The
Friday night feature at The Meadowlands was a $20,000 B2/B1 handicap trot won
by Quick Deal in 1:51.4.
Now six
years old, Quick Deal still struggles with clean starts but when he gets away
on the trot he is deadly. Driven for the first time by Ake Svanstedt for
Meadowlands leading trainer Ron Burke, the win was the back end of
Svanstedt’s catch driving double for Burke,.Quick Deal went straight to the
front and shook off a middle half challenge from Lauderdale through honest
numbers of 27-, 54.4 and 1:23.4. Once clear of that rival around the final
bend, the final quarter was an in hand 28 flat sprint for the winner. The
1:51.4 clocking was a new lifetime mark for the classy trotter.
Our Horse
Cents Stables and Rossie Smith have endured the peaks and valleys associated
with sharing the ownership of Quick Deal, tonight was a peak. The former $1,000
yearling has earned well in excess $300,000 in his racing career with tonight’s
mile a career best.
Supporting the feature trotting event was a B2/B1 handicap
for filly and mare pacers that came down to the wire with just a nose
separating Icommandmysprirt and Monochromatic in the win photo. In the
end, it was Icommandmyspirit earning her third consecutive victory for trainer
Chris Ryder, driven to victory tonight by Scott Zeron. The winner made an
early lead pressing passed the quarter as Simple Saver N conceded the lead
through a 26.3 opening split. Monochromatic then moved her way to the
lead, hitting the half-mile in 54.1. Soon after, the early leader Simple
Saver N made her second move to the lead as the action really picked up and
tripped the three-quarter timer in 1:21.4. From there the battle was on
as the three mares lined up across the track down the stretch. Eventually
it was Icommandmyspirit and Monochromatic left to decide the winner, with
Icommandmyspirit wearing down her rival to score in a very sharp 1:50.1.
Simple Saver N dug in gamely and was just three-quarters of a length back in
third, with Mattie Terror Girl rallying well to finish fourth.
The three-peat winner is owned by Cheryl Costello.
Saturday night at The Meadowlands is sure to be one of the
more exciting evenings of the summer in East Rutherford, N.J. On the
racing front, the 13-race Saturday program features the New Jersey Sire Stakes
Championships for three year olds as well as a select field in the FFA Handicap
Pace. For entertainment, The Meadowlands proudly presents Jerseyfest, a night
long party featuring music, food trucks, games and more. Also making an
appearance Saturday night is Victor Espinoza, who one week from now will make
his run at the Triple Crown as the jockey aboard California Chrome in the
Belmont Stakes on Saturday June 7th. Espinoza will be signing
autographs and California Chrome posters will be given out beginning at 6 P.M.
for those seeking Espinoza’s autograph in this rare opportunity to possess a
piece of triple crown history.
Post Time for the Saturday program is 7:15 P.M. For
all information regarding Jerseyfest, Victor Espinoza and racing, visit
PlayMeadowlands.com
