Jim Marshall III tipped Kennie Blue Chip off the pylons on the turn for home and passed by the breaking Winters Jewel in the stretch to win the $35,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes – Green Acres final for two-year-old trotting fillies this afternoon at Freehold Raceway.
Kennie Blue Chip ($3.40, $2.20, $2.10) trotted the mile in 2:01.1, a lifetime best, to pick up her second straight victory. She has finished in the top two in three of six starts and banked $27,765 for her owner-breeder, Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc. of Wallkill, New York.
The daughter of Muscles Yankee – Armonica Hanover, sent off as the 3-5 favourite, finished a length and a quarter ahead of Fast Vacation ($2.40, $2.20) and seven and three-quarters lengths ahead of Tracy My Love ($3.40).
(NJSS)