Next round of babies hit the Meadowlands

East Rutherford, NJ – Breakfast With The Babies, sponsored by Fashion Farms, began the Meadowlands Pace Day edition at 9:00 AM on a very still, humid morning (Jul. 16) with temperatures in the high 70’s.

Harness racing pacing fillies opened the card and Quick E (Sweet Lou, Todd McCarthy) was a 1:58 / 27 winner from the pocket trainer Brett Pelling. UTE Blue Chip (Tim Tetrick) cut the mile and held second over a very comfortable Southwind Guiness (Dexter Dunn). The filly is a Let It Ride & Bottom Line Racing homebred.

The Always B Miki filly Falana Hanover (Dunn) emerged from the pocket and edged by a stubborn Mind Blowing through the 27 second end to the 1:55.1 mile. The Hanover bred sold at the Lexington (LEX) sale last fall for $100,000 with Pinske Stable, Enzed Stable, Means & Kovach the buyers and Nifty Newman the trainer.

Trainer Tom Fanning sent out a winner in race 3, the colt pacer Southwind Sambucca (American Ideal), who went all the way in 1:55.3 / 27.1 for Tim Tetrick. Combustion (T. McCarthy) closed well from fifth and last into the fast final quarter while under his own power. Southwind Farms sold the colt for $72,000 (LEX) to Fanning and partner David Van Wort.

Wallop (Walner, Scott Zeron) was a 1:56 winner, moving through on the inside as stablemate Harko bore out abruptly mid-stretch. Talkin Bout You (James O’Donnell) was along for second with Harko (Domenico Cecere) staying on for third. Cecere trains Wallop, a KR Breeding, LLC homebred.

Polo Bar (Father Patrick, Yannick Gingras) the full brother to Greenshoe, was out for the first time and a winner for trainer Nancy Takter. Polo Bar stalked Go Rev (Greg Wright, Jr.) through comfortable fractions then edged by through the 28.2 end to the 1:57.4 mile. Fielding, Heimbecker, Morrison & Gordon gave $140,000 for the colt last fall at Lexington. Katz & Libfeld are the breeders.

Scott Zeron drove Destiny’s Darling (Chapter Seven) to a 1:56.2 / 28.2 win for Linda Toscano, emerging from the pocket and getting by mile cutter Exile (Gingras) late. The colt is a Richard Gutnick & TLP Stable homebred.

Honest Money (Father Patrick, Dunn) looked she was going by the leader Defacement when that rival went off stride late stretch. Up close throughout, Honest money takes the 1:58.4 record in her first outing for Nifty Norman who trains the filly for Pinske Stable, Curly Tall Curly Small and Triple Play Trotters who made a winning bid of $35,000 at Harrisburg. Fred Hertrich III is the breeder.

Tonight is “The Greatest Party in Harness Racing”  $2.5 million Meadowlands Pace night with a great undercard of stakes.

Free T-shirts to the first 5000 in the door,free programsfor the full card and if you can’t make it, the races will be carries on Fox Sports 2 as part of “America’s Day at the Races” from 8:00 to 11:00PM.

Post time is 6:20 PM.

For complete qualifier results, click here.

by Nick Salvi, for The Meadowlands