from Meadowlands Media Relations

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – February 19, 2006 – David Miller guided two of the four winners of the opening round of the Senior Trendsetter Series on Sunday afternoon at the Meadowlands.

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Cut Loose Hanover coasted to a two and three-quarter tally over even-money favorite Austin’s Best in the first of the $12,500 divisions.

Both Cut Loose Hanover in the third race and Jazzbo Brown in the sixth race were the easiest of winners.

Cut Loose Hanover [$7.00, $3.20, $2.80] grabbed the lead at the half and coasted to a two and three-quarter tally over even-money favorite Austin’s Best [$2.40, $2.20] in the first of the $12,500 divisions. Beach Boy Joey [$3.20] was third by three and three-quarter lengths.

It was the first win of the year for the four-year-old son of Western Hanover who paced the mile in 1:52.2, matching his lifetime best.

The Kevin McDermott trainee races for the partnership of Wayne Chrebet’s Double Down Stables of Colts Neck, New Jersey; Steven Wienick of Totowa, New Jersey and John Fodera of Staten Island, New York.

Jazzbo Brown [$2.60, $2.20, $2.40] was sent off as the 1-5 favorite and delivered with a three and three-quarter-length victory over Kidd Kove Artist [$4.40, $5.00]. Mike In Motion [$9.40] was third by five and a half lengths.

Jazzbo King, trained by Jeff Smith and owned by John W. Weaver of Staten Island, paced the mile in 1:54, picking up his second straight win.

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Jazzbo Brown was sent off as the 1-5 favorite and delivered with a three and three-quarter-length victory over Kidd Kove Artist in the 2nd division.

In the third division, the eighth race, Ideal Lover [$3.80, $2.80, $2.40], driven by John Campbell, tipped out on the turn for home, charged to the lead and held on for a two and three-quarter-length victory over Marti’s Arti [$7.80, $4.00] in 1:53.1. The Firecam [$8.20] was three and a half lengths back in third.

Michael E. Dolan of Hauppauge, New York owns Ideal Lover who has won three of four starts this year. The Darran Cassar-trained son of Western Ideal was the runner up in the $85,000 Clyde Hirt Final on January 27.

In the final division, the tenth race, Brian Sears put John Drew [$3.40, $2.40, $2.20] on the lead before the half and scored a two and a quarter-length victory in 1:52.3. Sent off as the 3-5 favorite, John Drew posted his third straight win for the BNR Stables of Bloomingdale, Illinois. The Cape Crusader gelding is trained by Scott Rollins.

Shakti [$4.00, $3.40] closed for second. It was three lengths to Armbro Cayenne [$3.20] in third.

The three-week Senior Trendsetter Series, delayed by last week’s blizzard and cancellation, continues next week and features a $72,000 final on March 5.

This was the first of 13 Sunday afternoon matinee programs through May 23 [dark on Easter Sunday] with post time of 1:10 p.m.

AROUND THE MEADOWLANDS FOR FEBRUARY 19, 2006

Stonebridge Kisses, who fell in Friday night’s Cape & Cutter, the tenth race, suffered a left hind leg gash that required stitches. “At least it is early enough in the year that she can either be bred or come back later in the year to race,” said trainer Mark Ford. “We’ll have to see how things go.”

Sadly we note the passing of two members of the Meadowlands family – Herb Daniels and Mike Quinn , both this weekend after long illnesses. Daniels, of East Brunswick, New Jersey, was the former director of admissions at the Meadowlands. Quinn, of Millburn, New Jersey, was president of Quinn Comm, which provided communication services at the racetrack and other sporting events in the 1970s and 1980s.

Construction of a rail station adjacent to the Meadowlands’ stable area has required a reconfiguration of the interior stable area roadways. A revised backstretch map is available on the Meadowlands website: http://www.thebigm.com/horsemenInfo.asp .