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Crawdad Takes Four Leaf Clover

March 24, 2007

It was a one-two finish for trainer Erv Miller in Saturday's $121,300 Four Leaf Clover Final at the Meadowlands as Crawdad edged out stablemate Western Shore in 1:50. Crawdad, who was an off-the-pace winner in round two of the series, was put on the front early tonight by driver Andy Miller and led all the way through splits of :28.2, :55.4 and 1:23. As the field turned for home, the only one to take a shot at him was Western Shore but he proved no match, falling short by three-quarters of a length. It was another two lengths back to Real Mean Art who finished third.

"Everybody was just easing out of there and I just let him pace forward out of the gate," said Andy Miller. "I thought I'd be first or second-over and the way the race unfolded, he ended up on the front. I knew it'd be a tussle to the wire [with Western Shore], but that's the way it goes. It was a huge, huge effort."

The victory was the sixth already this season in 10 starts for the four-year-old gelded son of Arts Conquest - Smiling Fantasy and elevated his earnings to more than $168,000 for the Red Barn Stable of Morrison, Il.

$121,400 Four Leaf Clover Final The Meadowlands: Race Seven
Saturday, March 24, 2007
PP Horse                          Driver
4 Crawdad                         Andy Miller
6 Western Shore                Geo Brennan
8 Real Mean Art                 Yannick Gingras
5 Florida Boy                     Brian Sears
1 Fly Fly Buckeye               Ron Pierce
10 Atomic Deal                 Cat Manzi
2 Thisbigdogwilfight           Jon Roberts
9 Edison Hanover               Daniel Dube
3 King Cat Anvil N              Mike Lachance
7 Ewie Duncan N                David Miller
:28.2      :55.4      1:23.      1:50.