from the Meadowlands Media Relations Department

East Rutherford, NJ — A field of seven pacing fillies, including the darling of the morning trials Rainbow Room, comprise the first 2-year-old race of the 2017 season as race three on Friday (June 21) at The Meadowlands.

Chris Tully photo

Rainbow Room will make her pari-mutuel debut on Friday.

Rainbow Room has impressed onlookers and delighted her connections with a pair of effortless wins in the Meadowlands morning 2-year-old races. Her first appearance was on June 3 where she toured the oval in the day’s fastest of 1:55 and social media lit up with superlatives. She returned Saturday past with a similar effort, closing out the 1:55.2 win with a :26.4 final quarter under no encouragement from driver David Miller.

By Somebeachsomewhere out of Rainbow Blue, both world champions and Horses of the Year following their respective 3-year-old seasons, Rainbow Room clearly possesses the championship gene. She was bred by Vieux Carre Farms and Steve Jones and was a $100,000 purchase from the 2016 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale by Crawford Farms, Val D’Or Farms and Ted Gewertz who placed her with trainer Joe Holloway.

Holloway has trained plenty of champions including some of the sport’s best filly pacers including the fastest ever in Shebestingin. Joe recognized early on that Rainbow Room had the potential to follow in that tradition and now sets her on that course.

The competition includes several others who have impressed in morning trials including KJ’s Bekah who was a good second to Rainbow Room on June 17 and has gone well in both of her qualifiers. The American Ideal lass was plucked from the Lexington sale by Kenny Jacobs for $140,000 and is trained by Linda Toscano. Tim Tetrick has the drive.

All On Top Hanover is from the first crop of Betterthancheddar and has been an easy winner in her pair of qualifying efforts for trainer Erv Miller and driver Marcus Miller. She was a bargain buy from last year’s Goshen Yearling Sale, costing Erv and partners Ron Michelon and GT Golemes a mere $14,000.

It’s a 10-race program that gets underway at 7:15 p.m.