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Hambletonian - Hambletonian Oaks Final - Cane Pace - Shady Daisy - Sam McKee Memorial - Lady Liberty - John Cashman Memorial - Dr. John R Steele - Peter Haughton Memorial - Jim Doherty Memorial
Favourite Bella Bellini stormed home off stalled cover to deliver a winning performance in the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks for three-year-old trotting fillies during Saturday’s Hambletonian Day card at The Meadowlands....read on
3 Year Old Filly 1.609 m auto Purse: $500 000 (250,000 - 112,500 - 54,000 - 36,000 - 22,500 till övriga 5,000)
Pris pengarna fördelas på 50% - 22,5% - 10,8% - 7,20% - 4,50% - Resterande $10,000 var eller 1%
RACE 14 - Meadowlands - NJ - August 7, 2022
Conditions: HAMBLETONIAN OAKS NO. 96 - FINAL 3 Year Old Fillies (NO LASIX - STAKES BARN - 7 pm Friday) (Elimination Winners draw 1-5) (6-last after winners 50%)
Gait: Trot Purse: 500,000 Class: Oaks F Distance: 1 Mile Post Time: 4:46 PM (Detention Fri 7:00 PM)
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HN Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str Finish Actual LQ Odds Driver Trainer
5 Bella Bellini 5 6°/6H 6°/3T 5°°/4Q 2/1H 1/2H 1:52.1 26.3 *0.50 Dexter Dunn R. Nifty Norman
10 Iteration 10 4/4 2°/T 1/1Q 1/1H 2/2H 1:52.3 27.4 45.00 Brian Sears Marcus Melander
8 Contested Hanover 8 8/7T 7/3T 8/7H 5/6 3/3H 1:52.4 26.3 97.20 Tim Tetrick George Ducharme
1 Darlene Hanover 1 2/1Q 1/T 2/1Q 3/2T 4/4Q 1:53.0 28.0 16.50 Todd McCarthy Brett Bittle
2 Flawless Country 2 1/1Q 3/1Q 4/3Q 4/3H 5/5Q 1:53.1 27.4 28.80 Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt
9 You Ato Dream 9 10/9 9/5H 10°°/9Q 10/9Q 6/6 1:53.2 26.4 26.30 Jeff Gregory Jeff Gregory
7 Hot As Hill 7 3/2H 4/2H 6/5H 6/7 7/6Q 1:53.2 27.3 21.70 Yannick Gingras Ron Burke
3 Awesome Trix 3 7°/7T 8°/4H 7°/6Q 9/8T 8/7Q 1:53.3 27.3 7.80 Scott Zeron Christopher Beaver
6 Piper Hanover 6 9°/9 10°/5T 9°°/7T 7/8 9/7Q 1:53.3 27.1 14.20 Andrew McCarthy Tony Alagna
4 Lady Chaos 4 5/5H 5°/2H 3°/2T 8/8T 10/14 1:55.0 29.3 4.70 David Miller Linda Toscano 1st Bella Bellini (3, M Bar Hopping - Bella Dolce - Kadabra)
Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): David Mc Duffee - FL
Breeder(s): David Mc Duffee - FL
2nd Iteration (3, M Chapter Seven - Steamy Windows - Muscle Massive)
Registered Owner(s): Courant Inc - FL
Breeder(s): Order By Stable - SD
3rd Contested Hanover (3, M Chapter Seven - Cr Calendar Girl - S J`s Photo)
Registered Owner(s): Ftm Racing Stable LLC - FL
Breeder(s): Hanover Shoe Farms Inc - PA Favourite Bella Bellini stormed home off stalled cover to deliver a winning performance in the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks for three-year-old trotting fillies during Saturday’s Hambletonian Day card at The Meadowlands.
Bella Bellini came from mid-pack on the backstretch, advanced three-wide around the final turn, and stormed home to victory in 1:52.1 in Saturday’s (Aug. 7) $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks, for 3-year-old female trotters, at The Meadowlands.
Iteration finished second, 2-1/2 lengths behind, and Contested Hanover was third.
Dexter Dunn drove Bella Bellini for trainer Richard “Nifty” Norman and breeder-owner David McDuffee. It was Dunn’s first Oaks triumph and third for Norman, who won with Personal Style in 2012 and Bee A Magician in 2013. McDuffee was part of the Bee A Magician ownership group.
“It doesn’t get old, I’ll tell you that,” Norman said. “Hopefully, we win many more. It’s great fun. I love it. I love this race.”
Flawless Country led the field to the opening quarter in :26.4 before Darlene Hanover took the top spot in a :56.4 half. Iteration, who started from post 10, came first-over and was the leader at three-quarters in 1:24.4.
Lady Chaos and Bella Bellini followed Iteration in the outside flow, with Dunn timing his charge to victory.
“She’s so fast; I just didn’t want to do too much with her early,” Dunn said. “I knew even third-over that she’s got so much speed, I was confident she could pick them up. There was a bit of shuffling the first quarter. I followed Lady Chaos everywhere and it worked out. I was out of trouble, out of that early speed, and she felt great.
“Coming around the last turn, I was just telling myself to be patient. Lady Chaos started to get tired, so we made our move. She picked them up within a furlong, and the rest is history.”
Bella Bellini’s last quarter was :26.3, equaling the fastest last quarter in the race’s history. Last week, she finished second to Lady Chaos by a head in their Oaks elimination.
“The trip worked out great,” Norman said. “We just wanted to be in a position where she could use her speed, and that’s exactly what happened. I think the whole team did a better job having her ready today. She was more comfortable on the track and Dexter drove her great. It was a team effort.”
Bella Bellini, who paid $3.00 to win as the 1-2 favorite, is a daughter of Bar Hopping out of Bella Dolce. She was winless in seven starts at 2 and has won seven of 11 starts this year. She is the first filly to go without a victory as a 2-year-old and win the Oaks since Jalopy in 2005.
“Nifty Norman is probably the perfect guy to train for me because we both have a lot of patience,” McDuffee said. “We knew she had some ability, and Nifty did a tremendous job with her. I’m as happy for him as I am for myself.”
With the Oaks win, Bella Bellini pushed her career earnings to $386,983.
“I don’t do a lot of breeding, but when I do, I follow my families pretty closely, the ones I like,” McDuffee said. “This family has been so good to me over the many, many years. So, this is pretty special.
“I’ve been in the business for a long time, and you know it’s the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. You don’t always get the jubilation we had today. It’s a very special feeling.”
Auktions priserna för deltagarna i Hambletonian Oaks
Darlene Hanover 130,000
Flawless Country 100,000
Awesome Trix 13,000
Lady Chaos 125,000
Bella Bellini Homebred
Piper Hanover 120,000
Hot As Hill 100,000
Contested Hanover 160,000
You Ato Dream 45,000
Iteration 250,000
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