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The Saturday (July 5) feature at Meadowlands Racetrack was the inaugural $484,850 Hambletonian Maturity for 4-year-old trotters, going 1 1-8 miles with no Lasix permitted...read on
4 åriga 1.810 m auto Purse: $484 850 (242,425 - 121,212 - 58,182 - 38,788 - 24,245)
RACE 10 - Meadowlands - NJ - July 5, 2022
Conditions: ** 1 1/8 MILES ** HAMBLETONIAN MATURITY 4 Year Olds NO LASIX PERMITTED
Gait: Trot Purse: $484,850 Class: H Maturity Distance: 1 1/8 Miles Track Cond: FAST| Sta | Häst | Kön | Kusk | Tränare | Rek | Intj | Far | Mor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YOUR SO VAIN (US) | H | Åke Svanstedt | Åke Svanstedt | 10,1 | 428 862 | DONATO HANOVER | TENNIS LOVER |
| 2 | SWEET JUSTICE (US) | V | Corey Callahan | Bruce Saunders | 09,1 | 263 304 | JUSTICE HALL | SUGAR |
| 5 | BAMBINO GLIDE (US) | V | Marcus Miller | Julie Miller | 09,9 | 182 808 | YANKEE GLIDE | RAISING THE BAR |
| 4 | FICO (US) | H | Tyler Smith | Staffan Lind | 11,0 | 156 400 | CREDIT WINNER | MOTIVATIONAL |
| 5 | WHEELING N DEALIN (US) | H | Jody Jamieson | Luc Blais | 11,5 | 841 656 | CANTAB HALL | QUICK CREDIT |
| 6 | ROYALTY FOR LIFE (US) | H | David Miller | George Ducharme | 09,4 | 1 611 718 | RC ROYALTY | BOURBON'N GRITS |
| 7 | FLANAGAN MEMORY (US) | H | Brett Miller | Rene Dion | 10,1 | 459 932 | KADABRA | CLASSY STACY |
| 8 | SPIDER BLUE CHIP (US) | V | Ron Pierce | Chuck Sylvester | 09,4 | 1 178 099 | ANDOVER HALL | SOUTHWIND CATLIN |
| 9 | HIGH BRIDGE (US) | H | Yannick Gingras | Jimmy Takter | 11,2 | 322 696 | CANTAB HALL | MADAME VOLO |
| 10 | MASTER OF LAW (US) | V | Scott Zeron | Frank Antonacci | 10,1 | 181 055 | DEWEYCHEATUMNHOWE | POSSESS THE MAGIC |
| 11 | MAJOR ATHENS (US) | H | John Campbell | Rich Gillock | 10,6 | 372 582 | ANDOVER HALL | MISS ATHENS |
| 12 | POSSESSED FASHION (US) | V | Tim Tetrick | Tom Fanning | 10,7 | 379 898 | DONATO HANOVER | LADY MARIAN |
| 13 | BEE A MAGICIAN (US) | S | Brian Sears | Richard Norman | 09,0 | 2 331 266 | KADABRA | BEEHIVE |
| 14 | CREATINE (US) | H | Mike Lachance | Robert Stewart | 09,9 | 891 159 | ANDOVER HALL | BERRY NICE MUSCLES |
2. Bee A Magician 2:06.1 (28)
3. Flanagan Memory 2:06.1 (100)
4. Wheeling N Dealin 2:06.4 (168)
5. Creatine 2:06.4 (106)
Opl: Bambino Glide 2:06.4 (103), Sweet Justice 2:07.0 (351), Royalty For Life 2:07.1 (50),
Possessed Fashion 2:08.0 (997), Major Athens 2:08.0 (381), Fico 2:08.0 (934),
Master Of Law 2:09.2g (661), High Bridge 2:11.1g (513), Spider Blue Chip 2:15.0g (126)
1st Your So Vain (4, H Donato Hanover - Tennis Lover - Muscles Yankee)
Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Reima Kuisla Stable - FI
Breeder(s): Robert Rosenheim Stbs LTD - CT
2nd Bee A Magician (4, M Kadabra - Beehive - Balanced Image)
Registered Owner(s): Melvin Hartman - ON, Herb Liverman - FL, David Mc Duffee - FL
Breeder(s): White Birch Farm - NJ
3rd Flanagan Memory (4, H Kadabra - Classy Stacy - Yankee Glide)
Registered Owner(s): Liette Flanagan - QC, Rene Dion - QC
Breeder(s): Michel Flanagan - QC |
Your So Vain won the Hambletonian Maturity in a time of 2:05.3. |
With a three-wide brush down the backstretch, Your So Vain and trainer/driver Ake Svanstedt swept to the lead and drew away in the stretch to win the inaugural $484,350 Hambletonian Maturity for four-year-old trotters, which was contested over a 1-1/8 mile distance.
Reigning Horse of the Year and the only mare in the field of 14, Bee A Magician (Brian Sears) got up for second with O'Brien Award winners Flanagan Memory (Brett Miller) and Wheeling N Dealin (Jody Jamieson) finishing third and fourth.
Last year's Hambletonian champion Royalty For Life (David Miller) left from post six with Spider Blue Chip (Ron Pierce) rolling up alongside and clearing to command during an eye-popping :25.4 first quarter.
Meanwhile, Svanstedt found himself away eighth caught behind Bambino Glide (Marcus Miller) and Creatine (Mike Lachance) in the outer tier and made his move with Your So Vain. He sent his charge three-high and cleared the early speedsters on the front past the half in :55 flat. First over Creatine continued to advance into the two-hole behind the new leader with Spider Blue Chip breaking stride.
Your So Vain led the field to three-quarters in 1:23.2 with Bambino Glide left first up and the parked Flanagan Memory moving up on his back. Race favourite Bee A Magician was spotted third over.
Flanagan Memory rallied wide off cover into the stretch with Bee A Magician also closing strongly on the far outside, but Your So Vain had hit the mile mark in 1:51.3 and opened up three lengths on top to seal the deal. He sailed home for the 2:05.3 victory and returned $16.60 to his backers as the 7-1 third choice.
“He didn’t leave so fast so I thought I must do something,” said Svanstedt of the three-wide brush that proved to be the winning move for the post one starter.
Reima Kuisla Stable of Finland purchased 90 per cent of the Donato Hanover-Tennis Lover trotter back in April with original owner Paul Van Camp retaining a 10 per cent share.
“I had faith in the horse all along, we staked him to everything," said Van Camp from the winner's circle. "Ole Bach approached us in April and it was like ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’ so I agreed to sell, but only if I could retain a piece because I had faith that he’d be a world champion.”
Taking lessons from his world champion stablemate Sebastian K while training together at his new stable, Your So Vain stepped up for his biggest win in his four-year-old debut.
"He’s a very good training horse and he’s a very good racehorse. He has a really good head for racing," noted assistant trainer Bernie Noren. "We knew he was ready to go. He was training very well and he’s a good horse."
Your So Vain earned his seventh career win in 19 starts and lifted his earnings over $680,000.
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