RACE 1 – 1st leg of NJSS – 3YOCT
4-Vic Smith – NJSS champion at two sold in a deal brokered by Broad Bahn agent Ole Bach, qualified with a :56 back half, athletic colt with a winning attitude
5-Gym Tan Laundry – Yankee Glide gelding on the right path for Noel Daley, Kindergarten Classic winner ran into a raging Googoo Gaagaa fresh out of the box
RACE 2 – 2nd division of NJSS – 3YOCT
4-Guccio – Champlain stakes winner at two took the hopples off & qualified with speed for Takter, who’s unveiling some heavy artillery
5-Kodak Lindy – sold for just $10,000 at Harrisburg, scored with a surge at first asking for Team Teague
RACE 3 – 1st leg of NJSS for 3YOFT
1-Mrs D – half-brother to 2002 Trotter of the Year Kadabra for the same connections, prep races in Chicago are inspiring
5-Blue Muscles – Muscles Yankee filly flashed some promise at two, strong prep races, debuts here for Hall of Fame duo
6-Shanty Irish – miscued off a pair of standout qualifiers with the barn change to Burke, bounced back with a :27.2
RACE 4 – NW of 2 or $20,000 for 3FP
1-Lexus Artist – note the steady, improving trend, had a start over the track from a tougher post, reunited with Gingras in a wide-open field
5-Carolsideal – can’t fault the way she’s come back winning two of three on Lasix at Yonkers, continues to step up on the mile track
3-Pacin’ Yankee – won her first two starts in Indiana with speed & versatility, left alertly & faded in her Big M acclimating mile
RACE 5 – NJSS – 3YOCT
3-Big Chocolate – Grand Circuit stakes winner at two, third in the Peter Haughton Memorial, big 3yo comeback mile in Chicago
6-Little Brown Fox – Takter trainee seems have matured nicely, qualifying with solid vigor & ready to roll
