by Carol Hodes, for the New Jersey Sires Stakes

Freehold, NJ — Yonkers Trot winner Green Day carries a two-race winning streak into the $85,000 New Jersey Sires Stakes Final for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Friday (September 14) at Freehold Raceway.

The gelded son of Enjoy Lavec, driven by Cat Manzi and trained by Jim Raymer, has been installed as the 6-5 morning line favorite in the field of eight in the sixth race feature.

A $6,000 yearling purchase for Raymer’s Trillium Racing Stable of New Holland, Pa., Green Day has nine wins, one second and two thirds from 16 starts this year for earnings of $567,175 toward a career total of $611,545.

Green Day, in the process of winning a New Jersey Sires Stakes leg on June 7 at the Meadowlands, posted his lifetime best of 1:54.1 and set a NJSS record for 3-year-old gelded trotters on the mile track.

The 3-year-old New Jersey Sires Stakes records on Freehold’s half-mile course belong to the filly Bee Line (1:55.2 on September 7, 2006), the geldings Arnold Plumstead (1:56 on October 9, 1997) and Armbro Copenhagen (1:56 on August 26, 2005) and the colt Chasing Tail (1:57.1 on August 24, 2001).

In addition to Green Day, the New Jersey Sires Stakes Final includes three sons of Dream Vacation (Princetonian, Our Little Dip and Hope Reins Supreme), two by Muscles Yankee (Yankee Splinter and Hulk Logan) and two by Yankee Glide (Gladhand and Altered States).

The field for the $85,000 New Jersey Sires Stakes Final (from the rail out with driver, trainer and morning line odds): Yankee Splinter, Yannick Gingras, Arlid Eggen, 20-1; Princetonian, Daniel Dube, Ray Remmen, 4-1; Our Little Dip, David Miller, Nick Salenetri, 10-1; Hulk Logan, Ron Pierce, Robert McIntosh, 5-1; Gladhand, Jacqueline Ingrassia, Frank Ingrassia, 8-1; Green Day, Cat Manzi, Jim Raymer, 6-5; Altered States, Jeff Gregory, Morgan McInnis, 6-1; and Hope Reins Supreme, Ron Turcotte, Ron Turcotte, 50-1.