A well-balanced field of eight three-year-old pacing colts and geldings, including New Jersey Classic winner Sweet Rock, will face-off in the $42,000 New Jersey Futurity, the ninth race on Saturday, September 6 at Freehold Raceway.
Sweet Rock rallied for a nose victory in the $225,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic on August 2 at the Meadowlands Racetrack in a lifetime best of 1:49.4. He finished third in his last start, the $54,072 Geers at Tioga Downs on August 17.
The Wayne Givens trainee, driven by Brett Miller, has been rated 9-2 in the morning line from Post 8. This year, he has two wins, four seconds and two thirds from 15 starts, banking $142,133 toward a career total of $167,391 for the Delaware-based ownership of Legacy Racing, RA Hazzard and GP Calloway.
Art History (by Western Ideal) was given the slight 3-1 morning line nod from the rail. Hall of Famer David Miller will perform the driving duties.
Art History, trained by Steve Elliott, has two wins and three thirds in seven starts this year, banking &17,840 for Kenneth Klein of Amonk, NY and the Old Block Stables of New York City.
The Tony Alagna-trained Gold Rocks (Rocknroll Hanover) will be paired with driver George Brennan and will start from Post 5. The duo has been rated 7-2 on the morning line.
The New Jersey Futurity is restricted to New Jersey-sired horses and is sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey.
The field for the $42,000 New Jersey Futurity (three-year-old open division) with drivers and morning line odds, appears below.
1 - Art History – David Miller – 3-1
2 - Card Shock – Daniel Dube – 10-1
3 – Earthshaker – Eric Abbatiello – 6-1
4 – Nubble Light – Steve Smith – 9-1
5 – Gold Rocks – George Brennan – 7-2
6 – Cheyenne Seeber – Jack Baggitt Jr. – 30-1
7 – Rocknroll Reality – Andrew McCarthy – 9-2
8 – Sweet Rock – Brett Miller – 9-2
(SBOANJ)