from the Meadowlands Media Relations Department

East Rutherford, NJ — Breakfast with the Babies, final edition, drew a small crowd of dedicated racing enthusiasts to enjoy the weather and the chocolate babka along with some nice trotting and pacing prospects. They ended as they began with the Jimmy Takter Stable the undisputed star of the show.

NJSS 2-year-old filly trot final winner All The Time put on a public workout this morning for the Takter/Yannick Gingras team by cruising the oval in 1:57. The top Muscle Hill filly was not made eligible for the Jim Doherty Memorial, a good break for the competition in there but likely a disappointment for her camp comprised of owner/breeders Marvin Katz and Al Libfeld.

Straight A Student took a nice record of 1:58.1, nailing Time To Talk in the last stride or two for driver Mark MacDonald. Paul Kelley trains the filly, a $65,000 Credit Winner Lexington buy for his interests as Paul Kelley Racing along with partners Abraham Singer and Bill Weaver.

Takter drove his Donato Hanover filly Haughty to an impressive 1:56.4, displaying a good late kick closing into the :28.3 final quarter. Jimmy bought her for the interests of Al Libfeld, Marvin Katz and Sam Goldband for $80,000 at Harrisburg last fall.

Threeupthreedown was a front end winner in the first trotting colt race for Tim Tetrick and trainer Erv Miller, taking a record of 1:59.4 in the process. He’s a homebred Muscle Hill racing for the interests of Shim Racing and Mike Anderson’s Paymaq Racing.

Zlatan won another race for Gingras and Takter, this one in 1:57, holding off Open Road Hanover. Christina Takter, Herb Liverman and John and Jim Fielding paid $37,000 for this Muscle Mass colt. This race was marred by an incident on the final turn where John Campbell was dumped from his sulky. John was up quickly but reportedly had gone in for an x-ray of the wrist.

Reigning Moni looked great this morning after the break winning in 1:55.4 for Gingras and Takter in just the second start for the son of Donato Hanover. Gingras let him roll along through pretty good numbers and had more left, finishing in :29 to win by many. With the great Moni Maker a generation back in his pedigree, Reigning Moni is owned by a couple of her owners in KR Breeding and Preferred Equine along with Brixton Medical and Christina Takter.

Western Fame won the first pacing race for Gingras and Takter in 1:55.4. He sat in behind Headforthebeach and got by that one late in the :28 final quarter. He’s a Brittany homebred Western Ideal colt.

The Art Major colt Talk Show created a buzz all the way from Florida this winter and he has done nothing to discourage that talk. Trainer Steve Elliott gave Talk Show a few weeks off after a 1:52.3 NYSS win at Tioga and he looked sharp in this morning’s workout with Scott Zeron subbing for John Campbell in 1:54.1, home in :26.3 completely on his own. Pegasis Racing, Team S Racing and Barbara Bongiorno own this exciting prospect, a $40,000 buy in Lexington last fall.

Yannick and Jimmy struck yet again with the Somebeachsomewhere pacing filly Bring A Ring in 1:56.1. She opened a long lead into the stretch and held on despite drifting out a few paths late. Bring A Ring was a $40,000 Harrisburg purchase by Christina Takter, John Fielding and Joyce McClelland.

The final 2-year-old race of the 2015 season at The Meadowlands was taken by Shezarealideal and Andy Miller. The Western Ideal filly already a PASS winner over at The Meadows, led all the way and closed the 1:55 mile with a :26.3 kicker. Darlinonthebeach was a restrained second and Call Me Queen Be third in a meeting of three stakes winning fillies. Nick Surick and KDM Stables share ownership of the winner who was bred by Nick’s mom Debbie Surick.

Live racing resumes Friday night at 7:15 p.m. highlighted by elimination races for the Peter Haughton and Jim Doherty Memorial freshman trotting classics.

Until next spring…