by Dave Little, Meadowlands Media Relations
East Rutherford, NJ — Trainer Tony Alagna is undoubtedly hoping he can carry his momentum from one night to the next.
Alagna, who has a total of five horses in the two Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace eliminations Saturday night, started his weekend in a big way, winning four times on the Friday (July 6) program at the Meadowlands.
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Mollydooker and driver Brett Miller got the night off to a good start for trainer Tony Alagna.
The trainer got things going in the first race with Mollydooker ($4.20 to win as the second choice, Brett Miller driving) in a division of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies. The daughter of Great Vintage-Fox Valley Zena completed the mile in 1:55.1.
Treacherous Reign ($4.60 as the second choice, Andy McCarthy) took race four, a division of the Kindergarten for 2-year-old fillies on the pace. The time for the mile was 1:53.1 for the daughter of Captaintreacherous-Scandalous Hanover.
Odds On Boca Raton ($9.00 as the second choice, Scott Zeron) won the sixth race, a Kindergarten for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the pace. The Captaintreacherous-Captiva Island product stopped the clock in 1:53.4.
Alagna’s four-bagger was completed in race 13, as Captain Ahab ($5.40 as the third choice, McCarthy), won another Kindergarten for juvenile male pacers. Sired by Captaintreacherous and out of Acquavella, Captain Ahab hit the wire in 1:52.2.
A Little More: The Big M’s signature 50-cent Pick-4 was extremely popular, as the pool reached the $100,000 mark for the first time since May 19. A total of $112,478 was poured into pot, and the odds of the winners in the sequence were 2-1, 3-1, 6-5 and even-money, leading to a payoff of $73.10.
McCarthy guided Mother Bonnie to a 12-1 upset in the 12th race for NJSS 2-year-old filly trotters, giving him career win 2,000.
A pair of lucky players went 10-for-10 in the 20-cent Survivor Pick-10 and cashed in for $6,989.
The Late 20-cent Jackpot Super High-Five failed to result in a single-ticket winner, upping the carryover to $273,937. In the event no one hits the jackpot Saturday, the wager will have a mandatory payout on Friday (July 13).
All-source wagering on the card was $2,318,503.
Racing resumes Saturday at the Big M with a special post time of 6:35 p.m. Food and drink specials, the first annual Wiener Dog Derby, a fabulous fireworks show and eliminations for the $701,830 Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace will all be a part of what promises to be a big night.