The second seasonal session of Breakfast With The Babies, sponsored by Fashion Farms, got underway at The Meadowlands on Saturday, June 14 over a wet fast track that turned sloppy with intermittent rain, temps in the high teens and no wind of consequence. Joe Romanelli called the action.

Trotting fillies opened the card and Days Away (Dexter Dunn) left to the front, led at every pole facing no pressure and won under her own power, ending the 1:59.3 mile with a :27.4 quarter. Spring Kiss (Scott Zeron/Marcus Melander) rode along behind the winner and held second easily.

This Muscle Hill filly from 2007 Hambletonian Oaks winner Danae — thus a full sibling to the great European star Propulsion and multiple stakes winner Dream Together — is a homebred owned by Fredericka Caldwell and Bluestone Farm, Per Engblom trains.

In the second race, Spycatcher (Todd McCarthy) took over as the field passed the 1:02 half and he held sway over a closing Broadway Star (Ake Svanstedt) with an impressive :28.2 final quarter for the 2:00.1 win. Nancy Takter trains the homebred Father Patrick colt for Brittany Farms.

Ardonne (Zeron) split rivals with an impressive late burst through the :27.2 end to a 1:57.4 mile over Zephyr Kemp (Melander/Melander) for trainer Megan Scran and owner Philip Steinberg in the third. The Tactical Landing colt, a $50,000 Lexington yearling, sat comfortably in third through the early stages then kicked hard when a seam developed in the final sixteenth. Kevin Greenfield is the breeder.

Impeccable Hanover (Yannick Gingras) inherited the lead in early stretch when the leader broke and marched on to a 2:00.4 win in the fourth race. Glam (Ake Svanstedt) made a mild gain very late and was second. The winner, a Greenshoe filly bred by Hanover Shoe Farms, was a $55,556 Harrisburg buy for trainer Per Engblom and the Racing Team of America.

The fifth race matched a pair of big-ticket New Jersey-sired colts with the Muscle Hill colt Rambo Hanover — a $520,270 Lexington yearling — prevailing with something left today for Svanstedt over the Walner colt American Power — a $405,405 Lexington buy — who came uncovered for Dunn and Melander and finished going forward in a 2:01 ending with a :27.4 stretch scrum. Both colts looked the part and will likely meet up in the NJSS program next month. Svanstedt shares ownership of the Hanover-bred winner with Brochart Stable, Inc. and Al Libfeld.

Another big money battle — this time Walner vs. Walner — came in the sixth as Ake Svanstedt took his time grinding to the front with Im Kronos S — a $418,919 Lexington purchase — then clipped along at a 30-second beat until engaged by the $729,167 Lexington purchase Apex (Dunn/Melander). They traded blows right to the wire with Im Kronos S prevailing as Apex was digging in 1:59.3. The winner was bred in Sweden by Winger Lion Breeding and now races for Part Of Dream, Inc and Bruni Racing Team, Inc.

Ake Svanstedt drove Pub Party, a homebred Walner filly for Marvin & Lynn Katz and Sam Goldband, to a handy 1:58.3 win in the seventh. Svanstedt was content to ride the rail as Jula Princess (Dunn/Melander) cut the fractions then fanned his filly wide for the drive and she went by with authority through the :28.4 final quarter.

With the track now having deteriorated to sloppy, Sheza Single Lady (Gingras/Takter) was a very game winner in the eighth. The Walner filly led throughout then had to dig deep to hold off a pair of closing Captain Corey fillies, stablemate Caviart Gemma (T. McCarthy) and Ellie Hanover (Svanstedt), ending the 1:59.4 mile with a :29 final panel. Caviart Farms, Patrick Hoopes and Herb Liverman gave $128,378 at Lexington for Sheza Single Lady to breeders Jay and Jacob Mossbarger.

The Stratton brothers, trainer Cory and driver Jordan, combined with the Devious Man filly Overalls to win the ninth race in 2:01.1. Jordan left to the lead with Overalls, she rolled along comfortably and when he asked, she responded with a :29 end to hold off the close of Shoppin For Gucci (T. McCarthy/Annie Stoebe) with something left. A $33,784 Goshen yearling buy from breeder Mark Wamp, Our Three Sons Stable and VIP Internet Stable share ownership with the trainer as Stratton Stable.

A single pacing race was won by the colt Hurrikanelouiexiii (Gingras/John McDermott) a Sweet Lou homebred owned by Jonathan Klee Racing, Justin Bolasci and Hurrikane Racing, LLC. Gingras moved the colt to the lead by the 1:02.3 half then took off with a :56.1 end to the 1:58.4 mile. Freshman filly Carolina (T. McCarthy/Engblom) came along nicely for second.

Live harness racing continues tonight at The Meadowlands with a 6:20 first post time.

(Meadowlands)