MANALAPAN,
NJ – October 12, 2013 – George Brennan put odds-on favorite Word Power on the
lead, coasting to victory in the $41,125 New Jersey Futurity on Saturday,
October 12, 2013 at Freehold Raceway.
Word
Power [by Western Ideal] won by two and a half-lengths over Rockaholic
[Rocknroll Hanover] with a 10-length margin to Sky Is The Limit [Western Ideal]
in third. The mile was clocked in 1:53 flat.
Word
Power returned $2.40 to win.
It
was the sixth win of the year for the Larry Remmen trainee who finished a neck
behind 2012 Pacer of the Year Captaintreacherous in the $360,211 Cane on
September 2 at Tioga Downs.
Unraced
at two, he has finished in-the-money in 10 of 13 starts, banking more than
$256,000 for owner Bradley J. Grant of Milton, Ontario.
This
division of the New Jersey Futurity is restricted to New Jersey-sired
three-year-old pacers and is sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders &
Owners Association of New Jersey.
The
Saturday program also includes two $7,000 third-leg New Jersey Sire
Stakes-Green Acres divisions for two-year-old pacers and both were won by
offspring of Rocknroll Hanover.
Rock
Absorber, driven by Kyle DiBenedetto and trained by Robert Horowitz, won the
colts and geldings division by three-quarters of a length over Cheyenne Seeber
[Rocknroll Hanover] in 1:57.2. The betting favorite, Card Shock by Cam’s
Card Shark, was third by three and a half lengths.
Rock
Absorber is owned by Robert Horowitz, Brian Clark, Jeffrey Morris and Brandon
Horowitz.
In
the filly split, Cut A Deal won by a length and a half over Tech Trade [Western
Ideal] and a length and three quarters over third-place Ideal Helen [Western
Ideal] in 1:57.2. Ideal Helen had her winning streak snapped at four.
Cut
A Deal, driven by Daniel Dube and trained by Chris Ryder, races for
owner-breeder Diamond Creek Racing of Wellsville, PA.
-Submitted
by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ
