Stanley Dancer 090717

RACE 5 - The Meadowlands - NJ - July 17, 2022 Conditions: STANLEY DANCER MEMORIAL 3 Year Old Open Gait: Trot Purse: $185,250 Class: S. Dancer Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: FT Temp-Allow: 80-0 Off Time: 8:33 PM HN Horse Finish Actual LQ Odds Driver Trainer 1 Muscle Hill (Muscles Yankee - Yankee Blondie) 1/6 1:52.1 27.3 *0.20 Brian Sears Greg Peck 7 Explosive Matter (Cantab Hall - Fireworks Hanover) 2/6 1:53.2 27.3 E3.20 Ron Pierce Noel Daley 2 Copy Catch (Cantab Hall - Catch A Train) 3/6H 1:53.2 28.2 E3.20 Daniel Dube Jimmy Takter 8 Tom Cango (Tom Ridge - B Cor Tamgo) 4/8 1:53.4 28.2 17.50 John Campbell Jim Campbell 6 Calchips Brute (Credit Winner - Petite Serenade) 5/8T 1:54.0 27.4 62.50 David Miller Trond Smedshammer 3 Wuthering Hanover (Andover Hall - Windswept Image) 6/10H 1:54.1 28.2 30.40 Dave Palone Jonas Czernyson 4 Knoxtrot Hall (Broadway Hall - Knox Trot) 7/11 1:54.2 29.0 69.60 Mike Lachance Linda Toscano 9 Even Better Odds (Cantab Hall - Better Odds) 8/20 1:56.1 30.2 E3.20 Tim Tetrick Chuck Sylvester 5 Affirmed Action (Conway Hall - Joann's Action) 9/61H 2:04.2g 37.4 19.90 Andy Miller John Grasso 1st Muscle Hill (3, H Muscles Yankee - Yankee Blondie - American Winner) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Jerry Silva - NY, T L P Stable - NJ, Southwind Farm - NJ, Muscle Hill Racing LLC - NY Breeder(s): Winbak Farm - MD 2nd Explosive Matter (3, H Cantab Hall - Fireworks Hanover - Muscles Yankee) Registered Owner(s): Adam Victor & Son Stble LLC - NY Breeder(s): Adam Victor & Son Stble LLC - NY 3rd Copy Catch (3, H Cantab Hall - Catch A Train - Donerail) Registered Owner(s): Lindy Racing Stable - CT, Adam Victor & Son Stble LLC - NY, Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc - NY Breeder(s): David Caldwell - KY, Fredericka Caldwell - KY

RACE 8 - The Meadowlands - NJ - July 17, 2022 Conditions: STANLEY DANCER MEMORIAL 3 Year Old Open Gait: Trot Purse: $185,250 Class: S. Dancer Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: GD Temp-Allow: 80-0 Off Time: 9:40 PM HN Horse Finish Actual LQ Odds Driver Trainer 9 Federal Flex (Muscles Yankee - Scully Fbi) 1/5H 1:53.3 28.1 3.10 Jody Jamieson Jeffrey Gillis 1 Mr Cantab (Cantab Hall - Miss Marita) 2/5H 1:54.3 28.4 *1.60 Andy Miller Erv Miller 6 Cesar A Blue Chip (Andover Hall - Glad You Asked) 3/5H 1:54.3 28.2 E3.50 Tim Tetrick Noel Daley 7 Citation Lindy (Cantab Hall - Benedicta Jet) 4/6Q 1:54.4 28.4 E3.50 Ray Schnittker Ray Schnittker 5 Select Yankee (Yankee Glide - Fun For Us) 5/9T 1:55.3 28.4 12.50 Brett Miller Jonas Czernyson 4 Broadway Bistro (Broadway Hall - Nadine Angus) 6/10T 1:55.4 29.2 56.50 Brian Sears Jim Campbell 8 My Back Pages (Revenue - Windsurfing V.C.) 7/30H 1:59.3g 33.4 E3.50 George Brennan Greg Peck 3 Hot Shot Blue Chip (Revenue - Hustle N Muscle) 8/59T 2:05.3g 35.0 2.90 David Miller Jonas Czernyson 2 Manningly (Yankee Glide - Balanced Action) 9/60 2:05.3g 34.4 30.60 John Campbell Larry Rathbone 1st Federal Flex (3, H Muscles Yankee - Scully Fbi - S J`s Photo) Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Federal Flex Stable - ON, Ken Henwood - ON, Al Libfeld - ON, Marvin Katz - ON Breeder(s): Trillium Racing Stable - PA 2nd Mr Cantab (3, H Cantab Hall - Miss Marita - Joie De Vie) Registered Owner(s): Brittany Farms - KY, John Carver - IL, Ronald Michelon - IL, Riverview Farms - NJ Breeder(s): Brittany Farms - KY 3rd Cesar A Blue Chip (3, H Andover Hall - Glad You Asked - Lindy Lane) Registered Owner(s): Lindy Racing Stable - CT, Adam Victor & Son Stble LLC - NY, Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc - NY Breeder(s): Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc - NY

