from Meadowlands Publicity Department

East Rutherford, NJ — Laguna Beach led the field at every call en route to a career best 1:50.1 victory in the $19,000 SNY Series Thursday night at the Meadowlands.

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Laguna Beach paced to a career best 1:50.1 victory in the $19,000 SNY Series Thursday night at the Meadowlands.

Laguna Beach floated to the lead around the opening turn and coasted through fractions of 27.2, 55.3 and 1:23.2 before firing off a 26.4 final quarter. Thanks For Stoppin sat a pocket trip, but could not catch Laguna Beach who drew off by 1 3-4 lengths. Dinneratartsplace was a distanced third. With the red-hot hands of David Miller at the lines, Laguna Beach paid $10 to win the night’s sixth race. Miller won four of the first six races on the Thursday card.

Laguna Beach has now won five of 26 starts and $53,065 for trainer Ken Rucker and co-owners Marty Engel, Robert Feldman and Panhellenic Stable.