East Rutherford, NJ – Breakfast With The Babies sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms at The Meadowlands went a day early this week (Friday, June 7), due to harness racing stakes scheduled on Saturday. An overcast, muggy setting was the weather to begin, temperatures hovering near 80 degrees with a mild helping wind in the
South Beach Star was parked most of a :53.3 first half en route to winning in 1:48.2 at Pocono last week. On Friday at Harrah’s Philadelphia, the Somebeachsomewhere gelding saved the :53.3 half for the back of the mile, holding off favoured Lous Pearlman by half a length in 1:49.1 to take the $20,000 Open Handicap Pace.
Longshot Hellabalou pulled off a 47-1 upset in the $511,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series final on Monday night at MGM Yonkers Raceway, rallying up the inside in the lane after yielding to sit in the pocket early. The final time for the Joe Bongiorno-driven, Ron Burke-trained horse was 1:50.3.
Off to a perfect start in the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series, Amazing Dream N was the fastest of the popular third leg winners on Friday night (March 31) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Racine Bell and driver Jason Bartlett found room to the inside in the stretch and forged to the front late to capture one of four $40,000 divisions in the second leg of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (March 24). A six-year-old mare by So Surreal, Racine Bell scored in 1:52.3 and became harness racing's newest millionaire with the victory.