Racing Hill installed as 9-5 favorite for the Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace
July 9, 2016,by Justin Horowitz, Meadowlands Media Relations
East Rutherford, NJ — Tom Hill’s Racing Hill drew post position four and was installed as the 9-5 favorite for the $732,050 Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace next Saturday (July 16) during the post position draw held this evening. Racing Hill is trained by Tony Alagna, who won the 2013 Meadowlands Pace with Captaintreacherous, and will be driven by Brett Miller. By virtue of being the top seasonal money-earner in the field, Racing Hill elected to take a bye to the final.
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Control The Moment showed a scintillating turn of foot of capture the lone Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace elimination.
Earlier on Saturday, Control The Moment ($4.00), driven for the first time by Brian Sears, stormed home with a :26.2 final quarter to win the lone Meadowlands Pace elimination by a length in a lifetime best 1:49.2. Lyons Snyder finished second with JK Will Power third. Check Six was fourth.
“He is a really nice horse and did everything that I asked him to do tonight,” said Sears, who won the 2005 Meadowlands Pace with Rocknroll Hanover. “The opportunity knocked to be able to drive this horse and I was really looking forward to it. I know he races well from off the pace and everything worked out well.”
By winning the elimination, Control The Moment earned the right to draw for post positions one through six and will start from post three. He was made the 5-2 second choice on Dave Little’s morning line.
The complete field for the Meadowlands Pace is as follows:
1. Another Daily Copy – Trace Tetrick – Nick Devita -30-1
2. Good Living – T.B.A. – Tom Cancelliere – 30-1
3. Control The Moment – Brian Sears – Brad Maxwell – 5-2
4. Racing Hill – Brett Miller – Tony Alagna – 9-5
5. Lyons Snyder – David Miller – Mark Silva – 9-2
6. Boston Red Rocks – Tim Tetrick – Steve Elliott – 6-1
7. Manhattan Beach – Joe Bongiorno – Ron Burke – 20-1
8. JK Will Power – Yannick Gingras – Ron Burke – 8-1
9. Check Six – Matt Kakaley – Ron Burke – 15-1
10. Talk Show – Scott Zeron – Steve Elliott – 25-1
- Wiggle It Jiggleit ‘Graduates’ in 1:47.2 at Big M (Sunday, July 10, 2016)
Wiggle It Jiggleit got back on track at the Meadowlands Saturday (July 9) night, as one week after finishing third in the Ben Franklin, he shrugged off heavy rain and a sloppy track to record a sensational half length win over rival Freaky Feet Pete in the $250,000 Graduate Series Final for 4-year-old pacers. The winning time of 1:47.2 was a lifetime best for the defending Horse of the Year. Rock N’ Roll World was third.