Freehold Raceway hosted the $55,300 Renaissance Final for two-year-old filly pacers on Friday (September 29), in a early race before the card. The third race was the NJSDF Final where three-year-old filly trotters competed for a $50,000 purse.
Hurrikane Empress was parked to the quarter in :28 before taking the lead from Some Renditions. The John McDermott Jr. trainee kept the lead throughout the rest of the mile until stopping the timer in 1:58.3 in rein to Dan Dube.
The Hurrikane Kingcole daughter notched win number five from 10 starts and bumped her lifetime earnings to $131,815 for owners Jonathan Klee Racing, Kuhn Racing LLC and Pegasis Investment Group.
Cruzinforavictory recovered from an early break behind the gate to finish second, while Some Renditions came in third.
In the third race of the card, Southwind Avanti returned to her winning ways at Freehold Raceway in the $50,000 New Jersey Standardbred Development Fund Final for three-year-old filly trotters.
This victory bettered the Muscle Hill filly's record to three wins in four starts on New Jersey's half-mile track.
Jason Bartlett and Southwind Avanti left from post position No. 4 to wire the field in 1:58.1.
Owned by SRF Stable and bred by Southwind Farms of Pennington, New Jersey, Southwind Avanti now has lifetime earnings of $121,495.
Easy Passer finished second while Romancing Rachel came in third.
Live racing resumes at Freehold on Saturday, Sept. 30 with a post time of 12:30 p.m.
(With files from SBOANJ)