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Control The Moment, driven for the first time by Brian Sears, stormed home with a 26.2 final quarter to win Saturday’s $50,000 Meadowlands Pace elimination by a length in a lifetime-best 1:49.2 on a card that also featured two $250,000 Graduate Finals for four-year-olds....read on
4 åriga 1.609 m auto Purse: $250 000 (118,750 - 59,375 - 28,500 - 19,000 - 11,875 - 2,500 - 2,500 - 2,500 -2,500 - 2,500)
RACE 8 - Meadowlands - NJ - July 9, 2022
Conditions: GRADUATE SERIES - FINAL 4 Year Old Open
Gait: Trot Purse: $250,000 Class: Graduate F Distance: 1 Mile Track Cond: FAST | Sta | Häst | Kön | Kusk | Tränare | Rek | Intj | Far | Mor | Morfar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WINGS OF ROYALTY | h4 | Corey Callahan | George Ducharme | 09,5 | 425 395 | RC ROYALTY | SPARKLING CIDER | PINE CHIP |
| 2 | CENTURION ATM | h4 | Trace Tetrick | Åke Svanstedt | 10,5 | 445 462 | SJ'S CAVIAR | ENS TAG SESSION | TAGLIABUE |
| 3 | CRESCENT FASHION | h4 | Scott Zeron | Åke Svanstedt | 11,6 | 360 388 | MUSCLE HILL | FASHION FELINE | BROADWAY HALL |
| 4 | CANEPA HANOVER | h4 | Yannick Gingras | Jimmy Takter | 09,1 | 290 946 | MUSCLE HILL | CRESSIDA HANOVER | MR LAVEC |
| 5 | WHATAWORKOUT | h4 | Brett Miller | Frank Antonacci | 11,2 | 73 205 | MUSCLE HILL | SOUTHWIND SOFIA | CHOCOLATIER |
| 6 | MAESTRO BLUE CHIP | h4 | Tim Tetrick | Jo Ann Looney-King | 09,4 | 279 173 | CREDIT WINNER | UP FRONT HOTSEY | DIXIELAND JAZZ |
| 7 | FASHION CREDITOR | v4 | Andy Miller | Tom Fanning | 10,0 | 190 962 | CREDIT WINNER | BON VOYAGE | DREAM VACATION |
| 8 | HONOR AND SERVE | h4 | Åke Svanstedt | Åke Svanstedt | 10,4 | 320 382 | DONATO HANOVER | HONORABLE DAUGHTER | MALABAR MAN |
| 9 | CRAZSHANA | v4 | David Miller | Jeffrey Bamond Jr. | 09,4 | 201 429 | CRAZED | KEYSTONE SHANA | ANDOVER HALL |
| 10 | MUSICAL RHYTHM | h4 | John Campbell | Benoit Baillargeon | 09,6 | 237 344 | CANTAB HALL | MUSICAL VICTORY | VALLEY VICTORY |
HN Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str Finish Actual LQ Odds
10 Musical Rhythm 10 2°/1Q 1/1Q 2/1 2/1H 1/2 1:51.2 27.4 5.10
2 Centurion Atm 2 6/6H 6/4T 6/5 6/4T 2/2 1:51.4 27.2 30.60
9 Crazshana 9 1/1Q 2/1Q 4/2H 4/2H 3/2Q 1:51.4 28.0 7.80
8 Honor And Serve 8 5/4Q 5°/4H 5°/3T 5/3Q 4/2Q 1:51.4 27.3 15.10
1 Wings Of Royalty 1 3/1Q 3°/1Q 1°/1 1/1H 5/3Q 1:52.0 28.3 10.00
6 Maestro Blue Chip 6 4/2T 4°/2T 3°/2H 3/2H 6/3H 1:52.0 28.1 *1.10
4 Canepa Hanover 4 7°/7H 7°/5T 7°/5T 7/5H 7/4Q 1:52.1 27.3 4.90
3 Crescent Fashion 3 8°/9 9°/7 9°/7Q 8/6T 8/5H 1:52.2 27.3 16.90
7 Fashion Creditor 7 10/11H 8/6Q 8/7Q 9/7 9/8Q 1:53.0 28.1 76.40
5 Whataworkout 5 9°/10Q 10/8 X10X/8T X10/17 10/62 2:03.4g 38.3 19.40 1st Musical Rhythm (4, H Cantab Hall - Musical Victory - Valley Victory)
Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Santo Vena - ON, Nunzio Vena - ON, Claude Hamel - QC, Benoit Baillargeon - ON
Breeder(s): Brittany Farms - KY
2nd Centurion Atm (4, H SJ`s Caviar - Ens Tag Session - Tagliabue)
Registered Owner(s): Courant A B - SD, Knutsson Trotting Inc - FL
Breeder(s): Eliezer Solomon - MD
3rd Crazshana (4, G Crazed - Keystone Shana - Andover Hall)
Registered Owner(s): Bamond Racing LLC - NJ
Breeder(s): Hanover Shoe Farms Inc - PA
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| Musical Rhythm trotted in 1:51.2 to score in the $250,000 Graduate Series final. |
Control The Moment, driven for the first time by Brian Sears, stormed home with a 26.2 final quarter to win Saturday’s $50,000 Meadowlands Pace elimination by a length in a lifetime-best 1:49.2 on a card that also featured two $250,000 Graduate Finals for four-year-olds.
In the $250,000 Graduate Series Final for 4-year-old trotters, John Campbell gave Musical Rhythm a perfect steer from post ten, and after yielding the top before three-quarters, came back for more in deep stretch to storm home a convincing two-length winner.
"This little guy amazes me all the time,” said winning trainer Benoit Baillargeon. “But you have to be careful with him in the turns.”
Which is exactly how Campbell handled things.
Musical Rhythm left quickly and was parked in second as Crazshana hit the quarter in :27.4. Musical Rhythm took over shortly thereafter, trotting past the half in :55.4. Wings Of Royalty, who got off the rail at the three-eighths and provided live cover for even-money favorite Maestro Blue Chip, ranged up to get the top at three-quarters in 1:23.2 as Campbell handled his charge with care through the far turn. Through the stretch, Maestro Blue Chip did not fire, and nearing the wire, Campbell swung Musical Rhythm out of the pocket and exploded home in the final sixteenth to record the win in 1:51.2, a lifetime best.
Centurion ATM, a 30-1 longshot, finished second, with Crazshana third. Maestro Blue Chip faded to sixth.
“He let the guy go on the turn,” said Baillargeon of Campbell permitting Wings Of Royalty to get the lead. “But then he swelled right up.”
Musical Rhythm returned $12.20 to win as the third betting choice for owners Santo and Nunzio Vena, Claude Hamel and Baillargeon, and has now won 12 of 14 starts this year.
For Campbell, it marked his second consecutive win in the Graduate for trotters. A year ago, he guided JL Cruze to victory lane in 1:49.4, the only sub-1:50 mile on the trot in Meadowlands history.
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