More Baby Races At The Big M
A full slate of 19 two-year-old baby races were held on Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack with Im Gorgeous turning in the fastest performance of the day over a track rated good
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Driven by Mark Mayes, Im Gorgeous, who sat fourth for most of the mile, made his move at the third-quarter pole and used a :27.1 final frame to win in 1:55 flat by a length and a quarter over Rockin Ray, a son of Rocknroll Hanover. Im Gorgeous, by Bettors Delight out of Joy, knocked three seconds off last week’s mile for trainer George Teague, Jr., who also co-owns with Elmer Fannin of Lincoln, Delaware.
Smooth Power was the fastest trotter winning in 1:58.1 by a half-length over the Sjs Caviar colt Hard Livin (Jimmy Takter) after making a quarter-pole move in rein to David Miller. The Andover Hall-Spunomi colt is trained by Steve Elliott for David Scharf of New York, New York and Robert Rosenheim of Sharon, Connecticut.
To view the complete results from Saturday’s session, click here.