Highly regarded Hambletonian hopefuls Holiday Road and Lucky Chucky put in qualifying miles this morning during the morning session at the Meadowlands Racetrack
, the latter of which trotted his first charted mile of the 2010 campaign.
With John Campbell driving for trainer Chuck Sylvester in Race 4, three-year-old Windsongs Legacy colt Lucky Chucky started from Post 4 and got away second to the :29.2 opening quarter. Campbell and the multiple stakes winner made the lead and clicked off the opening half mile in :58.3. The duo went on to trip the three-quarters clock in 1:27.4 and trotted home in 28 seconds for a 1:55.4 victory.
Putting in his second qualifying mile of the 2010 campaign, the Greg Peck-trained and Brian Sears-driven Holiday Road was in action earlier in the card, and he was much the best in Race 2.
After starting from the rail, Sears and the Yankee Glide colt went wire to wire after cutting the fractions in :29.2, :58.2 and 1:27.1. Trotting home with a 28-second final frame, Holiday Road, the 2009 Peter Haughton Memorial winner, recorded a seven-length win in 1:55.1.
Another in action during the eight-race card was three-year-old Broadway Hall filly Fashion Feline, the multiple Pennsylvania Sires Stakes winner that was putting in her second qualifying effort of the year for trainer Jim Campbell.
Kicking off the session in Race 1, Fashion Feline was also a gate-to-wire winner, as she left from Post 4, cut the fractions in :29.2, 57.3 and 1:26.4 and trotted home in :28.4 for a two-length win in 1:55.3.
To view the charted results from the qualifying session, click here.