By Dave Little, Meadowlands Media
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Southwind
Tyrion continued his impressive winning ways Friday night at The Meadowlands,
upping his lifetime record to three wins in as many starts after taking the
$60,000 Garden State – sponsored by the Standardbred Owners and Breeders of New
Jersey – for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the trot in 1:54.3 over a track
labeled ‘good’.
The popular 1-9 favorite swung wide
off the far turn and sprinted past his foes through the stretch to record a
safe 1-length win for trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt. Cricket Fashion was second
with Red Redemption third.
Two weeks ago, Southwind Tyrion took
the New Jersey Sire Stakes Final in a lifetime-best 1:54. He now has earnings
of $122,500 for owners S R F Stable, Ake Svanstedt, Knutsson Trotting and
Brittany Farms.
In the first of two Garden State
divisions for 2-year-old fillies on the trot, Lindys Dollywood, the 4-1 third
choice in the wagering, came from off the pace to nail Beautiful Game at the
wire. The George Ducharme-trained, Scott Zeron-driven daughter of Muscle
Hill-Lindys Crazy won for the first time in three career starts after stopping
the clock in 1:54.
The Svanstedt-trained Presto made it
two wins in three lifetime outings in the second division, hitting the wire in
a lifetime-best 1:56.2. Yannick Gingras guided the product of Trixton-Susie’s
Magic to an easy score as the 1-5 favorite.
Dune Hill ran her winning streak to
four in the Continentalvictory for 3-year-old filly trotters, holding off Ms
Savannah Belle by a nose in 1:53.4 in winning for the sixth time in 16 starts
for trainer Ron Burke with Gingras in the bike. The daughter of Muscle
Hill-Quite Possible paid $9.20 as the third choice in the betting.
Hillexotic, a Muscle Hill-Exotic
Destination colt trained and driven by Trond Smedshammer held off the
late-charging 3-5 favorite Play Trix On Me in the Muscle Hill for 3-year-old
colts and geldings on the trot. The winner, who was sent to the gate as the
fourth choice in the betting at odds of 6-1, won for the first time in four
career starts, hitting the wire in 1:53.
A LITTLE MORE: Gingras recorded three wins on the
program while Dexter Dunn had one. Heading into the last day of the meeting,
Dunn leads Gingras 83-82 in the driver standings. … All-source wagering totaled
$2,377,908. … Racing resumes Saturday, Hambletonian Day, at a special early
post time of noon. … There will be a 60-minute Hambletonian show telecast on
tape delay on the CBS Sports Network at 6 p.m.
