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Senior Trendsetter Series Sunday at The Big M

February 20, 2006

David Miller guided two of the four winners of the opening round of the Senior Trendsetter Series on Sunday afternoon at the Meadowlands. Both Cut Loose Hanover in the third race and Jazzbo Brown in the sixth race were the easiest of winners.

Cut Loose Hanover coasted to a two and three-quarter tally over even-money favorite Austin’s Best in the first of the $12,500 divisions. Beach Boy Joey was third. It was the first win of the year for the four-year-old son of Western Hanover who paced the mile in 1:52.2, matching his lifetime best.

The Kevin McDermott trainee races for the partnership of Wayne Chrebet’s Double Down Stables of Colts Neck, New Jersey; Steven Wienick of Totowa, New Jersey and John Fodera of Staten Island, New York.

Jazzbo Brown delivered with a three and three-quarter-length victory over Kidd Kove Artist with Mike In Motion third by five and a half lengths. Jazzbo King, trained by Jeff Smith and owned by John W. Weaver of Staten Island, paced the mile in 1:54, picking up his second straight win.

In the third division Ideal Lover held on for a two and three-quarter-length victory over Marti’s Arti in 1:53.1. The Firecam was three and a half lengths back in third. Michael E. Dolan of Hauppauge, New York owns Ideal Lover who has won three of four starts this year. The Darran Cassar-trained son of Western Ideal was the runner up in the $85,000 Clyde Hirt Final on January 27.

In the final division Brian Sears steered John Drew to a two and a quarter-length victory in 1:52.3. Sent off as the 3-5 favorite, John Drew posted his third straight win for the BNR Stables of Bloomingdale, Illinois. The Cape Crusader gelding is trained by Scott Rollins.
Shakti closed for second with Armbro Cayenne third.

The three-week Senior Trendsetter Series, delayed by last week’s blizzard and cancellation, continues next week and features a $72,000 final on March 5.