Your So Vain upsets in Hambletonian Maturity
July 5, 2014,from the Meadowlands Media Relations Department
East Rutherford, NJ —The Saturday (July 5) feature at Meadowlands Racetrack was the inaugural $484,850 Hambletonian Maturity for 4-year-old trotters, going 1 1-8 miles with no Lasix permitted.
It drew an overflow field of 14, including defending Horse of the Year Bee A Magician, who had the misfortune to draw unlucky post 13.
Your So Vain pulled a 7-1 upset, benefitting from a bold drive by trainer Ake Svanstedt who gunned to the front with a three-wide move on the backstretch and prevailed by 2-3/4 lengths.
It was a terrific display by a horse that had not raced since November, and was debuting for the Svanstedt barn. The time was 2:05.3 as Your So Vain paid $16.60 to win.
Bee A Magician, jammed up in traffic and shuffled far back in the early stages, kicked in strongly to get second over Flanagan Memory.
- JK Endofanera, He’s Watching win Meadowlands Pace elims (Saturday, July 05, 2014)
JK Endofanera will be the 2-1 favorite for the $776,000 Meadowlands Pace final with He’s Watching a close 5-2 second choice. The two standout colts won their $50,000 Pace eliminations on Saturday night.