer Erv Miller, has been installed as the 7-2 morning line
favorite from post five.
Colts
and geldings face off in the sixth race. The linesmaker has given the
rail horse, Card Shock, the slight 5-2 preference over Rock Absorber at 7-2
from post five.
Ideal
Helen, a daughter of Western Ideal, had a four-race winning streak snapped last
week in the third leg of the Green Acres, finishing third behind Cut A Deal [by
Rocknroll Hanover] and Tech Trade [Western Ideal]. Still, she comes into
the final as the richest of the fillies with $101,270 in earnings and a record
of six wins, two seconds and one third in 12 starts.
Ideal
Helen is owned by her breeder, DR Van Witzenburg of Crest Hill, IL.
Card
Shock, by Cam’s Card Shark, drew the rail with Daniel Dube driving for trainer
Ed Hart. The colt is seeking his first win after collecting a second and
two thirds in four starts.
Card
Shock races in the name of Jeffrey and Michael Snyder of New York City, and
Robert Unice of Elizabeth, NJ.
Rock
Absorber, by Rocknroll Hanover, has two wins and a second in the three
preliminary legs of Green Acres competition. Overall, he has finished
in-the-money in five of 12 starts. Kyle DiBenedetto drives the colt for
trainer and co-owner Robert Horowitz.
The
field for the fillies final, from the rail out with sire, driver, trainer and
morning line odds: Odds On Magic, Rocknroll Hanover, Steve Smith, Clyde
Oglesby Jr., 8-1; Tech Trade, Western Ideal, Jim Pantaleano, Tim Crissman, 9-2;
Cut A Deal, Rocknroll Hanover, Daniel Dube, Chris Ryder, 5-1; Seaside Gal,
Western Ideal, Pat Lachance, Christopher Freck, 6-1; Ideal Helen, Western
Ideal, Andy Miller, Erv Miller, 7-2; Fanticipation, Rocknroll Hanover, Jim
Marshall III, Chuck Sylvester, 5-1 and My Caroline, Rocknroll Hanover, Eric
Abbatiello, Jacob Hartline, 10-1.
The
field for the colts final, from the rail out with sire, driver, trainer and morning
line odds: Card Shock, Cam’s Card Shock, Daniel Dube, Edward Hart, 5-2;
Cheyenne Seeber, Rocknroll Hanover, Eric Abbatiello, Robert Siegelman, 5-1;
Useful Hanover, Western Ideal, Harry Landy, Blake MacIntosh, 9-2; Nubble Light,
Rocknroll Hanover, Steve Smith, Nifty Norman, 6-1; Rock Absorber, Rocknroll
Hanover, Kyle DiBenedetto, Robert Horowitz, 7-2; Bottega, Western Ideal, Jim
Meittinis, William Moffett, 8-1 and Dragon Wings, Tell All, Jim Marshall III,
Paul Reid, 10-1.
-Submitted
by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ
