East Rutherford, NJ – Busy Miss Lissy S and Twin B Seven Sins sailed to win their respective $125,000 finals for the Grade 3 Kindergarten Series Trot at The Meadowlands on Saturday (Nov. 1).
Sent off the favorite in the filly bout, Busy Miss Lissy S, driven by Johnathan Ahle, took an easy spot in fourth on the pylons as Kate, All Time Trot S and outside-leaving Kickan lined up to take the group into a :27.3 first quarter. Kate took the early lead off the moderate quarter and strolled up the backstretch as Busy Miss Lissy S left the cones to advance on the leader into a :56.4 half.
Ahle steadily gained on the outside and caught cover through the turn once All Time Trot S edged out of the pocket to press Kate to three-quarters in 1:25.4. Into the stretch, All Time Trot S took the lead, though Ahle motored Busy Miss Lissy S into charging position and marched to the wire under a strong hold in a lifetime-best 1:53.3. All Time Trot S finished second, beaten a neck, with Kickan finishing third and Flying Copper coming on late for fourth.
The Denmark-bred daughter of Calgary Games – out of the Muscle Hill dam Hill’s Angel S – won her sixth of eight races and her second in a row this season with Johnathan Ahle in the bike.
“We have started using [Ahle] the last couple of months,” said co-trainer Sarah Svanstedt, “and he’s a great driver, so when it works out you better keep going with it. [This filly] has a great attitude and big heart – she’s very small, but she loves to race and that goes a very long way when they are 2-year-olds.”
Panamera Racing owns Busy Miss Lissy S, who raised her first-season bankbook to $149,215. The Ake Svanstedt trainee paid $4.60 to win.
In the Kindergarten Colt Trot, Scott Zeron steered a masterful inside trip with the 87-1 shot Twin B Seven Sins to shock the nine colts and their backers in a lifetime-best 1:53.3.
The Noel Daley-trained son of Chapter Seven, out of the Deweycheatumnhowe mare Affair Hall, was placed well in third behind race-favorite Magic Punk and longshot Lindy Living heading past a :27.3 first quarter. After a :56.3 half and nearing the second turn, Highball Hanover took to the outside to chase and entered a nose-to-nose duel with Magic Punk coming to three-quarters in 1:25.1.
Stalking the battle for the lead, Zeron hugged the inside with Twin B Seven Sins turning for the finish and found room to pass Magic Punk and win by 1-1/2 lengths while A I made a strong bid down the center of the track and got up for second. Magic Punk tired to third and Highball Hanover held fourth.
Zeron, driving the colt for the first time, said, “He raced sensational. Noel told me ‘don’t sleep on him because he can go with these horses.’ Having the rail helped out, I was sitting third at the quarter pole following two very talented horses, so it was just hoping my horse was good on this given day and he was.”
Patricia Stable, Caviart Farms, Allister Stables and LA Express Stable LLC own Twin B Seven Sins, a now five-time winner from 11 starts with $109,380 earned. Off the third longest shot in the betting, the
Twinbrook Limited bred paid $177.40 to win.
A LITTLE MORE: There were no winning tickets sold on the 20-cent Pick-6, creating a carryover of $7,950 for Thursday’s card. Those with five correct collected $226.32. … Johnathan Ahle, Dave Miller and Yannick Gingras led the driver colony with two winners apiece. … Ron Burke topped the trainers with a pair of victories. … All-source handle on the 14-race program totaled $3,198,548. … Next week is the first of three this month with Thursday racing. That’s when live action resumes at 6:20 p.m.