Odds On Racing - Harness Racing

Saturday's Features at The Meadowlands

May 28, 2005

Race Five Results: The $200,000 Miss New Jersey
Post/Head# Horse           Driver              Trainer
1      3 Ideal News              David Miller        Joe Holloway
7      7 Freezer Cash           Cat Manzi           Michael Russo
4      4 Savannah Sky         John Campbell    Chris Ryder
1A    10 Copywriter            Ron Pierce          Noel Daley
3      2 Vegas Style           Yannick Gingras   Jeff Stafford
6      6 Tarport Erin           Mike Lachance     Brian Roland
9      9 Make Me Money      Jim Morrill Jr.      Mark Harder
8      8 Secret Deal             Brian Sears        Nat Varty
2      1 Righteous Renee      Eric Ledford       Mark Ford
5      5 Unspoken                George Brennan Kathleen LaMontagne
Times: :28.2, :57.1, 1:25.4 1:53.3

The Skinny: Ideal News powered by Freezer Cash for a neck victory in the $200,000 Miss New Jersey, with Svannah Skky two lengths back in third. Ideal News, who had swept the three-week Blossom Series in April, now has six wins and two seconds in eight starts this year for owner-breeders the Brittany Farms of Versailles, Kentucky and the Val D'Or Farms of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.

"She's real good off cover like that," David Miller said of his winning trip with Ideal News, a daughter of Western Ideal - Whats New. "If you don't use her early, she has a good kick to her in the end. I was a little concerned with the soft fractions. But the track is favoring closers tonight."

Race Seven Results: The $500,000 SBOA/New Jersey Classic
Post Horse                   Driver                 Trainer
9    Rocknroll Hanover    Brian Sears          Brett Pelling
7    Jo Pa's Shark          Eric Ledford         Jim Campbell
10 Load The Dice          David Miller          Chris Ryder
2    George At Bigs         Jim Morrill Jr.       Mark Harder
4    Cam's Fool              John Campbell      Brett Pelling
3    Village Jolt               Ron Pierce            Ed Hart
1    Strong Player          George Brennan    Richard J. Banca
6    Dr Zip                     Mike Lachance       Donna Marshall
5   South Park Hanover  Yannick Gingras    Charles Connor Jr
8    You Tell Gordy         Cat Manzi              Robert Siegelman
Times: 26.4, 54.3, 1:23.2, 1:51.

The Skinny: As expected, favorite Rocknroll Hanover rallied for a three and a quarter length victory in the $500,000 SBOA/New Jersey Classic. Jo Pa's Shark edged out Load The Dice for second place. Rocknroll Hanover, sent off as the 6-5 favorite, is now a perfect three-for-three in 2005. On the board in seven of eight starts at two, he now has banked $811,756 for the partnership of Jeffrey Snyder of New York City and Phyllis Audrey Campbell's Lothlorien Equestrian Center of Mississauga, Ontario.

"He's been perfect and two fingers to drive," said winning driver Brian Sears. "He's learning how to come off the pace, and he's real handy now. I landed on John's back [Campbell driving Cam's Fool]. They mixed it up upfront, and it worked out for me. Brett
[trainer Pelling] has done a great job getting him ready."