by Carol Hodes, for the New Jersey Sires Stakes

Matawan, NJ — When the dust settled on the 2-year-old divisions of the New Jersey Sires Stakes at the Meadowlands, each of the four winners of the $175,000 finals had a perfect record and one stakes mark had fallen.

Duneside Perch (Cam’s Card Shark), a week after he equaled the New Jersey Sires Stakes record of 1:51.4 set on July 18, 1996 by Jeremys Gambit (No Nukes) and matched on July 9, 1998 by Falcon’s Icon (Falcon Seelster), shattered the 2-year-old pacing standard with a 1:50.2 victory in the final on July 12.

The George Teague, Jr. trainee, driven by Ron Pierce, scored a 2-1/4 length victory over Cold Cape Cod to extend his unbeaten streak to three. He is being pointed toward the $400,000 (est.) Woodrow Wilson Pace on August 2 (elims on July 27).

The full-brother to $541,037-earner Aba Daba Doo was a $45,000 Lexington Selected purchase for Teague Inc. and Patrick and Marianne Callahan, who race as Only Money Inc.

The husband and wife team of driver Andy Miller and trainer Julie Miller captured the final for 2-year-old pacing fillies on July 11 with Miss Scarlett (Red River Hanover) in 1:54.1 on a racing surface rated ‘good.’ The margin of victory was only a neck but improved the filly’s record to two wins in two starts for the ownership of Charles, Julie and Francene Nash.

On the trotting side, both the colt Deweycheatumnhowe (Muscles Yankee) and the filly Snow White (Self Possessed) improved their records to four-for-four with their victories in the finals.

Deweycheatumnhowe, trained and driven by Ray Schnittker, rallied from near the back of the pack for a neck victory in 1:57 on a track rated ‘good’ on July 18.

The trotter was an $80,000 Lexington Selected Sale purchase for Schnittker in partnership with Charles Iannazzo, Ted Gewertz and Frank Baldassare. He swept his three NJSS starts in addition to opening his campaign on June 28 with a victory in a $53,500 division of the Historic-Harriman Cup.

Among the 2-year-old trotting fillies, the fairest of them all is Snow White, driven by John Campbell.

The Kevin Lare trainee opened her career in a $45,450 division of the Historic-Acorn Stakes on June 27 and completed the NJSS sweep on June 19 with a 6-1/4 length victory in 1:55.4, only a fifth of a second off of the stakes record set by Act Of Grace (Valley Victory) in 1995.

Lare’s Harness The Power and North State Street Stable (Joseph Petrosky, Curtis Larrimore and Mark Stonesifer) bought the filly in Lexington for $43,000. She is eligible to the $400,000 (est.) Merrie Annabelle Trot on August 2 (elims July 26).

New Jersey Sires Stakes action moves to Freehold Raceway in mid-August, starting with the 2-year-old pacing colts on August 11.