High Fashion the Star at Big M

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – High Fashion Star (Huntsville) used an aggressive steer from Braxten Boyd to win a second straight start at The Meadowlands Friday night in the $13,000 conditioned pacing harness racing feature for fillies and mares.

The 4-year-old was up and after Dixie Dream, who led at the quarter in a quick :27.3, and took the lead just as she reached the half while parked in :54.4 on a night when strong winds were at the horses’ backs heading to the midway point.

Boyd backed down the third fraction to :28.3, so after reaching three-quarters in 1:23.2, a final quarter of :28.2 finished off an easy 3-length jog in the park in 1:51.4. Madrid A finished second with Santafe’s Appetite third.

“I was just going to let it play out,” said Boyd. “I knew I was going to leave out of the gate but I knew there were going to be quite a few other players. Once it looked like I was going to get pushed off third I said we’ll be the ones moving, and from there on, she had it all wrapped up. She’s very good.”

High Fashion Star, a Mark Silva trainee, scored for a second straight outing as the public choice, as after winning a week ago as the 4-5 chalk, she came back and returned $4.20 as the even-money favorite this time around. She’s now won 11 of 37 career outings, good for earnings of $168,611 for owners All Star Racing Inc.

HIGH FASHION STAR REPLAY

A LITTLE MORE: Scott Zeron completed a natural hat trick after taking the 11^th, 12^th and 13^th races, respectively, to end the night atop the driver colony with three victories. The last of the three was with the Megan Scran-trained Labyad Bros S, a Swedish import who scored as the 6-5 favorite in the $18,000 conditioned trotting feature. The black gelded son of Raja Mirchi-Bedtime Song completed the mile in 1:54.4. … All-source handle on the 14-race card totaled $2,289,504. … Racing resumes Saturday at 6:20 p.m. with four Kindergarten Classic finals sitting atop the marquee for purses totaling $730,200.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Dave Little, for The Meadowlands