Meant To Be Me, who won all three of his prelims, has been installed as the 3-1 morning line favourite in the $85,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings Saturday at Freehold Raceway.
The son of McArdle will leave from Post 3 in Race 7 with Yannick Gingras scheduled to drive for trainer Linda Toscano.
Meant To Be Me campaigns in the name of Louis Maricante of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Amante Standardbreds of Delray Beach, Florida. He has four wins, three seconds and three thirds from 19 starts this year for earnings of $168,621 toward a career total of $365,788.
He took his mark of 1:51.1 this year, winning the $100,000 consolation for the Battle of the Brandywine at Chester Downs.
This is the final event of the 2008 New Jersey Sire Stakes program which distributes about $7.5 million in purses annually.
The divisional stakes record for three-year-old colts is 1:53.1, set by Livestrong in 2006. The gelding mark of 1:52.2 was posted by Tiber Hanover in 2007.
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