Ambootia wins Jersey Girls Final

from Meadowlands Media Relations

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – March 29, 2006 There would be no miracle recovery for Vysoke Tatry in the $55,000 Jersey Girls Final on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.

Three weeks ago she broke stride, recovered and won the $57,000 Night Styles Final. This time she would break again on the turn for home, recover, and make a gallant bid but finish fifth as the 1-5 favorite.

Ambootia, driven by George Brennan and trained by Richard J. Banca, capitalized on Vysoke Tatry’s miscue to score a wire-to-wire victory in a stake record equaling time of 1:52 flat, matching the mark set by Yes Its True in 2001.

“There was no real science to that drive,” said Brennan, who captured the Jersey Girls for the third time. “I leave with her every week, and I wasn’t going to do anything differently. I bust her out the quarter pretty good and then got a cheap half and three-quarters. Once Andy [Miller, driving Vysoke Tatry] made a break, I opened up daylight as much as I could, and she sprinted to the wire. I knew she [Vysoke Tatry] ran, and she’s done it before. That was in the back of my mind. I honestly thought that the only way I could beat her is if she did it again.”

Ambootia, a $30,000 claim for Saverio Gatto of East Rutherford, New Jersey and Steve Belkin of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, won the second-race feature by three-quarters of a length over Ideal Coast. I’m All In was four and three-quarter lengths back in third.

Ambootia returned $28.40 to win. There was no place or show wagering.

The four-year-old daughter of Jenna’s Beach Boy now has 10 wins, four seconds and four thirds in 40 career starts for earnings of $150,653.

Vysoke Tatry, who had won the finals of the Snow Angel, White Ruffles and Night Styles as well as the first two rounds of the Jersey Girls, finished worse than second for the first time in nine starts this year. She brought a six-race winning streak into the Jersey Girls Final. Lifetime, she has won 14 of 19 starts.

DUBE SENT FOR X-RAYS AFTER 4TH RACE SPILL

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Daniel Dube [right, near the pylon] and Andy Miller [orange colors far left] are unseated near the finish line of the fourth race on March 29, 2006. Dube was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for x-rays.

Driver Daniel Dube was taken to Hackensack [NJ] University Medical Center for x-rays after a being thrown to the track in a spill near the finish line of the fourth race on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.

Dube appeared to hit the ground headfirst when he was unseated by El Nino Hanover after a collision with sulky of CPW which had been vacated when Andy Miller was flipped out when he was pinched in tight quarters.

Miller emerged unscathed but Dube was complaining of back and shoulder pain. He will be checked for possible fractures in the right shoulder and clavicle area.

CPW suffered a small knee gash and received stitches. Both he and El Nino Hanover were treated for muscle soreness but appeared otherwise uninjured.

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