The undefeated Hes Watching, last season’s Dan Patch Award winner as two-year-old pacer of the year in the United States, remains in the No. 1 slot in this week’s edition of The Road to the Meadowlands Pace.
Hes Watching qualified in 1:53.2 at Mohawk Racetrack last week and appeared well within himself. He is scheduled to race in another qualifier before mapping out his three-year-old campaign.
Hes Watching – May 2 Qualifier at Mohawk Racetrack – 1:53.2
JK Endofanera looks like the biggest danger to Hes Watching thus far, as he recently won the Simpson Memorial in 1:49.4 in his 2014 debut at the Meadowlands Racetrack. JK Endofanera is an imposing physical specimen that seems to tower over his competition in sheer size.
The horses comprising the Top 10 remain the same, but Always B Miki jumped up three spots to No. 7 thanks to back-to-back wins to start his season. He is in to go Thursday, May 8 at Harrah’s Philadelphia in a non-winners of five event.
Allstar Partner fell three spots to No. 10 following back-to-back losses to Always B Miki and JK Endofanera to start his season.
Those that are knocking on the door of the Top 10 are: Lets Drink On It (No. 11), who qualified extremely well at Hoosier Park and is in to go Saturday at Hoosier in a non-winners of five event; Thats My Opinion (No. 12), who is sent out by top connections of last year’s Meadowlands Pace winner Captaintreacherous and looked super-impressive winning a non-winners of two event at the Meadowlands in 1:50.3; and Limelight Beach (No. 13), who finished second in a fast mile (1:51.1) at the Meadows in his first start of the season.
Rounding out the Top 20 are Jet Airway (No. 14), Twin B Speedo (No. 15), Doo Wop Hanover (No. 16), Ideal Cowboy (No. 17), Tellitlikeitis (No. 18), Dancin Hill (No. 19) and Some Major Beach (No. 20).
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