by Carol Hodes, for the SBOANJ

Manalapan, NJ — Broken Record held on for a 1-3/4 length victory in the $25,000 New Jersey Sire Stake–Green Acres final, the first of two non-wagering races on Thursday (Sept. 18) at Freehold Raceway.

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Broken Record was a wire-to-wire winner in 2:00.1.

The Ray Schnittker trained and driven son of Muscles Yankee-Miss Garland was a wire-to-wire winner in 2:00.1 in the 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings final. He has a winning streak of two. Mountain Top (Muscle Hill) was second with Switchblade Hall (Muscles Yankee) in third by 2-1/2 lengths.

Broken Record has now collected four wins, a second and three thirds from nine starts. He is just shy of $65,000 in earnings for Schnittiker and Ted Gewertz.

In the $7,000 first leg of the Green Acres for 3-year-old pacing fillies, Fanticipation (Rocknroll Hanover-Real Fanfare) was an 8-1/4 length winner over Fiyonce (Rocknroll Hanover) while Ideal Helen (Western Ideal) was 10 lengths back in third.

Fanticipation, driven by Jason Bartlett and trained by Michael Forte, is owned by Ricky Bucci. She has five wins and five thirds in 14 starts this year.