In his final prep for the Hambletonian, Muscle Hill became the sport�s newest millionaire with a career best 1:52.1 victory in the first of two $185,250 divisions of the Stanley Dancer Memorial on Friday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack.

Muscle Hill scooted to the lead in a :27.2 opening quarter and strolled through middle fractions of :55.3 and 1:24.3 before firing off a :27.3 final panel to shave one full second off his lifetime mark. His 1:52.1 clocking was one-fifth of a second off the stakes record of 1:52 set by Mr Pine Chip in 2006. The victory vaulted Muscle Hill�s career bankroll to $1,037,736.

Explosive Matter (Ron Pierce) recovered from an early miscue to finish six lengths behind Muscle Hill, while the pocket sitter Copy Catch (Daniel Dube) held on for third. The overwhelming 1-5 favorite, Muscle Hill returned a $2.40 win mutuel in the fifth race.

�I wasn�t necessarily intent on taking the lead,� said Muscle Hill�s driver, Brian Sears. �I just wanted to see how they left out of there and I knew I had to be aggressive with the rail. After Explosive Matter ran I just had to try to get everyone into a seat [behind me on the rail] so I wouldn�t have to move him back [to the lead]. He�s not a real big horse, but he has quite a motor. He�s right on track [for the Hambletonian].�

Muscle Hill will carry an 11-race winning streak into the August 1 elimination races that will decide the field for the $1.5 million Hambletonian, harness racing�s most prestigious event on August 8. Muscle Hill�s three victories this season also include the $200,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Championship on June 13. Greg Peck trains the son of Muscles Yankee for Jerry Silva and Muscle Hill Racing of, Long Beach, New York; TLP Stable of Kearny and Southwind Farm of Pennington, New Jersey.

�I think he would respond to competition,� Peck said of Muscle Hill�s thus far unchallenged campaign. �He�s that good and he�s a very competitive type. It�s a good year; there is competition. It�s just that things have been working out really well. We still have to win it [Hambletonian] and have our work cut out for us. We take it seriously and we hope to get there.�

That competition in the Hambletonian could come from Federal Flex, who romped to a convincing 1:53.3 score in the second Dancer Memorial division, race eight.

With Jody Jamieson at the lines, Federal Flex assumed command before the half and was never challenged en route to a 5 1/2-length romp. Mr Cantab (Andy Miller) and Cesar A Blue Chip (Tim Tetrick) were the best of the rest.

Federal Flex is perfect in three starts this season after sweeping the Goodtimes elimination and final at Mohawk prior to the Dancer.

�I�m glad we drew into this division [avoiding Muscle Hill],� Jamieson said. �We got a tough post [nine], but it worked out really well. He�s always been a sound horse.�

As for the Hambletonian, Jamieson said, �All we can do is get in a race and take a shot at it.