All eyes were on the maiden-breaking fillies Wednesday evening at the Meadowlands Racetrack as the second round of New Jersey Sires Stakes for the two-year-olds dominated the 10-race program
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Pacing fillies JK Sure I Can and By Your Side turned in identical 1:54.1 victories in their splits.
Driven by Tim Tetrick, JK Sure I Can rallied off second-over cover to win her $57,500 division by a nose over China Art (George Brennan) and One Last Kiss (Ron Pierce). The Rocknroll Hanover filly, who finished fourth in the opening leg and second one week before in her Debutante division, is trained by Linda Toscano for the 3 Brothers Stables of New York and Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc. of Wallkill, New York.
Coming off a third-place finish in the first leg, By Your Side and David Miller made the lead after the first quarter and held off Lady Ann Christine (Brian Sears) to win by a neck in the second $58,000 split. Rock N Soul (Tim Tetrick) rounded out the top three. By Your Side, a daughter of Western Ideal, is conditioned by Joe Caraluzzi for Goldfinger Enterprises of Boca Raton, Florida.
On the trot, the Yankee Glide filly Ipo Blue Chip turned in the fastest performance winning her $33,600 division in 1:56.4 by a half-length for the tandem of driver Andy Miller and trainer Julie Miller. Bar Slide (David Miller) came on for second and Religulous (Brian Sears) finished third. The win was her first after making a break due to interference and finishing sixth in the opening round.
Will Of A Woman was a wire-to-wire winner in the second $34,100 trotting division with Mike Lachance at the lines. The Ron Gurfein pupil, who finished fifth in NJSS action last week, prevailed by a neck in 1:58.1 for a 9-1 upset over the favoured Reve Pride (Tim Tetrick) while Lindys Two Step (John Campbell) finished third. Al Libfeld of Pickering, Ont. owns the homebred Muscles Yankee lass.
Tetrick also won with Croquet Style, who did a 360 degress turnaround after breaking stride and finishing at the back of the pack in her first outing. The daughter of Yankee Glide rallied from off the pace to win her $34,100 split at odds of 9-1 in 1:57.4 for trainer Anette Lorentzon and owner Acl Stuteri Ab of Paris, Kentucky. Favourite Sky High (George Brennan) was right there for second and Glide By (Jimmy Takter) finished third.
To view Wednesday’s harness racing results, click here.