On Thursday, July 28, Roll With Joe, the Meadowlands Pace winning son of Cams Card Shark, resurfaced for the first time since his monumental victory
in the $1-million classic.
The student of trainer Ed Hart was hosting a new mate in the driver's seat, as Ray Schnittker was steering the $1.1 million earner during the Meadowlands Racetrack's qualifying session, which also saw the return of John Campbell to the race bike.
Anxious onlookers had to wait until Race 14 to get a look at the Pace winner, as Schnittker and Roll With Joe paraded out onto the track for the third-last qualifying tilt of the morning.
Having started from Post 6 in the seven-horse field, Schnittker settled Roll With Joe into the pocket, as the pair allowed Fameous Western (driven by Dexter Dunn) to slice the opening fractions in a tepid :29.2 and :59.1.
Schnittker and Roll With Joe had enough after the opening half. The pair grabbed the lead and opened up more than two lengths by the three-quarters call (1:26.1) was met.
Having extended their lead to three lengths at the head of the lane, Roll With Joe and Schnittker capped off the mile by closing in :26.2 and posting a five and three-quarter-length win in 1:52.3.