Trainer Ray Schnittker will send out a trio of Muscles Yankee colts in the first round of New Jersey Sire Stakes – Green Acres Division action when Freehold Raceway re-opens for its 2014 Summer/Fall Meet on Thursday, August 28.

The 48-day meet (August 28 through December 13) will occupy Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays each week along with a special Labour Day card on Monday, September 1. First-race post time is 12:30 p.m.

Seven New Jersey-sired two-year-old trotting colts and geldings are scheduled to go postward in the $7,000 first leg of the Green Acres, the third of 10 races, with the Schnittker entry of Switchblade Hall, Cruizinwithmuscles and Broken Record installed as the 1-5 morning line favourite.

Broken Record, who will start from Post 6 with Steve Smith in the sulky, has two wins and three thirds from six starts and earnings of $41,763 for the ownership of Schnittker and Ted Gewertz. He finished third in his last start, the Tompkins at Tioga Downs.

Harry Landy will handle Switchblade Hall from Post 3 while Pat Berry has the assignment behind Cruizinwithmuscles from Post 4.

The other starters are Firestop from the rail with Eric Abbatiello driving at 12-1; Wolfpack Muscle with David Pinkney Jr. at 25-1 from Post 2; the Francisco Del Cid-trained and driven Mountain Top, the 5-2 second choice from Post 5 and Muscle Night with Jim Marshall III from Post 7 at 25-1.

A free t-shirt will be distributed with a paid Freehold live racing program (while supplies last) on Thursday, August 28.

With six in the box, there will be no eliminations on Friday of this week and all the three-year-old filly trotters entered will advance to the $40,000 Helen Smith Trot on Friday, September 5.

The field includes Cee Bee Yes, Celebrity Fantasy, Mistressswithmuscle, She Likes Candy, Yoga and You And I.

The Julie Miller-trained Cee Bee Yes has banked more than $273,000 for Jason and Douglas Allen of Vincentown, NJ, with six wins, five seconds and two thirds from 19 career starts. This year, she has two wins and two seconds from eight starts. She captured the $33,075 Lady Suffolk at Freehold on May 2 and was second in the $100,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final at the Meadowlands on May 31. She qualified for the Hambletonian Oaks, but broke at the start of the final and finished last.

Labour Day is also ‘Back to the Track,’ a co-operative effort by the United States Trotting Association, its member racetracks, and horsemen from coast-to-coast that combines exciting harness racing and fan-friendly promotions.

Freehold’s Labour Day festivities include a free Back to the Track cap with paid Freehold live program (while supplies last), 50-cent hot dogs, 50-cent sodas, drawings for a season’s parking pass and Back to the Track t-shirts. Additionally, there will be a drivers’ autograph session.

(SBOANJ)