by Carol Hodes, for the SBOA of New Jersey

Manalapan, NJ — Six colts are scheduled to go postward in the $80,000 Charles I. Smith Trot on Friday, September 10, at Freehold Raceway.

The six New Jersey-sired 3-year-old trotters were the only entrants so no elimination races were necessary this week and all will have spots on the gate.

Sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey, the Charles I. Smith was named in memory of a New Jersey harness racing pioneer, founder of the New Jersey Sire Stakes program and owner of trotters.

The entrants are, in alphabetical order: Borga Crash, Flashback, Flex The Muscles, Jetblue Volo, Mamas Boo Bear and Senor Glide.

Flex The Muscle, a son of Muscles Yankee, comes into the Smith with a three-race winning streak, a sweep of New Jersey Sire Stakes starts at Freehold, including the $100,000 final on August 27.

The Ray Schnittker trainee has been first or second in eight of 13 starts this year and on-the-board in 18 of 26 lifetime for a career bankroll of $343,949 for Schnittker and his partners, Jerry Silva and Arden Homestead Stable.

David Miller has drawn the driving assignment for many of the colt’s starts, including his Freehold victory in May in the $156,000 Dexter Cup. Miller previously won the Smith in 2002 with Spat One.

Borga Crash by Windsong’s Legacy has four wins, four seconds and two thirds from 15 starts this year but modest earnings of $37,273. Tommy Anderson owns and trains the trotter who has Frode Fladen listed to drive.

Flashback by Classic Photo, from the team of Andy and Julie Miller, banked more than $50,000 at two but has added only one win and less than $10,000 in 2010. He is owned by HW Wright and Geis Enterprises LLC.

Andy Miller drove and Julie Miller trained the 2008 Smith winner Spam Spade.

Jetblue Volo by Yankee Glide, racing for ACL Stuteri AB, added $56,266 this year to push his earnings over the $102,000 mark. His 2010 victories were in an elim of the Goodtimes at Mohawk and a division of the Tompkins-Geers at Tioga Downs.

Cat Manzi, who is listed to drive Jetblue Volo, previously won the Smith four times since 1997 with Allison Hollow (1997), Hard Rock N Roll (2001), Make It Hot (2004) and Enough Talk (2006).

Jetblue Volo’s trainer, Anette Lorentzon, harnessed the 2009 Smith winner, Howthehaloareyou, and the runner-up, Vesuvio AS, both racing for ACL Stuteri AB.

Mamas Boo Bear by Muscles Yankee has finished in-the-money in seven of 12 starts this year, earning $37,238 toward his total of $75,010 for George Bullukian. Karen Garland trains the colt and Steve Smith handles the driving.

Senor Glide by Yankee Glide, won his Yonkers Trot elim and finished third in the final for his richest payday. He now has $314,883 banked, including nearly $130,000 this year, for the ownership of Christina Takter, John D. Fielding and his breeder, Frederick Hertrich III.

Senor Glide, trained by Jimmy Takter, has finished in the top three in 11 of 23 career starts. He will be driven by Marcus Johansson.

Previous Takter trainees to win the Smith were Climbing Bud in 1995 and Broke Even in 2000.

The stakes record of 1:57 was set in 2007 by Princetonian, a Dream Vacation colt driven by Daniel Dube and trained by Ray Remmen.